SPA Night

For our April Relief Society Activity we had a Spa Night.  Since it was right before General Conference we used SPA as an acronym for Soak in the Spirit of General Conference, Ponder its Personal Meaning, and Arise to Your Potential.  We had mini presentations on each of these categories and the speakers were phenomenal.  We also added some Spa activities and decorations and it was a really great night.  

To go along with Soak, we gave the women a warm towel to soak their hands.  Then for Ponder we gave this handout (with M&Ms attached to the back of course) and gave a few minutes to think of questions.  (Handout found here.)

For Arise, we gave out a homemade hand scrub (2 cups epsom salt, 1 cup baby oil, zest of one orange.) 

Our refreshments were these water bottles and fruit.

A girl on our committee brought these diffusers and the whole room smelled heavenly.  We also decorated with flowers, candles (battery-operated), flowy tablecloths, and I even youtubed how to make a swan towel- and I can't believe I didn't get a picture of it.  (Future guests at my house, plan to see a swan towel in the bathroom from now on.)

We asked someone to make this display with ideas of activities for children during Conference, and she did an amazing job.  

Retro Homemaking

I think I've mentioned before that I'm in charge of the activities our Relief Society does.  A couple weeks ago we had such a fun activity- we called it a Retro Homemaking Night.  This little activity completely consumed my life for a few weeks so I was thrilled it turned out well.

We gathered lots of vintage items to decorate with

including some yearbooks from the 50s - so fun

We had candies from the 50s and punch of course

Along the walls we hung a few aprons and ads from the 50s

My favorite ad (I think I need some New Ivory Soap)

How cool are these drive-thru speakers?

We also had 50s music playing which was really fun.  For our opener, we did a presentation on how to perfectly iron (including Clinton Kelly's Ironing Song) then we had two other classes.  We made Cherry Pies in a Jar, which were so cute and dee-licious (instructions here)

And made aprons using this Apron in an Hour Tutorial.  This is where I spent the whole night sewing away.

Everyone looked so, so cute in their retro attire and we had a blast!  

Inspiration for the activity found here, here, and here.