enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: minibooks
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As I was making books for today's update, I realized I had never made something with one of my mixed books. I decided to fill one up this past weekend. I used the exact book from the update and added a few extra pieces of ribbon and some circle and rectangle labels from Paper Source.…
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AAAAAAAnd moving right along. It's amazing how easy I am finding it to add little photos and pages as the month goes on. It helps that Paul has a new xbox game and therefore we each get "downtime" without annoying each other to bits. First things first, I went back and added a label over…
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I am determined to keep up a holiday book this December. And as I mentioned earlier, will be working with the same holiday book (with larger bookrings) that I have been selling in my shop over the last few weeks. These books have 25 pages plus a cover, but I am adding my own pages…
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It seems like every third trip I am able to hit the nail on the head and actually accomplish an album on the road. Every single vacation I plan on making something but rarely to I stick to it and make something that captures the experience. I hope our visit home to California next week…
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I am the guest designer over at Category Stories this month. The prompt was "bad behavior". I thought long and hard about it and came up with a lot of ideas that were very outside my normal crafting route. None of them felt right. So I decided to make something based on my "addiction" to…
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I went with 25 pages + a letterpressed cover. There were lots of opinions (thank you!) but ultimately, I went with what seemed to be the majority and also what I personally wanted to use. I am going to be keeping a holiday album this season. But it won't start December 1st or end on…
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A few different things came together this week and I wound up with a new minibook. First, I found this new section at Target with office supplies by KIT, a sub division of Russell+Hazel. I loved their little albums (designed to hold notepaper or business cards) and bought one to re-purpose as a mini album.…
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I have been struggling in the crafting department since coming to California. I guess it's hard to be without the normal routine and piles of stuff to use as supplies. Completely frustrated yesterday afternoon, I decided to forget the product and focus on the message in a love letter to Paul. (Images are out of…
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I am in San Diego staying with Paul for the week. He's learning, I'm visiting. I picked out a few red, white & gray papers for the base of the book and added circle number tags from banana fish studio to serve as the dividers between the days. The book is 4×6 and if all…
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Wanted to share the beginnings of my new and improved FALL book. I channeled jamaica for this one with the rounded corners, transparent cover and thick, thick pages. I hope to keep it up and fill it all season. But I have failed on the start to finish plan before. Calendar pages are egg press…
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