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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: ellerie
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If you've been here awhile, you know my handwritten Thanksgiving invites have become somewhat of a tradition. Here's 2010, 2012, & 2013 (Paul was deployed in 2011 and I went home instead). We just invite our families and really they all know they are coming long before these arrive in their mailbox, but it's still…
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Here's my ladybug all dressed up and eating cheddar bunnies in .gif form. We're excited to go trick-or-treating a bit tonight! And thank you so much for the excitement over the planner. It's going to be good. I promise. I had a great time sharing my story this past month, mostly because the hardest part…
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These past few months I have talked about my attempt (and so far success) with the capsule wardrobe plan. I've also talked about how I don't care to organize my digital archives. And I have mentioned that there is nothing quite like film. All of these things have been on my mind. Less stuff ……
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The other day I read this blog post (and then the comments section) about a new digital camera that doesn't have a preview screen…for the bargain price of $20,000. The opinions about it were (of course) all over the map, but the part that interested me most was the idea that back when we used…
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After Ellerie was born I started having a lot more fun taking photos. Don't get me wrong. I have always LOVED taking photos. But I am learning that, for me, it's more fun when my subject moves. And it's more fun when my subject grows. (No offense, potted plants and cups of coffee.) I also…
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Random person : "So, Ellerie…when did you first realize your mom was crazy?" Ellerie : "oh man. Tough call. But I think it was June 9, 2014… the day she organized my books in rainbow order." ps. here's E's full room tour with product sources.
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Really this post could be called my favorite tricks for photographing anything. I have about seven techniques (not included here are holding an object in my fingers against a clean wall (example!) or holding an object in my palm against a cool patterned ground (example!)) that I just cycle through over and over and over…
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Paul gets two weeks of leave time each year (which for him goes from July-June, not January-December). We used the first one last week to head up to Sacramento to visit family and celebrate Ellerie's baptism. We arrived Saturday, dropped Ellerie off with Grandma and Grandpa and went down to the Citizen Hotel (where we…
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You may remember that in May I had a maternity shoot with the fabulous Tara Whitney. Then, in July, after Paul was officially home from deployment we did a family shoot at the house. I have printed and framed a few of the photos from that shoot (hopefully more to come). But I really wanted…
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One of the family traditions that I would like to start is celebrating half-birthdays for Ellerie and any future kiddos. No real reason other than I think it's a very simple way to make an extra day of the year special. We won't do presents, but when they are old enough to "get it" I…
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