This week I got creative

I loved President Uchtdorf's talk at Women's Conference about finding happiness. I loved how he pointed out that Christ did not just serve, He created. I loved this quote,

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.

Everyone can create. You don’t need money, position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty.

Creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty—and I am not talking about the process of cleaning the rooms of your teenage children."

I love that he gave me liberty to be creative without always feeling like I am being selfish. Sometimes when I'm making something pretty I feel guilty that I'm not making something practical - like dinner, or ironed clothes or a washed dog.

So this week, I got creative.

I scrapbooked a little.




I made this for a friend.


Shaylin and I made baked apples JUST FOR FUN.



And I even did Shay's hair like this.


And guess what? I still made dinner, and ironed clothes, and washed the dog.

But I felt happier.