Grandparents/father/mother
-Dad's corner...no nagging
-Dad - everything honest, constant, and strong
-Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Daddy
--A man's castle is his garage
-Dad's Fix It Shop - broken toys & feelings mended for free
-Dad's the boss...Mom said!
-Families are forever
-Fatherhood - a journey a man takes with his heart
-God couldn't be everywhere so He created Grandparents
-Grandkids welcome - parent by appointment
-Grandma's little angels welcome here
-Grandma's the name...spoiling's the game
-Grandparents are like libraries...full of stories
-Grandparents have lots of heart
-Grandparents hold our tiny hands for just a little while...but our hearts forever
-Grant me patience to deal with my blessings
-I intend to live forever...so far, so good
-I only golf (fish, play cards, play bingo) on days that end in Y
-I'm not getting old, I just need to be repotted
-Mom's the boss...Dad said!
-Mothers of little boys work from son up to son down
-Our greatest blessings call us Grandma and Grandpa
-Seen it, done it, can't remember most of it
-The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother
-The memory's gone, but I can still retain water
-The secret is to become wise before you get old
-There's no place like home...except Grandma's & Grandpa's
-Young at heart, slightly older in other places
Bathroom/ laundry room
-Bathroom Rules: Wash, Brush, Flush!
-Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
-Celeste's Day Spa
-Changing the toilet paper roll does not cause brain damage
-Cowboys don't take baths
-Did you think to flush?
-El Bain
-Flush - Wash - Brush
-Good clean fun
-How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on
-If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie
-La Toilette
-Make waves
-May your day bubble over with fun
-Mom's place to soak
-Please tell my mama cowboys don't take baths, they just dust off
-Rub-a-dub-dub, who's that in the tub?
-Rubber Duckie - you're the one
-Soak your cares away
-Splish Splash
-Splish splash, I was taking a bath
-Sure I multitask, I read in the bathroom
-Take time for personal reflection
-The best seat in the house
-There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them - Sylvia Plath
-Use the fancy soap
-Use the fancy towels
-You are His most beautiful creation
-You don't have to brush all your teeth, just the ones you want to keep
-Around here "normal" is just a setting on the dryer
-Big clothes make you feel smaller
-It will all come out in the wash
-Laundry
-Laundry: Drop your drawers here
-Plain underwear is boring
-Press on
-There's no good reason clothes have to match
-Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday
Bedroom
-All because two people fell in love
-Always kiss me goodnight
-Because you know everything about me...and you still love me
-Don't spend your life with someone you can live with...spend it with the one you can't live without
-Ever since we said "I do" I'm so glad we did
-Forever, for always, and no matter what
-Four walls, three words, one heart
-Happiness is being married to your best friend
-How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
-I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine
-It may take a lifetime to find true love, but when you do, you will have an eternity to share it
-Life is not the amount of breaths you take; it's the moments that take your breath away
-Love conquers all
-Love is a friendship set on fire
-Love looks not with the eyes, but with the heart
-My favorite place to be is inside your hug
-Now and Forever
-Remember to always kiss me goodnight
-Side by side, hand in hand, heart to heart
-The best thing to hold on to in life is each other
-The heart that loves is always young
-They lived happily ever after
-You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
Children
-A baby brings a little bit of Heaven down to earth
-A blessing from Heaven
-A child beloved...a princess am I
-A dream is a wish your heart makes
-A face without freckles is like a sky without stars
-A little girl is a joy forever
-A precious new baby has come from above to live in our hearts and fill them with love
-A star is born
-Attention teenagers: "No" is a complete sentence
-Attitude is everything
-Babies are such sweet beginnings
-Babies touch the world with love
-Boys will be boys
-Brother will you...throw the ball to me...play trucks...tell stories in the dark...let me hold your frog...always be my friend?
-Butterfly kisses and flower petal wishes
-Butterfly kisses and ladybug hugs, sleep tight little one like a bug in a rug
-Children are like seeds, nurture them with love
-Children are the bridge to Heaven
-Daddy's little buckaroo
-Daddy's little princess
-Did you think to pray?
