enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: get crafty
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I spent the better part of yesterday and will be spending most of today making stuff. Operation headboard is in full effect. And Paul has this weeked off, which means there will be TWO people trying figure out how to get a piece of large plywood home in our little car. Also working on a…
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In August, Paul and I bought a new mattress. It was a big purchase, but something we had wanted to do since about three years ago when I moved in. And since August, I have been dreaming about buying an actual bed. Something with a headboard and legs. Something that isn't just a metal frame…
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We drove north for about an hour this morning to check out a pumpkin patch. They run a few craft fairs each fall and I wanted to see if this was something I would want to sell my own shop goods at. (survey says : probably not.) We came home with six awesome little pumpkins.…
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October feels like the right time to get making stuff. On my list this year : something to wear something to hang something to eat something to give something to carry What's on your list?
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About two weeks ago, when my workshop was ending, I wanted to start making something just for me again. (It was one of my four simple goals.) I succeeded with a daily art project back in 2007 with the daily card project. (You can read about it here.) When I started thinking about doing this…
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So I have ordered at least seven sets of business cards for myself in four different designs. Never once have designed them and printed them out actual size to see what they would look like before I pushed the "send to print" button. That's sort of weird right? I've never done actual mock ups for…
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Ali blogged last week about a few great books and I was excited to get my Amazon delivery with my own copies on Saturday. Keri Smith's Mess is awesome. I'm not good at this mess concept. The idea of burying the book or putting moldy food on it makes me nervous. (So nervous that I'm…
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Last summer, when I made my website, I included a page called mini list. It had every minibook I had made plus a link to a photo of the book cover & more details. This past weekend, I finally went through and made links from the book page to the inside of the book for…
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YES! It's finally ready to roll. I have been working hard the past few weeks to get this together. First brainstorming. Then drafting. Then developing. And finally setting up the class blog. I'm very excited for this mini book workshop. I worried about how to teach mini book building, but when I read through your…
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