enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: ejbc
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I've got exciting news! In July, I'll be speaking on the main stage at the World Domination Summit. Yep! I'm talking for 30 minutes in front of 3000 people and whenever I start to shake a bit from nerves (like right now as I type this out) I just remember that this is RAD and…
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I know. June 1st is not the start of summer if you want to get technical about it. But the thing about summer is "technical" goes out the window. I'm so happy we made it to June. June is when Ellerie turns one. June is when my tomatoes turn red. June is when the days…
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Since May 1 (for nearly three weeks), I have been wearing a fitbit flex non-stop. I wear it all day. I wear it in the shower. I wear it to bed. I have taken it off a few times while I am at my computer to charge the battery – but that's it. I have…
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IF IT SEEMS LIKE I AM SHOUTING, IT'S BECAUSE I AM. May 1. We made it. May is a big month for me. Here's what I've got work-wise: The Queen Bee Market starts tomorrow! I'm selling a bunch of RANDOM items. Seriously. So RANDOM. And so RAD. When I quit the stamp making business, I…
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So, it's quite likely that a few of you are going to read this and think "WTF, Elise. How do you have time to sew a top?" And the answer to that is, "I am not sure that I do." But something I have learned over the past months and years of making a career…
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I have a vivid memory from when I was seven years old. It was Christmas Day and my family had opened Santa presents and then driven to Tahoe to make up for the fact that we wouldn't be near extended family in Minnesota for the holidays. That evening, after dinner, we hung out at the…
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l had the pleasure of spending four days on the Oregon Coast this past week, wearing my collection of humongous scarves and teaching at the Your Story Retreat. I said this to the women attending at the very beginning and I say it again here: my job, while awesome, can be very isolating. It's just…
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Thanks for the kind comments on my various mamahood ramblings this week. This gig gets a smidge easier each day. Partly because I am slowing getting better at managing, but mostly because Ellerie is growing into a real person. We had a near crawling experience and she pulled to stand this week. Both awesome, but…
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I really do not write about "baby stuff" as often as I thought I would. Mostly it's because I really enjoy that I have a job outside of being a parent that allows me to do and write about so many different things. And, of course, it's because I am raising my daughter with Paul,…
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Alright folks. Here comes my second post about the "balance" between being a mom and being a work-at-home business owner. (Read the first one here!) It's filled with some tough stuff because oh man, are these two jobs tough. I thought a lot about "balance" as I mulled over what I wanted to say and…
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