just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode is a short catch up as we are mid-move and mid-major life transition. Thank you for being here and listening! Looking forward to catching up again in the fall. :) SHOWNOTES: my blog : enJOY it Let July Be July audio reel — @allthepeopleilove Morgan Harper Nichols @sleepinglionmusic ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode is about being a beginner and how important it is to understand how you learn best (and then lean into it instead of trying to fight it). SHOWNOTES: Hygge and West wallpaper tutorials my blog post on what I learned about wallpapering my book Elyse Meyer’s instagram Urban Farmstead’s youtube channel my “epic garden” pinterest board The Power of Moments my blog This week’s craft books: Groundbreaking Food Gardens by Niki Jaboor Book Lovers by Emily Henry Hyping: REMINDER: the Get To Work Book shop w ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode is about summer crafting. I share some of my favorites from past years and a few of my goals (crafting and otherwise) for this upcoming summer. SHOWNOTES: cyanotype MAKE36 episode cyanotype solution kit via Blick, via Amazon, via Etsy sun printing paper HonestlyWTF ice-dying here’s the sheets I ice-dyed in summer 2020 blog post about nail polish marbling on dishes blog post about nail polish marbling on notecards Oh Joy’s marbling reels marbling art kit DIY sewn robe baskets speedball stamp carving ru ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode is about the big and small personal style changes I have been drifting toward lately. Includes why I think I am gravitating toward such a different look AND how I find inspiration for new projects. SHOWNOTES: here’s some photos of our San Diego house on Instagram Big Dreams Daily Joys (my book!) here’s a video tour of Cripe Cottage here’s my San Diego house inspiration pinterest board vs. Cripe Cottage inspiration pinterest board (also for fun, here is the pinterest board I am building for the actual house — not ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode is about how I keep track of alllll my plans from a macro ten year level to tasks that come in through email each day. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Above are photos of everything I mentioned — you can click to enlarge. :) SHOWNOTES: Get To Work Book (JUL2022-JUN2023 available now) google doc sheets “couple goals” newsletter from April 2020 my cross-stitch patterns 2022 desk calendar digital download (physical product is sold out) Jolby Olive & J ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode is about documenting memories! I share a bit of my backstory and how scrapbooking was my original creative habit (for over a decade!) and then how I switched to other things based on my interests changing. I share a few of the easy ways I like to “keep” memories now. SHOWNOTES: the daily card Meredith Sutherland Seafoam Project Life kit google photos 1 Second Everyday my 2016 1SE video our Europe trip video (scroll to the bottom of that post) Chatbooks Artifact Uprising Cripe Cottage sampler pressed f ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode shares my thoughts on how I make time for hobbies with little kids. I get asked this more than almost anything whenever I share a project online. My advice honest, encouraging and realistic I promise. SHOWNOTES: not much this week as this was sort of a confessional/non-stressful pep talk :) but… here is a link to the Encouraging Creative Kids ecourse. Code GETCRAFTY makes the course $8 here is my book 100 Pep Talks — use code YEPPEP for 25% off through 5/15 and here is The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi, my boo ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode was inspired by a few different questions I got about making time for crafting, juggling different hobbies and having patience for longer projects. I talk about how I mindlessly spend my time vs. how I mindfully spend my time and why I am able to slow down as a crafter now compared with ten years ago. SHOWNOTES: Cripe Cottage sampler previous podcast episode with my husband Paul as a guest knit project recap reel Currently reading: Children of God by Mary Doria Russel which is the sequel to The Sparrow which I re ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode was inspired by a few different questions I got about craft supplies and tools. Where to start? How to store them? What about the crafting off season? I answer those questions but also talk about taking inventory, starting at entry level and letting go of the “stuff” to make space. SHOWNOTES: blog post that shares where I get my craft supplies including everything I mention in the episode “Young House Love tile saw” google search the Me Made May challenge and a past blog post about MMMay flower a day cross-stitch ..read more

just Elise this season chatting crafts, hobbies and life. This episode was inspired by a great question on Instagram — “what are your 10 crafting bucket list goals?” I went a slightly different direction and shared five major craft project milestones from the past and then shared eight creative ventures I would like to take on in the next year and over the next decade. SHOWNOTES: Quilts by Denyse Schmidt Union St. Tee by Hey June Handmade blog post about wallpapering this is my wallpaper I talk about “the yard” a lot — you can see more of the house and property here Clare Paint “m ..read more