Book of Mormon Reading Coloring Chart Printable

 

Do you have a goal to read the Book of Mormon this year? Just in time for 2024 Come Follow Me reading. It's encouraging and fun to track your progress with this simple reading coloring chart that I designed for my family and the kids in the primary that I teach. It is perfect for all ages and can be tracked as an individual or as a group, like a family. It's a great youth, seminary, or primary hand out. It's in my Etsy shop - The Lost Button (here) for digital download and is super cheap.

This chart comes in 4 sizes- US Letter, A4, A5, and 12"x18" (Poster) - that way you can print it and put it in the place you'd like (regular paper size, journal, poster to hang on the wall, etc.) 

The picture above was of the prototype before I had added finishing touches and President Nelson's quote at the bottom, but my daughter has enjoyed using it. You will too!

2024 Habit Trackers (Leap Year) and 2,000 SALE CELEBRATION SALE

YAY! I reached a really great mile stone in the last week in my Etsy shop (The Lost Button) of 2,000 sales! To celebrate I have put all my habit trackers 25% off (here). 

This has been an important year of growth! I began my shop in 2009 to sell my Halloween advent calendars, but hadn't done much with it since then until this last year when I realized I could be selling the little things for little prices. At first, I was really shocked and sad that someone had taken my stuff that I had put out there for free and was selling it without my permission. I was even more disappointed when I reached out and they wouldn't take it down. Instead of being angry I decided to look at the situation and say, "this is happening FOR me, not TO me." I got to learn from it instead of feeling like a victim. What a great gift to learn that I could sell my small stuff for small prices and not just the large stuff that took weeks to make for large prices. It filled me with confidence and happiness to know that I had good ideas- great and small. :) So thank you for all the support and love!

As an update, I wanted to share...

My most downloaded habit tracker is back, but updated for the 2024 Leap Year (here)

I've also updated the design (here) for those that asked for me to make it with digital numbers instead of the hand-written ones. The numbers are slightly larger for ease in reading as well. 

Both of these come in 4 sizes (US Letter, A4, A5, and Hobonichi Weeks Journal) and they can be found in my etsy shop https://thelostbutton.etsy.com

If you want to break it up into months, I also created these bundles for a year of months (2 different Februrary months so you could use it for leap and non leap years). These bundles are sold in the 4 sizes as well- US Letter, A4, A5, and Hobonichi Weeks Journal. They are in the shop on sale too. 

They are fun to color in. You can keep track of up to 6 goals- perfect for groups like your family, work, teams, to keep track of goals or for an individual working on a few things at once, like in the 75 Hard Challenge.

Whatever you are wanting to grown in this year, I have a few different types of options according to what fits you best. Even though these sell for really cheap, you can grab them now for even cheaper. :) 

I hope you have a wonderful 2024 filled with growth and happiness!

First Vision Art Piece Christmas Sale

I have made more of these unique pieces of art in time for Christmas sales and have them up in my Etsy Shop - The Lost Button. They are on sale until December 13th at midnight (the last day to order them to guarantee delivery before Christmas) marked down 18%. They make wonderful, one-of-a-kind, meaningful Christmas gifts. Order soon, before the sale and current supplies end!

I sold of bunch of these 2 years ago when my sister and I took apart one of my personal lightbox designs and created a pattern for replicating them. From those sold I was able to get my own laser cutter and now I can make them here instead of my sister cutting them out and sending me kits to build of my design. :)

Here is the background behind this piece:

Testimonies come in layers of light. This representation of Joseph Smith's First Vision came to me a few years ago before I knew how to create it. The process came one layer at a time, drawing backwards and cutting each layer out by hand according to the piece I had cut just before. I didn't know how to make it work in the end, I just knew one step at a time and moved forward that way- just as we do with our lives and testimonies. 

We lived in Palmyra, NY one summer near The Grove where this vision took place 200(ish) years ago. I used to wander it with my family. We'd stop to paint, sketch, journal, read, and ponder/play. I based this particular section of my favorite little corner of the grove. This sacred event means everything to me and I am so happy to be able to share my heart with others this way. The original that this smaller piece is based off of is much bigger (3 feet tall) and has been in a bunch of art shows over the past 3 years. This smaller design is 11x9x4 inches. 

It has been such a special experience to have this piece lit and in my front room. The beautiful flow that plays off the layers of paper brings a quiet loveliness to my heart and home (simply stunning in the lower lights of the evening). I am not often bold in declaring my testimony, so I have loved how this has given me the opportunity to share an inner piece of myself with all who enter my home and see it.

With building them each individually it can take up to 2 weeks to make and send off to you. Often it's a one week turn around, but with the holidays it can extend the time. Each box comes with a safe led light/plug for longevity and plexiglass in the frame to protect the delicate paper layers. The light clips into the back where there is an engraved account of Joseph Smith's vision in the scriptures. 

Black Sketchbook Drawings and Happy Thoughts

In the past 5-6 years, I've kept track of my art more on my Instagram page, The Lost Button. Recently, my middle daughter mentioned how much she loved reading my blog when I used to post more here and asked if I would pick it up again. I'm not sure how much blogs are used anymore, but I miss having this as a gathering place of art and happy moments too. So, I think I'll catch up on a few little happy thought drawings that I have created the last year or two in my black sketchbook. These drawings are almost always made while wandering in the mountains and so naturally become organic mandalas of some sort or another. 

Here's one I began on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the late summer next to a river my youngest daughter played in the entire time. 

I came home and finished it at my desk and it turned out like this.

