enJOY it by Elise Blaha Cripe

the moon.

This is where I wait for the bus everyday. Last night, as I was standing here, I saw the most beautiful full orange moon. And I thought to myself, "wow."

This morning I woke up to an email from Mom that read:

Just finished a walk around the block ... I noticed the moon was large and very bright, and I thought, this is the very same moon that is shining down on Elise tonight and every night, even though we are 3000 plus miles apart.

I told Paul about the moon and about how Mom emailed about it and as I was telling him, I started crying. "I'm sorry, I don't know why I am crying" I said.

"It's okay, you miss your mom," he said.

i am lacking things to say, so i shall just point out cool stuff.

• Binth. The cards, the clean-ness. The cool.
• Plantable Calendar. This is going on my list of calendars to buy. Because there are about 6 I have seen that I want. My new year's resolution for 2008 is to always know the date.
• Handmade Clutch.
• Gocco Machine. This is a little screen printer. I heard about them through an etsy shop. I became completely obsessed and google searched them for more information. AND THEN I went to work and realized that we have FIVE in our workshop space. I have to find someone who knows how to use them so we can bring Gocco Workshops back to Paper Source.
• Pillows. I am trying to figure out if I could make these. And also if I would be able to teleport my mom's sewing machine to Maryland.

Cowabunga.

layout evolution & van gogh.

The Dares are doing Last Scrapper Standing Vol 2. Round One = use 8 clear things. I started off with a sketch. And an idea. And then I sat down (on the floor because my desk is covered) and ended up with something completely different.

There are still 8 transparencies. And there are circles. So I guess my sketch inspired me. But instead of being an 8.5x11 this is a 6x6. Because as I was looking online for a quote to use, I found a bunch of Van Gogh quotes. And decided to make an entire album of his quotes. And then I saw my Ali CK Kit of the Month album, and decided it would be the base of this little book. Because Ali is believes in art and so did Van Gogh and so do I.

That is layout evolution.

thank you, thank you.

So cool to get such informative (and varied!) feedback from you, Blogland.

I really appreciate the honest information. Now I just need to process it a little bit.

This whole time, I keep thinking about the "Would I" factor. Would I buy this? Would I pay for this? Would I want to receive this? Would I want to pay shipping for this?

And it is helpful you hear what you would do.

I have crazy ideas in my head. Just need some time to get them going.

I promise you all will be the first to know.

i've gotta ask.

I am a marketing major. Which means I know before you start anything you research. I am thinking about making cards / envelopes. To sell. To see what happens. This is Project Alpha. And I would love feedback on it. In fact, I would love it so much, I created a little anonymous survey to gather some information. Please feel free to take it, or not take it. Thank you.

The product is a lined envelope. Includes a rounded corner flat notecard. It is a 4bar size.

Survey Link Here.

Survey is closed, I maxed out my number of responses. Thank you!