A little bit of this and that: A post within a post

So, I didn't want to wait to blog about a bunch of things and I didn't want to write more than one post in a day, so I decided to combine them all! Good idea? I think so :)

 Come listen to a prophets voice
Today was the 3rd time in a month that I have had the opportunity to listen to our beloved prophet Thomas S. Monson speak. Today he spoke at devotional ( which I have to say, I haven't listened to as often as I should this year) and it was absolutely wonderful! President Monson always has wonderful talks, but there were a couple things that I absolutely loved from his talk today!

1. "Those who lose faith in religion, lose faith in everything greater than themselves" 

2. To be an example of the believers, we ourselves must believe. 

3. "When you choose to follow Christ you choose to be changed," Ezra Taft Benson

4. As we choose to follow the savior, ours will be the opportunity to be a light unto the world.

5. I love that he used the Lion King quote! " Simba, look inside yourself. You are more than you have become. Remember who you are" It is such a great quote and is so true. All of us have the potential to be anything we want to be, but we often lose sight of that and settle for what we have become rather than what we can  become! 

 My Pinterest Addiction

So I love Pinterest.. yes, love it! It is full of so many fabulous ideas and I am so sad I don't have the time to create all the wonderful craft projects I find. However I have decided that this weekend I am setting aside some time for crafts and I am going to do some holiday decorating!! 

I really wanted to make a Thanksgiving thankful tree and it just so happens that I found one on Pinterest, coincidence? I think not!

I love vases filled with tree branches ( or craft tree branches) decorated for a particular holiday and I thought that putting what you are thankful for on the tree branches would be so fun! In fact, I think I might just make an FHE activity out of this :) 

My next project is a Christmas Tree skirt. Seeing as we are living in our own apartment, I really want to get a Christmas tree and start some Christmas traditions of our own. I found this tree skirt on Pinterest and cannot wait to make it!

All you need is a hot glue gun, an old tree skirt, and material! Obviously I'm sure it will be harder than it looks, but it is so worth a shot! I'm thinking a dark crimson linen instead of an eggshell linen, just because Christmas trees can equal dirt and pine needles. 

Also a Christmas craft, I really, really want to make an advent calendar. We had one in my home growing up and it was one of / still is one of my favorite Christmas decorations in our home. I wish I had a picture of it! It is a green felt tree on a piece of burlap and has little pockets with an ornament for each day of December leading up to Christmas. Getting to put the ornaments on the tree is one of my favorite memories of Christmas in our home. I am really excited to make my own advent calendar for my family!!

This will definitely be a multiple craft Saturday event, but i'm excited to start working on it! There are a few things I want to add to it, but i'll wait to tell you until I start working on it!! 

Pinterest also feeds my craving for a house of our own... which I know will be years from now, but no reason I can't start planning now! 

 I had another thought I wanted to blog about, but I'll save it for it's own post :)