enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: life

  • I'm so excited to be partnering with Canon USA for the next few months to bring you some awesome DIY photo projects using their range of printers. When this opportunity first came up (LAST JANUARY!) I knew that when I received my Canon PIXMA iP8720 Printer (which is a large format that prints up to…

  • working on a palm tree photo wall(s) in our bathroom. This project has been waiting in the wings for six months and it's finally almost done. I am so thrilled about where it is headed and can't wait for the big reveal. recording a bunch of podcast episodes for the next few weeks. I am…

  • (If you're new here, this is the original shoe story and here's the second shoe story.) Once upon a time, the shoe on the left looked like the shoe on the right. And then in just over two years (!) the shoe lived a full life. The shoe became "the main shoe" in the summer…

  • Sometimes I feel like a broken record. Each podcast episode starts with “I’m really excited about this week’s episode.” and most of my around here posts start with “thank you so much for your sweet comments this week.” (Not to mention what I continually say around the house…”what do you want for dinner?” “feel like…

  • My "one little word" this year is WHOLE. (read more about olw here.) And for the most part it doesn't feel as "active" in my life as CHOOSE and BRAVE did the years prior. I think this is because "whole" feels like less of an action word. The definition is broad and I am not…

  • On Labor Day weekend, Paul and I headed to the Santa Cruz area to celebrate the wedding of our friends, Bart and Veronica. I have like 15 stories to share about this wedding and SO MANY GREAT PHOTOS, so feel free to pull up a chair and pour yourself a cocktail/cup of tea (depending on…

  • around here… I've got another list of house progress to make this month. (those photos are fridge magnets from sticky9.com. use code FRIEND29D9 to save 15% on your order.) around here… I'm prepping the September edition of MAKE29. It's the first edition of just 29. around here… I'm staining wood for our entry way cabinet.…

  • At the beginning of June I was all about the upcoming summer. And for good reason. We had some really spectacular stuff planned for the past three months. We kicked it off with a trip to Palm Springs and ended in Santa Cruz for a wedding (more photos in the coming weeks). In between, I…

  • loving having a little walker in the house. finding soft-soled baby shoes too cute to pass up. getting plant stands out the door. needing a haircut. thinking big for 2015. allowing myself to dream a bit. eating so much avocado on toast. prepping the family to head up north for a wedding this weekend. considering…

  • Cheers, Friday. I'm excited to get the plant stands listed today at 8AM, thank you for your excitement around them this week. I agree, sharing the behind the scenes can be a valuable addition to a project and it's something I would love to do more of moving forward. I have been thinking about the…