Here's one I made for my husband's sketch club prompt last fall. I added more to the design later, but didn't like it as much so I'll only share this part of it. hahaha

This is one I began on a hike in the mountains while in a field of wild flowers.

I brought it with me on a vacation later that week and finished it while sitting on a large rock structure above a koi pond at a train depot. This particular spot was a favorite place to sit and play the guitar in my teen years and so special to share with my family while visiting in August. 

This is one I made for my cousin's daughter. I had started it while at a family gathering and she liked it so much I decided to give it to her when I finished. I created it in her favorite colors.

Here's a few random ones I made while out and about with my youngest daughter (she's my usual mountain exploring buddy). She's got a secret power of attracting little flying creatures to visit her and land on her fingers and head. They've found her since she was just a toddler. We've decided they are fairies in disguise and visiting her for being a kindred spirit.  

Here is a series of pictures of a little green flying insect meeting her and her surprise when he flew off. So fun to have captured that moment.

Here's another lucky shot. If you look closely at this photo of her sitting on a rock in the middle of a river, you can see that a little butterfly had landed on her finger. 

The last sketch/happy thought to share is from my most favorite time in the mountains. One this day in July, while in the mountains and working on this sketch that I had started at church, we witnessed a group of Greek women dancing in a circle. They were singing/praying in a ritual for their grieving friend who cried in the center of the circle on the ground. They invited me to join them. I didn't know their language or what they were saying. They were all singing different words and even in different tunes, but it was apparent that they were singing in replies to each other and they were there for their grieving friend and wailing with her. They changed their tune part way through and it built speed and became lighter until they were stomping and clapping and reaching down to their friend and lifting her up. It was beautiful. Our hearts were connected and I was crying with them. I gave them my unfinished sketch and hugged them. In broken English they told me that it was a special prayer for women and to be done outdoors. As my new friends left, the grove seemed to explode with butterflies and many flew to my daughter and landed on her. It is one of the most sacred experiences of my life. I knew it would have been extremely inappropriate to take pictures while they were dancing (even though it was so beautiful and I wanted to remember it forever), but I'm so glad I got a picture of the sketch before giving it away and of Pip with one of her butterflies/fairies. 

Other Kinds of Habit Tracking...

I've always been the type to love making goals and create ways to track them. That's why I made that year calendar broke up into months back in 2014 (here). I've made a few other ways for tracking; like when my family wanted to track their progress all together so I designed a form to hold a spot for all of us and our goals. I adjusted it a little when I did the NEW 75 Hard Challenge and needed 10 spaces to track. It could also be a fun way to work together as a group to reach goals for up to 10 people (family, co-workers, friends, etc). 

That chart was created to use the same sheet for each month by printing it and circling the new month at the top. I updated them a little and put them in the etsy shop (here) for Digital Download. They are also just $.99 so that anyone could get it if they wanted to. 

I hope it helps you reach your goals and form some new habits. :) 

Valentine Puns (Digital Downloads)

 

For the last week or two I've been having fun making these little watercolor paintings with the thought in mind of making them into silly Valentine puns and putting them in my Etsy shop (TheLostButton) for digital downloads. Well... they are live and ready to print! Follow that link and go check them out :)

Here are a few photos to show what they look like up close and complete. 

They come in 4 designs and 3 different sizes/formats to print them in. The small and medium size has a back to them with a little Valentine's message and a place to write who it's to and from. There's even room to attach a treat for passing out at school. 

The large size is set up to print like a regular folding card. All you need to do is download it, print, fold in half, then cut the cards out, and write your message in them. They are the perfect size for putting in an envelope and sending off. 

I am having so much fun that I've decided to make more styles and themes... so if you have any requests, let me know! Go check them out and have fun getting ready for Valentine's Day :)

It's a New Year! Habit Tracker

I was kindly notified by someone that the calendar that I created back in 2014 and posted to this blog for people to use for personal use had been taken and was being sold on etsy as theirs. It was their best selling item in their shop. That can be frustrating when you love creating things and want to share it with others and find that you have had your work stolen to make money from it. I'm dealing with it, but am also grateful for the lessons I learned. 

1. It's ok to sell my stuff.

2. My work creations are worth buying.

3. There are good people out there that don't know you, but want to see that good/justice is done for you (thank you Jackie!)

4. I learned that I should still put stuff on my blog here. hahaha It's been a while since I mostly moved to my art Instagram page (here) under the name The_Lost_Button 

5. It's easy to move on and I'm excited about the many other things I can put in my shop that I hadn't thought to do. I guess I figured it had to be only big things. So thank you to the stealer of this calendar... you taught me another avenue I can use Etsy for. :)

Happy New YEAR! If you are like me and like to keep track of goals by something you can substantially touch and color in, then you'll love this calendar. I made it because it's hard to narrow down what I want to do in my life. I get excited about a lot of things. I can burn out when I do that though, so this calendar can be used for one goal for the whole year, but it can also be to choose a new focus every month. If you'd like to download it, go over to my etsy shop here- it's super cheap- only $1.35, because I still want basically anyone to use it that would like to- unless they are the thieving type. haha 

https://thelostbutton.etsy.com

12/4/23 Update: If you are wanting a new calendar for 2024 that can be used for the leap year- I have created that and put it in the shop (here). Some people had mentioned that they wanted an updated design- more cleaned up, larger numbers and not handwritten. So I made a 2024 version of that as well and put that (here) in my etsy shop. You can print them in 4 sizes (US, A4, A5, and Hobonichi Weeks journal size to spread across 2 pages. I've made other kinds of calendars and habit and health trackers for my etsy page too this last year.