today’s crush takes us to the midwest and to a blog who is a little bit of everything all wrapped into one. elsie & emma, the girls behind the diy-recipe-style-photography blog, a beautiful mess as well as the wildly successful iPhone app with the same name are a pair of sisters who believe that “the best things in life are homemade.” they share recipes, style secrets, diy tutorials, tours of their homes, as well as little bits and pieces of their personal lives. most recently they published a photo idea book which includes “95 inspiring ideas for photographing your friends, your world, and yourself.” i love a good entrepreneurial family, don’t you?

so if you’re looking to be inspired -especially over the holiday season, i highly suggest you check out the everyday musings and makings of emma & elsie.

elsie & her hubs jeremy.

emma & her hubs, trey.

elsie & emma.

home tour: elsie’s dining room.

make your own studded converse tutorial.

recipe for trail mix cookie ice cream sandwiches.

hair tutorial: how to style maiden braids.

*all images compliments of a beautiful mess blog