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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

scenes from the weekend.

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It was a stay indoors weekend as a big blizzard hit the DC area. I was without cable and internet for a day but I had plenty of paper projects to work on until I ran out of adhesive. I got started on the custom save the dates I'm making for a friend and made a lot of progress on our wedding programs and invites.

A mini crisis occurred once on Saturday afternoon when I was popping popcorn in the microwave and set off not one, but two smoke alarms. Let me tell you, you haven't lived until you've tried to air out your apartment during a blizzard. Our house still smells like burning and my arms are still sore from flailing a pillow around.

I tried to leave the house twice yesterday and failed both times. The roads are a mess because Maryland is not equipped for this type of weather. No one drives in lanes, instead it's a battle over who can find the most used tire tracks to follow in. Total disaster. I am hoping to go to the grocery store on foot today. I have to be prepared in case MORE SNOW dumps on us as scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Just keep swimming. Happy Monday.

PS – giveaway winner from last week is commenter #22 : Michelle Elford. Michelle please email me so I can get your gocco print in the mail.

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21 responses to “scenes from the weekend.”

  1. Stephanie Howell Avatar
    Stephanie Howell

    stay safe. i remember how scary it is. i lived in upstate NY (right by the canada border) for a couple of years. it’s overwhelming. hope today is a happy day! xoxo

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  2. Meg Paquette Avatar
    Meg Paquette

    Looks like you made a ton of progress! I can’t believe it.. up in new england we hardly have any snow… feel free to flail your pillow in my direction.. perhaps the snow storm will shift??! So excited after seeing your video demonstration of the gocco printer that I invested in one myself!!! I can’t wait till it arrives to start playing!! Thanks so much for your continued advice and craft ideas!!

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  3. Genevieve Avatar
    Genevieve

    Welcome to winter! It sucks for sure (I live in Eastern/Atlantic Canada, so I know something about bad winters), but you do get used to it (luckily you won’t have to deal with it much longer once you head off to sunny California again!) An occasional snowed in weekend isn’t always so bad, glad you made the most of it 🙂

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  4. Tor Avatar
    Tor

    Next to food, do not forget to buy more adhesive to prepare you on winterstorm part 2 🙂

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  5. Erin B Avatar
    Erin B

    i saw a few other NE scrappers comment that adhesive was on their storm stock up list. Love your photos and your wedding goodies!

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  6. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    I am so in love with your invitations! You did a great job!

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  7. Melissa Mann Avatar
    Melissa Mann

    stay safe! i definitely do not envy you with that weather. i lived in MD for about 6 years and the icy/wintry weather was the main reason i left.
    love all the pictures from the weekend!

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  8. Kal Barteski Avatar
    Kal Barteski

    What kind of boots are those, Miss Elise?

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  9. Mel Avatar
    Mel

    Wow, that’s a lot of snow!! 😉 We had loads here in the SE of the UK over Christmas and New Year-more than we’d ever seen in years in this area, and more is scheduled in the next week 😦 I’m so OVER it right now!!!!! Be safe when you go out. xoxo

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  10. royela Avatar
    royela

    what type of boots are you wearing in the snow? we went on a snow tour to see how silver spring faired the storm and sadly realized my available footwear is a big precipitation fail. 😦

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  11. elise Avatar
    elise

    They are tretorn and fantastic!

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  12. elise Avatar
    elise

    Tretorn. Love them.

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  13. Elise Blaha Avatar
    Elise Blaha

    Tretorn. Waterproof and comfy.

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  14. heatherbrittany Avatar
    heatherbrittany

    YIppeee!! So excited to see M&B’s save the dates! 😉 Lookin’ amazing! Stay warm! California dreamin’ will be much more then just a dream for you soon! Xx

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  15. Lindsey Avatar
    Lindsey

    curious if you used the paper source envelope liner templates for you envies? saw the tutorial on ps and thought about investing in it. does it only work with ps envies? thanks!

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  16. Elise Blaha Avatar
    Elise Blaha

    I did use the paper source templates. And yes, they only fit ps envelopes.

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  17. Martina Tierney Avatar
    Martina Tierney

    Elise, how do you get seamless runs on some of your photographs? My pictures always have a tiny gap between them no matter how hard I try! Martina x

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  18. Elise Blaha Avatar
    Elise Blaha

    In typepad, go under the HTML tab when you are writing your post. Replace the p/p with b
    That should do it.

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  19. Michelle Sanders Avatar
    Michelle Sanders

    Love your pics and all the wedding prep stuff! Stay safe in that snow! OH and really love the NEMO reference. Keep swimming indeed.

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  20. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    Hi Elise. I’m a college art student in Ohio, and I was wondering if you could take a couple minutes to contribute to a collaborative project that a friend and I have put together. It’s called solemates, and it’s basically a collection of pictures of feet (because images of our feet are representative of our ongoing personal narratives). Ideally, we want others to contribute (instead of us just searching the web and finding photos) and since one of the pictures above is your snow boots, I thought you might have others you could add, too. Thanks!
    Emily

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  21. Karma Kittyn Avatar
    Karma Kittyn

    I love your indoors photography. I do photography, have sold some prints and been in a couple of shows even, but I have yet to get a -good- indoor shot. Poor lighting often and it is always difficult to find a decent or blank background for a shot.
    (Your outdoors shots are good too, of course!)

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