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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: 27 materials

  • material 9 of 27 / wire into a welcome sign.

    Turns out, a yellow HELLO is just what our entry way needed. This is TOTALLY not a unique project. (Type "wire + yarn" into Pinterest and you'll be scrolling for days.) But it was fun to do and came together quickly in an afternoon. I picked up thick, but easily bend-able, wire at Jo-Anns (in…

  • material 8 of 27 / paint onto a canvas.

    I am never in a million years going to be a real painter. I can't make paint look like anything other than paint. So landscapes, portraits, animals? All out. And abstract painting is incredibly difficult. I look at gorgeous abstracts and think to myself, "Oh, I can do that…" Then two hours later I have…

  • material 7 of 27 / plants into a wall hanging.

    As mentioned last week, I am finally getting our bedroom decorated. I am so ready to wrap up this room, figure out a few more details in Paul's office area and call this house done – just in time to move again in ten months. 😉 I'll share the whole room early next month (when…

  • material 6 of 27 / paper into a vacation minibook.

    So, this was a lot of fun. Remember how I was going to work on it while on vacation? That didn't happen. Not even a little bit. But over the past week, I pieced it all together and am very happy with the result. My goal was to add something interesting to every page and…

  • material 5 of 27 / painted glass vase.

    My original plan for "glass" was two painted mugs. I painted them, waited the 21 days for the glass paint I bought to cure, and then realized that ceramic didn't technically count as glass. But turns out it didn't matter because the paint still came off after their first run in the dishwasher. DIY project…

  • material 4 of 27 / rope into potted plant hangers.

    I have had this project in my head for months and I am glad I finally decided to just execute. These plants are now hanging in the corner of our loft space which also now has a curtain rod and curtains. (No small victory, I promise.) It's strange to just focus on this corner when…

  • material 3 of 27 / wood into a photo display.

    My parent's recently had to have a redwood tree cut down in their backyard. It had grown too large for the space and was a risk if a big storm came through. (Don't worry, they planted a new one in it's place.) When I heard about it, I asked them to have the tree guy…

  • material 2 of 27 / photos into a book.

    I downloaded the Instagram app and started taking snapshots of my daily life while I was in New York visiting with my girlfriends shortly after Paul deployed. On the day Paul came home, I had taken 601 shots. To keep from going crazy that morning, I uploaded all of them to Blurb and then used…

  • material 1 of 27 / yarn into a knitted cowl.

    This cowl got away from me. I mean really. It's longer than I am…folded in half. I am not sure how or why the measurements are screwed up. But I adore it. It represents my first foray into creative knitting and fancy yarn and circular needles. Plus it looks rad and feels cozy wrapped around…

  • next birthday project / 27 materials.

    I was NOT planning on doing a big birthday project this year. I spent the past few months thinking about it and just couldn't settle on something that was inspiring to me. The last thing I wanted to do was launch "27 projects" and start the whole thing over again just like 26. But obviously,…