It's Only Natural...

Tag shown folded on dotted line and attached to a package of almonds

Happy Arbor Day!

Today is Arbor Day! SOMEONE (I'll be big and won't mention their name) forgot to put "Arbor Day" on the list of April dates so conveniently located in the right sidebar near the top of this page. Sorry! And in an attempt to set things right with you, I have a little Arbor Day gift below.

 

 I've always loved trees--their shade, the rustling of their leaves, the pure magic of a small, almost insignificant seed taking root and growing into something magnificent. There's also the Tree of Life (Adam's and Lehi's), the Allegory of the Olive Tree, and The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil to meditate upon. I wanted to design something for Arbor Day that conveyed some of the inspiration and importance of trees to help encourage our visiting teaching sisters in their lives.  I didn't think it should be just be an ordinary to/from tag, but something that could be re-purposed. A bookmark, perhaps, when cut along the dashed line.

Give it as-is, or attach it to a tree product, like a piece of fruit or even something recycled. Go nuts. (Sorry...again!)

Print the pdf from here. For personal use only.

Thanks for visiting today! I want to close out this post with a beautiful little snippet from Genesis 2:9--"And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food..." Trees were not created just for our sustenance, but also for us to enjoy their beauty. Happy Arbor Day!

Have a great weekend!

Susan

Spring Time!

Happy first day of Spring! Finally, here comes the sun--the days are now beginning to lengthen.

To celebrate, I designed a tag for you.

You print it up, cut it out, and fold it up to look like this:


And as they open the tag...

Here comes the sun!

Just fold in the sun rays to the center after you cut it out. (See below.)
Apply glue stick to the seal and glue it over the center points.
(Notice there are little gaps between the rays in my folded sample.)

Attach it to anything "sunny":
Sun Chips, Capri Sun, maybe a Sunkist Orange, a sun-catcher, a sunporch (might be hard to transport, though!), a _______ (fill in the blank), or sun-themed goodies like:


Mr. Sun Cupcakes

Sunshine Cupcakes

Or attach it to something from this cute "Sunshine in a Box" idea from katherinemaries.com!


The printable tag file is here. Click on the image for the full-size version, then right-click to save it to your computer.

Enjoy your visit!


Susan