enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: wedding

  • introducing wedding wednesdays.

    If my math is correct, there are 49 Wednesdays between today and the Big Day. I figured instead of ignoring the wedding planning OR obsessing over the wedding planning, I could just post a weekly wrap up when there is stuff to say. When there isn't, you'll get Regular Wednesday. For being 49 weeks out,…

  • video blog : wedding recap.

    http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4601667&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 wedding plan : in review from elise blaha on Vimeo. It's been forever! Here's a short video wrapping up my wedding planning session one. (I filmed this out on the balcony. And it's raining. So it's a little quiet.) And now back to my regularly scheduled normal life. PS : vimeo totally beats youtube.

  • this is not my wedding dress.

    But it is the one my mom wore to marry my dad 28 years ago.

  • just right.

    I have mentioned before that I will be doing my own flowers. I think flowers are already beautiful. And I think imperfect roses are just right for the low-key elegance I would like to achieve at this wedding. Everybody keeps saying, "Elise – the last thing you are going to want to worry about is…

  • zoooom.

    Yesterday was a quick but long day. I was up for 22 hours from the early flight from Maryland to the run around downtown Sacramento to visiting Kristen to staying up to talk to the parents. I feel a bit like a sleepy turtle right now, but yesterday I was on an adrenaline rush. And…

  • mini-engagement.

    I wanted to do something to keep track of this 14 month MAXI-engagement we have going on. Planning a wedding for a large group of people from across the country when you are obsessed with doing everything yourself is not very mini. Right now, this book is very little. But by the time we are…

  • one.

    One year from today is the e + p wedding. I get to marry my favorite person. The one who didn't realize why today was a big deal. ("It's not like it's an anniversary yet.") The one who knows me best and still loves me most. The one I want to stay with forever. The…

  • well, that was fun.

    We're back. What a weekend. The wedding was classy and fun and excellent. Going to a wedding while in engaged is a pretty exciting time. There is a lot of "Oh, wow. This is going to be us." And a few overcome-with-emotion tears at all the important moments. We danced and danced. Paul was in…

  • p to e: so, is there a method to your madness? e to p: no.

    Still stitching away over here. Paul thinks I am a nut. Which, I would say is a fair assessment. It is starting to feel a little tiny bit warmer here. I am excited for a new week, and of course a new season.

  • victory!

    Paul's on call so it's just me, a tangle of embroidery floss and the NCAA tournament. Table number 7: Done. Not perfect, but done. And Fight On, Trojans!