Father's Day

The fantastic men in my life each deserve a dedicated blog post, really, a girl should be so lucky. My husband, my father, my grandfathers, my father-in-law, my brother, my brother's-in-law, and that's just a start. Uncles, cousins, friends and girlfriend's husbands, Bishops, Home Teachers, are a few more, the list could really go on and on.

I'll keep it short, but I am really so grateful for the kindness, respect and love that has been shown to me by the men in my life over the years, and who continue to treat me so wonderfully.

 My sweet husband grilling on Jan 27th in Rexburg,ID

There are so many  stories of how fantastic my husband is and the amazing father he is. So many. He and Zoe are so close and I'm so happy that they are. I always hoped they would have the same type of bond I have with my Dad, and they sure do.

Just last weekend, we all went up to Tibble Fork reservoir for free fishing day! The lake was packed, and we caught nothing, but Ryan stood there for over an hour, because Zoe wanted to "fish". 

Happy Father's Day!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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Elle's Studio June Kit

In case you hadn't heard, Elle's Studio now has monthly tag kits (all exclusive!) And....if you buy them each month on the 10th, they are $9.99 instead of the regular price $11.99. Here is June's kit, Available for purchase only at Elle's Studio.

I'm in love with the vellum labels and the woodgrain, "Summer 2013" tag.

Also in the shop are Elle's two newest collections, Cameron and Saltwater. Which are my favorite yet!

I am biased (being on the DT) and love all the pieces from both collections but if I were to get just a couple things, they would be the new frames and the new alpha stamp set!

My projects from this month are in my last post and they are all done with these new collections!

 Happy Shopping!

XOXO,
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My Last Elle's Studio Projects

This is my last month on the Elle's Studio Design Team. Elle has been amazing to work with and sends more product than you can imagine! These are my final projects made for June.

Thanks to my dear friend Aly for letting me scrapbook her adorable children time and time again!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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Double Scoop Quilt

Back today, to share my newest quilt creation....the Double Scoop Quilt! 

I had this idea one night to make ice cream cones on a quilt. Who doesn't like ice cream?

I spent several hours drawing on graph paper and making calculations, and even coloring the pieces in with colored pencils to make sure it would look right. It's definitely a labor of love.

I made it using all solids, which is a first for me, but I think it would just as fun with some patterns thrown into the mix. It's a charm pack friendly quilt, and comes together quickly because of the large block size.

 It is also the first quilt that I've made an official pattern for and it's available in my shop as a PDF download. 

Thanks for stopping by today! Let me know what you think!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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June Simple Scrapper Blog Hop

Hey Everyone! Thanks for stopping by on the Simple Scrapper Blog Hop, I'm super excited for this month, because not only do I have pages to share, but Jennifer is hosting an amazing FREE summer class. (More about that in a minute.)

This page I used the Premium Sketch Templates. Which, I know I've said before, but they are amazing because you can search by the number of pictures! That is usually where I start, so it's perfect for me. I had about 25 of these Slip 'N Slide pictures, but I narrowed it down to 4.

This next page is from the Story Starter prompts. This is me around age 4 and my old favorite stuffed animal in my home in Colorado. As you can see, they had just finished laying the carpet, this was when we were visiting it before it was finished. I lived in this house for about 15 years. I still call Denver home. What I love about this picture and story so much, is this is really where it all began for me. Most of my memories start here in this house. I loved being able to tell this story this month.

Onto Jennifer's awesome summer class, Stories of Summer! And it's Free, but you have to sign-up.

Included in the class are these fun digital stamps too! (This is just one of many!)

Ok, now for the best part, the giveaway!

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Make sure you visit each blog on the hop for more chances to win!

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Lisa Corbin-Polak
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Amy Kingsford
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Pam Lozano
Aimee Maddern
Van Nguyen
Sara Strickland

The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping. Each month members receive a new collection of sketch templates and Story Starters, story-focused prompts for pages and projects.

XOXO,
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Girl Loves Summer

Could this expression be any more perfect? This girl lives for the summer. Every day she keeps asking if it's warm enough to go to the water park. Last week we had a couple warmer days and I broke out the Slip 'N Slide that I bought a few weeks ago. It took several rounds of bad slides to get used to how it was supposed to go.

 Pretty soon she was a pro...

 

We can't wait till it gets a smidge warmer so we can go use our season passes at the water park. We also discovered a new fun lemonade, Hubert's. So far we have tried the blackberry and the mango. They are so yummy, but warning, they are real lemonade and more tart and less sweet than the fake stuff.

Hope you are all enjoying your summer so far!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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Summer {with kids} Series: Giant Coloring Page

I've been working on some projects for Zoe for this summer. It's not warm enough for the splash park or the pool just yet, but the days are getting longer and needing to be filled.

I was at Ikea a couple weeks ago (because they have free babysitting as long as you stay in the store) and I needed to get some homework done. After I picked Zoe up, we wandered around the marketplace and I came across their fabric selection. Their fabrics are a thicker weight cotton, probably upholstery weight. Well I saw this cartoon/sketch fabric, called TIDNY and had a great idea, this would be the best coloring page. You could use it outside, inside or even as a tablecloth at parties!

I bought one yard at which makes the size 59x36 inches, minus 1/4" on each side for the finishing. I came home and serged the edges so they wouldn't fray in the washing machine. If you don't have a serger, you could fold over the edges and stitch them, or if you don't have a sewing machine, you can use fray check. 

