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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Engaged

Edited to add: yes that is the ring, yes it is on my left hand. The photos are from my Mac and therefore backwards. Much more info to come + thank you for the well wishes. We are, of course, excited.

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178 responses to “last night, in our kitchen, in our pjs, paul asked if i would be with him forever.”

  1. cascata Avatar

    wow, congratulations! 🙂

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  2. Lee L Avatar

    OMG OMG OMG Elise – that is so lovely & wonderful!! YAY for you guys!
    PS my fabu letterpress arrived – thanks it is truly spesh.
    Cheers.
    Lee:)

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  3. Armalite Avatar

    Oh Elise, congratulations! I’m so happy for you! Though I do not comment often (and am personnally against marriage), your blog is an inspiration to me, and I wish you both all the happiness in the world! Can’t wait to see your weddng album 😉

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  4. Lee L Avatar

    OH & PS – i am glad someone else was proposed to in the kitchen besides me…. . It is very cute you were both jammified too. Say, the fridge wasn’t open and you weren’t getting milk out of it were you? Which you then promptly spilt on the floor in surprise? NO, probly not 🙂
    Will we get to see a closeup of the sparkler!
    Do you have your answers ready for when the rels start with the barrage of “When’sthewedding?Whenwillyoubebreeding?Wherewillyousendthemtouniversity?” type of questions…..
    Cheerio.
    L. 🙂

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  5. Gemma Avatar

    I don’t often comment although I’ve been reading for a good long while now. Congratulations, fab news!

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  6. Leslie F. Avatar

    Congratulations!!!! So nice to wake up to some good news! ❤ I’m so happy for you both!

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  7. Melissa Avatar
    Melissa

    Congrats :0) I hope they were cute jammies!!

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  8. Lisa Martin Avatar

    oh my gosh! Were you surprised or did you know it was coming?

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  9. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    Eep! Congratulations! What lovely news.

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  10. mandy Avatar
    mandy

    Hooray! Where’s the Rock? YEAH!

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  11. Suzette Mahoney Avatar

    Yay! So happy for you both!!

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  12. gina Avatar
    gina

    Congrats- now we do get to see wedding plans on the blog! 🙂

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  13. Allison Avatar

    yayyayyay!!
    congrats!
    how exciting + sweet.
    so glad this is the first thing i read this morning 🙂

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  14. Jennifer Avatar

    No Way! That is amazing! Congratulations! Welcome to the crazy world of centerpieces, photobooths, and candy buffets.

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  15. Sarah Galbraith Avatar

    Congratulations!! that will be a fun story to tell your kids, down the road!! 🙂 I wish you all the happiness in the world.

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  16. Gina Avatar

    Congrats thats wonderful!!!

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  17. islandjen Avatar
    islandjen

    awwwwww….congrats! 🙂

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  18. Juliane Avatar
    Juliane

    Congratulations! That’s amazing!
    Julchen

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  19. Kristi Avatar

    jumping up and down! YAY!! YAY!! YAY!!
    😀 Congrats.
    Make the most of your time and savor your engagement – it’s a glorious yet under-appreciated stage of life that goes oh so fast.
    Recommended reading: “The Conscious Bride” (a MUST READ), “Bridal Bargains”, “The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say “I Do” and “What No One Tells the Bride: Surviving the Wedding, Sex After the Honeymoon, Second Thoughts, Wedding Cake Freezer Burn, Becoming Your Mother, Screaming about Money, Screaming about In-Laws, etc.”
    Congrats, again!

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  20. Kirsten W Avatar

    Yah! sweetness!

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  21. RachelG Avatar
    RachelG

    Congratulations!
    I love,love,love the picture right above “I said yes”, you are glowing!

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  22. RachelG Avatar
    RachelG

    Oh! and I can’t wait to see those letter pressed invitations! You will show us won’t you?!

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  23. remember moments Avatar

    WOW!!! Congratulations to you and Paul!!!!

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  24. Courtney Avatar

    Congratulations girl. Marriage is so worth it!

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  25. lanne Avatar

    Congratulations! What a perfect way to do it. Comfortable and happy and forever. Hopefully the rest of your lives are exactly the same.
    My husband proposed by accidently smacking my head into a door, later knocking my hand onto a pan and rounding the night out by breaking 2 of my toes when he reversed his office chair back over them. I made a sarcastic comment about him marrying me or just living with me until i was really broken. He said we should get married. I said..sure.. i am marrying YOU. He repeated his willingness to marry me every hour or so until I stopped laughing and showing him wounds and said fine. find a date.
    10 years later..we still laugh and we still show each other wounds and we still forgive and forget. I wouldn’t swap that for anything.
    I hope you guys are just as happy!

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  26. Amber Avatar

    Congratulations! You too will make each other so happy!

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  27. Laura Avatar

    I just started reading your blog two days ago and what a happy post to great me in my google reader! Congratulations!!!!

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  28. Anilu Magloire Avatar

    DUDE!!!!!!!!! How cool! Big HUGE congrats!!

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  29. courtney Avatar

    AWWW! that’s so incredibly cute!! big love and congrats to both of you, elise.

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  30. claire Avatar

    holy cow, CONGRATS!!!! that is EXCITING – and i am therefore EXCITED to hear more about it!

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  31. kirsten Avatar
    kirsten

    Congratulations!

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  32. Maggie Avatar
    Maggie

    ooooo…I just got a burst of excitement when I saw the subject line – Congratualtions!

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  33. molly Avatar

    Best wishes, Elise.

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  34. jeny reyes Avatar

    That is so exciting!! The best way to ask too…simple and relaxig. I am happy for you both.

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  35. laurakurz Avatar

    Big congrats, Elise. Wishing you two the best!

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  36. Tina Avatar

    That is so exciting! Congratulations!

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  37. Sara Avatar

    I’m new to adoring your blog but I have to say congratulations! 🙂

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  38. Carrie Avatar
    Carrie

    Yay – congratulations!! So excited for you. I don’t post as often as I should, but always check in. Such fantastic news!!

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  39. Diana Avatar

    congrats! love and happiness always!!!!!!!!!!!

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  40. Joy Avatar

    AAAHH! 🙂 So many congrats, Elise! So exciting!

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  41. kate Avatar
    kate

    HOORAH! Delurking to say many happy returns to you both! The very best to you both!

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  42. jen Avatar

    Eek… so excited for you! Congratulations!!!

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  43. leah eggers Avatar

    oh i am so happy for you! congratulations!

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  44. katie Avatar
    katie

    congratulations Elise!

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  45. lucy Avatar
    lucy

    oooooooooooh…i just got a little misty! yay yay yay!
    (eek…too much excitement for almost-stranger?)

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  46. Meg Paquette Avatar
    Meg Paquette

    OH!!! Congrats girl! This is SOO exciting!

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  47. Vicki H Avatar

    Oh my goodness!!! Congratulations to you and your love! Thank you for sharing your wonderful news with us!
    Many blessings!!!

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  48. Kal Avatar

    Swoon!
    That is amazing!

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  49. steph j Avatar

    Coming out of lurk mode to say… YAY! CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH!! 🙂

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