Easter Egg Hunt Invitation Printable

Head over to Snap Creativity to download my Free Easter Egg Hunt Printable for your Spring Celebration this year.

St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt for kids

 

Be sure to visit Snap's blog this month to download this free St. Patrick's Day treasure hunt printable.

Glitter Mountain near St. George, Utah

These photos do not do Glitter Mountain justice. This place is only about 10 miles from St. George, Utah. If you are looking for something fun and free for the whole family to do while you are in St. George, you have to find Glitter Mountain. My kids like to call it Sparkle Mountain. We all had so much fun here.

Glitter Mountain is an old Mica Rock mine in Arizona, about one mile from the Utah State line.

You can chip away Mica near the bottom of the pit, or choose a piece of glittery rock from the thousands that are scattered on the ground surrounding the mountain.

This is a great place to go in the winter. The temperature was only 55 degrees, but it felt much warmer with all the rocks reflecting the sun. I can't imagine how hot this would feel in the summer. Be sure to bring water with you.

The directions we found online to get to the mountain required 4 wheel drive. On our way home however, we found a much faster and easier way.

Here's how to find Glitter Mountain:

(Traveling in a Minivan directions)
• Find Telegraph Road in Washington, UT
• Turn south onto Washington Feilds Road
• Keep driving south on Washington Feilds road.
• After a while you will go under the Southern Parkway road.
• Soon the pavement will end.
• Take the first right onto a nameless dirt road heading South.
• Drive about 10 miles, until you will reach some houses at the Utah/Arizona border, do NOT turn down this street, keep going straight.
• Drive about 1.5 miles. Soon you will see the glittery white mountain to your right.

If you are looking for more advendure, and you have a 4 wheel drive vehicle, follow these directions:
(Check the weather to make sure there is no rain in the forecast.)
• Take I-15 South to Southern Parkway
• Travel East on Southern Parkway. After 3 miles take the River Road exit.
• After crossing the AZ/UT state line, look for a sign to your left that says: Little Black Mountain Petroglyphs.
• Go about 3 miles, you will see a bathroom and the Petroglyph site.
• Continue East on the dirt road.
• About 2 miles, you will sees some houses and a sign that reads, St. George 10 niles.
• Turn right at the sign.
• Drive about 1.5 miles. Soon you will see the glittery white mountain to your right.

Be sure to pin these directions on your Vacation board on Pinterest.

Free Popcorn download and printable at Snap

 

Head over to Snap Creativity's blog today to download this popcorn Valentine printable I created.

Valentine Countdown - Free printable

I know it's a little early for Valentine's Day, but It's not too early to start preparing. I don't have a lot of Valentine's Decorations, so I thought I'd make this little countdown advent calendar.

1: CLICK HERE to download the 3 page PDF file to your computer.

2: Using your home computer, print the file onto Card stock. Or if you don't have a nice colored printer, you can upload your files to your local print shop. I uploaded the files to Office Max. I had them printed onto an 80lb Matte Cover card stock.

 

3: Carefully cut out the heart shapes.

4: Use some glitter paper or ribbon to cover some wooden clothes pins. I bought my clothes pins at the dollar store. My glitter paper is from Hobby Lobby. After cutting your paper or ribbon down to the size of your clothes pin, you can use a wood glue to adhere the ribbon. I used a glue gun, because I'm too impatient to wait for glue to dry.

5: Cut out all the Advent activities (or make up your own.) I provided more than 14 to choose from. Adhere each activity to the back of a heart. I used tape, so that I can mix up the activities in years to follow.

 

5. Use the clothe pins to hang the hearts on some string, ribbon, or a strand of twine. Enjoy a Valentine's season filled with Love!

Feel free to share this project with your friends and family on your blog or through social media. Please link to my blog for the tutorial and download.

For personal use only. Thanks!  

Free Christmas Gift Tags Printable

I can't believe Christmas is less than 2 weeks away. I created this cute kids gift tag printable to help you keep track which gift under the tree is for which kid. You could also use these gift tags for neighbor or co-worker gifts. Best of all, you can download and print them today for FREE!

