enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
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So. Here we are. Me, the body, and the MacBaby. Old friends just trying to forgive each others’ shortcomings. The body has been making some progress. Lower temperatures, less aching, that sort of thing. As a reward, I have been feeding it lots of carrot cake, sugar cookies and Mexican food. Obviously, this is more…
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Alpha Phi Seniors get dropped off to the last Monday Night Dinner on a firetruck. I am second to right. Shouting hoarsely through my sobriety.
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Okay Dude, you have got some serious explaining to do. Why are you making yourself so sick? Why can you not get over your stupid fever and your disgusting phlegm and BE NICE TO ME? Because for heaven sake, my body, I have waiting FOUR years to celebrate Senior Week. And now you have to…
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Created for the most recent Effer Dare. Challenge was to be inspired by this image/quote. I am going to frame this and hang it over my scrapbook desk. As soon as I get a scrapbook desk. And also, thank you so much for the kind words on the photo project. Blogland, you rock.
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The "joy" stamp featured a couple posts below is from the $1 bin at Michael’s. The brand listed on it is Village Arts Press, but I googled and found nothing. I also got a cosmo glass stamp in the same bin. Which, to be honest, makes a lot of sense. And no, I did not…
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When they called out the name they actually said "ELS-C" instead of "UH-LEASE" but it is all about progress, my friends. Happy Saturday!
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Whew. 12 prints. I posed for them, light-metered them, framed them, focused them, clicked them, developed them, printed them and mounted them. And each step was a subtle reminder to view myself as art. Very powerful stuff. The photos are technically not fantastic. They would be clearer and from more interesting angles if I had…
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Today was one of those blah days. Where nothing and everything was wrong at the same time. So I stamped. And I yoga-ed for 20 minutes. Neither was a cure all. But both made improvements. background frames: Great Impressions; dotted circle and square: Paper Salon; "e": Paper Source; little square: Stamp Oasis; wings: Art Impressions;…
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So. It is 12:32am. I accomplished all of my ToDoList minus the 9-0. Which, secretly, we probably all knew was not going to happen anyway. But it helps to have a goal. But the good news is, that I have not yet thrown my macBaby on the ground in a heated rage because I am…