This Little Piggy Went to Market ~with Shay Morris
We found out that Shay is a talented young mom trying to make ends meet. She gave us wonderful ideas in keeping our money in our own pockets (instead of giving it all away to the store owners)
Check out some of the sites she told us about - they are on the side bar of this blog under Saving Money (click on the one you want and you will be taken to that site)
This Little Piggy Stayed Home ~ Rhonda Robertson, Manon Zaluski, Marcia Young
We heard book reviews of great and uplifting books that will enrich our lives.
See the titles on the side bar of this blog under Good Reads.
This Little Piggy Had Roast Beef ~ Amy Jolley
Amy told us some of her family's food traditions and shared some great recipes with us. She spoke of the importance of sitting down together for a family meal as often as we possibly can.
This Little Piggy Had None ~ Kathy Gibbons
We heard how it is very baaaad to have none in the event of a disaster. We have heard this admonition many times, so it must be very important to listen to
and heed. Ask Kathy sometime about their experiences in surviving the Teton Dam Flood.
Michelle shared her 'Back to School' table. Her girls look forward to a special dinner each year set with a theme (this year's is "be Smart"). They each get school supplies, treats and a card written by mom and dad telling them of their hopes for each child's school year.
We had a wonderful evening full of fun instruction, great decorations, and of course, wonderful food!...
These pigs pictures were found off the internet and printed on old book pages.
I hung them off dead branches stuck in a french urn.
The table cloth is just 3 yards of inexpensive burlap with a muslin ruffle added for more french decor.
The flying pig was found at HomeGoods. The polka dot box is just a box from the post office covered with wrapping paper.
These lanterns were made from old books found at the DI.
The easiest shape to start with is the cylinder. Just start with a old paperback novel. Hot glue a ribbon to the outside of the book along the spine. Leave it long enough to hang from and tail at the end so you can attatch a crystal of more ribbons. Then fold each page in half towards the spine and tuck into the spine. Fold all the pages this way. As you get towards the end it will get more difficult because it is getting so thick. Then hot glue the book covers together and you are done. Then start trying with other shapes. Fold each corner towards the spine and you get the diamond shape (2 folds per page). Fold each page in half towards the spine like you did for the cylinder, then fold each corner into a dog ear and you get the lantern shape on the bottom right. HAVE FUN.
WARNING. They can get heavy...the bigger the book...the more pages the heavier it is. So make sure you have something sturdy to hang from.
This was our food table. For our french oui, oui, oui (wee wee wee) desserts.
And This Little Piggy Went Oui, Oui, Oui All the Way Home!
If you weren't there you really missed out on some great French desserts! We had fruit tarts, eclairs, creme brulee cheesecake bites, crepes with fresh berries, macarrons, cream puffs. Check out the newsletter for the recipes.
This was our invite.
We printed these at Costco in 4x6 to give to each individual sister.
This was our reminder boards that we displayed by the RS room and the Primary room each week before the activity. The invite was just printed in a 11x14 with burlap and doileys behind. This is all attatched to a foam core board from the dollar store cut in half.