CLICK HERE to start downloading PDF file.

 

Print them onto card-stock or sticker paper from home, or take the file into your favorite local printer such as Office Max or Staples to have them printed.

 

For personal use only. Please do not re-distribute or sell these tags or the images on the tags.
Thank you! ©2011 Holly Brooke Jones.

DIY Felt Snowflake banner Tutorial & Pattern

I'm re-posting my most popular tutorial from almost 5 years ago. Somehow between all those years, all our moves, and all our computer crashes, the downloadable file was damaged.

So, by popular request, I've recreated it for you to download. FREE!

I'm not going to lie. It takes a long time to cut out all these snowflakes. But it's worth it. This banner is also very inexpensive to make.

You will need some "Stiff Felt" in white or your desired color, some Ric-rac or ribbon, sharp scissors, a hot glue gun, sequins, or any fun embellishments you might have. 

1) CLICK HERE to Download and print this 2 page PDF file.

This will be the pattern for your snowflakes.
2) Cut out the paper snowflakes for a pattern.
3) Trace Pattern onto some stiff felt.
4) Cut snowflakes out of stiff felt.
5) Use a hot glue gun to glue sequins or embellishments to the center of each snowflake.

6) Glue each snowflake to ric rac or ribbon to make your snowflake garland.

7) Find a fun place to hang your garland and enjoy!

Note, snowflakes take a little time to cut out. I like to cut them while watching my favorite movie.

Please feel free to share my pictures and this tutorial with your friends. Please direct them to this website to download the snowflake patterns, as the pattern is not intended for
re-distribution or re-sell. Thanks!

 

This is me way back when, showing my snowflake banner on Studio 5.

Free Owl Printable Thank You Gift tags

http://www.hollybrookejones.com/thankyou_tags.pdf

I hope you enjoy these free "Thank You" gift tags. Each tag is 2.5 inches.

12 tags per sheet.

 

Instructions:

1) Click Here to download the PDF file.

2) Print file onto an 8.5" x 11" sheet of cardstock.

3) Cut on grey dotted lines.

4) punch a hole near the top using a paper hole punch.

5) Use a thin ribbon or twine to attach Thank You tag to your gift.

All Art ©2013 Holly Brooke Jones • For personal use only.

Not for re-distribution.

You may share this on your blog, but must link your post to my post. Thank you!

Happy Birthday Trisha - Free printable cards

My sister passed away earlier this year. Today would be her birthday. Since I can't give her a gift personally, I'm giving away these free printable cards in her honor. Regular price: $10, for the next two weeks: FREE. Happy Birthday Trisha! We all miss you!

CLICK HERE to visit download page.

 

Feel free to share a link to these free print-ables with your friends.
They will be available until Sept. 10, 2013

Free 4th of July Printable

Click the image above to download a FREE high resolution jpg printable file. 10" x 8" For personal use only.

Happy Independence Day!

Last night's rainbow - Free Download

 

The photo below is what the download will look like.

 

The rainbow & sky last night was amazing. I couldn't resist running up the hill to get a shot of the rainbow next to the Oquirrh Mountain LDS temple. CLICK HERE to download a high resolution copy FREE! Be sure to right click (PC) or command click (MAC) to save to desktop. You can upload the file to places like Wal-Marts photo center and have it printed on a 12" x 18" poster for pretty inexpensive.

Please note: you are welcome to post about this & use the photo on your blog and other social media, but please link to my blog. Thank you! Photo ©2013 Holly Brooke Jones. For personal use only. Not for re-sale.

If you are interested in some of my temple illustrations, please visit my Etsy shop.

Free Chalkboard Art PDF Download

http://www.hollybrookejones.com/stars_shine.pdf

Please enjoy this free 8.5 x 11" PDF Chalkboard Art printable download. "Even stars need darkness to Shine." Click on the link above to start your download.

* ©2013 Holly Brooke Jones. For personal use only, please do not redistribute without permission. You may use the image above when linking to this blog. Thank you!