enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

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  •  I had cookies for lunch and letterpress for breakfast. Two new prints in the shop and ALL OLD PRINTS are marked down aka SALE! aka let's clear it all out and start anew. Tuesday is a good day for running.

  • woke up for breakfast around 8:17 went back to sleep hit the snooze about 35 times re-awoke a little before ten put on gym shoes – my feet are aching after the last couple days of standing at work went to Target + developed photos + stocked up on goods came home cleaned up scrap…

  • My favorite : Junk is Art. Top photo is a paper plate display in Anthropologie Reston. Bottom photo is a newspaper covered window display in J.Crew. Who comes up with this stuff? And can I meet them for a chat?

  • I spent yesterday opening the new Paper Source Reston. Something about starting fresh + new + perfect is quite magical.

  • I am going to join Ali in documenting a week in the life. I am a few days late to the party – but this will be a good transition week to make note of. So today, Thursday, October 2, 2008, in sum: morning Paul came in to say goodbye went back to sleep woke…

  • Just found a great link from three potato four for a Japanese website that turns your photos into old photos. I am a big fan of the results. I would love some glasses that make things look black and white and worn just perfect. in real life. Sorry for the lame blogging lately – I…

  • + I just got so nervous that I wasn't registered to vote I almost could not breathe. This site is great if you are wondering the same thing. Just click your state and you can confirm you are signed up and where your polling place is. Whew. + I am working through this week the…

  • Shwoop. Tomorrow I am flying to Appleton, Wisconsin for my cousin's wedding. And the parents are going to be there. Which is good because I think every three point five months it is important to talk in person with the folks that gave you life. Just to remind them that, you know, life is good.…

  • Oh geez. Shame on me for mentioning the job on the blog. It was very poor timing. Because today I realized that I love where I work. I do. I just need to change it up a little bit. The background: I decided in the middle of August to search for something new. Something closer…

  • I am still trucking through my 23 year to-do list. Exactly five months from today I need to have everything checked off. Which means I should start that sweater approximately seven months ago. Oof-ta. I would say the coolest thing to come out of the list so far was my Europe mini album that made…