enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

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  • At home. On the couch. In front of The Office Season Three. With a glass of wine. And my guy. All good.

  • Tagged by Mel, a fellow Marylander and a great lover of books. I say "PUNkin" not "PUMPkin." (I would also like to state for the record that I say "Can you borrow me a dollar?" instead of "Can you lend me a dollar?" I know. Embarrassing.) I count steps as I go up them. I…

  • Supplies used: paint, staples, date stamp, Target dollar spot album and magnetic words, Making Memories word and letter stickers, Staz-on, Purple Onion designs stamps, Fontworks letter stamps, Hambly rub-ons, stickers and stamps from Ali’s CK kit of the month, Deflecto letter stickers and rub-on letters, Maya Road chipboard, American Crafts letter stickers, Paper Salon circle…

  • Yes, yes. All of this when into that little brown 6×6 album. Tomorrow, when the light is better for photo taking, I will share.

  • P: Babe, do you know at what temperature water is the densest?E: Yeah, when it is ice. So 32.P: Does ice float?E: Yes. So 33?P: Closer.E: 34? Silence E: 35? Silence E: Babe, give me more hints.P: Well actually I don’t know. I haven’t figured it out.E: WHAT?P: Well I know it in Celsius, but…

  • I want to start knitting a sweater. I saw this album this morning – it is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. I am shocked that I did not share this earlier – I am on the Scrapjacked team…Look for a new Jack later today. I love this website: Uppercase. I…

  • I hate when I fall off the Blog Horse. It seems so impossible to get back in the saddle. Good thing I have my gift for analogies to keep me going. Anyways – NEWS: Work is good. It is challenging. I have to-do lists that I cannot just breeze through. But that is good. It…

  • Today, for the first time, it felt like Fall on the East Coast. Good old fashioned grab- yourself-a-scarf-and-try-to-decide-if-you-can-pull-off-patterned-tights-and-ankle-boots Fall. It felt like the perfect day to install a wood-burning fireplace. I settled for a Wassail Paddywax candle.

  • Wanted to share my layout for Round Two of Last Scrapper Standing. The layouts needed to include 7 random facts. Good thing my middle name is random. 1. I stop to pick up change on the ground 2. I compliment strangers on their cool hair 3. I love my handwriting 4. I crave routinue 5.…

  • There is a photo booth in Washington DC. Update for my East Coast friends: It is in Buffalo Billiards in Dupont Circle. (I promise it is cooler than it looks in that website photo.)