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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

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  • For lists. For fancy. For Europe. For sure.

  • Kristen is graduating from Berkeley tomorrow. So we are going over today. To shop. Duh. Plus, I need to see my girls. Plus, I would love some inspiration from the streets of San Francisco. Made this last night. After drinking a few……… Happy Sunday!

  •   start with can lime juice concentrate. fill that same can with rum. fill it again with water. add some fresh strawberries (at least a cup). blend it. stick it in the freezer. it should become slushy. when you are ready to drink, take out of freezer. add 7up (obviously I prefer diet, but you…

  • I know. I do not have a job. Therefore, everyday IS Saturday. Or it should be. But nothing feels like a Saturday. It cannot be faked. I am productive on Saturdays. Went to yoga for my fifth class in a row. Starting to feel the strength coming back. And it takes less time to calm…

  • I wrote my letter to myself. And I feel like sharing it all with Blogland is not the point. So I will not. But I will open it up next year on June 19. And until then I will remember where I am going to be at that time. I really encourage this exercise. Pick…

  • Check this out. Oh how I cannot back down from a challenge. Any challenge. But this one I really get. Because I have read The Art of Possibility by Zander and Zander. And I believe those two. They know that they are doing. This letter from the future you concept is pretty fantastic. It has…

  • Someday, when my kids are looking through my scrapbooks, they will turn to me and say, "Mom, you’re weird." And I will respond, "Yes, children, I know." Layout created for this week’s Scrapjack. And also for my girls.

  • Meet Mary Boleyn. Is she not smokin’ hot? And this photo was taken before there was photoshop. I know. Stunning. Seriously though, The Other Boleyn Girl. It is making me want to learn English history. Yesterday I googled King Henry VIII because I wanted to know more about this whole time period. Because it seems…

  • I am on page 95 of The Other Boleyn Girl. This is for sure going to be another Eat, Pray, Love situation. It is beautiful. I will do a complete review after I finish. I made pages for months 1, 2, 3 and 5 of my 2007 Album. Very simple, very quick. I will share…

  • Today is my first day at my new job. These are the tasks I would like to accomplish before Europe: Emily Falconbridge taught a class at Scrapbook Oasis about creating an album with a two page spread for every month of the year. I signed up for the class, but missed it because of the…