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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: minibooks

  • holiday book update #3.

    I am continuing to make progress on my holiday book. So far it's been easy to find holiday items & photos to add. Below are the next few pages. Click to enlarge. I cut the cover of the December j.crew catalog into two 4×6 pieces… and mounted them back to back with a tape runner…

  • holiday book update #2.

    And we're rolling. It's December. 23 days until Christmas and I haven't even thought about gifts. But I do have holiday cards ordered and neon green envelopes addressed … so there's that. I have continued to add to my holiday book as we/I have done holiday-ish things and below is the progress from empty page…

  • starting the holiday book.

    I mentioned in this post that I don't focus on documenting every day in December. My book has 25 pages, but I use them whenever I feel like something holiday-ish is happening and don't worry about using just a page a day. My focus is on collecting pieces and photos of the season. I will…

  • my december daily plan.

    A huge plus of this office revamp is I am finding so much stuff. Sorting and purging and piling and boxing and going through every piece of paper I have is never-ending, but super satisfying. Part of my sorting process has been pulling aside anything label-like in red, green or neutral. (I can't source everything…

  • introducing the goodness book.

    Click here for more details and to purchase. My favorite part of these little books? Ten pages of yellow on one side/white on the other grid. I had these sheets custom printed and they turned out even better than I hoped. My second favorite part is if you chop a 5×7 photo in half it…

  • fall book progress.

    I'm still adding photos and details to my fall book. October is all wrapped up. It's working well to just keep the pages in order but not bookring-ed in a box under my desk and add to it when I have time. One more month to go and I'll punch holes and call it complete.…

  • the BIG mini workshop // a rerun.

    I am excited to announce another round of the BIG mini workshop. This is the same class that I ran at the beginning of September, so if you missed that one, here’s your chance. This was a labor of love and by far my favorite online workshop to teach. Above are sample photos from some…

  • see you, september.

    I am trying something different with my fall minibook this year. At first I thought I would just skip it. You might have noticed I've been having trouble getting on-going albums to… keep going. But then I realized I have been taking photos and collecting bits ANYWAY, so I might as well keep them together…

  • mini list : updated.

    Last summer, when I made my website, I included a page called mini list. It had every minibook I had made plus a link to a photo of the book cover & more details. This past weekend, I finally went through and made links from the book page to the inside of the book for…

  • introducing …

    YES! It's finally ready to roll. I have been working hard the past few weeks to get this together. First brainstorming. Then drafting. Then developing. And finally setting up the class blog. I'm very excited for this mini book workshop. I worried about how to teach mini book building, but when I read through your…