enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: get crafty

  • as it stands.

    Right now, my plan for my 4×8 craft fair booth is to have an accordion fold wall along the back edge and a folding table along the front. The table will hold the product and the wall will visually separate my booth from the others and serve as a place to hang print & poster…

  • project 3 of 26 / a striped pillow.

    I cannot figure out if this pillow idea came to me in a dream or if I saw it while scanning blogs sometime last week. But the pattern and color scheme was very set in my head before I even entered a fabric store. It's different than the colors I am usually drawn to, that…

  • around here in march.

  • what i’m working on.

    I applied for a spring craft fair yesterday. Key word : applied. I didn't even get in yet. But in true Elise "cart-before-the-horse" fashion, I got started on a display for my possible booth. I figure, best case, I get in and I have a dent made in my massive to-do list. Worst case, I…

  • project 2 / a finger painting.

    This project was inspired by a post on Black Eiffel last week. I loved Yolanda Sanchez's beautiful paintings so much and though they looked a bit like finger paintings. (Amazing ones.) I had a large canvas and I painted it completely yellow. After it dried, I added finger painted swipes in five colors over and…

  • project 1 / a table lamp.

    For awhile now, I have been lusting after this beautiful painted lamp. I woke up on my birthday with a vision of how I could DIY something that would create a similar effect. At first I thought I could decoupage painted paper around the outside of a lamp base, but a little hunting online produced…

  • this year’s plan.

    And here we go. My plan came to me yesterday while on the treadmill. I now have a goal for the next year and I am calling it "26 Projects." (So far making the logo was the most fun part.) I am going to be tackling 26 medium to big craft projects before my 27th…

  • painting shapes is the new sewing dresses.

    Just like dresses, these take forever. Also like dresses? I'm addicted.

  • paint & flowers for thursday.

  • craft books are my favorite.

    I have a thing for craft books. Obsession might be the right word. I am trying to back-away from buying fiction (and non-fiction) paperbacks because we are running out of room and I am hoping to get an e-reader in the next couple months. But I don't think I will ever stop buying pretty craft…