-God's biggest treasures are little ones
-Good morning sunshine
-Good night sweet prince
-Grandma says when God created me He was just showing off
-Hush little baby, don't say a word
-I am a child of God
-I am a child of God*(Childs name underneath)
-I'll give you the moon and the stars
-If the tiara fits...
-Little hands, tiny feet, happy sounds, smiles sweet
-Mama says: Guard your treasures
-Mama says: Love with all your might
-Mama says: Do your chores
-Mama says: Freckles are angel's treasures
-Mama says: Pray
-Mama says: Share
-Mama says: Always, always say grace
-Mischief, giggles, fun and love...that's what little boys are made of
-More precious than gold
-My prince did come, his name is Daddy
-No joys on earth bring greater pleasure than a little girl to love and treasure
-Once upon a time is now
-One, two buckle my shoe
-Prince sleeping
-Princess of quite a lot!
-Shhh...Be beary quiet
-Shhh...Baby's dreaming
-Sister will you...make believe...play dress up...let me be the princess...tell stories in the dark...giggle -- with me...always be my friend?
-Sisters by birth, friends by choice
-Sleeping babies must be what Heaven is like
-Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails
-So precious to me, baby of mine
-Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight
-Sugar and spice and everything nice
-Sweet Dreams
-Sweetness, laughter, joy and love...that's what little girls are made of
-Thank Heaven for little girls
-Thank Heaven for little boys
-This is what I did in school
-Tip Toe...Baby's counting sheep
-Treasure life's little moments
-What did they do before me?
-What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever
Friendship/teachers
-A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams - John Barrymore
-A teacher's memories can never be erased
-Books are food for the brain
-Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire - William Yeats
-I don't raise 'em...I just teach 'em!
-Teachers Rule
-Today a reader, tomorrow a leader
-A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself
-A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and celebrates your successes.
-Forever Friends
-Friends are the most important ingredient in the recipe of life
-Friends become chosen family
-Friendship is tied with heartstrings
-Friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things
-Friendships are glued together with kindness
-If friends were flowers, I'd pick you
-Life is better with friends who care - always faithful, always there
-Seeds of kindness grow friendship
-Truly great friends are hard to find difficult to leave, & impossible to forget
Valentines Day
-Be Mine
-Believe in love
-Happy Valentine's Day
-He loves me, He loves me not
-Hugs and Kisses
-I'm Yours
-Lets be Valentine's
-Lots of love
-Love
-Love is in the air!
-Love is spoken here
-Sweetheart
-XOXO
Easter
-Blooms
-Happy Easter
-Here comes Peter Cottontail
-Hop on in
-Hoppy Easter
-Somebunny loves you
-Spring
-Spring has sprung!
4th of July
-America
-Freedom
-God Bless the USA
-Land of the free
-Land that I love
-Liberty
-My country 'tis of thee
-Stars and Stripes
-Sweet Land of Liberty
-USA
Halloween/Fall
-Boo
-Gobble, Gobble
-Happy Fright Night
-Happy Harvest
-Happy Haunting
-Happy Thanksgiving
-Happy Turkey Day
-Pumpkin Patch
-Season of Thanks
-The witch is in
-Trick or Treat
-Happy fall ya all
-Happy Halloween
Christmas
-'Tis the season
-Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
-Joy to the World
-Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow
-May the holiday spirit find a home in your heart
-Merry and Bright
-Merry Christmas
-O Christmas Tree
-O Holy Night
-Rejoice!
-Seasons Greetings
-Sleigh bells ring
-Snowflakes
-Snowman (overlay) in the meadow we can build a snowman
-Snowmen fall from the sky unassembled
-T'was the night before Christmas
-The stockings were hung...
-Walking in a winter wonderland
-Winter Wishes
-Wise men still seek Him
Home
-A house is made of wood & stone, but only love can make a home
-Bless all who gather here
-Bless this home with the music of laughter
-Cherish yesterday...Dream tomorrow...Live today
-Enter with a happy heart
-Families (overlay) Ones you live with, laugh with, and love
-Family is everything
-Family last name Established (year)
-Fill a house with love and it becomes a home
-Having someone to love is family. Having somewhere to live is home. Having both is a blessing.
