enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: e&p
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Last weekend we took our much anticipated trip to Palm Springs. I brought along three cameras… (I'm dropping off my film to be developed today!) and these are the photos I took with my DSLR and iPhone. For the first time, we splurged on a stay at the Parker. It was gorgeous. They've done an…
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In the spring of 2012, Paul came home from deployment with a new appreciation for coffee. We bought a Chemex and I shared our experience using it and some facts about it here. When Paul returned home last summer, he was even more inspired to up our morning coffee game. To celebrate his return we…
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Four years… …three homes… …two deployments… …one baby girl… …and about four million adventures, photos, fights about nothing, text messages, netflix discs, emails, dinners, coffees, inside jokes and loads of laundry. I love you, Paul. Happy anniversary. Cheers to celebrating the last four years. Cheers to embracing the change and growth that we will undergo…
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Awhile back I shared the Pinhole Press photo book I had made of my maternity shoot and our family photos. I was SO in love with the book that I decided to make one more that showcased some of the professional photos we were lucky to have taken in the years before Ellerie was born.…
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This past weekend, Paul, Ellerie and I headed to Catalina Island to celebrate a wedding. We had never been to Catalina. In fact, before Megan started planning her wedding, my only knowledge of it was a reference in Arrested Development. Turns out it's a gorgeous little island and well worth the ferry ride to get…
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On my list for June, I mentioned wanting to get a Perfect* Family Photo. Spoiler alert – we didn't. Instead we go this one. It was taken this morning before Paul headed to the airport to finish off deployment. It's blown out. I'm basically crying. Ellerie is not even facing the camera. The background is…
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In my head, I always thought June 16 seemed like a good day to meet our tiny one…long before I realized it would be Father's Day. And now it's here and I don't think she's coming yet, but this still feels like the right time to honor Paul and this unique time in our lives.…
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On Sunday, February 3rd, I dropped Paul off in a parking lot on base so he could deploy with his unit. We hugged outside the car and I cried into his chest. "What if she comes before you're home? What if this is it?" "Be strong, Elise." he said. About half of me wanted to…
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Three years ago today I married my very best friend. Our wedding was a big party and probably one of my favorite days ever. I remember, leading up to the wedding, that I made a big deal that this wedding wouldn't be the "best day of my life." How lame it seemed that your wedding…
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photo processed with Afterlight for iPhone. dress from Nordstrom. I have become a little…emotional. Things that make me cry in no particular order: seeing newborn baby photos on my instagram feed (and there are approximately one million these days), whenever anyone mentions how much they love their mom, noticing my finger tips have bruises from…
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