enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: wedding

  • if this engagement was a race, we’d be closer to the finish than the start.

  • wedding wednesday : practice bouquet.

    So, yep. I am doing my own flowers. This means centerpieces and bouquets. I have the centerpieces down and last week I practiced the bouquets. Here's the thing. They're flowers. They're pretty. Especially when they are imperfect and a bit causal. I bought two dozen orange roses at Costco to practice with. (Our real flowers…

  • wedding wednesday : reception details.

    Our reception is taking place in a ballroom terrace of a hotel in downtown Sacramento. It's a pretty lovely place that needs very little by way of decorations. We will be using their (probably white or cream) linens, plates and etc. I will be making flower centerpieces, place cards and table numbers, but that's it.…

  • wedding wednesday : save the dates.

    In life, I am a big believer in handmade and little details. It makes sense that in my wedding I would be even more obsessed. These save the dates took many steps and a few mis-steps but they finally came together just as I wanted. Hopefully they have all arrived at their destinations by now……

  • wedding wednesday : cake.

    This whole "plan a wedding" plan has shook out pretty well. There are certain decisions to be made but minimal drama in making them. I limit my options, and go with my instinct. Like the dress: it is pretty, it fits well, Paul liked it online and it feels like me. DONE. Like the venue:…

  • stamped + links.

    Stamped & addressed. According to my to-do list, they just need to be sealed and stuck with a return address. I obsessed over the stamps a little bit. If you are a girl, you get a queen stamp. If you're a guy, a king. If you're in a couple, you got what I had available.…

  • just perfect.

    I am having the hardest time settling into a grove while staying in California. It's difficult to get "work" done and feel like progress is being made on any of my to do lists. It's also beyond frustrating to not have my printer or my coffee maker to help get me through the day. But…

  • progress.

  • wedding wednesday : thank you cards, guestbook + website.

    I still have a dream of using good vintage looking Bora Bora postcards for our wedding thank you notes. But in the meantime, I made up some folded notes with WHAT ELSE? "e&p" printed on them. Fun Fact : after the wedding we are BOTH changing our names to "e&p". Not really, but you would…

  • wedding wednesday : honeymoon + letterpress.

    A few months ago, I posted that we had grand plans for a honeymoon in Europe. Then a few weeks ago, I thought about the reality of going to Europe for a honeymoon. While I had a vision of a very relaxed, do nothing, eat good food, drink good wine vacation, the massive guidebooks for…