Every week our young women recite together the "Young Women Theme." It goes like this:
We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him. We will stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places as we strive to live the Young Women values, which are: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity, and Virtue ...
Generally this theme comes to mean a great deal to the girls that go through the program. They learn the meaning behind each of those values and the merit of internalizing the principles and making them a part of their daily lives .... that's the goal anyway! ;o)
I made a "Young Women Values Plaque" for my daughter to use in her class and thought some of the rest of you might be able to use it as well. The document is the same size as my "Plaque Attack" documents, so you would use a 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" plaque. If you can't find plaques in your area, I've found an internet resource here that sells them for just $1.49 each. Go to my tutorial to find out how to make these plaques.
That's Rust-oleum Painter's Touch Ultra Cover 2x Matte Clear Sealer. You can get it in the spray paint department at Home Depot or the like. I printed the document on my scrapbook paper and then sprayed this sealer on it. Hold the can about 2 feet away from the paper and very lightly spray it one direction and then the other direction. You don't want to get the paper wet. You just want to spray on a light coating to set and seal the ink, so it doesn't bleed when you apply the Mod Podge. In the collage below you can see the difference that the clear sealer makes. I didn't use the sealer on the paper of the plaque on the left. Note the purple and black letters that bled into the surrounding paper. I applied the sealer on the paper for the plaque on the right. Much, much better.
There are so many applications for this plaque. The girls could make them during an activity. They cost less to make than a birthday card bought at a store, so you could make them for the girls as a birthday gift. They could be given to Young Women as they enter the program. Mothers and daughters can make them together. Etc. Etc. Etc.
I'm offering this plaque free of charge to all. Feel free to request this plaque document whether you are a member of our church or not. Certainly any young woman could benefit from having this plaque in a conspicuous place so she can read it often! Just leave a comment below and shoot me an email (my email address is on my right sidebar under "Contact Information") with the words "Young Women Plaque" in the subject line and I'll return your email with the plaque image in a Microsoft Word document. I'm heading out to my daughter's home next week, so I'll be out of town from February 8th - 11th, so you might want to request your document as soon as possible! Any emails I receive between those dates will be answered on February 12th!
Important: By requesting this plaque you agree not to sell this document or sell products with this document attached. You may make as many copies of this for personal use or for gifts.
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69 comments:
This is fabulous, just fabulous. Thank you AGAIN for your generosity!
This is so neat! We needed one of these when you and I were in YW's!
I love this! I am in the Stake YW and am always looking for ways to incorporate the values in my life!
I'm the YW pres and think these are great! I love them!
Wow great job. I love them. ~Monika~
I can not wait to make this for my daughter. Thank you so much for sharing you creativity with us.
What a great idea! I can't wait to make one. I've served in YW so many times and now my daughter is as well!
these are wonderful! Thanks so much for offering them to all of us. I'm sure I'll be using it in the future!
Beautiful, and inspiring.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
This is great, thanks!
Love it....I'm in YW too! We are giving our girls pillowcases this year for their birthday...but I'm thinking this would be great for next year! Thanks so much.
I love this! Your sweet DIL brought me one that she made and it's so cute! Would you be willing to send me the picture that you put on the front by email so I could make some for my YW to give at New Beginnings?
you are very talented and so generous. thank you for sharing this really sweet and inspiring print with all of us!
Love it! You are so talented I can't wait to read your blog each day.
Marvelous, as always!! thank you.
Perfect for new Beehives!
What fun art! Yes, I couldn't live without the sealer too! :D
my girls would love it! tx!
I am Catholic, but I love so many things I see and hear about the LDS faith - the values and actions that are so wholeheartedly promoted and celebrated are wonderful! Thank you for sharing this project, I hope to copy it for some young ladies I know as well :-)
Oh, I love this version of the YW values. Thanks so much for sharing. I hope you don't mind but I think I will copy this for my Laurel class. Thanks again. Hugs, Karie
What a nice thing to do! Thanks for sharing your cute idea. It will be a great activity for all the girls!
