enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: small business
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In September 2010, I had business cards printed and I still love them to pieces (here's the post about them). I will continue to ship them out with purchased products and use them "shop related" things (like if I was to show at another craft fair). But I decided to also have some "blog-focused" ones…
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As mentioned, I taught a minibook workshop at Teahouse Studio last weekend. It was an honor to be asked to teach this class and then an adventure prepping for it. I was awkwardly nervous the first hour or so, but by the end of it, had settled in. Our theme for day one was "Don't…
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Celebrating lots of little and big things today. Mostly the magic that was getting eight creative women in a room and making books and getting crafty and sharing ideas. I had an opportunity to teach a class in real life this past weekend and I will have more to share about it shortly. It was…
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I spent last week in Hartford, Connecticut, making magic with Kolo. I wish I talk more about what we worked on, but it’s all top secret for awhile. I do not have any photos to share, but I do have some thoughts : I see great value in working with other companies. It’s fascinating to…
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On September 2, I decided to not look at my google analytics stats for a month. I wanted to take the focus off trying to guess what people wanted to read and worry instead about what I wanted to write. On September 30, I checked in to find that my visits were up 10% over…
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Some days I am so high on this little self-employed job of mine. Other days, when the ideas are gone, my email inbox is empty and I've just finished my sixth episode of Friday Night Lights, it's a different story. But this current period, this past week, has been really great. As mentioned a million…
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I am currently on a layover in Denver and almost home. I had a really great trip to Winnipeg. It could have been awkward and it could have been amazing and happily it landed on the good side. I learned a lot of different things about art, type, my damn camera lens, motherhood, marriage, painting,…
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Just a note to let you know that moo.com is having a 30% off sale on all printed products. It’s only valid today and tomorrow – no discount code needed. This is the place I go through for my business cards and I LOVE THEM. I’ll be restocking tonight and just wanted to pass on…
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I've been mulling this over in my head the past few days as I sketch my new blog and website on to paper before making the digital switch. You can't go wrong if it's YOU. true story / quote from here.
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As I was gearing up to start writing this post last week, I stumbled on this blog post from April 2007. I was a senior in college and graduating in a month with a business major. I was jobless, but clearly hopeful. I wish I could go back to that Elise from four years ago…
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