Encryption Questions: FileVault 2, Time Capsule, 1Password

Hello...Newbie here. I have FileVault 2 turned on and Time Machine backs up to Time Capsule.
When I'm logged in, does this mean all my data is unencrypted? If so, does that mean my Time Machine backups are unencrypted on Time Capsule which cannot be encrypted?
Since FileVault is on, does this mean encrypted 1Password info is then unencrypted when it's backed up on Time Capsule?
Any info is appreciated.

Something else to keep in mind here:
I recently went about upgrading my MBP to a SSD.  I have Lion and I'm using File Vault 2 because I handle medical data and HIPAA states that I have to...  I'm also using Time Machine (it's not a Time Capsule, it's a Netgear ReadyNAS but it works the same way).  The Time Machine sparsebundle is not encrypted.
So, to do the switch, I pulled the encrypted HD out of my MBP and put in the SSD.  I then booted from a Snow Leopard DVD and went about the 'Restore from Time Machine' route.  I was able to find the drive, hook in to the TM sparsebundle and do the restore.
Once the restore was finished and had rebooted it behaved very strangely, apps crashed, status bar didn't seem to load correctly, Finder crashed constantly, the machine was SLOWER.  Not good.  I figured it was a bum drive so I got another one (same brand, model, etc...).  Another restore with the same results.
NOTE: I also tried doing a fresh install of Snow Leopard with the intent of upgrading to Lion right away and pulling my files back from TM but I couldn't even install a fresh install of Snow Leopard.  I've since learned that not every SSD will work in every system.
Before returning the drives I wanted to wipe them both clean so I put one of them in to an enclosure I have and plugged it in.  I was shocked (although perhaps I shouldn't have been) to see that nothing on the drive was encrypted.  I could access every file on the file system with out an issue.
I had assumed that if I encrypted the drive and then made a TM backup that a restore would create an exact copy of the old drive, including encryption.
In my case it appears that the Kingston drives I was trying to use are not compatible.  I've since returned them both (both wiped clean) and ordered a drive from Crucial which, I'm told, will be compatible.  But in the back of my mind I'm left wondering if the Crucial drive will have the same sorts of issues and if I'm really just left with the single choice of building the drive from scratch and then bringing my data back piece by piece.
One additional note of interest:  You can create an encrypted sparsebundle and use that in Time Capsule (or some other NAS like mine) very easily and it should work just fine.
So, what's my point here?  Well, there are two things:
1) Make sure you get a SSD that's compatible with your system as they're not all the same.
2) If you are using FileVault 2 and backing up using TM (regardless of whether you have encrypted the sparsebundle or not) you might want to try restoring to see how/if it works.  It may simply be that you can't just restore from TM if you have an encrypted HD.
Honestly, it's not often (in fact it's very rare) that I find myself in a position when I need to restore from TM like this so maybe doing a clean install each time isn't such a huge deal but still it would be nice if it worked as advertised OR these sorts of issues were thought through and addressed.

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