To make sure the cut lines show up correctly for each cut, make sure to cut down the center first. The subsequent cuts don't matter but that first one does.


Let me know what you think. Do you prefer the 3x4 size or are you looking for smaller or different sized downloads?

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

I saw this number game going around on Facebook and thought it would make a great blog post.

1. I love to dance. These days it's usually car dancing, but I love rocking out to a good pop song. If you ever drive past us, and see me and Zoe going crazy, it's normal, don't woryy.

2. I love baths. I take at least one bath a week.

3. At 18, my life plan, was to go to college, marry an older guy and spend the next 10 years barefoot and pregnant. Yeah, ambition was not my middle name. Very glad my life plan turned out quite differently.

4. I'm a people watcher. I never really noticed that I did this until a few years ago, but I think part of it stems from my ability to read people in a sense. While I'm not as outgoing as I once was, I like imaging a story and life for each person.

5. It took me a long time to find my talent. In the process, I played three musical instruments ( flute, harp, piano) played three sports (softball, soccer, volleyball) did speech and debate, jewelry, pottery, and many more things.....I kept waiting for something that came naturally for me. I scrapbooked throughout all these many things, but never considered it as a talent. It was really my parents who opened my eyes to the fact that I had already found my talent.

6. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorders when I was 17. I spent about a year on medication and 6 months with a therapist. I feel very strongly about caring for your own mental health. I think it's often times ignored, or put off as mood swings, when in reality, it's an illness.

7. I'm never satisfied with my hair. I have had all kinds of cuts and length and I never really stick to any one of them for very long. I usually cut my hair short about every 8 months, then spend the next 8 growing it back out. During high school (see #6) half my hair fell out due to stress and it's never really been the same since. I'm hoping one day to find the perfect style/cut that I'll keep forever, but for now, it will be ever changing.

If you'd like to play along, leave a link you your little known facts, I would love to read them

XOXO,
Holly & CO.

Supplies: Elle's Studio, Freckled Fawn, Cosmo Cricket, Basic Grey, American Crafts.

I love my goofy girl. The fake mustaches at the dollar store provided many minutes of entertainment to us on a Saturday afternoon. It's pictures like these that make me wish digital cameras had been around much longer. What I wouldn't pay to have pictures like this of my parents and/or grandparents.

I was fortunate enough to get a hold of some of my grandparents pictures from their early years together. This particular one is a favorite of mine. This is a high school dance photo. Aren't they just adorable?

Season one of soccer is over! The soccer season around here is rather short, I think it was 6 or 7 weeks, which I don't mind because in October, it drops about 20 degrees.

Zoe had a mostly good time playing soccer this year. Her team was the Purple Monsters. Each kid got a medal at their last game, and it is now Zoe's prized possession. I have to beg her to leave it at home, because I don't want her to lose it.

Zoe and her best friend were on the same team, and they were the only girls. Zoe made quite an improvement from game one, where she cried and was upset the boys weren't giving her a turn. Thankfully, she figured out how to "get a turn" and actually got some time with the ball.

I bet she ends up playing in the spring, but we haven't talked about that just yet.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

My little girl is growing up. When Zoe started getting official school pictures back in preschool, I was torn on spending the money. I take a LOT of photos of Zoe and most of mine turn out better, simply because I'm in control of the situation. However, after a lengthy discussion with other parents on Facebook, I decided that they were special and almost a right of passage. I was not disappointed when I got them. The nostalgia alone, was worth it.

I am in love with the new Fancy Pants line, Collecting Memories. The color scheme is fantastic and I love the bold graphics. I loved this ruler paper, and it seemed so fitting for a school picture!

I was pleased with how her pictures turned out this year, much better than last. Last year I was sick on picture day and totally forgot, she wore a t-shirt and I threw her hair into a messy bun...but that's life sometimes.

Eventually, I was to have a school scrapbook album which contains her 8x10 pictures from each years and her first and last days of each year, along with the info about where she went to school, her friends, special events etc.

We're really lucky that Zoe loves school so much, I hope that pattern continues through the next 13 years.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Our apartment complex has a plethora of leaves right now. I'm not complaining, I love the sound of crunching leaves under my boots and piles of leaves to look at. It's started to get quite crisp around here, I'm enjoying fall fashion, hot chocolate and decorating for the holidays.

Zoe and I spent a little time outside playing in the leaves a few days ago, and she obliged me in throwing some leaves. After seeing these photos, I wanted to enhance them with some digital stamps.

So my computer decided to hate me last week. My hard drive crashed and I lost a LOT of work. I've been working hard on some more printables and fun things, and unfortunately, they were all lost. Bummer right? Well the few days without a computer did allow me to finish up a few more projects and get some pictures for you.

My dear friend Jamie, welcomed her first little girl this week and I finished this quilt just in time. It's currently on it's way to her and hopefully will be snuggled with lots.


I modeled the pattern after the Storytime Squares Quilt from Made by Rae and the fabric is by Riley Blake, Little Red Riding Hood.

Here is a better look at the fabric, binding and the backing. This is actually one of my favorite quilts, partially because it's been really hard for me to master square quilts, but this one turned out almost a perfect square.


On to the next quilt for my little niece, due on my birthday...her's will be purples, greens, greys and butterflies! I can't wait.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.