Do you ever feel like when you get an idea or thought, you just run with it? And I'm not talking about a leasurly stroll with it, I mean a full on sprint, like  running from a bear into it?

Well that's the meaning of one hundred and crazy percent. And that is where I am at.
 (It's a quote from the sadly cancelled show, Better Off Ted)

This year I decided to get our emergency prepardness up to snuff, since we were severly lacking in that area.

Well we're 9 days into the year and I am proud to report, we are doing amazing amounts better than we have the past 5 years of our marriage. I discovered a Survival Superstore here in town, with amazing amounts of stuff, gadgets and books, but that wasn't the best part of the discovery. They have free classes every week and if you miss a class, they upload videos of them online for viewing, for FREE.

The man I met with there was a fountain of knowledge and I came away with a few purchases and a stack of papers full of recipes and resources.He answered all of my questions and made great recommendations about where to start for a small family of just 3.

Their website is http://www.basicliving.com/ and they have a weekly newsletter full of great information. I am not affiliated with them in any way, but I feel like it would be a waste to not share all this great information I have found.

And yes, my food storage finds are being included in my Project Life 2012.

Here is my PL 2012 coverpage.

(I know there are lots of photos of Zoe, we need to get family pictures taken. I promise it's on the to do list)

Have a great Monday!

XOXO,
Holly & CO.

Happy Friday everyone. First of all, thank you for all the sweet comments on my last post. I am truly blessed with such wonderful friends, in life and online :)

I've been putting the finishing touches on my craft room/office this week, trying to get it all organized. My craft room is finally starting to look like a craft room instead of a junk room. But it needed some decorations.

When I was in Utah over the holiday, I made this fun doily Valentine's Day banner. I know it's a bit early for Valentine's Day, but I didn't really want to decorate for January :)























I used Crate Paper, Paper Heart collection, purchased HERE. For the doilies, I bought a pack of 30 at Dollar Tree and sewed 3 together, to make them more sturdy. I used a lot of the chipboard elements and glossy accents to give the pieces a little shine.

For the "Be My Valentine" banner, I misted some white cardstock with colors of pink, red and white. Then I cut out the letters on my Silhouette SD,  using the free font, Blackout, (found via Lisa T.).


































I kinda stuck with a circles and squares concept to keep the design uniform. Crate's large amount of chipboard shapes, made it super easy. My favorite one is the conversation hearts + love letter. That was the first one I made :)

Have a great weekend!
XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Yesterday, I had a bad day.
I was sad and disappointed.

We've been trying to concieve our second child the past several months and no luck yet. When I got pregnant with Zoe, it was unintentional and in my opinion, a series of small miracles. This is my first experience with the waiting game, and patience is not one of my virtues.

So yesterday, I pouted. I cried. I prayed. I ate ice cream. and then I went to town to get some final items for Zoe's good behavior chart.

While I was in town, I went into Deseret Bookstore. I wandered around and this book caught my eye.

Directions

This layout is not about old friends, but about getting old friends and family together. This picture was from "Pie-Fest" earlier this holiday season at my Great Aunt Meridee's house. We got to reconnect with my second cousins and Zoe spent the entire night playing with her third cousins.

Not too far off from that event, tonight, we had dinner with our dear friends, the Stauffers.
They missed us too much, and decided to move to Idaho to be near us :)
We are thrilled to have them so close again.

Their boys came over while they unpacked, Zoe was asking all morning, "Are they here yet?"
We had some dinner and dessert and let them get back home to bed and/or more unpacking.

I can't think of a better way to start off a new year.

Thanks to my sweet husband, my craft room is a disaster. And I don't mean that sarcastically. He build my Ikea Expedit bookshelf yesterday, so I have been busy organizing and sorting all my craft stuff to put back in it.

On my little blogging break, I was able to finish sewing Zoe's quilt for her bedroom and a new dress for her, which as soon as I can photograph, I'll be sharing on here, complete with the patterns :)

I also started on my Valentine's Day decor, but I think I will hold off on sharing that until we're a little closer.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Happy New Year.

