enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: get crafty
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My eyes popped out of my head when I saw this woven wall hanging on Rachel's blog. Super cool! Super easy looking! Super inexpensive! Rachel has a tutorial for how to she made her "loom." I didn't have a drawer, but I had a piece of plywood and I hammered nails into it to create…
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So, this is the most random art project of the month. Maybe year. Maybe lifetime. I saw a photo on Instagram awhile back of flamingos and immediately searched etsy for some great flamingo art we could hang in our new place. This gorgeous piece by Sofie Rolfsdotter was my favorite from the search. I was…
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I am incredibly picky about scarves. Color, texture, weight, wrap-a-bility, poofiness-factor… all of it matters very much. And although I have knit a few for myself, this is sadly the first scarf or cowl I have made that I think has any real life in it (meaning I'll wear it for more than a week…
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We bought just one "carving" pumpkin this year. Saturday, while watching college football, we popped it open and dug out the insides. Then Paul got the seeds in the oven (bake for 15 minutes @ 350* with 1T olive oil, 1tsp garlic powder, 1tsp season salt, a few shakes of black pepper and cayenne pepper)…
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If you follow me on Instagram or twitter, you've seen peeks of this already, but I wanted to share here anyways… I have a new craft fair backdrop! One of the most enjoyable parts of prepping for this craft fair has been reformatting what I already have to work for new product. I tend to…
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I think I sign up to sell at craft fairs because I like to build displays. Merchandising was probably my favorite part of the job when I worked retail. It's incredibly fun to build something from nothing and decide what will work best for the product. But I was stumped for a few weeks when…
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Paul has been out of town this week for training. Six days is nothing compared to a seven month deployment, but it's been interesting having the house to myself again and crazy how all my old routines have returned. I am counting my blessings that I am comfortable and enjoy being alone. If I didn't,…
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Last Friday morning, I saw this post on A Cup of Jo and dropped everything to make my own version. It's strange, some projects are like that… I see something and then cannot think about anything else until I have completed my own version. (The taped desk and yarn vases are other examples.) I had…
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I have a feeling these materials are going to start crossing themselves off without too much help from me. Autumn and the holidays are made for projects and I am so excited for more craft time this season. Felt was something that I was waiting for fall to work with because the plan was always…
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It has been just great to have a week at home. I was running (actually typing) like a crazy person, wrapping up projects, getting stamps out the door and trying my best to stay organized. Thank you again for all your orders and thank you double for your patience as we wait for backordered stamps…
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