enJOY it by Elise Blaha Cripe

color week / yellow.

I read about Poppytalk's color week on Hula Seventy last weekend, decided to do it and then promptly forgot about it, until last night, when I checked blogs again. A quick peek through the day's photos revealed I captured a bunch of yellow without even trying. So count me in for color week.

Today's color is pink. I'm on the hunt.

Related : I'm going for 50 (quality) photos a day on this Palm Springs / Palm Desert trip. Yesterday, I collected 60.

Semi-related : check back this afternoon for a short & sweet camera related post.

man, i adore vacation.

traveling with the summer minibook.

As mentioned a million and three times (excited much?) I'm leaving town for the next two weeks. And the summer minibook is coming with me. I won't have access to a printer or sewing machine on this trip so there will not be any photos, typed text or sewn details added on the road. Instead, I'll be relying on scraps of paper that I pick up, handwritten journaling, stickers and polaroid photos. (Yes, I'm a freak that still has original Polaroid film. My last 10 pack is coming on this trip.)

Before I packed up my book, I added a few sewn embellishments to a few of the pages. I'm not sure if I'll even use them on the trip, but at least I have a little extra detail in case. Don't be afraid to "prep" your pages in advance, especially if you're someone who likes a lot of detail. (p.s - that stamped sun page will be in the bonus paper pack that's coming soon.)

I'm keeping my tools pretty simple. Hole puncher, scissors, adhesive, ink, date stamp and a few pens. For embellishments, I'm bringing washi tape, a couple shaped clips, tags, labels, letter stickers & Making Memories travel word fetti.

And like a crazy person, I'm bring three cameras. My big one, my point and shoot and my Polaroid. (Plus my iPhone, obviously). But hey - we're driving so no matter. Fingers crossed I stay on top of the documentation the next two weeks! I'll try and check in over the weekend to share progress.

P.S : Want to see how I documented another vacation while on the road? Check out one of my favorite minibooks of all time.

farmer's market love.

Paul's college friends were in town this past weekend and we packed it full including the Tourist Trifecta : zoo, Padres game & beach. Sadly, my camera only made it to the farmer's market so all my other photos are iPhone photos. The Little Italy farmer's market is just down the street from our place is arguably the best market in San Diego. It is definitely the best one I've ever been to, ever.

If you're in town on a Saturday morning, add it to your adventures for sure.

p.s. more farmer's market from late last August.

news.

Happy Friday!

Couple things I wanted to mention before I checked out for vacation ...

+ all shop orders placed Sunday, June 26 - Friday, July 8 will ship Saturday, July 10. If you have been on the fence about a picking up a summer minibook, now is the time to grab one to have it by the 4th. I'll be making one last stop at the post office on Monday.

+ you might have noticed that the Blog 2.0 workshop starts the same day we are to report to Ventura for Paul's pre-deployment training. Don't worry! The best thing about this re-run is that all the lessons are in the can which means all my work time will go to answering questions and helping you out. "Downtime" will be my middle name while I'm hanging out in a hotel room for a week and a half so the workshop will still be a priority. If you're interested, please check out the information and sign up!

+ expect an email delay the next few days. I am going to do my best to stay out of gmail. I'll be tweeting up a storm though, that's for sure.

+ a few blog posts are already scheduled for next week and I hope to pop in from Palm Springs, so check back.

Have a wonderful weekend.