PDW April Revealed

I'm excited to share my Polka Dot Whimsy April Layouts! I absolutely LOVED this month's kit. I used the kit to finally scrap some wedding photos.

What a Hunk!

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but before I had the guts to tell Ryan, "I Love You," I would say "You are my Favorite," in it's place. 

It's kinda our thing :)

I had totally forgotten about this picture.

I can't believe I forgot about it, because it's one of my favorites from our wedding day.

It was at our reception and we finally got a chance to sit 

and be together and reflect on the big step we had just made.

This layout took a long time, but it turned out just how I had wanted it to.

Sometimes, I get stumped on how to use all the ribbons and embellishments that come in the kits.

Lace + Wedding photos just seemed natural.

My sewing machine actually broke before I made this layout and I didn't want to staple the lace, so I used my glue gun....very carefully. 

I put teeny tiny dabs underneath the largest part of the lace all across the page.

I only got to make these 3 layouts so far, but I'm hoping to get to play more after we move this week.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

I'm Back

Zoe and I took a last minute trip down to Utah this weekend.

This meant I packed up as much as I could in about 5 hours to bring down to my parent's house. 

We had some extended family that was in town, so we spent Friday evening hanging out with them.

I snapped this picture of Zoe and Great-Grandpa.

I realized I have hardly any pictures of my or Ryan's grandparents with Zoe.

and that made me sad, so I am determined to take more!

Saturday and Sunday, we spent the day listening to General Conference and eating lots of yummy food :)

This week is going to be busy with finals and packing but I'm hoping we'll have a little bit of fun thrown in.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

April kit sneaks

I was so excited to start working with my April Kit for Polka Dot Whimsy.

The colors are just beautiful. 

I actually pulled out some wedding photos, they just seem to fit so well with this kit. 

The kit goes live in a couple days but I wanted to share some sneaks:

I did a LOT of hand cutting for this layout, but it was totally worth the 2 hours and sore hands :)

I did some embossing for the title as well,

I would definitely recommend White and Rouge Zing to match this kit.

I'm in love with that striped piece of paper from Crate. I think I used it on everything I made for this month.

This is my most favorite kit yet!

Hopefully I'll have more sneaks to add later tonight.

XOXO,

Holly & CO.

So Grown Up!

Seriously, She's like 2 going on 13.

Aly was doing some mini Easter theme photo shoots yesterday and offered Zoe a slot,

 of course I gladly accepted.

I actually snapped this shot while Aly was working her magic, the set up and lighting was all her though.

I haven't seen the pictures Aly got yet, but I'm excited.

I do apologize for the blog absence. We're moving in just a few days (again) and

 I'm a little bit scatter brained and overwhelmed.

April just came a little too quickly.

Although we are definitely looking forward to Ryan getting a few days of a break.

We miss him when he's working so hard.

Not much else to say today. 

I promise I'll be be back tomorrow with some projects to share.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Well Spring has come and gone

At least that's the way it's looking outside. Slowly getting warmer, rain instead of snow, sunshine, etc.

But the snow came back :(

Zoe and I spent the day inside staying warm and playing, but around dinner time I was running out of things to entertain her with, which leads up to, the homemade pool :)

I bought her a new bathing suit a few weeks ago when they were on sale at target and this was a perfect opportunity to try it out!

She was so funny. Talking about being at the beach and pool. The sharks in the water. 

This one, she said, "I'm just going to sit and relax." Seriously! I love her little personality.

No new pages to share just yet.

 I'll have some Polka Dot Whimsy March pages and April sneaks up this weekend hopefully, just waiting on a box of goodies :)

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Sunday Funday

We had a great weekend with Aunt Natalie around, we are sad she's gone, but happy she got home safe.

On Saturday, We headed to Idaho Falls (or IF as the locals refer to it) to see a movie.

We saw Gnomeo & Juliet again, it is too cute!

Natalie and I did some crafting while she was here, 

I'm trying to convert her :)

This layout took about 3 days in total to put together, a little bit each day. 

(All SC kit, minus the pinwheels)

This one I managed to complete in one night.

 I mixed some of my stash with my Feb. add-on kit for Polka Dot Whimsy.

I really loved those Pink Paislee rub-ons and our visit to Dear Lizzie earlier was just perfect for them.

Today I feel like I spent the day in the kitchen.

I made lunch for everyone, then 4 dozen cookies to giveaway, then pizza for dinner. 

Amongst that, I did 3 loads of dishes.

I am beat. 

Standing next to a hot oven for hours makes one tired.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

XOXO,

Holly & CO.

She makes it too easy

Now, I don't have any plans to become a photographer, I just wanted to get better at using my zoom lens and Zoe isn't exactly an agreeable subject.

So I asked Natalie to let me take some pictures of her in my favorite alley way :)

(We didn't write those words, they were already there)

Isn't she pretty?

And her red is natural. :)

This is my favorite!

Of course, since she is visiting, we had to go to the cupcake shop!

We got to try 2 new flavors,

Key Lime & Mexican Chocolate

I think I might have a tie for favorite now. 

The key lime was amazing! 

Inside the cupcake, they bake a piece of key lime pie.

It was so good.

The Mexican Chocolate was good too,

 but Zoe kinda hoarded that one, so I only got a taste.

It's nap time around here so I'm gonna go take a snooze.

Happy Friday!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.