Free Printable: 2012 YW Theme: Arise and Shine Forth

My family and I are really involved with out church group.  Both my husband and I spend a good chunk of our free time volunteering to help our local congregation out. I work with the young women in our youth group. Each year all of the youth of the world wide congregation focus on a theme, which is scripturally based.  This year our theme is "Arise and shine forth...".  I decided to make up some printable cards for the young women that I work with.  They are small, about 4 1/4" x 5 1/4", but the perfect size to store in their scriptures.  I used the My Memories Suite software to create the printable.  I really loved how easy it was to create a simple printable using this software.  Don't forget to enter the My Memories Software Giveaway that I'm hosting, you have just a few more days to enter.  You can find the post here.

If you are interested in a digital file for the 2012 Youth Theme, you can find it here.  The file is for an 8.5x11 sheet, with four images per sheet. The file is for non-commercial use only.  Print off as many as you'd like, share them with your friends, but please respect that it is for non-commercial use only.

Miles Blessing Outfit

Aside from one small detail, I have Miles' blessing outfit finished. For the most part it is a refashioned outfit.  I went to my local thrift store and picked up two white sweaters.  The cable knit sweater I picked up for one dollar, and the ribbed knit  I had to pay three dollars for.  So four dollars of material for the sweater, cap, pants, and booties-Not too bad.

I used an existing outfit that we have to create a pattern for the little cardigan and the knit pants.  The booties are Sweet Pea Patterns Little London Bootie.  The cap was my own design...I almost added a little brim to it, and I'm kind of regretting that I didn't, but he'll look cute in it just the same.

I mentioned in a previous post that Miles was going to have a bow tie of his own.  He's going to be matchy matchy with his dad and brother on his blessing day.  I know that traditionally blessing outfits are solid white, but I really like the silver, and do you have any idea how difficult it is to find matching shades of white?  So call me a rebel, but he's going to sport a silver bow tie.

I'm kind of in love with the little onesie.  I picked up a plain long sleeve onesie at Wal-mart, and added a faux placket.  I simply cut a piece of white knit material that was the length of the onesie and three inches wide.  I made 1/16" pintucks in half inch increments from the center of the placket.  I then applied some fusible adhesive, adhered it to the shirt, and stitched along the edges.  I also added four buttons down the front.

I still plan on embroidering his blessing date on the onesie....any suggestions on the placement?  I've been thinking on the hip, but I suppose the back of the neck, or the hem of the sleeve could work as well.  What are your thoughts?

I know that the outfit isn't as formal as some blessing outfits, but I like that I'm dressing him as a baby boy, and not a full grown man. Here's a picture of Clark's blessing outfit.

I'll be sure to post some pictures of Miles in his blessing outfit.