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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: 2011 album

  • 2011 album update : november.

    Still chugging away at this album. I am hoping to wrap it up super early in January and then be done. I have really enjoyed this project and I am glad to have the record of 2011. But I am always ready for the next thing. I have a totally new documentation plan I'll be…

  • 2011 album update : october.

    I had to come to terms with the fact that the first album was bursting and buy a second. Now January through June is in one album, July through December will fill the second. Hiding that last page for a bit because the photos are from my trip to Kolo and aren't ready to share…

  • 2011 album update : september.

    I did a bit better with taking photos in September. And much better at baking bread & completing craft projects. I have a few rules for this album and one of them is that photo paired with the monthly text has to be a self portrait. When I was going through photos to print, I…

  • 2011 album update : august.

    So. I'm learning that if I don't take a lot of photos, I don't have a lot to add to this album. Funny how that works. But what I lacked in REAL photos in August, I made up in iPhone photos, so I popped a bunch of those into the book this update. Album by…

  • 2011 album update : july.

    Wow. I feel like I just did June's entry. Not to wish away the days or anything…but I am hoping autumn rushes past just like summer seems to. Exact same process every month. I'll be buying refill pages soon and another album to keep up this project in 2012. See January, February, March, April, May…

  • 2011 album update : june.

    Better late than never I always say. As I was putting this together yesterday I kept thinking it was already August. No need to rush the rest of July out the door, Elise. Text close-up. Fonts are Optima & Bead Chain. See January, February, March, April & May. Album by the awesome folks at Kolo.

  • 2011 album update : may.

    NEXT! Here's May. Still love this project. I don't think I have ever shared a close up of the month intro text, so here you go (click to enlarge) : I always keep this part very casual – sort of like a diary entry for the month. I mentioned this when I started the project,…

  • 2011 album update : april.

    Same song, different verse. Lots of projects made the pages this month! Am loving, loving, loving this book. Updates take about two hours a month from start to finish. Check plus. See January, February & March.

  • 2011 album update : march.

    Moving right along. A few people mentioned that they wanted to see updates to this album. I promise, there will be monthly updates. This is the best documentation plan I have had in a loooong time and I will be blogging the previous month during the first week of each new month. I think this…

  • 2011 album update / february.

    So far so good. This format is working out. I stuck with the same simple style as January. Complete with black machine stitching. I didn't take many photos in Vegas so I used the few that I took with my iPhone ShakeIt app to make a visual from our trip. I transferred the photos to…