enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: e&p

  • thankful for my Paul. Last night, it was 9:15 and we decided we didn't want to watch TV in order to "save" the good shows to watch Friday. What will we do? I moaned. And then we just talked and talked and before we knew it it, Paul was asleep and night had come. It…

  • I have been struggling in the crafting department since coming to California. I guess it's hard to be without the normal routine and piles of stuff to use as supplies. Completely frustrated yesterday afternoon, I decided to forget the product and focus on the message in a love letter to Paul. (Images are out of…

  • I dropped Paul off at the airport yesterday. Tucked in his suitcase is a bundle of ten cards to be opened on set days. Little bits of encouragement and love until I see him again in San Diego in late September. You know, in case the phone, email and video chat isn't enough togetherness. Miss…

  • I love how this book turned out. I finished it last night and immediately googled to find out where I can buy more of these little mini binders. I am going to make similar albums for the wedding and honeymoon. And then someday I'll have little kids and they'll get little books too. When I…

  • Hi Cloud Nine, it's Elise. I'm just going to hang out here for awhile. Photography by Lisa Welge.

  • On August 6, 2007, I hopped on a plane and moved to Maryland to live with my boyfriend of a little over a year. We had spent approximately four weeks in the same zip code while nurturing our one year relationship and now we were going to live in the same apartment number. We’ve learned…

  • Last night, Lisa posted a teaser photo from our engagement session and I am quite sure if we had a cat it would have ran under the bed at my excited shout. I said this yesterday, but I am just thrilled to have a photo where you can't see our arms holding up the camera.…

  • On Friday before we left Sacramento, Paul and I met with our photographers to shoot an engagement photo session. I have never really thought about taking engagement photos. BUT back in January, it seemed like tons of amazing engagement sessions started hitting the web. Artsy, romantic, funny, candid, stunning photos. Not the lame chin resting…