We bought a pack of washable markers and Zoe went to town. She's been coloring on it for over a week and we still haven't filled up the whole thing. The thicker cotton means that the markers don't bleed through. We haven't washed the whole thing yet but I tested one of the edges and the marker came out just fine.

** Updated 5/29/13: Last night I threw it in the washer for the first time. She has been coloring on the sheet for almost 2 weeks, so those colors have been in there a long time., The first wash got 98% of the color out, there were a few pink spots leftover and 2 spots where she colored with non-washable marker. I washed it a second time and all the color came out, except for the places she didn't use washable markers. So just make sure your kids are using washable markers (We use Crayola) and you should be good!**

This is a great, reusable way to keep the kids entertained. Zoe likes spreading it out on the floor and picking which area she gets to color next.

If you don't have an IKEA in your area and are interested in a giant coloring sheet, let me know, I've been thinking about putting a few of them in my shop. 

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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Back to blogging

Well I'm FINALLY caught up on homework from the past couple weeks and can get back to blogging.

I mentioned this on Facebook, but almost 2 weeks ago, we were in a pretty bad car accident. We weren't hurt, and neither was anyone else, but sadly our car was totaled in the accident. Two cars collided and then the SUV rolled and landed on the front of our car while we were stopped at a red light.

All of us were in the car, taking Ryan to the 2nd day of his internship. Yeah, it's been kind of a rough few weeks. Thankfully, we got a rental car and were able to use that while we found a car to buy. After several bad experiences at dealerships, we found a private seller who had the perfect car for us! It's a Honda Pilot, it's quite a bit bigger than our Focus along with 4 doors and air conditioning!

Zoe is loving the new car, especially the cup holder that flips down in the back...it's the little things right?

Well before too much more of the month is over, I wanted to share my Scrapbook Circle pages for May, and also add a little tidbit about the June kit, it just arrived today and it is the perfect kit for masculine pages, but I'm gonna challenge myself to use it for a picture of Zoe too, so check back in a couple weeks to see if I was able to do it!

My new running shoes. I got a chance to break them in at Race for the Cure last weekend.

This is my friend Aly's new puppy, Pixel, and we couldn't be more in love with him. Zoe can't stop talking about him. It's nice when your friends get a dog so you don't have to!

Sweet little Nora...Aly took this sweet photo and I couldn't resist making a pink page!

Zoe actually snapped this photo when I let her play with my camera. 

Sometimes it's good to change perspective.

When we were in California, we celebrated my niece, Taylor's birthday. He little sister Kora, thoroughly enjoyed the cupcake.

Make sure to check back tomorrow for a new blog feature I'm starting for the summer.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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California Vacation

We decided to squeeze in a trip to California last week before Ryan started his internship tomorrow. We packed a lot into one short week, but I'm glad we made the trip before it got super hot, although we hit a mini heat wave while we were there... it was 88 degrees the first day, sigh, I don't miss the heat at all.

I took a few pictures of Zoe, she turns 5 in less than a month, and I'm still not sure I believe it.

We spent half of the trip down in the bay area to see Ryan's other siblings and to celebrate cousin Taylor's 6th birthday with her a little early. My sister in law made cone cupcakes and they were a hit!

 

Birthday Girl

 Told you the cupcakes were a hit! 

 

We also attempted to get a picture of all the grandkids with Grandma Julie. This wasn't the best one but Zoe's face just cracks me up every time I look at this picture.

Zoe and Asher were pals this trip. It's fun to see the cousins all bond with each other and grow friendships, I really have enjoyed the friendships I have with my cousins.

 On Monday, we spent the day in San Francisco at the Japanese Tea Gardens and the California Academy of Sciences. The entire family indulged me, because I have wanted to go to the gardens for years but never made it there. We missed the cherry blossoms by probably a week or so, but it was still very beautiful and probably would've been relaxing if we didn't have 4 kids with us.

I took over 100 pictures, but I'll just share my favorite. This bridge is WAY higher than it looks, but it was so beautiful.

At the Science Academy, we couldn't take picture of a lot of things, so I kept mine in my bag most of the time. Unfortunately, our wonderful day came to a not so wonderful ending. When we got back to the car, someone had broken the window and stolen Ryan' backpack, which unfortunately had a lot inside it. All replaceable items, but not a fun way to end our trip in the bay area.

On our last day, I got to see an old friend and her adorable kiddos, and we went out to a fantastic dinner with Ryan's parents.

We are glad we were able to see Ryan's family before he started his job and before it got too hot! 

I started my second semester as well, and am taking 2 more classes than I was last semester. It's already super busy, but I am really loving my classes this time. I'm hoping to get Zoe signed up for some fun summer camps and once it's warm enough we'll be spending lots of our days at the local splash park!

Lots of projects to come in the near future!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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Scrapbook Circle April Layouts

We did it! We moved again....and we're finally getting settled.
I also finished my first semester with passing and pretty good grades!

So excited to get ready for summer, although we've had snow this week so it looks like summer might have to wait a bit.

But I want to share my April Scrapbook Circle pages before I started putting up sneaks for May :)

This kit was so fun to work with - I really wish I had more time to get more pages done, but with packing, moving and finals, my time was a bit limited.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

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For the Love of Little Boys

I hope someday we will have a little boy (or two or three...) but for now, I enjoy scrapping the little and not so little boys in my life. I just wanted to share some pages about these guys I've been so lucky to make pages about.

XOXO,
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