enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: lovely
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Thank you for following along in this space. My blog turned EIGHT on Christmas Day. That's eight years of memories and photos and thoughts and stories. After millions of words, and nearly 3000 published posts, it's still an honor and a joy to write here. I appreciate so much that you drop by to see…
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I'd have to check the archives, but I am fairly sure I've never done a holiday gift guide. So for fun, this year, I thought I would round up my most favorite (tested!) household items that would make great gifts. The items on this list are things we LOVE and use around here daily. for…
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Weekend days are cherished around here. Mostly because they are rare. Residency for Paul means working three weekend days each month in addition to his normal 10 hour weekdays. This leaves us with just five full days of family time aka magic a month. I took photos last Sunday to celebrate the small and special…
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west elm bentwood pendant lamps (I still love ours so much and they're on sale through the end of today!), anthropologie felted garland (sold out…and worth a DIY attempt for sure), fab.com rectangle pillow, tieks ballet flats (curious if these are worth the investment), three potato four wooden us sign, nate berkus for target mirror.…
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I mentioned this briefly last week, but I am so excited to be teaching with Liz Lamoreux and Kelly Barton at the Your Story Retreat up in Gearhart, Oregon on March 26-30. You can read more about the retreat here. This is something Liz and I have talked about for awhile and I am truly…
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It's finally time. I have gotten enough books read this season that I am able to share the best of them here. Wild by Cheryl Strayed – this one I saw getting mentioned over and over on the blogs and IG (do you notice books tend to do that? Like Night Circus and Gone Girl?…
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I'm deep in the process of clearing out the office so that the new floors can be laid and new storage and workspaces can come in. This change is desperately needed but the trouble is, work doesn't exactly stop while I move things around. It's going to be a bit of challenge to keep everything…
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I became hooked on Instagram in fall of 2011. Paul was deployed and I was on a trip to New York with some of my college girlfriends. We were killing time while waiting out Irene, the tropical storm that never hit the city as dramatically anticipated. I had seen people linking to their Instagram photos,…
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Over the past few months, I've talked about maxi skirts and clutches. As I was thinking about posts for fall, I knew I had to write about scarves. And then I thought to myself, "that will be the end of the fashion round-ups…scarves are the only other thing I obsess over…except for good t-shirts…and bracelets…and…
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marabella clutch, terrain iron fire pit bowl, apple latte tiny infinity bracelet, cb2 white console table, ikea alseda stool, ikea ivar shelving, rewined scented candles, target threshold bar cart. I'm all over the map this month… I have too many projects with too many steps running in a loop in my brain. My goal is…
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