enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: lovely

  • It's been awhile since I wrote up one of these. (See my summer book report here.) Unlike last time, there is a common thread with these, the focus has been on food and parenting, for sure. Here is what's been filling the time before I fall asleep. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.  This is…

  • freckled fawn speech bubble wood embellishments, design for minikind DIY 5 minute mobile, alternative apparel henley tee, three potato four do your best pennant, cosmo cricket graphic element tags, little sapling toys wooden toy camera. Excited about all sorts of things at the start of this year. Here's a short list of instant favorites.

  • Twenty thirteen, you, my friend, are going to be a good one. Let's roll.

  • Heads up, this year, you can click almost every photo to be taken to the relevant post that will give more information on the project or event. If you click a photo and nothing happens, that's because there is no corresponding post. I've been doing best of round-ups for the past few years (here's 2009,…

  • Happy Christmas Eve! This is my favorite day of the Christmas season. The anticipation and excitement of today cannot be beat. Getting dressed up, having a fancy meal, going to church, listening to Christmas music, lighting dozens of candles…this is where, for me and my family, the magic has always happened. To celebrate, I am…

  • urban outfitters cork letters, 31bits sweet tart necklace, converse one star jacket, liz lange maternity dress, harry potter coffee mug, gap baby sherpa hat, DIY woven lamp by Bookhou, paislee press 2013 calendar cards. It was very easy to find loves this month. Other than that jacket (hoping the open bottom has room for my…

  • I about fell out of my chair when I saw Liz Kartchner's poster calendar a few weeks ago. THIS was surely the calendar I needed for 2013 (in addition to my Stendig, vegetable garden & moleskin color a month planners). It's a download from Paislee Press and all you have to do is drop in…

  • gap polka dot dress, west elm candle holders, victoria bekerman gold earrings, ugmonk ampersand henley, ann-marie loves paper phrase pencils, martha stewart DIY cork coasters. I'm pretty sure I link to an ampersand item every month in these round-ups. I can't help it. If shops keep making them, I will surely keep finding them. And loving…

  • This November, I am playing along with the hastag #thirtydaysofthanksgiving on Instagram. It's super easy: every day for 30 days you post a photo of something you're thankful for. My Instagram stream is more or less a gratitude list anyway, but it's been fun so far to make a conscious effort to take a picture…

  • bali sheer lipstick (toxin free & awesome from blog sponsor Riversong Spa), vintage brass deer, lush polka dot blazer, gap ampersand tee, rifle paper co 2013 garden calendar, american apparel berry nail polish. I found my 2013 calendar already (in addition to a giant Stendig of course!), am still obsessed with polka dots and plan…