LDS General Conference Sketchnotes Download

My sketchnotes are ready.

I have compiled my notes from General Conference Spring 2018 into one downloadable PDF. These are my personal notes I take for my own use while I am listening to the speakers. I have to write fast, draw fast and design fast. There are probably mistakes. Sorry about that. Another listener may have heard other things I have not noted. That's inevitable. So take all that into account. I was able to correct the initial misspellings of some names that you will see on the images I posted to Instagram. But I did not go through and add or correct anything else.

I hope you enjoy them and find them useful. I am happy to share my notes with all of you free of charge. All I ask is that you do not reproduce them, sell them, or use them for anything other than personal study or teaching.

I'd also love more followers on Instagram or Facebook. If you follow me there, you'll get first peak at all my conference notes PLUS you'll get insight on my world of writing and illustrating for children.

You can find me on Instagram HERE or my public profile on Facebook HERE.

AND now... the file you've been waiting for... my GENERAL CONFERENCE SKETCHNOTES

SKETCHNOTE PDF DOWNLOAD

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New Free Valentine's Day Cards for 2018

I'm sharing the love today. I made new valentines for you to use for 2018. But all the other valentines I've made over the years are still available for you to print as well. So you have a wide choice. Just click the PRINTABLES tab at the top of my blog menu and scroll down til you see the one you want to print.

Remember, these are for personal use only. They are not to be resold, repurposed, or revised in any way. Thanks so much! AND ENJOY!

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Custom Family Trees on Sale!

Maybe you didn't know this, but family is very important to me. It most like is important to you and to all you love as well. So as a Christmas special, I am offering my custom family trees at a 20% off discount.

These 18x24 inch wall hangings have a hand painted tree specific to your family with a custom amount of main and sub branches designed to fit your names in a beautiful arrangement. Then the tree is professionally scanned in and I hand place each name in a calligraphic font on the computer. The final art is professionally printed with a canvas texture and protective spray and mounted on a piece of masonite ready for hanging with or without glass in your frame.

They normally sell for $250 each (the printing and mounting included) and are great family gifts for parents or grandparents. I often have a group of adult children all chip in with each other to purchase this one-of-a-kind piece of art for their parents. But from now until December 17, 2017 you can get one for just $200.

Here are a couple examples of trees I have recently completed.

If you would like to order a custom family tree, please email me at 

jujubeeillustrations(at)gmail(dot)com

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October 2017 General Conference Sketchnotes

Many people have asked for links to my conference notes over the years and I am always happy to provide them the files.

I take these notes for my own personal study and reference as I listen to the conference sessions. They are sometimes messy and I'm sure I pull different things out of what the speaker is saying than others do, but taking these kinds of notes helps me concentrate and visualize the concepts while they are delivering them. Any mistakes or misrepresentations of the speakers' topic are all my own and have nothing to do with the original source.

Please listen to the source of these notes here...

And here is a link to the pdf file full of 16 pages of my notes. (it may take a while to download so be patient.)

LINK TO NOTES

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April 2017 General Conference Sketchnotes

here is a PDF file of my sketchnotes from conference this spring. Use for personal study and personal use only. Please do not republish digitally or in any other format without my consent. I'd love to keep offering these for free but cannot if people feel the need to abuse the gift. Love you all! Enjoy!

Link to download PDF file of sketchnotes for all April 2017 general conference sessions

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''Charlotte the Scientist is Squished" book review

 Happy happy book birthday to Charlotte the Scientist is Squished, written by Camille Andros and illustrated by Brianne Farley.  I have been waiting for this book to come out since last year when I got a sneak peek at the manuscript and a few sketches.  I met the author, Camille, at a conference and as soon as she told me about her book, I was intrigued.   I begged to see the manuscript and she showed me a little sketched out dummy with the beautiful initial sketches  Brianne had done.  I fell in love with the book immediately and connected with it on a very personal level.

The book is about a "serious scientist"  bunny named Charlotte who has a problem and uses the
scientific method to solve it.  Her problem?  Not enough space. As you can imagine, a bunny hovel would get quite crowded  as they are known to have large families.  Charlotte's bunny family is no different.  She has 13 brothers and sisters and two parents who share everything from the dinner table to the bathtub to the bathroom.  So to prevent further breakage of her beakers, and spelling of her specimens, Charlotte uses the steps of the scientific method to get more space. Step one: ask a question. Step two: form a hypothesis.  Step three: test the hypothesis.  Step four: Make and record observations.  And finally, step five: form a conclusion. Adorable, relatable Charlotte doesn't solve her problem right away, but eventually figures out a great solution and comes to the perfect  conclusion.

My own little chalkboard doodle

Growing up in a large family myself, with six brothers and two sisters and two parents,  I often felt like Charlotte. But I know even amongst my own four children,  finding themselves and their own personal space in a busy family can be a challenge.  The use of the scientific method to solve Charlotte's problem in this book does not seem the least bit forced or remotely like an added hook to sell a book.  It fits perfectly and  necessarily into the plotline, which makes it even more  magical while still being 100% fun and educational along the way.

Much like the dinner table when I was growing up.

 The illustrations are imaginative, well designed, and full of fun things to look at.  Brianne never forgot to include all 13 siblings in the family scenes (Believe me, we illustrators sometimes accidentally leave a detailed out here or there  in the course of illustrating 32 pages).  The color palette is bright and engaging without being distracting. Her designs on the end papers are utter genius  and the mark of a truly great illustrator.  The fun she must of had illustrating this book clearly shows through in every spread.

end papers (each one is different)

I wish I had had this book to teach me about the scientific method before I ever started all the science fairs growing up or before I helped all of my own children through years of science projects.  I would've appreciated the method 10 million times more  and I think we would have all gotten much more out of our experience.

 So whether you're looking for a fun Easter book, and educational add on, or an adorable story for your collection, this is the book for you. Buy your copy HERE today or at your local bookseller.

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