01.17.06
Posted in life in Canada, family, learning, health at 1:25 am by Mrs C.
I have been suffering from FFD lately. Short for Fat Frump Days and made worse by shopping with a size 4 daughter (even though she has a baby) in a clothing store whose large sizes are equivelant to a small in most stores. After trying on five things and barely managing to squeeze out of them, I felt like a poster child for the before pictures in the diet commercials. But I found a way to feel slim again. Instead of getting my real size in one of those teeny size shops, I got a bigger size in a regular store. Then the clothes were hanging off of me, they were so huge. True, I left without purchasing anything, same as the other store, but I felt wonderful about it.
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Posted in computers, family at 12:53 am by Mrs C.
I have just been to visit lulu.com and was impressed with their service. If you have always wanted to write your own book or publish a book of your photos or art, the service is easy to use and seems to be quite reasonable. You set your price and Lulu takes care of collecting the money and shipping or downloading to the purchaser. My daughter, Melanie Bremner, has written a few books that are displayed there (mainly for children) and the book covers look very attractive and professional.
Anyway, Lulu is having a contest for the Blooker prize - apparently a blook is a real book, but the content is from a blog or website. Cash prizes, but the deadline is approaching. Check the site for details.
Another web service for artists is cafepress.com and today I received two calendars and a framed tile from them. The tile is framed in wood and makes a great wall hanging. My only complaint was that the picture was a little darker than the original, but still quite nice. The calendars were from two different cafepress stores - one that my new daughter-in-law set up and that has 12 wedding pictures she chose for the calendar - a great keepsake. The photos are not as clear as their smaller originals, so the pictures should have been a higher resolution, I guess. The other calendar is one my son is selling at cafepress.com/bremnerdesign and the pictures on it are wonderful. He created them in Photoshop and the colours are clear and vibrant. I will be ordering more when I can afford it (although my Canadian money is climbing up).
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