"oh-mazing" hot chocolate spoons

I made Hot Chocolate Spoons using this OH-MAZING tutorial by Mandy over at Miss Indie! When I read it the morning she posted it, I basically flipped out of my chair because there's this one thing I love (and couldn't live without, it's true)...

CHOCOLATE.

*I think I just heard angels singing.*

I mean, chocolate spoons! It can't get better than that, can it? First came that chocolate nut (what's it called? the cocoa tree or something like that?), then the hershey bar, and now chocolate spoons. Exactly. "Oh-mazing" is the word.

Sadly, I didn't have the awesome coloful spoons Mandy used, so I had to go with these plain, clear spoons. Sad, sad, day I tell you. Plain sad. Pure sadness. :(

But,

it still tasted, "OH-MAZING."

haha :)

That's me (okay, not me but the chocolate spoon) stirring the bottom of the chocolate-y goodness.

Designed for any chocolate lover.

You must make it.

Go to the tutorial, here.

oh-mazing, emma

abc's of me

I've seen this list hopping around a lot of blogs, almost all of my fave blogs to be exact. The most recent that I've read is from Lauren at Busy Bee Lauren and Emma at Being Emma. I think lists like these are so much FUN that I decided that I think I'll do it too. :) So, here goes...

A. Age: Under 18 (yep, I'm gonna make you guess)

B. Bedsize: twin

C. Chore that you hate: LAUNDRY. ugh...not fun stuff.

D. Dogs: I used to have one, but we had to put him down a year and a half ago. His name was Eddie. :)

E. Essential start to my day: Try to figure out where I am (yes, sometimes I forget. haha)

F. Favorite color: the rainbow!! :)

G. Gold or Silver: silver

H. Height: 5'

I. Instruments you play: piano :) love, love, love!!

J. Job title: don't have one yet. (still in school so I can learn how to have one someday over the rainbow)

K. Kids: still too young for that stuff...

L. Live: California

M. Mother's name: Jenny, but I call her mother, mom, and occasionally, mommy. :)

N. Nicknames: Emma Lou and some weird ones... haha

O. Overnight hospital stays: no.....

P. Pet peeve: being late. even if it's for something I don't like, I HAVE TO BE on time! :)

Q. Quote from a movie or tv show: "Now that's how the cookie crumbles." -Bruce Almighty (it's a movie, oh yeah)

R. right or lefty: my right hand is my best friend forever.

S. Siblings: three brothers - it's true - I love them.

T. Time you get up: 7:30am.

U. Underwear: uh...fruit of the loom? haha

V. Vegetables you hate: brussel sprouts. other than that, I love my veggies. :)

W. What makes you run late: trying to find my shoes. not fun stuff when your pet peeve is that you hate being late. yeah.

X. X-rays you've had: my teeth (you know, at the dentist) :)

Y. Yummy foods you make: chocolate chip cookies. you heard me right. :) LOVE!

Z. Zoo-animal: GIRAFFES!!!!!!! love at first sight - seriously. they are amazing.

Wanna play along? Fill out your own ABC's on your blog and leave me the link! I'd love to learn a little more about you! :)

emma :)

God Lovers! week one

Welcome to the first week of God-Lovers! Maybe you were here last week for the first post or maybe you weren't, but sit back, maybe scroll down to the bottom to turn on some of the music I've got, and get ready to read. :) If you were able to fit in your chapters for this week, good for you, if you didn't, it's totally fine. You don't have to know everything that you learned from these chapters for these posts.

I told you last week that I would tell you which chapter I liked the most from that week and have some questions for you to answer. You can comment below with your answers to the questions or you can keep them private and scribble them out in a journal if you like. Do what's most comfortable for you. :) So, the chapter that stuck out most to me was Proverbs 4.

Above all else, guard you heart,

for it is the wellspring of life.

[Proverbs 4:23]

This week has been a week of emotion in my mind and heart. I struggle a lot with trust - which means I struggle a lot with guarding my heart.

Who\what to let in,

who\what to take out,

and who\what to stay away from.

And when I can't guard my heart it doesn't do any good for my "wellspring of life." Instead of making "my frown turn upside down", it stays where it is. Everything goes down hill instead back up. My emotions is an ongoing elevator. Up, down, up, down. Most of the time, I'm in between.

I've let a lot of people, things, and thoughts into my heart. I've let them tell me who I am and what I'm going to become. And in the end, I end up back at Level One - the bottom of the elevator. That's when my thoughts start to clog and I get depressed. That's where the feelings in my heart start to come out and start to really ache.

It's when I feel really empty, alone, hollow. Like no one is there. Almost as if I yell into myself and no one calls back, just my echo.

(source)

The picture above is me.

That's been my heart.

That's been my thoughts.

That's been me.

Not a very happy picture, is it?

Let your eyes look straight ahead,

fix your gaze directly before you.

Make level paths for your feet

and take only the ways that are firm.

Do not swerve to the right or the left;

keep your foot from evil.

[Proverbs 4: 25-27]

I don't know what's going to happen to me two weeks or two years from now. I don't know what will happen tomorrow or in a month.

I only know what has happened.

And it's my choice if I want it to keep dragging me down.

Or if I want it to help pick me up.

Because who I was yesterday was what made me who I am today.

And what I am today will make who I am tomorrow.

