Cute School Ideas

Hi Girls!
  I know...school just got out!  But I love decorating my binders, getting locker decorations ready, and prepping for school early.  Maybe you do too, so I decided to post some cute school ideas.
Enjoy,
-Flame Team

  
     


Put things you like, pictures of your friends, quotes, stickers, and cute paper!  Having a beautifully unique binder can really spice up a boring school day!


As for those big (or small) old lockers:
   
      
Once again, quotes, pictures, mirrors, sticky notes, and pouches work great for lockers.  I've enjoyed putting Young Women handouts in there with magnets.  My locker partner and I taped a pen onto a string and hung it from the top of our locker.  We used it to write notes on our sticky note pads.  We even had sticky note pets with magnet faces for a while.  :)

Like I Promised - More Summer Ideas!

Hi Girls!
I promised more summer ideas and here they are! Nine more to add onto your list!

1. Rubber Band Memory Board: This is way adorable.  I love sticking notes I get from girls' camp on my memory boards!  This is how Martha Stewart says to make it: Kids can make a bulletin board that won't damage favorite pictures since it doesn't require thumbtacks. Stretch extra-large colored rubber bands lengthwise and widthwise over a 1-foot-square piece of corkboard painted with acrylic paint, making sure the rubber bands go over and under one another at intervals.


2. Ice Pops:  I don't know about where you guys live, but where I live it can get WAY hot.  So, ice pops are a must.
 
Here's one recipe from TLC.

1 envelope unflavored gelatin

1 cup water

¼ cup sugar (or other natural sweetner)

Three cups of fruit

Heat water, gelatin and sugar in saucepan over low heat until gelatin dissolves, for about 5 minutes. Then toss gelatin mixture in the blender with fruit and puree. Pour the mixture into cups and wait until frozen. Enjoy!

3. Clothespin Pinwheel: Don't get dizzy.  http://www.marthastewart.com/265200/clothespin-pinwheel?center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=265200

4. Fish Bowl Gelatin: I just about died when I saw this!  This is so cute for a party or just as a decoration/snack at home.  http://www.marthastewart.com/314623/fish-bowl-gelatin?center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=262265

5. Make Tags:  Make luggage tags to tie onto your duffles and bags for girls' camp, EFY, youth conference, or any summer trip!  You can use stickers, markers, fabric, lamenation, pretty much whatever!  Here are a few examples I found online:

    

6. Make Shark/Beach Cupcakes: I found this recipe on Martha Stewart's website: http://www.marthastewart.com/269032/shark-and-beach-cupcakes?center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=269032

They are way super cute!  I hope you have fun making them!

7. Flip-Flop Makeovers: Had to have something about shoes in this post!  You can tie strips of colorful fabric to your flip flops, glue on buttons or flowers, or do just about anything with flip flops to make them fun!

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8. Clay Jewelry: It's always fun to make homemade jewelry.  Click the website link below to see another cute idea of how to make fun summer jewelry:

http://www.marthastewart.com/265783/clay-crafts?center=276964&gallery=274922&slide=234415

9. Tie Dye: Have some fun with tie-dye. It can be so much fun!  Make some cute summer patterns. 

Here's a tie-dye recipe: http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/howtotiedye.shtml

Ah...Summmer.

Hello!
I know we've all been waiting for it.  I know we've all been craving it.
And now it is here!
SUMMER!
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But now I'm starting to wonder, why was I craving summer so much?  I'm SO bored!

Well, here are ten things to do to snazz up your summer!

1-Make Playdough: Okay, I know that sounds childish...but it can be way fun!  And it is great for babysitting.  Just make something out of playdough, get your fingers all salty.  And click here for a recipe.  Enjoy being a child again!


2-Make Homemade Ice Cream: I love ice cream.  I hope you do too.  But this could be way fun.  I found this recipe called ice cream in a bag.  Haven't tried it yet, but I hope it works! Click right here  to access the recipe.  Good luck!


3-Finger Painting: I know, it feels like I'm talking to a whole bunch of preschoolers.  But paiting is fun!  One website I found suggested painting what summer means to you! 


4-Make Chocolate-Ginger Bathing Beauties: I know...sounds weird right?!  But they look super cute.  Gotta love Martha Stewart.  Click here to get the recipe.  And of course, make 'em modest!


5-Water Fight: Get some water balloons, toss in a few water squirters, and model that gorgeous, modest summer swimsuit of yours!  But don't forget the sunscreen!

6-Index: Indexing can actually be really fun and easy!  I am a family history specialist in my ward, and I'm trying to do about 4 batches a week - that's 160 or so names!  Hopefully I'll have 1,000 done by the end of the summer.  Try it.  It's a great service and time filler!  (Start out on level ones first though, okay.)

