Updates

Hiya dear friends.  This is Andi from Sassy Girl Studio (previously from Hot Pink Pansy).  I hope you're all doing wonderful and having a wonderful December.

Life has gotten crazy the past 2 years - due to my FIL's illness last year of Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer, and then he passed away this year in October, so my life has been full of picture/memory keeping and concentrating on family and helping my MIL and the Hubs through this difficult time.  I haven't had the time to dedicate to the 12 Ways as I had hoped.  Please accept my apology as I had totally intended to have it ready by now...to post on the 12th anyway.  Barring a miracle for this year, I won't have it ready for until next December 2013.  Nothing like a 2 year Hiatus...LOL.

Warmly,
Andi Walker
sassygirlstudio.blogspot.com
sassygirlandi(at)gmail(dot)com

Day 12-Receive

Hi I’m Trudy from a creative life and I’m wondering if you have enjoyed the 12-ways of Christmas so far?  I know I have and I am happy to bring you our 12th and final day.  Today’s topic is “Receive”

I couldn’t imagine a more appropriate topic to wrap up this year’s 12-Ways of Christmas.  I know that many of the contributors so far have shared FHE outlines, but I like to do things a bit differently and will be simply sharing my thoughts on “Receive” along with some “Thank You Cards” for you to use for all those gifts you may have received this year.  I hope you enjoy what I have put together and that simplifying this topic will allow you to really reflect and receive on the message of “Receive” into your heart.

You can download the full PDF file here.

Day 11-Influence

At Christmas time we turn our thoughts to the Savior and remember His birth, His life and His love for each one of us.  This year, as we remember Him, may we also remember the "influence"  of his sweet mother, Mary.  We can learn from her gentle, yet powerful "influence" as we strive to serve as women and mothers in the church.  

 

I chose the word "influence" because I immediately thought of the "influence" that we as women can have on the world for good.  We have so many wonderful examples of righteousness, like Mary, who can "influence" us to uplift those around us, strengthen our families, and care for others with service, love and compassion.

May we remember this season the "influence" we can have on others as women, and look to those righteous examples of love and goodness seen in so many women not only among us now, but who have lived, loved and sacrificed before us, such as Mary did. 

Here is a preview of the materials included in the file you will be downloading:

Download complete file HERE (4shared)

OR

HERE (Megaupload)

File includes:

2 Printable Paper/Stationary (.jpeg)

12 Printable Word Art Images (.png/.jpeg)

Instructions

Lesson Materials Handout

Instructions for Printing Word Art/Paper

My TOUs

Thank you and Merry Christmas! 

Jennifer Arbon

Word Art World

Day 10-Serve

I am so excited to bring you Day 10, Serve. There is nothing I like more than serving, especially during the Christmas Season. I hope as you participate in Day 10, you will find ways to serve your family and all those you come in contact with. If we look to the Savior as our ultimate example, you will see that His life was full of service and continues to be each day as we exercise the Atonement in our lives. May your Christmas Season be filled with service and the joy, peace, and love that comes through serving.  Thanks, Kathy from The Latest Scoop, Too

Merry Christmas!

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Day 9-Increase

Merry Christmas to you all!!!

I hope all my 12 ways friends are enjoying the holiday season and that God's peace is on you at this blessed time of year.

Increase

I chose the topic "Increase" for my handout. In the 12 Ways, the word increase means an increase of spiritual things, not an increase of money or temporal things. I've placed a special emphasis in the family home evening lesson on the birth of the Savior and the increase of joy that comes as we learn of Him. The logo I designed uses a leaf motif to show growth and increase through God.

My 15-minute Family Home Evening lesson on Inspire includes a simple hands-on activity that uses expanding foam insulation. You may buy a can at most department and hardware stores for around $3.00 (USD). It is a fun activity for families with small children, and the lesson isn't so long as to be boring. Aside from buying the can of insulating foam, no advance preparation is needed.

