enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: ellerie

  • our thanksgiving placecards.

    Ellerie and I had our first mama-baby craft project adventure last week when we made Thanksgiving place cards. My plan was to have her stamp her little hand print eight times on various Project Life cards in Thankgiving colors (these are from the Sunshine and Midnight kits). I grabbed non-toxic craft paint in orange and…

  • happy halloween from my tiny flamingo.

    This might be my favorite sewing project yet. But it's not very practical as a costume… the flamingo neck doesn't stand up straight so it really only works laying down. That's okay though, Ellerie is excellent at laying down. The wings are my favorite part (I used felt for the base, added felt feathers and…

  • these two.

    I have a camera full of photos from a weekend full of friends and family. But we'll get to those. Right now, I'm exhausted, happy to be home and so in love with these two.

  • it’s nice to be home.

    Towards the end of July, my little family had the pleasure of being photographed by Tara Whitney. I already loved her, but now Paul and Ellerie are big fans too. Turns out in addition to being magic with the camera, she's a baby whisperer. The original plan was to have these photos taken when Ellerie…

  • my tiny conductor.

    my tiny conductor from elise blaha on Vimeo. just for fun…this is Ellerie doing what she does best at six and a half weeks. music is Canon in d performed by Jean-François Paillard & Orchestre de Chambre. onesie by hello apparel. quilt by mama. idea to do this by Grandpa Frank. She was hilariously attentive…

  • teaching ellerie the art of camouflage.

  • a few favorites from today.

    Playtime in a mama-made onesie. We're in that in-between phase where the tiny newborn stuff is getting a little tight but she's swimming in the 0-3 month stuff. Oh, my sweet girl, you are so loved.

  • i want to remember : from the hospital.

    There were bright spots in my hospital stay in the moments after Ellerie was born late in the afternoon on Thursday until we left Saturday evening. Much of the stay was just awful. But the tender moments were so wonderful. These are the small things I want to remember. I want to remember her first…

  • on her name.

    Ellerie Eve. pronounced : el-er-ree. think hillary (hill-er-ree). I have known for years that if I was blessed with a baby girl I wanted an "e" name for her to match mine. For a long time, Eleanor was the front runner for us (we both liked that it was the name of the President's daughter…

  • paul & ellerie.

    before we left the hospital & before her first sponge bath on the kitchen table.