enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: ejbc

  • always + sometimes + never.

    I always : + cut my apples into slices.+ end up putting my hair up by noon.+ go decaf after lunchtime.+ am inspired by a visit to anthropologie.+ put things in my online shopping cart.+ mentally break my commute home into more manageable sections.+ wish for less clutter. + get my breaking news from twitter.…

  • elisejoy.com

    Finally. That took longer than I thought it would. And like many projects, I got halfway into it and thought, "Is this right?" "Is this how I want it to look?" But now that every page is complete and I hope every link is linked, I am pretty happy with the new site. I said…

  • today i am…

    …wearing my swimsuit…eating cherries…and turning a stack of mixed paper into little books.

  • green + yellow.

    Yesterday flew by. I looked up at the clock at it was 3pm. Usually, I look up and it's 9am. So that was strange. I did get to letterpress though and I am excited about the prints. Whenever I am back there I think – "wow. I should do this more often." But then days…

  • glow girl.

    Yesterday flew by in a rush of activity. I spent a good half hour in tears trying to get my website up and running. (I have decided to make a website for all the different things : workshops and custom books + links to my shop, resume, blog, etc. I will continue to blog daily…

  • catalog victory.

    I visited one more Anthropologie yesterday and TA-DA! they had catalogs. (They also had a pair of cute shoes on sale, so both the store and I came away victorious.) If you offered to send me yours – THANK YOU – but I am all set now. I am a little slow to get moving…

  • tuesday it is.

    Celebrate Tuesday. The picture above is my newest stamp. I recently decided I was sick and tired of writing my address on the back or corner of all outgoing (non-etsy) orders. It was time to buy an address stamp. I should have done it two years ago, but now seems like as good a time…

  • after every episode of dancing with the stars, i can’t help but wonder, what should i do first?

    Lose 10 pounds? Buy a fabulous spandex/sequined outfit? Sign up for dance lessons? I love this show.

  • hi sunshine.

    It is no secret that I am missing California. Really bad. Hurts my stomach sort of bad. We have had a long end-of-winter here with a lot of rain and a lot of gray skies. When ever it seems to get warm, there's a relapse of chilly. I have been spending too much time lately…

  • this needs to stop.

    I went hunting in my closet for a shoe today (the left white sandal if you are curious) and had to remove about half of the shoes to find it. Once they were half out, I figured, "Hey. Paul's not home, I might as well get out the rest and take a picture." As I…