Hello
So I have been itching to show/tell you about my new toy! That is the Big Scalloped Edged Circle Puncher Machine. A long title for an instrument that I obviously don’t know the true name for. Anyway I purchased it at the big scrapbook ‘crop’ event that I went to with the very fun Alaina.. [...]

Posted on November 16th, 2009 by emma
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Spring looks like it has sprung. I get up early for work and it is light outside at 5am now in copenhagen.. since yesterday.
I love love love this candy coloured pacifier decorated tree. I had a trip out to a park Tues with YW for a photography scavanger hunt ) and this is what [...]

Posted on April 17th, 2009 by emma
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We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:14)

For some of us Valentines is a fun day, to some of us not. Six years ago I had a powerful lesson on love. That it’s one thing to be loved but the greater gift and joy is found in loving- When you think of [...]

Posted on February 14th, 2009 by emma
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We set up some long handled spoons for the YW to have some breakfast at their sleep over, instructing them that they must only hold the spoons at the end of the handle and afterward gave them a print out of the following story. It was fun to watch
Long Handle Spoons
By: [...]

Posted on January 20th, 2009 by emma
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Its been a gray, rainy morning in Copenhagen. Things seem to have come to a halt on my priority list and I feel an urgency to get things moving. While trying to think of solutions I slumped tired in my chair. I wondered why God was not helping me do his will regardless to my [...]

Posted on January 20th, 2009 by emma
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For YW we are having a ‘share your favorite book‘ night..  A book I consider very precious is ‘The little Prince’ by St Exupery. I just took a little prince quiz here.
The book often seen as a mere childrens story is very special but there was also something about the timing of when I first [...]

Posted on December 9th, 2008 by emma
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We had a clothes swap night for the girls and got a little carried away- some of the girls tried on my wedding dress. I remember doing the same thing at a yw leaders when I was their age- how fun!

Make a Smilebox photobook

We totally lost track of time after having a late start and [...]

Posted on December 1st, 2008 by emma
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 As part of the activity for YW this week we made some Black Apple dolls from the amazing etsy wonder.  The cute pattern for this is FREE here.
First pictures of mine I made last night, then the girls made some for part of their activity this week. I don’t think I can ever sit thirty [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by emma
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I got back from camp today. OH MY GOSH! Do Danes rough it!! Every other y.w. camp I’ve been to (7 of them) we have had a hall to meet in, where we also had dinner.. yep, a camp cook. Once I was even the cook’s assistant at camp. In Danish yw camp we even [...]

Posted on August 8th, 2008 by emma
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I love being in the Young Women program. It is so good to review and share the principles I have grown greatly to appreciate and love. I was presenting the lesson today and when I gave the simple hand out to the girls that I made last minute with help from some digi scrap, there [...]

Posted on July 13th, 2008 by emma
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