I love paper. I love it. From left to right: Snow&Graham Holiday Red Berries, Red Circle Green Clover, Lokta Leaves on Olive & Indian Text Silver Dots. Unfortunately they are not all available on the website.

My commute is seriously planes, buses, trains and automobiles. Sometimes it takes 45 minutes. Sometimes it takes an hour and a half. I always, ALWAYS, run from my car to the apartment door. Because unlike the bus schedules, metro construction and red light times, I do have control over how quickly I get from the…

Have I mentioned I am still making a card a day? It is harder than you would think. It gets a little – how can I say this delicately – Boring. But I have a growing album of little pieces of art. And that is cool. Last night, I opened DECK 6 and created a…

I saw this amazing photo on Black Eiffel a few days ago. It is my new desktop. Today is a big day. It is Dad’s 54th birthday AND It is my 700th blog post AND It is my first day off of work in a week. Tackling laundry. Getting photos ready to print. Packing up…

Like I said, I really enjoy ELLE magazine. I bought it last week and read it. Actually READ it, which is rare for me and a magazine. And I loved it. I did. But it also made me slightly depressed that a) I do not wear couture and b) I cannot afford to even pretend…

At work last Thursday, while I was trying to get a printer to work and completely distracted, one of the other girls asked, "Elise, what is love?" Without thinking about why she was asking or knowing what the right answer for her would be, I answered "It’s comfort." And I have thought about the question…

Loving ELLE magazine…on my list of things to subscribe to. Planning on making all of our Christmas decorations this year by hand. Working again for the seventh day in a row. We have the coolest Christmas cards at work. Need to do laundry. Cannot wait to sit at Caribou tomorrow and catch up on the…

Have been playing a bit of catch up. At work, at home, at sleep. Good thing we gained an hour this weekend. Daylight Savings Time (the fall back version) is my favorite holiday. Today we did holiday demos at the store. I forgot how much I love craft time. Kristen is here this weekend. I…

DUDE. So very cool to hear what you are thankful for. THANK YOU for sharing. And taking part in my little giveaway party. I had a random number generator pick a number between one and sixty-one. It chose 42, 2HDesigns. COME ON DOWN! Shoot me an email (elise.blaha@gmail.com) with your address, you won a box…

A random act of kindness got me out of a tough spot tonight. I want to pass it on. Leave a comment about something you are thankful for by midnight tomorrow night. I will draw names and the winner receives a Cool Present from me. I do not know what the Cool Present is yet.…