Young Women in Excellence [Once Upon A Time]

Last week was Young Women in Excellence and I had some fun making cute printables and handouts for the event. We decided to go with the theme, Once Upon a time (Cinderella, pumpkins, and glass slippers) to tie in with this year's mutual theme, Stand in Holy Places.

Take a look at the fun pictures below along with a free download. 

Concert in the Lot

I got to help my friend Stephanie Boyd plan an outdoor concert featuring music from her album, Touching Sky. It was so much fun helping her plan every detail and seeing the event come together. 

We stuck to a red and blue color theme for the concert and incorporated vintage furniture, enormous balloons with fringe tassel, and lots of yummy food. We had a fun snack bar consisting of soda bottles, popcorn, licorice, and brownies. 

Stephanie did an amazing job and put on an awesome show. She is soooo good on stage and her music is inspirational. It was such a magical night. Stephanie - you rock.

Girls Camp

I have loved my calling in the Young Women Program. I have the best group of girls -- they definitely keep me young. Girls Camp this year was so much fun. The theme was Stand in Holy Places and our campsite decorations was inspired by Dr. Seuss. There were a lot of good memories this year. Here are some of my favorite parts of camp:

• Skills Course
• Zip Line
• Going on an awesome hike
• Having the best skit
• Painting nails
• Swimming in a pond
• No heat on my hair for 3 days
• No work

YW Welcome Bags

I've been putting together Welcome Bags for the new young women who will be turning twelve this year. I have had a lot of fun gathering all of the materials, and making a cute little package for them. I tied in the "Stand ye in Holy Places" youth theme along with the Young Women essentials.

I got the cute printables and sock cupcake idea from Courtney.

These are the essential items that you should include in your welcome bag for the incoming girls.

• Young Women Personal Progress 
• Personal Progress Journal
• Young Women Theme Card 
• For the Strength of Youth 
• For the Strength of Youth Card 
• Young Women Logo Pendant 

New Beginnings {Stand in Holy Places}

Last Tuesday was New Beginnings for the Young Women in my ward. The event turned out great - all the decorations, talks, and refreshments turned out perfect. The youth theme this year is: Stand ye in Holy Places. To go along with the theme "shoes" were used to represent "standing" in holy places.

For my talk, I spoke on the Young Women values. I assigned a shoe to each value and shared how while wearing that shoe it can help us stand in holy places. For example, your "Rain Boot" represents Divine Nature. Each of us have inherited divine qualities, and we should strive to develop those qualities. By putting on your rain boot, you can accomplish anything - through any storm in your life :)

Below are my talking points for each shoe. You can also download the decorations that go along with the theme here.

New Beginnings Printables {Stand ye in Holy Places}

I am getting ready for New Beginnings next week and designed a banner and a few decorations to go along with the Youth Theme for 2013: Stand ye in Holy Places.

Below are some pictures of the Printables for our New Beginnings and also a file download :)

YW in Excellence {Arise and Shine}

Our Young Women in Excellence Program is coming up this Tuesday and I designed some decorations to go along with the theme, "Arise and Shine Forth". The girls have been preparing for this night to showcase their achievements and celebrate their personal progress. Here are some examples of what the decorations will look like for the program:

You can download the printables here:

Royal Generation {Manual 1 Lesson 29}

I taught lesson 29 for Young Women's this Sunday, and wanted to share some of the materials that I made to go along with the lesson :)

You can download the materials here: