DIY: Stained Glass

We had an open house for our temple and I wanted to do something fun to memorialize the great feelings. I chose stained glass, well pretend stained glass (here's the how-to I refered to: link).

To practice, I first did a CTR shield

Here's the temple

I wanted the sides of my stained glass to match actual stained glass from inside the temple, as below

DIY: Felt Song Helpers

I was a singing time leader at our church for a couple of years. I made these fun visual aids to help the children learn the words to a song we sang to mothers on Mother's Day. Here's the song: link.

Like sunshine in the morning that wakens day from night,
Like flowers in the springtime so colorful and bright,
Like happy songs of bluebirds that fill the air with cheer,
A person bright and lovely is my mother dear.

Each sheet is about 8x11:

DIY: Family Shirts

My amazing wife used stencils to make personalized shirts for our brood the other summer. The shirts looked great, and the little ones loved wearing them. Here are a few pictures from different adventures where the children coordinated their outfits:

DIY: Shell-Lined Walk

We used the shells we've been collecting from our beach trips to line the back patio pavers. It looks cute, and we add more each time we have another beach day.

DIY: Porch Ceiling

This fdaone's still in process, but we had popcorn ceiling in the screened-in porch that was worse than what was in the house. The drywall was sagging from the humidity, so I took an hour and ripped it all out!

Now I'm wanting to clean it and paint the exposed wood (plus add a pull-up bar).

Here's what it looks like now: