GIVEAWAY CLOSED
You’ve seen my Blurb books, including my latest one: my NYC planner! Now it’s time YOU get your hands dirty and make your own. And to help you out, Blurb and I will be giving away a US$25 gift card to one of my lucky readers! So if you were already planning your book, here’s your chance to make it happen.
TO ENTER:
1. Leave a comment on this post answering the following question: “If you were making your own Blurb planner, what would it be about?” (for some ideas, check out my post on how I designed and came up with a theme for my planner).
2. Make sure you leave your name and a way to contact you (twitter or email).
3. For extra chances to win, share this post on Twitter or Facebook, and leave a link (on a separate comment for each) with the link to your post. If posting on Facebook make sure the sharing of this post is set to public.
4. Contest will run till Monday, December 10th at midnight. I’ll then select a winner with the help of random.org and contact the winner on December 11th.
Good luck!
UPDATE: The winner was chosen! There were 7 entries, and I used Random.org to choose the winner:
Entry #6 was Shalese Cordon! Congrats Shalese, I’ll be emailing you your prize!
I’m excited to share this offer from Blurb, because 25% off is a REALLY good deal! You can get your book printed at last, or if you had an idea for a family recipe book, or all the photos from your last trip, now would be a great time to get them done!
Here’s the offer on Blurb’s own words:
Today through Monday, 11/26 create the perfect pesonalized gift and get 25% Off with Blurb when you use promo code HOLIDAYTHANKS. Blurb books are a great way to make thoughtful gifts for friends and family while letting you unleash your creativity. Also, don’t forget, with Blurb you can now create a photo book by uploading your Instagram and Facebook images. Don’t miss out on these great savings and create your Blurb book today!
I think the Instagram book would be a good idea to do today, and pretty quick! You know you love those Instagram pictures you take, we all do. And Blurb ships internationally too, so my friends from Brazil can also take advantage of this offer.
Let me know in the comments all good deals you are getting for Black Friday!
Confession? I decorated my home for Christmas the first weekend after Halloween. My goal for that weekend was to organize and clean, but I ended up decorating it as well (easiest way for me to keep the house organized too, because it looks so pretty). And I’ve been saving those photos to publish now, that is basically Thanksgiving, a.k.a. the time of the year you can decorate your house for Christmas and not be considered “too soon.” Of couse I ruined that by telling you I decorated a month ago!
I thought about having a theme, but all I managed was to match all colors. The scheme is bright: pink, green, blue, and silver… I quite love it, and the ornaments I bought ended up matching perfectly. I didn’t mean to end up with a Disney-themed tree, but well, it kind of happened. It looks beautiful though, so I guess if I had to guess what theme my decor is, would be a Disney candy shop I guess! Here are some more pictures:
I love Easter. Easy one of my favorite holidays, just because of the sheer amount of treats involved in it. And all the pastel colors and cute baby animals, of course. But one think I miss greatly from Easter “traditions” in Brazil is the exchange of big chocolate eggs. So to not feel lacking this year, I made my own chocolate egg. I bought the plastic molds for them on Amazon, and got creative. For the egg, I put crunch mix-ins on the inside, for the wow factor. And I also made a bunch of bombons to stick inside the eggs, in this case, an army of penguins (this mold was from Christmas). But to make the penguins a little bit more special, I added crunch mix-ins and other decorations on their bottom. I also made some peanut-butter heart cups. And to top it all off, I bought some pink candy melts and made a few roses. Happy Easter!