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Come Visit Us

If you love what you've seen here, please visit us at MormonShare.com for lots of LDS Clipart, Young Women, LDS Primary, Primary Talks, Family Home Evening lesson, and Relief Society ideas for LDS teachers and leaders.

Day 8 - Rescue

Hi friends, haven't the past 7 days been wonderful?  I'm so amazed at these beautiful women who have agreed to help me with this collaboration.  I'm so grateful for fabulous friends. Today, my download is about the Savior and how he is our Rescuer - the one we can turn to for everything and how we can be like Him by sharing and serving others.  I hope you enjoy this download as well.  Hugs, Andi

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Day 7 - SPEAK

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and please enjoy remembering the Savior and our Heavenly Father, and feel the peace the Spirit can bring into our lives and the lives of others

Love

Susie Lopez

MY BLOG

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TERMS OF USE: These items included can be used for any good purpose, please no commercial use.

Day 6-Instill

Thanks to Amanda from Shall Always Strive.  She has prepared a beautiful FHE lesson and the treat is awesome, I can't wait to make it with my kiddos.  Thanks Amanda for a beautiful Lesson.  Hugs, Andi

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Day 5-Realize

Hello and Happy Friday! I am Mary of Plum Dumpling Designs and I am so happy to be sharing with you today.  I have enjoyed this series and really love sharing these ideas and lessons with my family.

Our topic today is REALIZE. This lesson helps us decide what our gift to Christ will be this Christmas. I've used snowflakes as a symbol of each of us and our divine potential. Not necessarily a Christmas symbol, but one that I see a lot of at Christmas time!!

Download here from 4Shared or box.net.

I hope you will be able to share this lesson with your families and enjoy the wonderful Spirit of the season.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Please feel free to use this lesson for any good purpose. Please do not use it for commercial gain.

Day 4-Submit

Hello Friends- This is Audra from Audra's Little Scrap's with you today. I am so excited to be a part of this years "12 Ways of Christmas" I hope you are all enjoying the great stuff all these awesome ladies have put together!

The theme for today is "Submit." Included in today's download is a lesson plan with a number of activities for a variety of ages based on the following scripture:

Alma 12:28 But that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy name, and watch and pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering;

Download HERE

Included with this lesson are Song Suggestions, 2 Quotes with Object Lessons with coordinating songs/photos, Bookmark, Mirror Card, Coloring Page, 8x10 Photo to print, and 20 piece Memory Match Cards

Merry Christmas!!

Also, we had an email requesting a Cover Page for these 12 Ways so that people can put all of these into a binder - so we just completed it and hope it is useful to you all.

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Day 3 - Inspire

This is Melanie from SugarDoodle.net and I am extremly honored to be a part of this great project....to work with Andi and other great designers.

My assigned word or topic was "inspire". I divided the lesson into two parts - "to be inspired" and "to inspire others".

I hope you enjoy this file as much as I have putting it together.

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Number of pages in file - 10

TERMS OF USE: Anyone, anywhere can use this file for any good purpose. However, it cannot be used for commercial gain. Thanks!!

Day 2-Remember

I feel extremely blessed to be a part of the 12 Ways of Christmas this year. I have felt the spirit as I have read and studied and prepared to use today's word - REMEMBER. I pray that you will be able to use the ideas that I have prepared to enrich your families' lives during this special time of year and remember Jesus in all that you do.



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TERMS OF USE: Anyone, anywhere can use this file for any good purpose.

If you couldn't get the above file, it might be because I reduced the size on it. So you can download the link below - but it is much larger:
BIG PDF FILE


For those of you who are digital scrapbookers - I have a little mini-kit that I designed and used in the creation of my pdf file and I'd like to offer it to you now as well. (please see the TOU in the zip).



Download the REMEMBERING JESUS Kit



Thanks for letting me share with you!



DeDe Smith
DesignZ by DeDe