Yay, Yay thanks so much for sharing. They are adorable. Would it be too much to ask for a R.S. one??
Love it! Thanks so much!
I would love to get a free template of your young women value plaque!! Thanks so Much!
This is awesome. Thanks so much for the great idea and project!
I would love to get the template to make your young womens plaque with my beehives. My email is mrsfoote at gmail dot com. Thank you for sharing this cute craft with the world!
I understand this was created for young Mormon women but as we all are 'daughters of our Heavenly Father'......
Thank you so much for what is once again a most generous sharing of your talents.
I would love to get a free template of your young women value plaque!!My email is hlurker@gmail.com Thanks so Much!
Love it!! Please send me the template! Thanks, Jayne
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So cute!!
This will be greatly appreciated by the YW in our stake.
Hey All - I would really appreciate it if you would send me an email (from the address on my sidebar) rather than put your email address here for me to send it. It's hard for me to remember if I've already sent you the plaque (or not!) if you put your address here. When I receive the email I immediately send back the document, so it makes it much easier for me. Thank you!
Love it, thanks
This is so beautifully and wonderfully done. I just love it's.
These are so pretty! The girls will love them. Thanks for providing such fun plaques, you are so generous.
I just found you! Thank you for sharing your amazing talents. I can't wait to get started on new "stuff"!
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. I have a granddaughter turning 12 (YIKES!) this year. Jana
This will be a craft to share with our new YW, thanks so much!
What a wonderful plaque. Just the perfect thing for my granddaughter. My email is on it's way. Thanks so much for your generosity Suzanne.
Kay
I would love to make these with the YW in our little branch here in the Texas Panhandle. Thanks so much :)
Finally!!! All the things we teach our daughters & granddaughters done beautifully!!! Thank you!
I love this! You have great ideas!
I love this! And your blog! You have great ideas!
What a gracious gift you're sharing! It's awesome.
I just found your blog and love the things you share. Thanks for great ideas and projects.
just found your blog thru 'i love naptime' - would love a copy of yw values for my granddaughters - if it is still available - thank you for sharing -
If the design is still available . I would love to have it. Thanks Lady
This is really cool. Do the fonts stay the same in the word document if I don't have the same fonts installed on my computer?
Very cute and creative! I love how you wrote each value in their color!
I love your PDF on the YW values. I just got called to YW and am loving every minute of it. Thanks for your hardwork:)
Thank you so much for this fabulous idea. I just love making things like this with my Mia Maids. Thank you again!
Thank you for sharing you talent with everyone! Love these plaques!
Roxanne
I just found your blog and it is WONDERFUL! Please send me the YW Values to print. I am really excited! --Holly
Thank you so much for the work you do on the plaque attack. I want to make several them.
I love these plaques! I would love to share these with my young women.
I was looking for a gift for the new beehives to be given to them at New Beginnings and this is PERFECT!
I'd LOVE it if you could send me your document. My YW would LOVE THESE and I LOVE THESE!!! Thanks for your hard work in designing them. ♥ Linda
I'd love to make these for the girls to give at New Beginnings. Thanks for sharing!
thanks for this cute idea. Just saw it on pinterest.
Great one-night idea. Thanks for your creativity.
I'm thinking of using this as a background for a clock makeover for our YW room. So adorable.
We will do this as a summer project in YW thank you
I adore this and have SO many people in mind for gifting! Warning: You have been Pin'd excessively by me today. :)
This is absolutely beautiful! I love it!
I have several granddaughters that are ready for this plack and would love to have a copy of it.
I have just found your site and it is wonderful and it's great that their are so many boy/young men projects to do....thank you
Linda Murphy
Fun Idea!
Just found your blog and love it!! The Young Women Plaque is awesome! Emailing you now... :)
This YW plaque is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.
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