enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: ejbc

  • oh. man. I am having a hard time moving this morning. Yesterday, I took my first Bar Method class on the recommendation of a few of my college girlfriends, who despite being scattered across the country are all hooked on this workout I knew it was going to be hard. I knew the point of…

  • I saw this tweet by Jordan Ferney of Oh Happy Day! a few weeks ago and haven't really gotten it out of my head since. I love the idea that if you want to grow your business, the only thing you can focus on is what you are doing. Nothing else matters. I remind myself…

  • wearing white nail polish (from high school) on my fingers and toes. excited about getting creative with the summer book over the next few months. convinced the iPad + Kindle app is a winner. working on this week's blog posts and PDFs of the blog 2.0 workshop. practicing being more flexible. feeling better about my…

  • Here we go – general questions! You can see a Q&A on the shop & small business here and a Q&A on crafting and blogging here. If you weren't running your own business, what else would you like to do? This is the best question ever because I have no idea. You know how little…

  • Last Friday and Saturday I participated in the Queen Bee Market. If you have been following this blog for the past few months you already know that my excitement level for this event was through the roof. I put a lot of time and energy into coming up with new displays and creating new product.…

  • April flew. Like literally. I just watched my to-do list fold itself into a paper airplane and fly out the window. Aside from a few days of feeling terrible, it was a great month. Good for the blog, that's for sure. But the shop needs some work. Maybe new products? Maybe a sale? Maybe a…

  • elise talks college. from elise blaha on Vimeo. On my "What do you want to hear about?" post, I got a few requests for something directed towards college students. I loved that idea to the stars and back. And, never one to turn down a chance to talk about my life story, I made a…

  • …relieved to be done with the lesson portion of the blog workshop. …overwhelmed with the next task of prepping for this craft fair. …thankful that my parents are going to visit that weekend and help me. …happy to be healing. …learning that healing is a process you cannot rush. …thrilled that we got the big…

  • Today I am answering more questions from this post. A general Q&A will follow in the next few weeks. Love seeing how your mini-books come together. Maybe reveal how you go about mixing album elements together. I got a few questions on mini books. I'm stepping out of my Blogger Jeans to pull on my…