So I'm keeping my gaze fixed on Jesus. I've tried it my way by letting things into my heart that I thought would convince me I'm pretty, good enough, or better than somebody else. I've had my way and it didn't work. I'm letting what I've held onto, go, and grabbing onto what will always hold me.

Jesus.

Even though guarding my heart and cleaning out my mind is a daily battle, I can make me into a better person as long as what I'm keeping in me is what

Jesus says is good.

I can renew my "wellspring of life" with Jesus. I can guard my heart when Jesus holds the key to it. I can keep on going in life, down that road, even when the path doesn't seem to have an end. I'll hold onto the trust in my heart.

Questions:

What verses\chapters stuck out to you in these past few chapters?

Do you have a hard time with trust? Why?

What have you let be #1 in you heart? Was it good to let in? Why?

Continue reading Proverbs 6 today and Proverbs 7 tomorrow. Here is next weeks schedule:

Saturday: October 8th, Read Proverbs 8

Sunday: October 9th, Read Proverbs 9

Monday: October 10th, Read Proverbs 10

Tuesday: October 11th, Read Proverbs 11

Wednesday:October 12th, Read Proverbs 12

Thursday: October 13th, Read Proverbs 13

Friday: October 14th, Read Proverbs 14

See you next Thursday, God-Lovers! :)

lots of hugs, emma

my Pink Lemonade package!

I died today.

Okay, maybe that's a little exaggerated.

Or a lot.

So it all started on Thursday night when I realized, "Hey! I've never bought something from a handmade shop online." And so I knew it was about time. So I decided right then and there that I was going to buy something from Pink Lemonade - an awesome shop and blog - Friday morning.

Friday morning, I was super excited for one thing - it was Friday which meant that it was the last day of school for the week, YES! - and that I was FINALLY going to buy something from Pink Lemonade. So I got onto my computer and headed straight to Pink Lemonade when I came across Paige's post that morning. She was sharing the same excitement with me that it was Friday and so to celebrate she was giving away free clips of randomly picked colors to every order she received that day.

It was such a God-thing.

So that's why I died today.

Because,

I. GOT. MY. PINK. LEMONADE. PACKAGE.

woo hoo!

Here's the package that I got my items in. It's so CUTE!
I purchased this peach-colored ring. Isn't it cute or what!?

That's the clip.

It's a chocolate brown color.

It's so sweet. :)

I love it.

Oh, yes. I had to take a picture of what she scribbled out.

But, hey, I should be the one saying,

"THANK YOU PAIGE!!!"

Once I saw the logo,

it was official.

That was when I died.

:) haha

It's raining here so that's why the photos are kinda gloomy. But that's definitely not my mood! My brother got the mail today and he dropped it, luckily not in the gutter where the rain is gushing down the street. I basically leaped across my front lawn to check if my package was there and it was. But I saved it in time before it got all sloppy wet. :) It's all good. (Oh, don't worry, I got the rest of the mail safe and sound. :)

Anyway, check out Paige's awesome blog and shop. She's got the cutest stuff that I cannot wait to wear! Thanks Paige!

hugs, emma

DIY tutorial // Mr. Mustache Can

I can't believe it. I miss-spelled Mustache up there. Aw, man. Anyway, today I have a DIY tutorial for you! It's my Mr. Mustache Can. I saw something like this before and it inspired me to make this. So I thought I'd share it with you. :)

So what you'll need is

• A can
• Paint
• Paintbrush
• And all the stuff that you use to paint (ex: water, paper towel, plate...)
  

With your paint, you'll want to outline your mustache.

Then you'll want to fill it in. Most likely you'll want to do several coats before you get it to the rich color you want.

Let it dry and use it. Yep, it's that simple.

I love mustaches. I'm not sure why, they're just awesome. So this Mr. Mustache Can is definitely my kind of project. :)

Do you like mustaches?

emma :)

I'm linking up!

bits of craftiness

Here's a peek into my bits of craftiness... Above is my fall leaves garland in the making. It's an awesome project that I got from this tutorial over at, A Beautiful Mess. It's the type of project you want to get your hands busy on while watching a movie (I'm thinking about finishing this one up while watching Bruce Almighty. haha).

In the meantime, I've been working on redecorating my craft space. I've been using a lot of jars, cans, and ribbon. What I used to keep my scissors in - a jar, some ribbon, and yarn.

And then I used a can and some more ribbon to store all of my crochet hooks in. Really easy, really simple, yet really cute - that's my kind of project. :)

To add some more cuteness to my craft space, I've crocheted a hexagon as a little coaster for a jar full of sequins and such. I got this pattern, here. :)

What have you been up to lately?

hugs, emma :)

blog planner cover

I have a "thing" for paper bags. I love them. Probably because they are just so easy to have (you know, the fact that you don't have to go to an actual craft store to buy them is awesome) and they always give whatever craft you use them for, an "old-ish" look. So you probably know what I used for this blog planner cover.

That's right.

A paper bag. :)

I also have been loving paper doiles. I think they are so cute and are so much fun to use in crafts. They also give a cool vintage look too. :)

And then I have a "thing" for bright colors. I like to mix up the old look and the bright colors to make something unique yet really cute.

I love my new blog planner. It's so sweet! :) To get the blog planner papers for the inside, click here. As for the rest, get creative and make a cute cover. :)

xo, emma

P.S. If you're participating in my God Lover's group (open for anyone) today is October 1st so get started on reading Proverbs chapter 1! :)