enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: get crafty
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pinned from tumblr & sadly no original source / pinned & original source. Today is official the first day of fall. I've got big dreams for fall including two projects I would love to tackle. no. 1 : I want to make that photo of a brick wall into a quilt. Exactly like that. This…
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I have been dying to try a pinwheel painting since I saw this on pinterest ages ago. Then I really got serious over the weekend after seeing a similar project on Oh Joy. I bought a birch 18×24 canvas at Blick and marked the center with a pencil. Then I used painter’s tape to create…
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Playing with letters & words & paint & music & thoughts this week in Kal's Script School workshop.
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I'm making stuff again. Look for photos of the full book on Monday. And because a similar photo got a lot of questions on twitter : I got my instagram photos on paper by uploading them to iPhoto and then printing a contact sheet. For more information on how to print a contact sheet, please…
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On Thursday, while I was visiting Kal, we played with paint. Prior to this trip, I signed up for her Script School online workshop (which starts September 12) but was lucky enough to get an “in real life” preview of what to expect. It was awesome. The number one thing I learned is the importance…
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When I worked at Paper Source and had daily access to fantastic patterned paper, I fell in love with gift wrap & ribbon. Now, it's hard to shake the habit of putting effort into my wrapping, but I don't always have a chance to shop for large sheets of perfect paper. My solution? Paint it.…
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While I was up in Sacramento, I was able to make a few frames out of old fence wood. My dad recently replaced the redwood fence in our backyard. When I heard the plan, I asked him to hang on to some of the old weathered wood so we could make some frames. My dad…
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I'm back in San Diego! With access to my own printer! Quick book update with photos and text from NOLA and a little blurb about HP7. Which, by the way, was the greatest ever and my favorite of the series. Yep, typos. Should read summers and fifteen but rolling with it… Simple enough. I turned…
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Back again! I am still up in Sacramento with my parents so I am still sort of working "on the road." I always feel out of sorts when I am not at my desk with my stuff, but so far, I am keeping up pretty well. I added a clothing tag right into the book…
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I said yesterday that I would share how I'm going to wear all three outfits. And then I remembered I'm traveling and am without a full wardrobe to mix-and-match. So I'm going to break these down into three smaller posts. Today's features my green tank top, which turned out to be my favorite of the…
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