Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  Here we go marching into Christmas...sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  Anyone else out there have something to post?  It would be welcome!!!  Here is a Thanksgiving board created by Elizabeth K.  She used old stuff we've had on hand from past years and it worked out well...the flag was ordered from Christian Book Distributors. 

Fall Harvest

Here is a board by Elizabeth K. at our church. She's so creative...I love what she comes up with. I had actually purchased the leaves, ribbon border and 2 large felt pumpkins at the Dollar Tree awhile back. I gave that to her and she arranged and added her own stuff...I love the scrapbooking effect. Thanks Liz for another great board at church...I think next month I'll have you post your own so you can describe it better than I can!

I Am the Vine

A friend of mine told me if I gave her verses she would put a board up with them. So, John 15:1-8 is what I gave her and this is what she came up with! I love it; thanks Elizabeth K.! She used purple wrapping paper for the background, brown (mailing paper?) for the "vine" part and artificial grapes (though my son was sure they were real and pulled a couple off to try before he realized they were fake). : ) I don't normally show this entired board because it's so long and we used one side for announcements. However, I decided to show it all this time since she did a great job making it all blend.

Thanksgiving Blessings

This board is nice because you can change the window scenery, verse, and a few extras and create a Christmas board. With Thanksgiving and Christmas being so close together this can help save time and money - two things in high demand between the end of November and December. :)

Background: Plastic Tablecloth

Border: Store bought scalloped edging

Lettering: Colored Paper - done by Cricut w/Design Studio (that's how the letters for each word are connected to each other)

Scripture: Colored paper / Typed out

Picture Frame: Construction paper & Ribbon matching curtain tie backs

Window Frames: Thick card stock

Scenic view: Chalked Free-hand (Chalk does come off - afterwards we thought to put clear plastic wrap over the picture - then it might give it a look of glass too -- just a thought) (You could find something with a scenery already on it - like fabric, wrapping paper, a poster, etc.. and use that instead ... just be sure to make your frame the appropriate size)

Curtains: Lacy-looking plastic tablecloth cut in 4 equal rectangular shapes and tied back with ribbon (Top of "curtain" tucked behind window frame and stapled)

Tablecloth: Round plastic tablecloth cut on one edge then tucked down behind table and stapled from underneath.

Table: Brown crafting paper - cut out free hand

Fruit and Candlesticks: Cricut cut-outs. (stencils, die-cuts, or clipart are other options)

Bread 'n Bowl: Construction paper - cut 'n colored freehand

Rejoice In the Lord!

This is a board I had used three years ago, so it did not take nearly as long to put together. The leaf pile probably took the longest at the time, cutting out all those leaves and pasting them just so onto a piece of posterboard. Making the boy was a bit challenging too; I normally don't put many people as such on my boards (unless they are already made), because they just don't seem to come out quite right proportionately. But, the idea for this board was one I really wanted, so I decided to tackle it anyway by looking through different clipart pictures and such. All the musical notes were printed from a clipart note to the size I wanted and then traced onto construction paper. Among the notes falling around the boy are some leaves that the kids wrote their names on.

God is Good

I "stole" this idea from my mom's Easter board. CBD had fall flags on sale (CBD has many pretty flags if anyone is interested...check it out!) so I got this one and posted it with some foliage I bought at Joann's (also on sale! : ) ) If anyone knows how to get wrinkles out of nylon flags, let me know! I tried several things to no avail.