7-Obstacle Course Party: You could do this as a young women's group, a family for FHE, or even with your friends. You could try a rope swing, crab walk, or balance beam.  For more ideas, click here.


8- Make Homemade Strawberry Limeade:  I've tried this one and it is SO good!  It is quick, refreshing, and perfect for the summer!  Click right about here for the recipe.  Even better, it is Colombian...so get your inner latina going!


9- Pet Rock:  How many times have we asked for a pet and our parents have said no?  Well, they probably won't say no to a pet rock.  Don't just get a rock though...snazz it up!


10 - And finally ten: Painted Sneakers: Make sure you get your parent's permission first.  But these are adorable and personalized!  Click on this link to learn how.


Do you have any fun summer ideas? Comment and let us know and we'll feature it on this blog! 

MORE IDEAS TO COME!

Friendship

Hi Girls!
  I love friendship! 
  In the past couple years, I felt the strong influence of good friends in my life - both boy and girl.  I believe that God has sent us some choice angels to be our best friends - to reach out to us, to love us, to know us, and to help us.  I'm truly grateful for all those fantastic, odd, and completely amazing humans I call my friends.
   Elder Ronald Rasbund said:
Though they did not see Him, Jesus stood by them. Aware of their plight and sympathetic to their hardship, it was His loving support that sustained them in their mission and brought hundreds and thousands of new converts into the Church. It was the Savior who said to His disciples, “Ye are my friends” (D&C 84:63). It was the Savior who taught, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). It was the Savior who beckoned, “Come unto me” (Matthew 11:28). In friendship, as in every other principle of the gospel, Jesus Christ is our Exemplar.

Now my dear young, new friends gathered throughout the world, I bear my testimony to you at this time that this is the gospel of Jesus Christ. I bear witness that a very important element of your experience in the gospel is the friends you make and the mentors you follow, just as I was promised in my patriarchal blessing at 19 years of age.

I close where I began, with the verse of scripture spoken by God to the Prophet Joseph when he was in Liberty Jail and suggest this could equally be spoken to you and to me in whatever condition we find ourselves at this time: “Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands” (D&C 121:9).

I reaffirm this promise given by the Lord in the early days of the Restoration of this Church. I pray that each of us will have the privilege of enjoying righteous friendships and mentoring relationships as we grow together in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

    Your friends may not always be visible, but I promise you - above all - Chirst, your best friend, will always be there.
-Flame Team

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."


"Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue."




"Gems may be precious, but  friends are priceless."




"In the rhythm of life, we sometime find ourselves out of tune.  But as long as there are friends to provide the melody, the music plays on."





"I don't need words to express...I don't need tears to shed...I don't need to ask for a smile...Or a hand to hold me...All I need is to be your friend...forever."

Gordon B Hinckley Quotes

I love this prophet!  He was my prophet - the first one I remember.  I hope you love him too.
-Flame Team

Be grateful, smart, clean, true, humble, prayerful, positive, still, & involved.
      

"Get on your knees & pray, then get on your feet & work."
"Keep trying.  Keep believing.  Be happy.  Don't get discouraged.  Things will work out."
 

"Try a little harder to be a little better."
"In all of living, have much fun and laughter.  Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured."
  

Inspirational...

Inspirational LDS Quotes:  Try using a cute/inspirational quote as your phone wallpaper or iPad screensaver!  I've even seen this: a picture of the temple or of Christ!  Awesome way to use media for good.
-Flame Team

Girly quotes

Some cute quotes about girls and things girls like.  Just a girly page to make ya'll smile.
(got a cute quote - share it!  comment!)


Life is all about taking chances, about doing something everyone said you couldn't do; it's about acting goofy; it's about not caring what other people think; it's about learning to love what you have.
 

If what you see by the eye doesn't please you, then close your eyes and see from your heart.  Because the heart can see beauty and love mroe than the eyes can ever wonder.



I'm the type of girl...who will burst out laughing at something that happened yesterday.
 

Best friends: We are the kind of people who laugh at a joke 3 times - once when it is told, a second time when someone explains it to us, and five minutes later, when we actually get it.


Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.
*Sparkle*
Dare to be remarkable.
A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of things.
The next time you think you're perfect - try walking on water. 


Do what makes you happy.  Be with who makes you smile.  Laugh as much as you breathe.  Love as long as you live. 

Life is too short.  Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness.  Laugh when you can.  Apologize when you should.  And let go of what you can't change.  Love deply and forgive quickly.  Take chances.  Give everything and have no regrets.  Life is too short to be unhappy.  You have to take the good with the bad.  Smile when you are sad.  Love what you got always, remember what you had.  Always forgive and learn from your mistakes.  People change & things go wrong, but always remember:
Life goes on!



A girl is much more than she seems:  Not a toy.  Underneath the hair and the makeup, there's a sign that says, "Handle with care."