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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

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Welcome to the "new" blog!

If you click through you'll see it's changed – but really it's not too different! It was important to me to keep things simple and very easy to navigate. And the sidebars & banner were always pretty photo focused and I enjoyed that aspect so they remained, just became more current.

But I did make some upgrades – for example, if you hover your mouse over the navigation bar up top or on the left sidebar links, you'll see the image change. (I was over the top excited to get this small adjustment working correctly.) And I created a new about page, updated my FAQs and perhaps most exciting : I created a tutorials shortcut page. That's right – all the tutorials I shared here are now easy to find and can be accessed through the navigation bar.

I hope you like the upgrade. I do. It still feels like me, just a bit fancier. Thank you, as always, for reading.

EDIT : Thanks so much for the encourangement so far. If things are looking wonky – I'm sorry. Please try a hard refresh (COMMAND + SHIFT + R) on a mac (Ctrl + F5) on PC. If you are seeing oddly spaced letters in the body of the posts, it's a problem with Internet Explorer and should not be happening. I have a call out to typepad to get it fixed but you can also upgrade to the newest version (IE9) and it will look normal. Thank you!!

And I still have big plans for my website (including a self-hosted web store) but those changes will be happening in September.

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115 responses to “blog upgrade.”

  1. donya Avatar

    hey elise, you may want to get rid of the couple of times text-transform:uppercase is used in your css file. I don’t think they are necessary in your blog design (I think) and it may solve the IE issue. IE is notorious for reading code poorly compared to the other browsers out there, though at least the newest version seems to be a bit better.

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  2. Mandy Dake Avatar
    Mandy Dake

    If you go pro, and want to make over my blog, sign me up! Hugs, Mandy

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  3. Annelise Kliewer Avatar

    look great! good work! i really like the “hand writing” fonts!

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  4. Gabi Avatar

    Looks fantastic, Elise!

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  5. linda Avatar
    linda

    wow!! i absolutely LOVE the new layout! 😀 soooo fresh and clean to look at. GREAT job! i’m such an avid reader. ❤

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  6. Jaime Martinez Avatar

    I love it! So clean, pretty, and creative. It’s a perfect fit for your content. : )

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  7. Sara B. Avatar

    Fantastic! Job well done!

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  8. Kerstin Avatar
    Kerstin

    The update is lovely. I read you regularly, and just wanted to say thanks- it wasn’t at all like a facebook change where all of a sudden you can’t find anything. It’s still you- but now with fun swirly lines (adore!), updated pics, and a few new extra helpful spots. Great job.

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  9. Jenny Avatar

    Just had a chance to check out your new blog and I love it! I was so afraid that you were going to go away from the color. And I love, love the color on your page. From what I know about you from this blog, it is that you live a creative and vibrant life and black and white just wouldn’t cut it. So congrats and amazing work as always.

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  10. libbi m. Avatar
    libbi m.

    Nice work Elise! You did a fantastic, creative job.

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  11. Irilyn Avatar

    It’s great, Elise! Well done. You’ve pleased us all, as always! Now, no day shall pass without me visiting your blog! This is so inspiring, and I’m looking forward for blog design tutorial that you might be keen to run soon! (When shall that be?) I’m so excited 🙂 And yes, I so love the tutorials page!!!!! It’s awesome, thank you so much!

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  12. elise blaha Avatar

    Thank you! I am planning for mod September.

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  13. emily Avatar
    emily

    Love the new blog design — it really looks like you! I like that it’s not a total departure from your old blog; sometimes people do blog whiplash. 🙂

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  14. Jess Avatar

    Love the new look blog! Perfect!

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  15. Jyotsna Kandpal Avatar

    Hi Elise…. I think there’s a “YOU” touch to your blog now… I luuuuurvv the new look of your blog… Keep up keeping up !!! Am a fan of your blog…
    http://inlovewithscrapbooking.blogspot.com

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