Celestial University

 All right girls... amidst the 10 kids 5 and under chaos and the good food and the great conversation, I hope you got a little motivation to start on your Celestial University. Remember that we decided that we will each complete 5 goals by the beginning of August 2013. That gives us 3 months. And...if you have any great ideas or things you want to do together, let's get together!

Here are a few ideas that weren't in the book that I've decided to do....
THEOLOGY
1. read all the Sunday school lessons this year
2. help my 5 year old learn all the Articles of Faith
3. read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to my kids

What are you working on? Share your ideas too.

Fringe Scarf

http://www.lakelandlocal.com/2011/08/diy-fringe-scarf/
My neighbor had on a darling scarf similar to this the other day. They sound super simple to make, and I found this tutorial. Would anyone be interested in doing this for November klub? If you all ready have a different idea that's fine too.

Rose Party Dress

http://nestfullofeggs.blogspot.com/2012/06/purple-rose-party-dress-tutorial.html

 I love, love, love this dress...so does Kate. I would love to make it for her (maybe a Klub opportunity) if I could find the fabric for pretty inexpensive. And to celebrate at a Klub .... we could make this cake :)

ENJOY!

(I don't remember the link, but I'm pretty sure I saw it on Ananda's cake decorating Pinterest board)

Timeout

{Marian, Emily, Trisha, Jeannie, Jana, Shelly, Hilary, Sandy}

What a wonderful time we all had at Time Out for Women (TOFW.com). Shelly was a wonderful Bed & Breakfast host and it was so nice to just be a mile from the University. I loved that we were all together the whole time and then could talk about each motivational speaker from our different perspectives. We want to go again next year, probably in February to Ogden, so if anyone else wants to join us we'd love to have you along.

Burlap Wreath

I really want to make this wreath! Any other takers?

Bread Demonstration

We got together and had Emily demonstrate her easier, homemade wheat bread. It was yummy, and fun to get together! (Emily uses the Baker's Secret 8x4 bread pans from Smith's.)

Whole Wheat Bread Recipe (makes 2 (8x4in) loaves)
3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup gluten flour
1 1/4 Tbsp instant yeast
2 1/2 cups steaming hot tap water (120-130F)
1 Tbsp salt
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup honey or 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 Tbsp bottled lemon juice
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

Mix together first 3 ingredients in mixer with a dough hook. Add water all at once and mix for one minute (check the temperature of your water with a thermometer); cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Add salt, oil, honey or sugar and lemon juice and beat for 1 minute. Add last flour, 1 cup at a time, beating between each cup. Beat for 6-10 minutes until dough pulls away from sides of the bowl. This makes a very soft dough. (If the bread still is not pulling away and feels really sticky when touched, you may need to add extra flour. Add in slowly until reaches proper consistency, usually 1/2-1 cup more flour.)

Preheat oven for 1 minute to lukewarm (about 170 F) and turn off oven. Turn dough onto oiled counter top; divide and shape into loaves; place in oiled bread pans. Let rise in oven (that's warm but not on) for 10-15 minutes until dough reaches top of pans.

Emily made a huge batch, so all the loaves weren't quite raised to the top of the pan, but most were. Sorry this picture isn't good, but I was not allowed to open the oven to get a good picture.
Do not remove bread from oven; turn oven to 350 F and bake for 30 minutes. Remove bread from pans and cool on racks.

Angry Birds

Does anyone want to join the angry bird craze and make the game for ourselves? Kate insists we need to make this game so she can play, especially since her dad won't let her play his phone all the time. Great Klub idea, huh?
http://www.makeandtakes.com/crafting-with-angry-birds

Before and After...Emily's Entryway table

Drum roll please...

I'm excited to say that Carter's room is officially decorated to my liking and original plan. Well, I might hang things on the shelf hooks, but for now I'm pleased. The reveal...Here's the shelf my mom and I refinished. Plus, my mom painted that rifle I bought at Wood Connections red. I needed a little color on the shelf.

So here's his room. I know the blessing outfit doesn't really fit the decor, but I love it displayed. Someday I'll change that, but for now I'm leaving it.

Some of our projects

Marian refinished this beautiful end table. It looks brand new now. Here, Jeannie is glazing the entire thing to put more brown in it. Glaze is really fabulous stuff. Wipe on, wipe off.

