Seed Paper in ACTION!

Now that you have seen my seed paper tutorials, I thought you may want to see it in action! We had a family history themed Enrichment tonight, and the theme was the scripture from D&C 2:2 that reads...

"And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers."

So, I thought... how perfect to have the favor be a heart that you can plant!!!

These are a few shots of the table before we put the dessert on.

The dessert was super delish, by the way...
COOKIE SHEET CREAM PUFF.
I should have taken a picture.

I know... I have an obsession with gingham, especially since it is $1.50 a yard at Wal-mart!

See the seed banner? The seed packets were $.20 each, so I thought - why not?

Here is the framed scripture.

The next few shots are of ways sisters in the ward display their family history.

We started the night with a great speaker. Christy, you were AWESOME!

Then Becca's brother taught us how to index. He was great!

After the indexing, we moved into the primary room for refreshments, and to see the display.

Yes, I am including a picture of the forks. Well, not the forks only, but the hankies under the forks. DO YOU LOVE THEM???

I got them at DI one day, and felt SO LUCKY! I am glad I got to use them finally!

It was a nice night. Attendance was poor, but it was fun to chat with those that were there, and to learn something new.

Have a Happy and Creative Day!

Risa

Seed Paper Tutorial

PLANTABLE SEED PAPER

Have you seen the lovely seed paper popping up on Pinterest these days? I couldn't believe it when I saw it... Paper embedded with tiny seeds that actually grow when you plant it! I had to give it a try.

I am not lying when I say it was a bit of work. It's not too bad after you do it once though.

Let's get started!


You will need paper that you tear into one inch squares. I used scrapbook paper for the colors, but you can use whatever you have, including newspaper.

You will need a screen with a frame around it. I found all sorts of tutorials describing how to make one of your own, but I thought it would be faster (and cheaper) to just buy a window. I got mine for $6.50 at Home Depot. A package of screen was also $6.50. The only benefit to buying the roll of screen, is that you can wrap it around cookie cutters, and make things in different sizes.

You will need a BIG stack of towels!

And of course, some seeds. I looked for the pack with the most for the money. I got mine for around $4 at Home Depot. I chose larkspur, because I love it's beautiful flowers in the spring time, and it is a Utah native, that easily reseeds.

Place your torn up paper in your food processor or blender.

Fill with water to where it just covers the paper.

Turn on your food processor. I am not going to lie, this was a mess! I don't know how, but the wet paper managed to escape from the food processor and leak everywhere. Just make sure to have some dry towels on hand.

When it is finished mixing, it should look like this. Now it's time to add the seeds.

Place your screen over a cookie sheet full of water, and dump the pulp on top.

The water beneath will help you spread it out as evenly as you can on the screen.

Looks about right.

Lift the pulp up out of the water, and let as much water drain out as you can. Place the whole screen on top of a towel. I had my towel on an upside down cookie sheet.

Cover with a thin cloth, like cheese cloth.

Take your rolling pen, and roll over the top, squeezing out as much water as you can.

Flip your screen over onto another towel covered in cheese cloth. At this point, you can place another piece of cheese cloth over the top, and go over it with the rolling pen again, or you can leave it if you think it is dry enough. I ended up doing it twice. I didn't want my seeds to sprout!

Turn the paper over onto a cookie sheet to dry.

You want to make sure you will be able to get it off when you have finished.

It will be stiff and hard when it's dry.

This next part is showing a sweet little gift you can make using your seed paper.

Buy the small plantable seed boxes. I got mine at Wal-mart, and paid around $2 for 40 of them!

Cut them apart.

Cover the bottoms with tape, so the dirt won't spill out before they are planted.

Cut hearts or whatever shapes you want out of your seed paper.



I attached the hearts to sucker sticks, and put them in the dirt filled container with a sign that reads, "Plant Me!"

These will be used for an LDS Enrichment night about Family History. The sister's will each be able to take one home, and plant it in her yard, or in a pot.

Have a Happy and Creative Day!

Risa

Barbie Sleeping Bag Banner and a Popsicle Tent

I was recently called as the Stake Girls Camp Assistant Director. The Director is fabulous, talented, amazing... the list could go on and on. She is also SUPER ORGANIZED. She had much of it already planned by the time I was called, so I thought I could help at least, by making the meeting cute ;) The kick-off meeting for the leaders was tonight, and this is how it looked. This is the refreshment table. I decided yesterday, to make a sleeping bag banner (barbie sized), using leftover fabric from my own stash, and some my sister-in-law gave me... Thanks Joe - loves to you :)

I hung the banner on the DI frame that I painted. It was even more cute in real life.

Here is a close up of a few of the sleeping bags. My daughter kept asking what time the meeting would be over, so she could play with them.

The little bunting was based on the scripture theme, and reads SHINE. Lisa just happened to have five containers of wheat grass... of course she did. You are amazing Lisa!

Here's the scripture I turned into subway art.

I was thinking I needed to make a tent, and had a very hard time finding one online. I took my inspiration from HERE. Also, do you see the runner under the tray? I made it last year for my babies blessing day luncheon. You can see the luncheon HERE. I think I forgot to take pictures of the runner before.

Remember my GNOME PARTY? Well, I used the tray, lantern, and dollar store moss rocks to go around the tent and table.

Speaking of tables... I made this out of Popsicle sticks just this afternoon.

This was the table outside the door.

I stitched folders for everyone by folding OLD scrapbook paper in half, and zigzagging up the sides with the sewing machine. I even added a ribbon loop on one side to hold a pen.

It was a FUN NIGHT, and I am so excited for girls camp. It has been almost 20 years. Am I really that old???

Oh, and here is a shot of the favor that was on each seat. I forgot to get a photo of it tonight. This is on my counter top shortly after I finished them. I just printed the subway art black and white in a wallet size, and glued it and a candle on to a piece of yellow paper I already had.

Up next, I will be showing the preparation and party for my daughter's 10th birthday. Be sure and come back. You won't want to miss it! It was and Indian / Bollywood theme, and oh so much fun!

Have a Happy and Creative Day!

Risa