Thank goodness blogging doesn't require talking, because I have lost my voice :)

At the beginning on 2011, I deemed it the year of change, and it sure lived up to it's name. We moved 4 times, I changed jobs and started working from home, Ryan enrolled in school full time, Zoe went to a new school and then to Daddy day care and back to her school, we lived with my parents for the summer, we almost changed Ryan's school, etc.

But besides the obvious stress all those changes bring, I would say 2011 was a good year.

I love looking back through all my photos and remembering all the fun things we did the past 12 months. I picked out some of my favorite pictures form the past year to share today.

Hello Blog Readers,

Between holidays, birthdays, illness and vacation, blogging is taking a back burner.
I will be back in January, with lots of pretty projects to share.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Coming back from being sick, thank goodness.

Yesterday we laid low, and I got a little scrapbooking in.
I made this page using some Elle's Studio tags and some October Afternoon Holiday Style.

Day 17 and 18 were supposed to be filled with a birthday party for a little girl and decorating cookies.... instead I enjoyed the flu. So we're gonna skip over, day 17 & 18.

Day 15 and 16 are cause for celebration!

Ryan finished his finals yesterday, and today, I had my yearly review and was awarded a raise!

We celebrated by heading down to Idaho Falls and eating dinner at Red Robin.



XOXO,
Holly & CO.

Day 14 was Zoe's Preschool Christmas Concert.

We got all dressed up and headed over to the Rexburg Tabernacle, which is a beautiful building inside and out.

We got to watch a slideshow of all the kids and hear them sing their practiced songs.
I was going to borrow a video camera from Karli, but didn't have time, so I video taped the songs on my iPhone. I uploaded a few so you can enjoy the special event too.


This one is my favorite. Zoe and her friend, Taylor, are sharing a microphone and Zoe keeps covering Taylor's mouth with her hand. Camera hog for sure.


I love this year that she actually wants to talk to Santa. She tells him she wants the same thing every time, "a few games." That's all.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

I wanted to share this random layout along with some random things from this week
- We found out Zoe is afraid of The Muppets, and learned that fact, we wasted $20 and a perfectly good evening.
- I firmly believe, marshmallows + butter melted, would taste good on anything, but on popcorn, it's amazing

- Usually I put Zoe down for a nap and 4 out of 5 times, she just plays quietly in her room. Well I discovered that if I lay her down in my bed, she actually takes a nap!


XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Made this quick page of my friend Amanda's little boy Duncan. I had so much fun taking pictures of him, plus the Amy tan leaves, I just couldn't resist using 2 whole packages.

We're heading over to a friend's house for desserts a little later. Sigh, I feel like the holiday season is just slipping through my fingers. Too busy. Hoping to change that this week.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Well today my little one is a bit under the weather.
Thankfully, she is still in bright spirits, we're just laying low.

But I've got a fun craft to share.

Colored Snow Flakes
Supplies:
-crayons/markers
-white cardstock
-scissors
or
-diecutting machine (ie. Silhouette)
-snowflake shapes

Hello Dear Blog Readers,

I've been a little more absent than I'd like lately, our trip, combined with sickness, combined with holidays, got me a bit off track...but I'm back and just in time for my favorite blogging month of the year, December.

That's right, I'll be doing December Daily again this year, and I've got some fun stuff planned.

Today, as the first day of December, Zoe and I will be writing her letter to Santa tonight. I made this layout with a special envelope just for this occasion.


































I'm planning on using Project Life, rather than a specific mini album to document our month. Are you doing anything specific to record your holiday memories?

XOXO,
Holly & Co

We are finally back home after almost a two week vacation.
Our drive home was long, but we made it safely back this morning, just in time for pre-school.

Since we're just getting things all back together and I'm dying to break into my scrap stuff,
 I thought I'd do a quick highlights of our California leg of the trip (mostly just the things I got pictures of :)

The past few days have been chalk full of fun times together. I'm gonna throw them all in one post, since they will end up in my PL for these weeks anyway.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

I know I already scrapped a princess page of Zoe, but I wanted to make sure I got a Halloween themed one in too.

I've decided to tackle Project Life, starting with December, although I'm trying to get myself into taking more iPhone pics and keeping notes and ephemera from our days.

Here's our life in instagram lately.