Love Notes

Sometimes life happens and the plans you have change.

 

This seems to be especially true when it comes to my calling in young women's. I usually meet with my presidency once every quarter. We also have a Facebook page where we keep each other up to date on everything else. It is super convenient and I don't have to feel like we are having meetings just to have meetings. So when we do meet, we plan a ton and then divvy out who will be in charge of what activity. It works great! But sometimes life comes and throws a quick pot hole in the road and you have to be flexible.

 

I was recently in charge of an activity where I would be teaching the girls to correctly lead music and then we would make some cute scarves as a reward. It was all set. And then Savanah woke up with a fever that morning and my husband was away for training. I frantically began texting all my leaders to figure out who could take over for me that night. Sadly, none of them knew how to really lead or sew for that matter. It was obvious that we would need a Plan B. I did a quick scan of Pinterest and found an idea that I was able to modify to fit our time restraint.

 

It just so happened that this activity was the during the week of Valentine's Day. I ran out to the Dollar Store and grabbed some cute, plastic buckets and some fun ribbon. I then made a quick sticker using Picmonkey and printed them out on printable shipping label sheets.

The idea was for the girls to each decorate a bucket with the ribbon and stickers to hold their "love notes". They then used scrapbooking supplies to make several cards that they could send to people who might need a little extra love. The girls could continue to add extra cards all year long to their buckets and use them as a reminder to do small acts of kindness for others.

 

Not too bad for a Plan B!