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Make a Book with Blurb!

I think there’s nothing quite like having your favorite photos in an actual, physical book. And while there are other services out there, Blurb is really the best. But what does it take to make your own book with Blurb? It’s surprisingly easy. I’ve outlined the steps below:


Select your favorite shots from your computer. You can always add more photos when you actually make your book, but a little pre-editing can ease you along.



Organize your shots in the way you want them to appear. Be sure to name image files in order as well, so that when you upload them, you’ll be able to flow images in according to file name. (Example: 2013BestMomentsBook.1.jpg)



Download Blurb’s free book-making tool, BookSmart


Choose your book size, name your book, and choose your default layout type.

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Upload your photos. You can easily rearrange them once they’re in the layout.



Play around a little. Alternate layouts depending on the event or number of photos you want to see per page. Mix it up a little.



Once complete, be sure to do a solid proof. And better yet, get it in front of another pair of eyes. Fix any typos or mistakes.



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Enjoy your book!


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Playdome is Coming to BC Place for Spring Break: WIN passes!

Have you figured out what you're doing during Spring Break this year? If you're not travelling anywhere, I've got a suggestion for you: take your kids to BCAA PlayDome. Saturday, March 15 to Sunday, March 23, Western Canada's largest indoor carnival takes over BC Place with more than 45 rides and attractions.

Experience outer space with the Zero Gravity ride, be spun around on the open-air cars of the Ring of Fire, and be flung into oblivion on the Super Shot! Popular favorites such as 1001 nights, The Ferris Wheel and the Zipper are all part of the carnival in 2014, not to mention the classic Carousel. as well as the Haunted House.

PlayDome is ideal for kids aged two and up (under two they're not allowed to ride, so they get free admission). The height minimum for many rides is just 36", so even your average two-and-a-half-year-old can participate. Don't let that make you think it's just for little ones, however, as there are plenty of gut-scrambling, flip-you-upside-down rides for the older kids.

PlayDome is open 10:30am-9pm daily March 15 to 22, then 10:30am-6pm Sunday, March 23rd and costs $29 single-day Dome Pass, $49 for unlimited, $6 for guests. If you're a BCAA member, show your membership card and you'll get $10 off the price of Dome or Ultimate Passes - a great way for the whole family to enjoy this annual event!

For more information: 

• visit bcplace.com/playdome
• phone 604.669.2300
• follow @BCPlace and #PlayDome on Twitter.

If you'd love to take your family to PlayDome this year, here's your chance to go for FREE! I've got FOUR day passes to give away to one lucky Spokesmama reader. All you have to do is enter with the Rafflecopter widget below. Like Spokesmama on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, leave a comment below for the maximum chances to win. Remember, if you're already a Spokesmama fan on Facebook &/or Twitter, you will get entries for each--it's not just for new fans--just click the appropriate button below. I'll choose a winner Wednesday morning at 12:01am. Good luck!


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Bronte 0.6

My little girl is now a half year old & ready for solid food! Today we'll start with baby-led weaning. I'm very excited--I loved introducing Linnaeus to solid food & I think it'll be even more fun this time around. But enough about that--there will be plenty of posts & photos on the topic in the next few weeks.

B & me at the Vancouver Aquarium

Brontë's adding more & more sounds to her repertoire, her current favourite being a cackling growl that I refer to as the 'rabid dolphin'. I'm not sure, but I think she's copied it from her brother, as he makes a similar noise fairly often. It's kind of ridiculous when the two of them get going.

Another thing that's changed in the past month is sleep. Brontë was occasionally sleeping through the night a month or so ago, but she's started waking once or twice a night now. As long as I get to sleep relatively early, I can survive on broken sleep, but I really hope this is just a short phase & she'll move toward sleeping 7+ hours at a stretch again.

This month's biggest development was mobility--Wee One started rolling & gathered steam quite quickly. By halfway through the month, she'd roll from back to tummy pretty much the instant I put her on the floor. I started giving Brontë more & more playtime on the floor & she used it to spin around like a clock once she got on her tummy, or sometimes rolling from front to back to front again so she could go further. I think she's discovered that it's easier to move around off the blanket on the hardwood, so she tends to roll that way.

I suspect she's going to be crawling & walking earlier than her big brother did...

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Back a Kickstarter Product That Turns Any Cup Into A Spill-proof Sippy

I feel like I've been talking about sippy cups a lot lately, with the Tommee Tippee Truly Spill Proof Cups review & giveaway that I did last week, but I came across a new product that's on Kickstarter right now that I had to share. It's not exactly a sippy cup, but a lid that turns any cup into a sippy or straw cup, called SipSnap.

SipSnap is made of silicone, free of BPA & phthalates, & as you can see, it will fit on all kinds of different sized cups. I think it'd be great for bringing along to restaurants & cafes, keeping one in the diaper bag for when you go out. You could even use this instead of buying sippy cups if you prefer not to use plastic or you just want to save space in your kitchen.



If you're interested in getting one of the very first ones available, you can back the Kickstarter project to help them get it to market. SipSnap will be up for funding on Kickstarter from today, March 5, until April 6. If you contribute $18 or more, you can get a set of the lids yourself. Click here to help fund SipSnap & get a set of the first production run.

*Disclaimer: I was not compensated for writing this review & as the SipSnap hasn't had a full production run yet, I haven't personally tried it.

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Wordless Wednesday: #365FeministSelfie, Week 9

This week I decided to occupy Instagram! Well... take up the entire frame, at least. Here's my week of extreeeeeeeme closeups. ;)

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