She's Crafty :)

So here is what my bed looked like at the beginning of summer...

... and here is what it looked like after I decided to be crafty and make pillows for it.

I'm kind of proud of my little project. The pillows have really made my room so cute :)

Humanitarian Quilts

I make humanitarian blankets because I need service hours for a project I'm working, but I decided to make blankets because after watching the Church's humanitarian video it really did make me so sad to think that some moms around the world bring their newborns home from the hospital wrapped in newspaper because they don't have a blanket for them. I watched this video around the same time my sister had just had a baby and it made me so sad to think about a baby being cold and only wrapped in newspaper, so I decided to make blankets for my service hours :) My mom told me to take a picture of each one I made so I would remember them, so here they are. I still have plenty more to make though, and don't judge me on the way I look. The pictures are purely about the quilt. I take a picture right after I finish them and it's usually late at night when I've given up on my day ha.

Also, I get the fabric from the humanitarian center and then put the quilts together. The horrible fabric choices were not my decision.

100 Things I'm Grateful For

I just read this wonderful talk by Elder Eyring, The Choice to Be Grateful. It is a commandment that we be grateful in all things, and Elder Eyring tells us that we can recognize our blessing by writing them down. So he gives us ten topics in which we write ten things we are grateful for in each one to show that there really is so much in our lives to be grateful for. Here is my list of 100 things :)

Write 10 physical abilities you are grateful for.

~Running

~Learning

~Laughing

~Reading

~Sewing

~Sleeping

~Skiing

~Working

~Eating

~Talking

Write 10 material possessions you are grateful for.

~My ring I got from my Grandma Tippets

~My necklace Em got me

~A car

~My iPad

~My rain boots in cold weather

~My cellphone

~My bed

~My sewing machine

~My picture of Audrey Hepburn

~My makeup

3.

Write 10 living people you are grateful for.

~Em

~My parents

~All of my family

~Mary Sue Jones

~Cole Griffeth

~Senator Orrin Hatch

~The great guys I work with

~President Monson

~Bishop Maughnn

~Tasia

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Write 10 deceased people you are grateful for.

~President Hinckley

~President Ronald Reagan

~Grandpa & Grandma Alleman

~Grandma Tippets

~Audrey Hepburn

~Abraham Lincoln

~Soldiers

~George Washington

~Mark Twain

~Mrs. Pedersen

5.

Write 10 things about nature you are grateful for.

~Stars

~Brisk air

~Rain

~Snow

~Colorful leaves

~Trails in the mountains

~Flowing water

~Clouds

~Birds

~Lightening

Write 10 things about today you are grateful for.

~David and Katie brought me food at work

~Em and I hung out together all night

~I took apart a phone I had no knowledge of and fixed it

~I cleaned my room before I went to work this morning

~I got the days I requested off at work off

~A guy at work talked to an angry customer for me, so I didn't have to

~The music I'm listening too

~The friendly guy at Jamba Juice

~Mary Sue's text messages to me

~An app I found that helps me set a budget

. Write 10 places on earth you are grateful for.

~My home in Bear Lake

~My bedroom

~Boise

~Beaver Mountain ski resort

~Logan Canyon

~San Diego

~My parents back yard

~Bear Lake

~Uintah Mountains

~Temple grounds

8.

Write 10 modern inventions you are grateful for.

~Nice computers

~iPad

~Hair straightener

~Audible

~Spotify

~Washing machines

~Internet

~Space heaters

~Pinterest

~Panini maker

Write 10 foods you are grateful for.

~Oranges

~Peanut butter and honey

~Chocolate chip cookies

~Frozen grapes

~Smoothies

~Hot soup

~Hot chocolate

~Tofu

~Fruit

~Cheescake

10.

Write 10 things about the gospel you are grateful for.

~The Priesthood

~Temples

~Blessings from tithing

~The gospel's simplicity

~The great role models from the church

~The Church's standards

~Scriptures

~The great comfort

~Missionaries

~The Apostles

After making this list I realized there really is so much for me to be grateful for. There are so many different categories of things I can think of that I'm grateful for. Doing this list was a good reminder for me of all my blessings.