Good morning!

Today I am going to share a little invention I came up with to keep track of people who ask for prayers.  I am terrible with names and when someone asks for prayers I like to think I can keep track of at least their first name.  Sometimes people ask for prayers for someone and they would like to keep that persons name confidential.  I call those people Mary and Joseph.  God knows and that is all that really matters.  The request for a system to keep track came from a dear friend who never carries a purse.  I am always amazed at what she can pull from the back pocket of her jeans!  This looks like it is going to work for both of us.  You could also use this system for keeping notes on books you have read or recipes people share.  It has to be better than a purse full of receipts from the store with addresses and recipes written in pencil on the back!

Here goes:

Suppose:

long legal size envelope

pretty paper for back and front

glue or tape

blank card weight paper

scissors

cutter

ruler 

pencil
small circle punch

Remove the tape or lick the envelope closed.   Fold it in half with the sealed part to the inside.

Someone should have cleaned off their table before taking pictures!  Tape the top edge of the envelope closed about 1/8 of an inch from the top.  Using scissors or your cutter trim off that 1/8 edge that is not glued.  Now you can see the pockets we are going to use for our cards.

Take your rules and find the center of the top edge and using a small circle punch make half circle in the top so that you can easier have access to the cards that will be in the pockets when we are done.

Cut the paper you have chosen into 4x 4 1/2 .  You will need two of these.  One for the front and one for the back.  Glue those in place.  I recommend double sided tape.  Glue stick and white glue work but use it sparingly so the paper does not wrinkle.

Now we need to make some cards to slide into the pockets.  I made mine from white yardstock I buy at Walmart.  It is a good weight and the price is right.  The cards need to cut 4 x 4 3/4.  I had a corner rounder handy so I rounded the corners to make it easier to slide the cards in and out.  You can trim yours down on the 4 inch side if they are too tight or you need to carry a lot of cards in your pocket.

The paper pack I got on sale at Joanns had a sheet with sayings on it that I cut apart for decoration.  I also had a stamp that said "Praying for You" from Stamping that perfectly fit the theme.

Now comes the test of time.  Mine is going into my purse and my friend will slide hers into her back pocket and we will see how that hold up.  I kept the decorations at a minimum for my friends Prayer Pocket.  That will make it easier to slide in and out.   I will let you know how this works our.