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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

I can't for the life of me figure out how to format our honeymoon into a blog post. So I finally settled on a post with a few words and then a few posts with photos. I will probably use a few other posts to share smaller stories of what we did. In the next month or so, I am going to make a digital album of our trip (similar to this) which will include photos and my commentary on what we did and all that we saw. I will be sure to share the finished product.

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Right after the wedding, we spent a week in French Polynesia (if you were like me and are not sure where that is, it's marked with the "A" above.) One night in Tahiti and five nights in an over-water bungalow in Bora Bora. It was the most beautiful setting I can imagine. Pinch-yourself-and-shake-your-head-in-awe-beautiful.

We had a great week. It was romantic and un-romantic. It was serious and hilarious. It was completely what I thought it would be and also totally unexpected. So basically just how our daily life rolls, except we were in paradise. We ate breakfasts outside and fed fish through our floor. We went to bed early and woke up early. We got long massages. We accidentally got sunburned. We snorkeled. We people watched and made up stories for what they were really like. We fished watched and made up stories for them too. We planned our future and laughed about our past. We celebrated happy hour every night. We learned tiny bits of the local language. We ate amazing food.

I hope the photos do it justice. I can't wait to start getting them printed and used in projects.

I also cannot wait to settle into a normal routine as husband and wife.

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All photos taken with my little point-and-shoot (a Canon PowerShot SD1000) and a lot of help from the 10 second timer. So much more to come. Thanks for letting me share.

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49 responses to “the honeymoon (part 1).”

  1. Amy Tan Avatar

    gorgeous- simply gorgeous. love your perspective on things!!

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  2. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    Beautiful! I’m glad you guys had a great time!

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  3. Sarah D. Avatar

    oh my god. those are beautiful.
    and you seem so happy.
    and i looove your outfits.
    wish i could go to bora bora one time, too.
    i wish you all the best in your future life. you will manage it so sophisticated (this was like the only word, that came to my mind, watching you two at the beach)

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  4. sarah Avatar

    i’m such a sap. this post made me tear up! looks like an amazing place, loved the photos – the perspectives you take are always so inspiring (the breakfast table/eating one and the laying on the lounge chairs one – specifically).
    congratulations e+p.
    (and please tell me that heart shaped rock/coral came home with you – what a perfect honeymoon memento that would be!)

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  5. Monika Wright Avatar
    Monika Wright

    I always take a picture of our names in the sand, it seems that we’re at the beach on our anniversary (when we do take a vacation). And the breakfast photo with both wedding rings in the pic is mini-album cover worthy!

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  6. elise blaha Avatar

    the rings in that shot are my favorite. im so happy you noticed too! 🙂

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  7. Molly Irwin Avatar

    amazing! the reflection in the door is great, and you have really cute dresses.

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  8. Jane Toft Avatar

    How beautiful. It makes me have faith in love again! Every happiness to you both. x

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  9. Rachel Elizabeth Avatar

    Looks like you had an amazing trip! Someday I hope I can partake in such a tropical paradise.

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  10. Anne Avatar

    Lovely pictures! Seeing you so happy in that beautiful place brings back so many wonderful memories of my own honeymoon nearly 6 years ago!
    I’m glad you had a great time. Did you eat mahi mahi burgers? Which hotel did you stay at? We were at the Beachcomber.
    I also really love the “breakfast with rings” shot!

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  11. Em Avatar
    Em

    STUNNING PHOTOS!! can’t wait for the rest! 🙂
    Love your outfits too.
    ps: you are looking very fit and toned! (not meaning that you didn’t before)- but have you been doing something? i need some motivation right now!! 🙂

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  12. elise blaha Avatar

    thank you!! lots of running. and eating only when Im hungry, not when Im bored. 🙂 I know thats not very helpful, but it has been working well for me.

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  13. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    Looks like heaven!

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  14. christina Avatar

    Definitely jealous. We never went on a honeymoon, and so I’m living vicariously through your pictures. SOOO pretty!

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  15. christen Avatar
    christen

    beautiful…looks like a perfect honeymoon.

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  16. Christina C Avatar
    Christina C

    Looks like a dream come true, love the shot of the two of you at the table eating, love that it captured your rings. You look amazing in all the photos.

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  17. Linda in KS Avatar
    Linda in KS

    Awww, that’s so exciting! Congrats to you both!!! Looks like you had a fantastic time. Thanks for taking us along with you 😉 Can’t wait to see the mini books that come out of this!!!