-Heaven seems a little closer in a home by the water
-Heaven seems a little closer in a home by the sea
-Heaven seems a little closer in a home by the mountains
-Home (overlay) is where we hang our memories
-Home (overlay) is where your story beings
-Home is not a place...it is a feeling
-Home Sweet Home
-Home to laughter, home to rest, home to those we love the best
-Home...where your feet may leave...but not your heart
-I've traveled the world over in search of silver & gold, only to find my treasures waiting at home
-In our home let love abide, and bless all those who step inside
-Live simply, laugh often, love deeply
-Love, laughter and friendship are always welcome here
-May our home know joy and each room hold laughter
-No matter what, no matter where, it's always home, if love is there
-Peace, love and joy to all who enter here
-So much of what we know of love, we learn at home
-The best times are always found when friends and family gather round.
-The Gathering Place
-The ornaments of a home are the friends who frequent it
-This home established (year)
-This isn't clutter...these are my priceless antiques
-We don't remember days...we remember moments
-Welcome
-Welcome friends
-When you're here, you're family
-Where there is love in the heart, there is joy in the home
Humorous
-A bad day fishing is better than a good day working
-Cleanliness is next to impossible
-Don't force it...get a larger hammer
-Dust is a country collectible
-Dusting test in progress...do not disturb samples
-Everything will be alright...just put on a little lipstick
-Four little dirty words: wash, cook, iron, dust
-Hard work never killed anyone, but why give it a chance
-Help wanted...everyone in the house qualifies
-Housework is a family affair
-I ate my willpower
-I do whatever the voices in my head tell me to do
-I know it's in my head somewhere, I just can't find it
-I'm so far behind I thought I was first
-If at first you don't succeed, try not to be surprised!
-If it ain't broke keep fixing it 'til it is
-If no one answers, do it yourself
-It doesn't always look like this, some days it's even worse
-It's the maid's day off!
-My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance
-My wife and I always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
-No one gets in to see the wizard, not nobody, not no how
-Our guests make us happy, some in coming, some in going
-Please don't feed the dust bunnies
-Please don't tidy my mess, you'll only confuse me
-Real men do housework
-Show me a house that is excruciatingly clean and I'll show you and older female relative about to visit it
-This home is protected by a coat of dust
-True love leads to housework
-We get along in our R.V. 'cuz we don't have room to disagree
-Welcome to our zoo!
-When I get the urge to clean house, I lay down until it passes
-Who are these children and why are they calling me Mom?
Kitchen
-A family that eats together, stays together.
-A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
-A waist is a terrible thing to mind
-Bless this kitchen with love and laughter
-Cafe
-Cindy's Kitchen
-Come gather at our table
-Cooking is love made visible
-Dinner choices: 1. Take it 2. Leave it
-Don't giggle until after you swallow your milk
-Enjoy life...its delicious
-Everything tastes better at Mom's table
-God blesses this kitchen, He doesn't clean it
-Good Food...Good Friends...Good Times
-Grandma's kitchen - tasters welcome
-Hand over the chocolate and nobody gets hurt
-Happiness is Homemade
-I kiss better than I cook
-I only have a kitchen because it came with the house
-I'd give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter.
-If it smells bad, it will taste that way too
-If it tastes good, it probably isn't good for you
-If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen
-Le Bon Appe'tite
-Man shall not live on bread alone - Matthew 4:4
-My favorite thing to make for dinner is reservations
-My next kitchen will only have vending machines
-Never trust a skinny cook
-No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes
-No matter where I serve my guests, they seem to like my kitchen best
-No Sunday Service
-Real men wear aprons
-So this isn't home sweet home...adjust
-Spoonfuls of love, added to every recipe
-The kitchen is closed
-This kitchen is closed due to illness. I'm sick of cooking!
Life/motivation
-attitude- life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain.(overlay)
-An expert in anything was once a beginner
-Even the longest journey begins with a single step
-It's never too late to have a happy childhood
-Just for today, be happy!
-Life is not the amount of breaths you take; it's the moments that take your breath away
-Live now - the dust will settle later
-Live Simply - Love Much - Laugh Often
-Live the life you imagine
-Live, Laugh, Love
-Make your impossible dreams a reality
-Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game
-Oh, the places you'll go...Dr. Suess
-Ordinary people make extraordinary heroes
-Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking
-Positive people don't put others down.
