Inspired (Cancer Sucks!!)

As you may or may not know cancer is a part of my life within my family. It sucks big time. I lost my mom to it in January 2001. Hurting is knowing there is nothing you can do to stop this from happening to someone you love so much. My mom was terminal by chance because of the other disease that she had. The other people effected by cancer in my family (Besides those who help them through it) are my Grandpa Paine-bone cancer, my mom-bile duct cancer, my pepe (dad's dad)-skin cancer, my meme (dad's mom)-breast cancer, my dad-mouth cancer, my mother in law-breast cancer, my father in law-colon cancer, and my husband-skin cancer. I feel like my kids are doomed to get it somehow. I am hoping that they will not but with the odds stacked against them like this really it is a matter of when, not if.

The reason I am writing this is because  a few things happened around here and the world wide web. 1. Relay for Life
2. Reliving my daughters first relay for life she was a little over 1 1/2 years old.
3. Watched a video of Zack Sobiech. That video is amazing. Please watch it. It makes me wish I had known him before. By the way I can not get his song clouds out of my head. I am so sad that he is gone but so glad he touched so many lives through his music. He turned 18 May 3rd and passed away May 20th. I love the way he just lived. His song clouds is awesome too. My thought's and prayer's go out to his family and many friends and girlfriend in the loss of him. He was truly inspirational.

The video's in this blog are made by soulpancake productions.

New Beginnings Hollywood Premier

I saw this picture and thought "Hollywood Premier" You see we are Presenting the girls with a Plaque of Women who have completed their Personal Progress for inspiration. Our "Stars" will be Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability,  Good Works, Integrity, and Virtue which all will be a star on the Walk of Fame. Then at the end of the "Walk of Fame" will be a picture of the Temple.

Each of the girls will have a "role" to play. Telling how a Personal Progress value has helped improve their lives. The girls that are planning on talking about the values are going to be the paparazzi and dress like such and make handouts explaining what the value is, having pictures and articles set up that represent the value (like in a tabloid.)

I was thinking of clear plastic shoes the ones you get for a wedding or shower keepsakes and a printable that says "Step out from the crowd and Stand Ye in Holy Places and Be Not Moved." like the ones here. At the end of the girls talking have the YW president present the Plaque to them with a brief explanation of what it is and why we now have it. "After Party" themed refreshments will be served at the end.

The invitations for parents (we have some girls that don't have a mom in our ward) will be in the form of movie tickets.

Our agenda:

We have a smaller ward but I am very glad to be a part of it. It is an amazing growth experience. I am hoping all goes smoothly. We shall see and I will update after we are done.

UPDATE!!!!

I am so proud of our girls they all came prepared and did there parts. It was an amazing night. The spirit was there and I think people actually learned a thing or two. I loved how the girls got into their roles as paparazzi it was great!!

DIY Tea-Light Lanterns

Well my friend got married to the man of her dreams April 28th of this year and I  could not afford to but her something for her wedding. So I asked her if she had center pieces for her wedding and she said no. So I said I had an idea and I would do them for her for her gift to her and her new hubby. I had most of the material already being the crafty hoarder that I am.
 

These were not hard to make the hardest part was figuring out a way to make the lace stay on. I fixed that with safety pins. I pinned a hem vertically which created a very minimal seam, but I am getting ahead of myself.
First you need canning jars I really like the wide-mouth ones for this because you can fit your hand in the jar much easier. Then you need lace and safety pins. The lace provides the pattern on the jar. Stray paint (I used a flat paint but when I taught a class on this found that I liked the gloss look better and it didn't scrape off as easily) and a plastic grocery bag. Then you have your embellishing items and glue gun. I pinned the lace on as tight as I could so that there was no running when I painted them. I used the plastic bag to cover my hand when I sprayed the jars apply as evenly as you can and remember less is more so don't over spray. If you use a flat paint you can take the lace off right away if you use a gloss let the paint dry some before removing the lace or it will smudge. (Found that out the hard way.) Wait until the paint is totally dry before you decorate. I used rhinestones ribbon flowers and charms to decorate the jars and placed a tea light candle in each. These were really pretty when lit.
I made 12 of each size. They cost me about 15-20 dollars to make (I already had the jars and some other stuff). My friend and her hubby were so happy they kept saying thank-you and people couldn't believe that I made them. I gotta say I get inspired by pinterest that is where I got this idea (click the word idea and it will take you there.) Anyway that is what I did if you have any questions just comment below and I will answer for you.