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Temple Shadow Box Craft

By Shiloah Baker

Texas is my home.  My husband was born and raised there and five of my seven children were born in Central Texas.  We were sealed in the Dallas, Texas Temple and years later, when the San Antonio, Texas temple was announced we were thrilled!  

My Mother-in-law is such a sweet lady.   She and my father-in-law went often to the temple site.  They saved several stones that the temple was built with.  As it neared the time that it was to be dedicated, all the sisters in the stake rubber stamped the San Antonio's temple imprint onto white handkerchiefs for the Hosanna shout.  They then embossed them and sewed lace around the edges.   She made four for our family.

When she came to visit she presented these to me along with a postcard picture of the San Antonio temple and a shadow box.  It was difficult fitting the hanky in the frame in a manner that I found pleasing, but after some difficulty I finally managed it.  Unfortunately, you cannot see the rubber stamped image in the frame, perhaps if it was a little larger.

Materials:

• Shadow Box frame

• Photo/picture of temple

• handkerchief

• Temple rocks

• 3-D Embellishment tape

Using the tape, arrange the treasures inside the frame shadow box.  Display in your home or give as a gift.

Shiloah Baker is an entrepreneur who runs the Homemaking Cottage & Co., an online business which sells books, eBooks, ideas, LDS related materials, and a special subscription service.  For more information go to: http://www.homemakingcottage.com and http://www.enrichmentcottage.com