-Simple pleasures are life's treasures
-Success: Don't wish for it, work for it
-The most important things in life aren't things
-The real competition isn't with others, it's with ourselves
-The sky's the limit, allow yourself to soar
-There is always, always something to be thankful for
--These are the days we will remember forever
-True happiness is wanting what you already have
-Wish it...Dream it...Do it
Love
-A great marriage is not so much finding the right person as being the right person
-All my love...all my life
-Grow old along with me the best is yet to be
-He loves me...He loves me not. It matters little, I'm what he's got!
-If you wish to be loved, love
-Life is the first gift, love is the second
-Love at home
-Love is spoken here
-Love means holding hands, not grudges
-Marriage isn't a big thing, it's a million little things
-The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay; love isn't love 'til you give it away
-We may not have it all together, but together we have it all
-When someone you love becomes a memory that memory becomes a treasure
-Together is the best place to be
Garden/sewing/crafts
-A gift made by hand is a gift from the heart
-A quilt is a blanket of love
-Crafts forever...housework never!
-Creative clutter is better than idle neatness
-Cross-stitchers...you can count on us
-Days stitched with love rarely unravel
-Don't put all your spools in one basket
-Families are stitched together by patches of memories
-I'm creative; you can't expect me to be neat!
-Life's a stitch
-Love is the thread of life
-Quilters never come apart at the seams
-Quilters never grow old they just go to pieces
-Quilts are like family...they are a great source of comfort
-Threadin' my way to Heaven
-When life gives you scraps - make quilts
-A bushel of blessings
-All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today
-Bless these blooms
-Don't judge every day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant
-Gardening is decorating outside
-I consider every plant hardy until I kill it myself
-Love - Faith - Wisdom - Joy (overlay) The stepping stones in the garden of life
-May all your weeds become wild flowers
-Meet me in the garden
-Miracles grow where you plant them
-No rain - no rainbows
-One who plants a garden, plants happiness
-Plant Smiles - Grow Giggles - Harvest Love
-Scatter seeds of kindness
-The only thing I grow in my garden is tired
-We all need to be rooted in order to blossom
-Where the flowers bloom so does hope
-Without hard work nothing grows but weeds
Quotes
-All that we love deeply becomes a part of us - Helen Keller
-And live every day as if it were your last - Irish Proverb
-Every wall is a door - Emerson
-Everything that is done in the world is done by hope - Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Fall seven times; stand up eight - Japanese Proverb
-For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul - Judy Garland
-I find that the harder I work the more luck I seem to have - Thomas Jefferson
-If a man does his best, what else is there? - General George S. Patton
-If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden - Claudia Grandi
-In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high - Henry David Thoreau
-Never bend your head, hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye - Helen Keller Select This
-Never, never give up! - Winston Churchill
-Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fall - Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned - Peter Marshall
-Things do not change, we change - Henry David Thoreau
Sports
-Batter up!
-Dribble, Rebound, Shoot, Score!
-Foul
-Go Team!
-Going...going...gone!
-He shoots...He scores!
-It doesn't matter if you win or lose; it's how you play the game
-Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game
-Nothing but net
-One, two, three strikes you're out!
-Penalty
-Play ball
-Put me in Coach
-Rookie of the Year
-Sports
-Swish
-Take me out to the ballgame
-Touchdown
-You're out!
Religious
The Best Two Years
- Return With Honor
- Always and Forever
- Our forever family
- Choose the Right
- Count your blessings
- CTR
-Christ is the center of our lives.
- Stand a little taller
I'll go where you want me to go - A family that prays together stays together
- I will Go and Do, the things the Lord commands
- The field is white ready to harvest
- Chosen to witness for his name
- I hope they call me on a mission
- Because I have been given much
- Forever, For Always and No Matter What
- Nothing happens unless we first dream.
- Lead me, Guide me, Walk beside me
- Together, Forever, Sealed with Love
- Try a little harder to be a little better. - Gordon B. Hinckley
- As I have loved you, love one another
- Give thanks in all things.
