Flyby Review: Bible Journaling Kit

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I love scrapbooking.  I can spend hours journaling every event and picture for my family.  So what better way to delve into my Bible study than by journaling?  I was so excited to get this Bible Journaling Kit - it was like Christmas coming early!

The kit includes:

·         4 sheets of word stickers

·         4 sheets of alphabet stickers

·         24 tab stickers

·         8 colored pencil twists

·         1 journaling pen

·         1 pouch with adjustable strap to fit Bibles of all sizes

·         1 ruled page protector mat with tracing lines

If you are like me, you won't want to write and doodle in your nice leather-bound Bible with the beautiful, thin pages (if you even have one, instead of an app!).  I really only like to underline a few things in my nice Bible.  But don't feel like you can never make notes in a Bible.  One of my greatest treasures is my grandfather's old leather-bound Bible, full of his notes, markings, and favorite verses. It gives me a chance to see what he was thinking when he was studying and what verses had the most meaning for him.  So I have a hard-cover, $6 Bible that I use for highlighting and making notes during my devotions.  It has slightly thicker pages and is by now quite colorful!  Somehow, highlighting and making notes in an app has not been quite the same for me.

This is honestly one of my favorite things I've gotten to review.  It would make a wonderful gift for the scrapbooker in your life!

I'm running a little late with this review, but you still have a few days to register for the publisher's giveaway of five Bible Journaling Kits!  Winners will be announced on December 15, 2016.  There are also FREE coloring pages to download from the webpage!  Click here:  http://bit.ly/BibleJournalingKitGiveaway

You can find the Bible Journaling Kit at these retailers:

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/BNBibleJournaling
Amazon: http://bit.ly/BibleJournaling
Books-A-Million: http://bit.ly/BAMBibleJournaling
Christian Book Distributors: http://bit.ly/CBDBibleJournaling

Enjoy your journaling!

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Happy Crafting!

Life-Saver Men Craft

Looking for some fun gift ideas for your kids to make and give to their friends?  One of the most popular crafts I've had on my blog was the life-saver men tree ornaments.  It's been five years since I posted it, so here it is again:

1) To make each set of arms and legs, wind about 20 lengths of red or green yarn length-wise around a six-inch ruler.  

2) Slide the yarn off the ruler, tie shorter pieces of yarn around each bunch near each end, and cut the ends so that all of the yarn ends are loose.  

3) Cut one long piece of yarn for each life-saver man and tie one end of it around the middle of the leg piece, forming two legs.

4) Thread the long piece of yarn on a long needle and push it through the center of the life-saver candy roll.  We used the large life-saver candy rolls, so we actually had to tie the yarn around a crochet hook or knitting needle to get it all the way through.

5) Tie the long piece of yarn around the middle of the arm piece, forming two arms.

6) Thread the long piece of yarn on a long needle again and push it through the center of the styrofoam ball for the head.  For this one, we used a plastic kiddie-needle for plastic canvas.  It was long enough to go all the way through and had enough of a point to go through the styrofoam.

7) Keep the long piece of yarn on the needle and push it through the center of a small shape cut from cardstock or felt for the hat.

8) Tie a loop for hanging in the top of the long piece of yarn.

9) Use markers to draw a happy face on your life-saver man!

Happy Crafting and Merry Christmas!