an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
This is what yesterday, May 4, 2014, looked like at our house in San Diego, California.
I am going to make a point to get out my big camera more often on the rare days we get to spend together just the three of us. Taking photos – capturing us as we are, now – somehow makes the day feel longer and the moments more special.
Being able to "look back" at these photos just hours after they were taken is a gift. I cannot imagine how I will feel when I see them decades from now.
Gorgeous, and touching. 🙂 A lovely start to the week.
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So beautiful—the photos and your family!
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She is too cute! You’re giving me baby fever, but I’ve got a few years to go 😉
And thanks for the inspiration to document life, even the little things.
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Wow! Loved all these photos! Love the perspective of a “ordinary” day! Even the AC control
Photo speaks!
Thanks for always Inspiring me
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Now THIS looks like the perfect Sunday. 🙂
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awww. E is getting so big! the stokke chair fits in perfect with your decor. 🙂
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Phenomenal and Inspiring! All 4 of us are home tomorrow. Guess I know what I’ll be doing 🙂
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beautiful photos Elise, thank you for the reminder to get the dslr out more, i needed it too 🙂
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I was just thinking the same thing about photos this past weekend as I culled photos for a recent week of Project Life. When I take the time to look back through them, the week feels longer because I remember all the small bits that made up the time. Love that. How fun to live in a time where photography is so accessible.
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It looks like a really fun day!
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Great pictures! and Ellerie is ADORABLE! Plain and simple.
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so great. and i feel like that photo of ellerie (7th from the bottom)is giving us a glipmse of her as an adult. gorgeous.
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Gorgeous. I don’t take enough photos of the everyday moments, iPhone or otherwise. Also, I love the packaging on the coffee. So rad.
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this is my favorite kind of photo/memory keeping project. One day of photos.
And apropos of nothing, I saw this and thought of you http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/cheese-crackers-serving-board & FTW 🙂
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beautiful photos. i would love to know what kind of pizza you made?
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Great day! I have to ask, where did you find those fabulous frames behind the dining table?
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The light, in your house, is poetic but is your family that glows!
xo P.
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it was a random one with leftover slowcooker meat, garlic, onion and bell pepper! nothing fancy but delicious!
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ikea!
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🙂 thank you.
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I adore Bird Rock coffee. One of the best. These photos are great!
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Love it. Happy that you got to experience such a perfect day with loved ones. 🙂
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I just love how in the photo of the three of you at the table Ellerie looks straight at the camera. She is such a cute kid !!! She has a happy face.
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Love this!! Thanks for sharing your day — too funny — we saw Ender’s game this weekend and I can’t believe how much we loved it!! Such a great movie (now I have to read the book 🙂
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Love this! What a wonderful way to spend a Sunday!
xoxo
Taylor
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What a beautiful family and a full life you have. You are inspirational in every way, Elise!
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I like what you say about how capturing photos makes the day feel longer. I notice that with any “in the life” series I do.
And I especially love looking back on them. I need to get better at changing my photo-perspective because those tell really good stories.
Also – I was surprised by how much I liked Ender’s Game. I don’t think I would have gotten it if I didn’t read the books, though
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❤ …as always.
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Great photos and great idea. Love them all but also love the pizza one with the light. Regards Kathy A, Brisbane, Australia
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i love this, Elise. I know I’m a little sentimental right now, with my first born girlie in her final months living at our home before she heads off to another state to go to college. The sweetness in this everyday slice of life is palpable.
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awesome! what settings do you use on your camera? and do you do any post editing ? I can never get my photos looking so crisp and amazing. you’re little family always brings a smile to my face (and your house)
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Is the chair Ellerie is in the Inglesina Fast Chair? I’m looking at one and would love your thoughts – like it?
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This is an amazing idea. My poor big camera has been thrown to the side since I got my i-phone 5 as the quality is fantastic. I might do a little of this, this weekend with my girls.
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So beautiful. I need to do that too. Our two girls are very similar in age and with my first Mother’s Day this Sunday I think I too need to get the big camera out and capture our special day like this. Thank you for the inspiration 🙂
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I use 1600 ISO and normally light balance to the right of zero. these past few weeks I have been editing my photos with actions from A Beautiful Mess and really LOVING the results! I’m planning to do a post on all this jazz soon.
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Great shots! I really love the one of the pizza with the light streaming in from the window. Awesome capture! Can’t wait to capture my day in the life on Thursday, along with Ali Edwards.
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The photography is amazing, no surprise there 😉
But MAN-OH-MAN — that Netflix shot. A REAL, “hard copy” DVD?! Those things are quickly becoming a relic! I loved seeing this because it reminded me of my semi-weekly walks to the neighborhood video store with my friends when I was growing up. We’d walk together a few days a week to pick out movies, look through the magazines, and buy our favorite treats. I SO wish my kids were able to have those sorts of experiences. Technology is great, but sometimes it dehumanizes experiences.
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what a magical life!
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So inspired by your photos – thank you so much for sharing!
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May I ask where did you get the high chair that little E was sitting in the dining room?
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Thank you. They really give a clean and fresh look.
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what did you think of Ender’s Game? I left the theater and immediately came home and bought the book- which is SO smart. I can’t believe it was written in the 80’s, the ideas are so current. Totally unexpected.
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I love love love the ampersand on the wall with your photos? Where did you find it! I just love your decor…you did such a great job with your home!
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enJOY it 
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