Out of the Depths - Free coloring page

The story of Jared and his family found in the beginning of the book of Ether in the Book of Mormon has so many parallels to our life journey. On this read-through I was especially impacted by how the Lord prepared them for the journey to be really, really difficult. He describes mountain waves that would dash upon them, and Ether describes furious winds and monsters of the deep. But the Lord promised that they would have His light in the depths, and that He would always bring them back to the surface.

We are really in the depths right now as a family, as we lost our beloved 18-year-old daughter last month. All I can do is hold on to these promises: that He is in charge of the winds and the floods and will not leave us to cross these great waters in darkness. I know that the wind never ceases to blow up towards Him, if we let him steer our little ships.

To download this free coloring page, just click the image below and save to your computer or device, then print out or color digitally.

A Perfect Brightness of Hope - free coloring page

I've been thinking and reading a lot about HOPE this week, preparing to teach a lesson in church based on Jeffrey R. Holland's recent talk "A Perfect Brightness of Hope," and I had a bit of a light bulb moment that our ability to have hope is based on our relationship with our Heavenly Father and our Savior. If we know - truly know - they love us, if we have a relationship with them that is built on our experiences with them, we can continue to trust in hope and move forward through whatever life throws at us. It allows us to live by faith joyfully and with hearts filled with charity!

To download this free coloring page, just right-click on the image below and save to your computer. Go to where you have it saved, right click the file, and click print. Have a wonderful week!

 

Cards for Essential Workers!

Download free cards to print out for all those awesome people on the front lines, keeping us safe and keeping the world moving along! If you download them, I'd LOVE to hear where you are and who you'll be sending them to! Keep on keeping on - we're going to make it through!

Click this link to download PDFs of these cards for printing.

Sending Hello - Free Downloadable Cards!

In this crazy time, we are all looking for ways to connect with the people we love. How about sending a happy card through the mail, or tucking a card into a treat to leave on a neighbor's porch? You can download these happy cards for free! Just print each file on cardstock and cut in half to make two cards. Keep spreading happiness - you're guaranteed to get some on yourself, too!

The Great Plan of Adventure - free plan of salvation map download

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf gave a wonderful sermon yesterday about the adventure of our life and eternal progression, likening it to Bilbo's journey in The Hobbit. It made my Tolkien-loving heart so happy. So what could be better than a fantasy map version of the Plan of Salvation? I hope you enjoy it - you can download this file for free and print it at 8x10 (Just right click on the image below and save to your computer, then print as you would any picture. For personal use only.).

If you'd like to print larger, you can purchase a higher resolution file here:

https://www.etsy.com/littlethingsHAPPY/listing/749228715/plan-of-salvation-adventure-map-digital

or a nice 11x14 print here:

https://www.etsy.com/littlethingsHAPPY/listing/749225513/plan-of-salvation-adventure-map

The background for this map came from myfreetextures.com - a wonderful resource!

Free calendar download!

This year I'm creating a free calendar illustration/quote every month for your enjoyment. Here's to February, the month for celebrating all the love in our lives! 

Free Doodling Practice Sheets!

Doodling is fun! But I know it can be a little intimidating if you're just getting started. I made these fun sheets to teach a group of amazing young women how to get started doodling flower wreaths, and I thought some of you might like to use them as well!

The idea with these is to use this first page as a practice sheet to practice some handy flower doodle shapes, then use the second page to make your own work of art! Use the light gray circle around the lettering as a guide, and just fill it with all the flowers you learned to doodle from the first page. Have fun!