enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: minibooks
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Check plus. Moving right along. Just one page to share this weekend but more to come soon! scalloped circle card from elise blaha on Vimeo. I filmed a video to share how I used the scalloped circle card in my own album and to offer a troubleshooting suggestion in case you mess yours up on…
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Making progress. Just a few additions these past few days, but two of them lend themselves well to videos. I'll walk you through the new pages below. First, I added a BBQ invitation for my friend Megan's pharmacy school graduation. It was about 5×7 and I trimmed it down to 4×6. On the backside, I…
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DUDES! I had promised a new living room post this week. But FAIL, I didn't get it together. Look for that MONDAY. What I do have though is a video. It's sort of an introduction to the summer mini books and then talks about how I made the first four pages of my book. Like…
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I have been thinking a lot about what would be a "new" product to release that fits with my current inventory but I haven't tried before. Sometimes what works best is to think about what I want. What do I think would look good in my house? What project would I want to work on…
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As mentioned a million and one times, I would like to get our house a little less big box store and a little more interesting and unique and us. I am going to be chronicling this never-ending journey on the blog, but I also wanted a book to keep photos, paint swatches, scraps & receipts.…
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Every year for the past three years, I have made a list of things to accomplish before my next birthday. Last year, I created a list of 25. After 365 days, I completed just 14 on the list. Not bad, but not great. (I do not think I am going to make a 26@26 list…
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For the first time, in a very long time, I made a mini album just for fun. I loved my first roll of mini diana film and I had a bunch of random cards & papers that seemed perfect for this project. Super random mix and semi-awkward journaling, but getting down thoughts is always good.…
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It was very important to me that I got my holiday book wrapped up as soon as possible before I lost steam and interest. This afternoon, I printed a bunch of photos from our weekend in Sacramento and added them plus simple handwritten text about what we did. And then I…
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Holiday cards, Paul's 28th birthday, finding out we're moving to Ventura, holiday parties, Christmas flowers, the Nutcraker & filling in our family Christmas book. Busy week. click any image to enlarge. See more pages from this book here, here, here and here.
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I can say for sure that this holiday book is coming together much better than in years past. One thing that has really helped is my box of embellishments. I don't have to do any searching to find red & green odds and ends which means the books is getting more extra details than usual.…
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