enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: life
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The good news : That taped desk has brought a ridiculous amount of color into my everyday life. The great news : Paul and I are already celebrating the weekend. We drove up to San Francisco yesterday for a wedding in Northern California. The best news : My top secret project I have already alluded…
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Decently busy week, but very good week. I don't want to say biggest achievement, because man, that makes my week sound lame, but something cool : I framed our recent photobooth strip. I love to frame strips in black frames (this one is a 8×10, but I have an 11×14 over the fire place) with…
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I have been in the project making zone this week and it feels so good. It's been a long time (last February, when I was wrapping up the 26 projects, maybe?) since I have felt like I had ideas coming out my ears and so I am soaking all this creative energy up for as…
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Good week, busy week. Busy like a bee, you could say. And guess what : we have bees! Well, our wall has bees. Tough to tell if it's an actual new hive or if it's just scout bees (I am learning more and more about bees by the day). I woke up yesterday to a…
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Since our trip through Big Sur at the beginning of March, Paul and I have been trying to work more hikes into our weekend routine. We have never had "weekends" together in the traditional sense (first I worked retail and then Paul's intern schedule often had him at the hospital for weekend shifts) and we're…
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Busy desk, busy kitchen, busy brain. I am in the strangest, most exciting work period of my life so far. Riding the wave like it's my job and really, really enjoying it. The past three weekends have been packed and I am looking forward to just settling into this one with no plans or obligations.…
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There is a pesto pizza in our near future… Edited to add : Don't worry! I didn't just dig up those plants to make one batch of pesto! I trimmed them using the healthy herb trimming techniques shared in this great article. right photo by Paul. both taken on the iPhone & processed with the…
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The garden is thriving with tomato plant cages. We are BBQing more often & fruit has become a meal. The days are getting longer and longer and I am so grateful for extra sunlight. Stamps are out the door and I am back to normal "as promised" delivery times. My little office is bustling and…
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grateful for time spent up in Sacramento with my family. loving these Blowfish wedges (especially with a polka-dot dress). determined to work green vegetables into every dinner. honored to have our wedding album published in the current issue of Scrapbooks Etc. feeling overwhelmed with all that is on my plate right now. eating watermelon by…
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As you may have guessed, the rubber stamps are beginning to ship. Thank you, again and again, for your patience. My stamp makers were a bit overwhelmed with your orders – but I am sending them out as fast as I recieve them and the quality is just fantastic. And in other news – Paul…
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