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  18. lisa martin Avatar
    lisa martin

    ahhhhhh. you did NOT find a heart shaped rock! If that’s not some kind of sign, IDK what is! xoxo

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  19. DawnS Avatar

    Welcome back! It’s looks heavenly…and I adore all the shades of blue 🙂 Can’t wait to see more pictures!

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  20. Melanie K. Avatar
    Melanie K.

    No. Seriously thank YOU for sharing! Ah, I would so love to be there! Beautiful honeymoon for a beautiful couple. Sweet!

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  21. Lise Avatar

    Oh wow, it looks amazing there. Congratulations on the wedding and thanks for sharing your amazing photos of the honeymoon. I’m dying to go there now. And I agree, awesome outfits, I love that dress with the splashes of orange and blue!

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  22. Jessica Fulkerson O'Brien Avatar

    stunning! though it did give my heart a little pang of sadness since scott & i couldn’t take a honeymoon of our own.
    love the watercolor print dress on the shot of you alone! you look so pretty in it!

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  23. Kim Avatar

    great photos! love the different perspectives! can’t wait to see more! congratulations again 🙂

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  24. Julie S. Avatar

    Thank you for sharing… Bora Bora is a dream destination of mine!
    Loved all of your pictures, but especially the breakfast shot with your rings! Perfect

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  25. kristen Avatar
    kristen

    Sooooo pretty! Seriously, I think when you look up “paradise” in the dictionary, you’re photos from Bora Bora should pop up 🙂
    LOVE that you guys had such a wonderful time!
    xoxo!

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  26. Emily S Avatar
    Emily S

    looks amazing – thanks for sharing! Cant wait to see your honeymoon in a mini book 🙂

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  27. giuseppina Avatar

    absolutely gorgeous! so so happy for you 🙂
    love how much you two look in love!!

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  28. creole wisdom Avatar

    Congrats. Looks like fun!

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  29. Melissa Gruber Avatar

    looks amazing, i can’t believe. i love the picture at breakfast and your rings are in the pictures…i saw yours right away. so cute!
    i can’t wait to see what you do with these!

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  30. Ellie Avatar
    Ellie

    Please tell me what resort this is!! This looks fantastic! (And I’m honeymoon planning right now 😀 )
    So glad you guys had fun!

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  31. Jennifer Avatar

    What a beautiful place! I want to go there!!!

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  32. elise blaha Avatar

    I will be posting much more about it but it was the pearl beach resort.

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  33. Michele H. Avatar

    Wow! This is absolutely breathtaking! You look wonderful…
    btw…i think i’m in your neck of the woods. how far are you from Mather?

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  34. Tor Avatar
    Tor

    Pretty Paradise Pictures Elise! Thank you so much for sharing. Have fun making lots and lots and lots of projects!

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  35. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I’m amazed, it looks perfect. Beautiful pictures!

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  36. Daphnalula Avatar

    Congratulations. I’m sooo excited for you guys.
    After this oh-so-long engagement you’re finally married!
    great photos, and this place looks absolutely heavenly.
    What a way to start your marriage-life, together.

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  37. Alexa Avatar

    Looks amazing! You two are so sweet together. Do you have a tripod for your camera or do you just rest it places?

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  38. naomi chokr Avatar

    wow! i’ve always wanted to go to bora bora!!!! love your pics

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  39. goshery Avatar

    Beautiful photos and such a wonderful story. Much happiness to you both.
    p.s. this (We planned our future and laughed about our past)gave me goosebumps!

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  40. elise blaha Avatar

    Good question. I just rested it places.

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  41. Ali Edwards Avatar

    I am seriously such a sap. I actually cried reading this Elise. I’m so happy for you and the life unfolding in front of you…possibilities at every tick of the clock. Thanks for sharing of yourself and your super inspiring photos.

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  42. Krystyn Avatar

    Oh my – what beautiful photos & I can already see what a wonderful time the two of you had. Thanks for sharing!!

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  43. lisa Avatar

    Congratulations! I’m loving your photos and story. It’s all so sweet and cute.
    I also love that yellow bag – where’d you get it from?

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  44. elise blaha Avatar

    Thank you! The bag is from target.

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  45. elise blaha Avatar

    🙂 pretty close!

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  46. Nicole-Lynn Avatar

    Such great pictures documenting your honeymoon! Love them. I’m so glad you had a great time! Looking forward to seeing more pictures from your wedding day!

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  47. Laura Belle Avatar

    wow…stunning!!! How perfect! My fiance and i are thinking about traveling there for our honeymoon as well and these pics just make it more tempting.

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  48. lauren Avatar

    That resort is amazing! I’ve always wanted to stay at one of these hotels that are located right in the water.

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