enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: this is my business story

  • read part one here. In February of 2003, I was accepted to USC. It was my first acceptance letter and my family went out to the Spaghetti Factory to celebrate. At the time, I didn't think it would be the school I chose but as the "We regret to inform you…" and the "Congratulations!" envelopes…

  • This story starts with books. And I do not doubt it will end with books (reading, not writing them). I love to read. More than I love any other thing. Books are my best friends. I draw my energy from getting lost in a good story. I always say that I have the blog to…

  • I am really excited to do something different with my posts this month. In addition to some "normal" posts, I am going to be telling my small business story in 500-1000 word parts. Consider it my "blemoir" which is when a blog and a memoir have a baby and nobody wants to raise, edit or…