- I love to see the temple
- I will follow God's plan for me
- Did you think to pray?
- I am a Child of God
- Stand ye in holy places
-May the sunlight of faith ever warm you hearts. -Gordon B. Hinkley
As for me and my house we will serve the Lord
- The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Roosevelt
- It's easy to stand with the crowd, It takes courage to stand alone.
- We Plant the seeds, but God gives the harvest
- I have no greater joy then to hear my children walk in truth
- (family name under)Be true to who you are and the family name you bear. - Gordon B. Hinckley
- Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
- God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
-In this world there are two kinds of people, those we love and those we haven't met yet
- Give the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you. - Madeline Bridges
- When you can't sleep, don't count sheep, talk to the SHEPHERD
- Remember who you are - remembering who you are changes what you do.
- Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.
- I believe in God like I believe in the sun - not because I can see it, but because of it all things are seen -C S Lewis
- Let us be silent that we may hear the whisper of God. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28
- Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings and he will direct thy paths.
- For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Matthew 6:21
- YW Values: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Choice & Accountability, Good Works, Integrity.
- Be grateful, Be smart, Be involved, Be clean, Be true, Be positive, Be humble, Be still, Be prayerful.
-Family home evening- Prayer, Scripture, song, Lesson, activity, treat, and closing prayer.
-MIS-SION-ARY (noun) Someone who leaves their family for a short period of time, so that others may be with their families forever.
Teenager
Believe in yourself . . .
- Whatever!
- You Go Girl!
-Born to shop- Forced to work
- Keeping my tiara polished is quite the job
- Has anyone seen my glass slipper?
- Dance like no one is watching
- Be Yourself - Whoever you are!
- ATTITUDE - be the best that you can be (overlay)
-Laugh out loud, and when you feel blue, make funny faces.
- It's not easy being the princess, but if the crown fits?
- Be yourself...who else is better qualified
- All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.
- You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.
- Don't dream your life, live your dreams
Love deeply and greet each new day with enthusiasm and passion, knowing you must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Look beyond the impossible and reach each day for what is yet to be discovered.
- My room is my favorite place to be, because everything in it reminds me of me.
Misc
I can resist anything except temptation
- No Bees, No Honey, No Work, No Money
- I don't repeat gossip, so listen carefully
- I may be inconsistent, but not all the time.
-Beauty comes in all sizes.
- It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember a thing
- Dad's Fixing Shop. Broken Toys & Feelings fixed for free
- Money is the root of all evil. Every woman needs roots.
- What if the Hokey Pokey is What it's all about?
- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness" -Dave Barry
- I've been on a diet now for two weeks, and all I've lost is two weeks.
- The house isn't under construction...kids just live here
- My house was clean last week...sorry you missed it.
- Housework won't kill you, but why take the chance?
- Precious (presh-es) 1. Of great worth 2. Beloved; cherished
When I die, please get to my sewing room before my husband does...
- Take whatever you want, and bring a truck.
- Everybody brings joy to this house. Some when they enter, some when they leave
- Baby - n.(ba'be) an infant, The youngest member of a family.
- Adorable, precious cargo, our hearts desire, the object of one's affection, a bundle of joy, a gift from heaven.
- Believe (be-leve) 1. To put one's trust in 2. To accept on as fact 3. To have faith in
- Giggle 1. A giddy laughter 2. Laughter in a silly of nervous manner 3. Often accompanying secrets among young girls
- Miracle (mir-e-kel) 1. an event or action unexplained by scientific law 2. an awesome or unimaginable
- Smile (smil) 1. To move the tips of one's mouth upward to express pleasure or happiness 2. To express pleasure by the features of the face; 3. to laugh silently.
Foyer/Entry
-May our home know joy, each room hold laughter, every window open to great possibilities.
- In our home let love abide, and bless all those who step inside.
- Home . . . where your feet may leave, but not your heart. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
- The ornaments of a home are the friends who frequent it.
- Be a sweetie . . Wipe your feeties!
-Enter as strangers, Leave as friends
-love is spoken here.
If you have a different phrase that you would like. I will do any this is just for ideas.
