enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: paper projects
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Back when moving to San Diego was still a dream, I was already making plans for hosting Thanksgiving for our immediate families. As soon as we got the official orders, I spread the word that we would love to have everyone over. Trust me, there was no need for invitations. But what's the fun of…
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Last year, I sold 4×6 holiday books with 25 pages for celebrating and documenting December. Ali Edwards has made the "December Daily" project famous and you can read more about her process here. This year, I started planning much earlier and love every paper that is in the book. I am going to be working…
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Or paper pumpkins? Or paper gourds? Or paper balls? I am not sure what to call these guys. I am totally in love with them though. This fall and holiday season, I am working on bringing a little bit of DIY decorations to our apartment and to this blog. I'm re-channeling my Paper Source days.…
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I'm over the hump of the brand re-design. Everything has been ordered and sent to print. Which means I am now playing the waiting game. Business cards, postcards & stickers are all in process or in transit to my little home office. And while I wait, I am getting a few things together on this…
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I finally got started on a physical journal to hold my monthly "she & he" musings and photos. It's laughably simple and that is completely the point. I wanted an album that I can update a few times a year forever and ever. And by forever and ever, I really hope I am right. 95%…
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I got our Bora Bora memory up on the wall. I bought a square frame (with an 11.5×11.5 mat opening) at Ikea yesterday and decided instead of being patient and waiting for a large print, I would just piece together the photograph myself. I scanned the Polaroid in at a high resolution, divided it up…
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This book was a labor of love. It took two and a half ink cartridges and a lot of patience. It follows the same basic format as our engagement album. I used the same colors, font and many of the same page layouts to put it all together. However, it's about four times as thick.…
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…about 50 pages to go…
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When we were still back in Maryland, I gocco printed the front side of our "we've moved!" postcards. You can see a video tutorial for that process here. Now that we are actually moved and have an address, I finished up the backside of the postcards. Originally, I planned on typing and printing them, but…
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I made the programs from two half sheets of 8.5×11 cardstock. One text weight cream and one cover weight gravel. I embossed "e&p" on the front using a custom embosser ordered from Paper Source. On the back, I stamped "celebrate" with a custom stamp I had made of my own handwriting. I also added a…
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