Forget-Me-Not Garden Party Shower Invite

Next week a friend of mine and I are having a shower for one of our friends. We decided to use a garden party as the theme for the shower and had the idea of using Forget-Me-Not seed packets to create the invites. We put all the details of the shower inside the seed packet with the seeds. Here's how they turned out!

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Put The Lime In The Coconut

This last week was Chad's Birthday and he requested Coconut Cake, not my favorite, but this cake could make anyone change their mind! You'll have to forgive me, but I cannot figure out where I got the recipe. I searched and searched online, but could not find the recipe nor the pretty picture I've had stored in my recipe file on my computer anywhere, So here it is, And it is delicioco!

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 1 - 9x13 inch pan, which is much easier to serve out of, but I love a good cake stand. Just be prepared, if you use a cake stand it takes some finesse to get the cakes out of their pans after they have soaked. YUmmmm. I'm still trying to perfect my method of removal :) If you want to do a great 3 or 4 layer cake you will need to double this recipe

1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
1 (14 ounce) can coconut cream
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 cup flaked coconut


Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.

In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, eggs, oil, water and coconut flavoring. Beat for 2 minutes and pour into 9x13 inch pan. Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
In a medium bowl, combine coconut cream with sweetened condensed milk and stir until smooth. When cake comes out of the oven, poke holes into it in even rows using a large fork or chopsticks. Pour milk mixture over, allowing it to soak into the cake. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
In a large bowl, whisk cream until soft peaks form. Add sugar and continue whipping until stiff. Spread over cooled cake. Sprinkle top with flaked coconut. Optional: garnish with limes.

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Book Worms for the Book Worm

This Sunday we worked on the lesson called: How can I improve my scripture Study? This was a very fun lesson (for Me)! I found Brother Eyring's interview and the section called Teaching From The Scriptures from Teaching, No Greater call to be very helpful! I enjoyed making and sharing a list of ideas of how the youth can develop their own personal scripture study approach. The kids helped to make a great list!

- Provide context: ie answer the questions who is speaking, whom is that person speaking to, What is he or she speaking about, what is he or she responding to, and why is he or she saying this?
- Liken the scriptures unto yourslef
- Use the study helps in the scriptures: Topical Guide, maps, and The Bible Dictionary  
- Look at the footnotes and cross reference
- Read the headings of chapters and sections, introductory pages to the scriptures, study the maps, and use the topical guide to look up specific subjects.
- Mark your scriptures: come up with your own personal system that works best for you, ie color by subject etc
- Scripture Linking
- Make notes in the margins
- Study you scriptures at a specific time each day, be consistent
- Say a prayer before you begin and after you finish

and per usual I love to make a great handout. I loved this idea I found on Pinterest!

Here's how mine turned out!

Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String...

This Sunday we learned about testimonies and how to share them. Because it was Mother's Day we decided why not share our testimonies with our mothers! So after learning about the different parts of a testimony and the importance of sharing it, we wrote down our testimonies for our mothers. I also found this great free printable and tutorial for button magnets at inkablinka.com.

Although we ended up wrapping up both the buttons and our testimonies in some brown paper packaging tied up with string and a little tag that said Mothers are like BUTTONS they hold everything together! I just loved the cute little button magnets!

This is where I got the idea for the brown paper packaging. There are tons more ideas for wrapping up gifts!