VT With Me, August, More Holiness Give Me
The Visiting Teaching Message for August is titled, “A Society of Holy Women.” When I read this message, I immediately thought of one of my favorite songs, “More Holiness Give Me #131”, because who doesn’t need some of that?! So anyway here is what I came up with.
1. Click here to printout the cover. If you don’t have a color printer you could print it out on colored paper and pick a matching candy to go inside. Click Here for black and white.
2. Cut along the pink lines and score along the dotted lines. (They are light so that they won’t show when it is finished.)
3. Cut out the circle in the middle of the cover. Punch a hole under the title, on the dot mark.
4. Hole punch the bag topper, thread some ribbon through the holes and tie a bow.
5. Print out quotes (click here), cut them out and hole punch them on the dot mark.(Click Here for quotes in Black and white)
6. Thread a paper fastener through all the quotes smallest to largest and then through the hole under the title.
7. Fill a snack size baggie half full of Milk Duds or your favorite round candy, and fold the baggie in half, pushing the candy to one side.
8. Assemble Cover as shown wrapped around the bag and staple.
9. Adhere the topper to the cover top to hide the staples and give it a clean look.
10. And you are done.
Happy Visiting Teaching!!
Files:
Color Cover
Color Quotes
Black and White Cover
Black and White Quotes
I love this idea. Keep them coming. Thanks
Thanks, so much for commenting. I’m always glad to help. Come back and see me next month for another free design to give to your sisters.
Hugs,
I love your ideas,it has been fun getting together with a few other sisters and putting them together.
Oh how fun! What a good idea. I’m glad I could help. Come back and see me next month. I’ll think of something. Thanks for commenting.
Hugs,
can someone translate this into spanish? i have a sister that would love this idea but only speaks spanish. thanks!
wow! Just, wow!!
Great job!!
Hi Brytnie! Here is a link to the spanish version. Thanks for your interest and your comment.
Hugs,
Thanks for sharing. I am our ward RS Pres and it is so helpful to get your ideas. I try to reach those that are missed by their VT and by taking a cute handout they don’t just feel like they were missed.
THANK YOU!
Love it! 🙂 I will definately be lurking around here. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent!!!!
What a wonderful idea Terry. It is such a wonderful thing to do for your sisters to make them feel loved, included and not forgotten. I’m so glad I could help you in some small way in your efforts to serve the sisters in your ward. Best wishes.
Hugs,
Thanks for commenting. I’m so glad you like it. Come back and see me soon. Hugs,
We are all so blessed with your talent. I don’t even mind going Visiting Teaching now. You are an answer to my prayers. Thanks more than you will ever know.
Karen,
What a sweet thing to say! It warms my heart to know that I can help. I love having a creative outlet and the idea that I can give others an opportunity to be creative for a good and worthy cause makes it all the more enjoyable. May our Heavenly Father bless you for your service to your sisters. Have a wonderful day and come back to see me now and then.
Hugs,
Abosolutely darling!! Thanks for sharing this.
I love it. I had an idea to play with, but this is so cute I’m just going to use it. Thanks for sharing!
Your website is new to me and I absolutely love the name, love the style, love the information and your inspiration and love you! Thank you for so much for your creativity and generosity! You’re GREAT!
This is the cutest thing! I love your take on the phrase “holiness”-literally-hahaha! Please keep the creative spirit coming! Thanks so much-Ü
Merry,
Thank you so much for the laugh! I’m so glad you noticed the holiness thing. When I showed it to my husband, He’s like “Yea that’s nice, dear.” I said, “Holy, get it?” (making a point to show him how it worked) and he said, “Yes, I noticed the hole.” He was more anoyed than amused. Men! (Of course I love how masculine he is even it means he doesn’t get me sometimes.) And it makes comments like yours even more fun. Thank you!
Hugs,
Hi Debbie,
I’m so glad you stopped by! Thank you so much for your kind words. I really enjoy posting my ideas. It is nice to know, as a stay at home mom, that I can make some sort of difference in the world outside of these walls. I hope you come back soon.
Hugs,
Wendy, you are so nice. I’m so glad I could help. Come back and see me soon.
Hugs,
Thanks so much for the great ideas…..and thanks for not charging for them! You are great!
Hi Kristie,
Thank you so much for stopping by. I’m so glad you liked this months idea. I hope you will come back next month.
Your idea is so great!! I love the way you did the printable, it’s so creative and looks awesome! Wonderful job and a HUGE thank you for sharing!!
Hi Becca,
Thanks so much for the comment. I am so glad you liked this months handout. I really enjoy doing things like this and being able to share with others is such a bonus. It is like we are all at a very big craft day in the the cultural hall, sharing ideas and making friends. Thanks for stopping by and come back next month.
Hugs,
LOVE this idea! Love cute templates! Awesome!!!! Thank you!!! So excited about it!
Hi Stefanie,
Thanks for the comment! So glad you stopped by.
Hugs,
Holy Cow! That is awesome! I’m sad I found this today I don’t have time to make it. Looks great though.
Hi Vanessa,
I’m so proud of you for doing your visiting teaching so early in the month.
I think about it all month long, but somehow I don’t end up going until the end of the month.
So props to you for getting out there early and getting it done!
Hugs,
Thanks for sharing your idea. I’m the VT coordinator in our ward, the third Sunday of each month I give a brief message about VT, this month I’ll share your message.
You are a blessing to us all.
Pauline
Hi Pauline,
I’m so glad that I could help. The third Sunday is a perfect time to remind and re-motivate sisters to get out there and visit. Even I usually don’t get to it until after the 3rd week myself. I’m glad you are the coordinator.
Hugs,
This is great! I love it!
Just a couple of changes I made:
1. I took the “hole-i-ness” theme one step farther and used LifeSaver Mint candies for the candy.
2. I have some small 3″ x 4″ storage bags and used those instead of a snack bag so I didn’t have to fold it in half — you still need to fold a little length-wise, but not nearly as much. (You can get these bags in the jewelry section of the craft area — I’ve seen at least 3 different sizes — I use them for tons of differnet things.)
3. I couldn’t get the flap to lay right when I stapled the bag to it (didn’t do it right or maybe because of the different size bag?), so I used double-stick tape to tape the bag to the inside back area — this could also eliminate the need for the brown “topper” piece to cover the staples, unless you just want your to top flap to be thicker.
4. I also used double-stick tape (non-permanent) to keep the flap closed.
5. I had some brown paper fasteners that I used instead of the gold ones.
Thanks for your wonderful idea!
My sweet ladies loved this! Thank you so much for the idea and being willing to share! 🙂
Hi Terry,
I’m glad you were able to put your own personal touch to this handout. I’m sure your sisters appreciate the extra effort and love you have shown for them.
Love,
Dear Lisa H,
I’m so glad you enjoyed making the handouts and that your sisters loved them. Thank you for stopping by and for the comment!
Love,
Sharing is Caring. You must really care to share with all of us your special talent. My life is much easier because of you. Thanks
THANK You for a handout in Spanish! I speak a little little little bit and am assigned a mostly Spanish speaking sister. HUGE HELP!
Dear Heather,
I’m so glad I could help! Thanks for stopping by.
My sisters LOVED these. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for Sept!
Hi Stacy,
I’m so glad your sisters felt loved and that they appreciated your willingness to go the extra mile for them. (All I did was post the printouts) I’m so glad you used the idea and that they were a hit. The handout for Sept. is posted. Here is the link . Thank you so much for the comment. Come back soon.
Love,