Drama queen + $100 Visa gift card giveaway

TNT armchair detective

Who else’s spouse works crazy hours? Mine does and at the end of the day, after getting the littles fed, happy and off to bed, happy, I love to turn on my TV friends. Yes, I called them friends. I don’t watch a lot of TV so when I do, I’m pretty picky with what [...]

Breathing Space | blogger retreat

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Hey blogga’s! We had so much fun with y’all at SNAP in April and we are each excited to attend Breathing Space Blogger Retreat this September to have even more fun! And guess what? You’re invited! (: Breathing Space is like a full-body massage for your blog. Join us September 26-28, 2013 and nourish your mind, body, [...]

bathroom storage ideas

19 bathroom storage ideas #bathroom #organization

Who loves to kill time on Pinterest but is oh so SICK of A-L-L the recipes!?  Just me??  Well this weekend I met up with some fellow AZ HomeTalkers!  We all love the site and appreciate the valuable information we score from it!  So many DIY ideas!!  If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have already seen [...]

2013 SNAP conference recap

2013 SNAP conference recap

Ohhhmygosh you guys! Today is the first day I woke up feeling refreshed after attending the 2013 SNAP creative blog conference. Yes, it was a week ago. Seriously, that is how little sleep I got. LOL Oh-so-worth it, though? Absolutely! There are a handful of awesome what-to-know-for and what-to-wear-to your first blog conference posts and [...]

Renovate or new build? Oh, the dilemma!

This old house | www.lollyjane.com

You guys! If you are my twin sister named Kelli, I feel REALLY sorry for you because this means you’ve listened to the ups and downs (and downs and ups) of what I’ve named The Big Dilemma: whether to renovate our 100 year old house or to replace it and build new. Sounds like an [...]

Creative Home | contributor announcement (:

Lolly Jane meets Creative Home

Happy Thursday, friends! Thursday is my most faaaavorite day of the week… it’s like Christmas Eve, okay so that’s an exaggeration BUT, it’s the day before the weekend starts! Whoo hoo! Time to chill out, relax and catch up on blogging, pinterest-ing and browsing your fav sites. We wanted to share one of our newest [...]

photo shoot with Jennette Jenkins Photography

Kristi Kelli Lolly Jane

Our good friend Jennette Jenkins Photography did a photoshoot for us last weekend.  You may remember her from Kelli’s family pictures or that darling vintage YW in Excellence night using Jennette. We need some updated head shots for business cards so we set up the shoot,  it was actually fun to play around kid-free, acting like [...]

live life

live life #lollyjaneonlivetv

Talking to a friend today, she gave me the best compliment.  She said, “You live life.  I want to be like that someday.” I started to think about what she said and began to count my blessings.  Interestingly enough, I was kinda sorta worried about only posting 1 tutorial this week, I felt as though [...]

National blogging day of silence

NatlBloggingDayofRemembrance

Good morning friends, We’ve decided to take today off as a day of silence and remembrance as far as technology goes. We will not be blogging, tweeting or updating on Facebook but plan on spending our time with the littles while we remember and pray for those families who lost so much in the Sandy [...]

Happy 31st birthday from your family + friends!

Twins- Please don’t hate us for hijacking your blog! You have many friends, family and admirers and we all wanted to wish you both a happy 31st birthday! I’m grateful to have you both as sisters and best friends. We have been through so many things and have so many memories together. I feel so [...]

Happy 31st birthday, Lolly Jane!

happy birthday lolly jane

No, our blog isn’t 31…but WE are!!  Happy 31st birthday to US! Last year we were spoiled by our blog besties when they threw us a rockin 80′s party! Oh yes…that’s us decked out in our most bodacious attire!  And here are those besties we were referring to… [Kristi+Kelli, Kristy/Diary of Dave's Wife, Jamie/Jl Photography, Katie/Sweet Rose [...]

100 Family Time Ideas

100 family time ideas

We’re big believers in family time.  We pull our kids from neighborhood play by 5pm so we can have a couple house of quality time together.  Sometimes they get annoyed that they have to leave their friends but most of the time, they love it.  Our biggest family night activity is watching a movie or [...]

Why are so many bloggers Mormon?

I Am A Mormon

Happy Sunday! We don’t usually post on Sunday’s but wanted to share a few things that have been on our mind lately.  Kristi and I spent this weekend going through old pictures to create a gallery wall in our parents revamped guest room and noticed a theme to the pictures: handmade.  Whether it was from [...]

Socks for Sandy

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I miss my husband. Within a few days of hearing about Superstorm Sandy, my lineman hubby was on a plane headed to Long Island, NY with 29 other hard working coworkers to help restore power to those without as a result of the hurricane. I am grateful that I can lend my husband and his professional [...]