Emily decided to change her entry table to white. It's not quite finished, but should look fabulous.

And, here is a shelf my mom and I repainted for Carter's room. I'm thrilled with how it turned out. I also glazed over my crafter's paint to get the perfect color. Hopefully, reveals of the finished projects follows soon.

Vegetable Tray

Look at this fancy vegetable tray, brought to you by Christine Stewart. Try one for your next party~I bet everyone will ooh and ahhh!

At it again

Jeannie has been busy again creating a darling hat. This would be cute for girls too, but here's Shawn modeling the finished product. It is black, gray, and cream.

New Hats & Bows

I (Jeannie) found this hat pattern in the 4-H booklet from when you were the 7 crocheting crochet. I love how it turned out. The brown bow is the moss rose pattern made with cotton yarn.

The red bow is the Rosies with a leave. I made the bows so Heather can change them to match her outfit.

The tan flower is an Azalea made with extra heavy knit crochet cotton.

Success!

Emily and Ananda working on their hats.Trisha, Jeannie and LisaMarian and Trisha
Jana's completed project modeled on Shawn. Looks really cute on Kate with a bow clipped on. These hats are rather simple and very versatile. It was nice to actually finish a project during Klub instead of having to take it home. (FYI: the Cotton Ease is a really good looking, soft thread. Emily used it for Annie's gray hat.) Thanks Jeannie, you are a fabulous teacher!

Ananda's completed project

Emily's completed project

Crochet Hats

Jeannie made a bunch of samples so you can decide what you want to make. She just used scrap yarn she had at home. Jeannie has a lot of white and cream yarn if you just want to do your first one with scraps and buy later. We think these would be really cute with cotton (like Sugar 'n Cream).Material: DMC crochet cotton #10
Hook Size: US5

Material: Sport yarn

Hook Size: C/2-2.75MM

Material: Sport yarn

Hook Size: F

Material: regular yarn

Hook Size: G

Carter needs a bigger size, so probably need to use a larger hook.

Material: regular yarn

Hook Size: K, ruffle used a J

The K hook can fit adults.

Scripture Power!

We had Klub on the 4th of August. I'm a long time in posting because I was going to put some instructions up too. Well, I'm not so good about that, so here are some fun pictures of the day and our really cute scripture covers. Heather has one too; I didn't get a picture of it though.

{Jana and Trisha}
Now we've got the cutest scriptures around. Who wouldn't want one of these to flaunt? Might be a great missionary tool.

{Trisha, Caleb, Jeannie, Emily}

Oh the joys of children and all involved with diaper changing! If you can see, check out Trisha's pant leg, and you can then guess what Emily just so happened to step in.

{Emily and Trisha}

{Annie, Emily, Marian, Jana, Carter, Jeannie, Trisha}

Hats

I want to learn how to make hats like these. Does anyone know how? Is anyone else interested in making some of these?

Eyelash Extensions

This post made me laugh because of the reminder of Women's Conference last year:

http://www.oneshetwoshe.com/2010/04/eye-lash-extensions-shes-jesica-and.html

Maybe we should all buy our own package of eye lashes, get together for Klub, and make ourselves beautiful again. It might be impossible with children running around though?

Freezer Meal Swap

{Nate, Kate, Jeannie, Trisha, Shawn, Sariah, Katie, Erika, Emily, Annie, Jana, Andrew, Marian}
Yesterday we had a Freezer Meal Klub. We each made 6 freezer meals and then brought them and exchanged. I'm very excited to have this convenience, and hope that everyone else enjoys their meals. Here's what we swapped:
Bean Burritos
Manicotti
Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Cream Cheese/Italian Chicken
Chicken Enchiladas
Meat Mix (for sloppy joes, etc)

Knitting Klub

For Klub last week we had Jeannie teach us how to knit slippers. It was a lot of fun to eat a delicious lunch and let all 8 kids play together: Jake, Ryan, Andrew, Shawn, Nate, Sariah, Erika, and Kate.
{Jeannie and Katie}

{you can sort of see the 5 carseats in one car: front-Shawn, Nate, Kate/back-Erika, Sariah}
So girls, keep knitting! I got my first slipper done and started on my second one. This is the toddler size slipper.
Here's the project Trisha actually worked on during Klub. She finished it and it's now entered in the State Fair. Way to go Trish! Everyone please go vote for her in the quilt building.