And The Winner Is.....

First off I would like to thank Blurb Books for this fabulous giveaway. I am a big fan of their work and think you should all be too.

Secondly, I want to thank all of you who entered the contest! It was great reading what you'd create if you won.

Without further adieu, the winner of the Blurb Books contest is Meagan from The Row House Nest.

Thanks to everyone who entered.

Have a good weekend!

Summer Fresh Flavoured Ice Cubes

How wonderful would these look floating in your cocktail this weekend!

Via

Flavored Ice Cubes
Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients:
blackberry flavored:
1 cup sugar
2 cups water
1 cup blackberries
kiwi-strawberry:
2 kiwis, peeled and diced
6 strawberries, cleaned, hulled and diced
¼ cup blueberries
1 ½ cups kiwi-strawberry sparkling water

Directions:
1. For the blackberry ice cubes: Pour the sugar and water into a small pot, stir and simmer over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
2. Remove from heat, add blackberries and muddle together.
3. Allow the mixture to cool completely.
4. Pour the mixture into an ice tray and freeze for at least 4 hours before serving.
5. For the kiwi-strawberry ice cubes:
6. Toss the kiwi, strawberries and blueberries in a small bowl until well combined.
7. Place a small spoonful of mixed fruit into each ice cube hole.
8. Fill the fruit filled ice cube trays with the flavored sparkling water and place in the freezer.
9. Freeze for at least 4 hours before serving.

Amazing, right!

I have a very special announcement today! Michael and I bought a gorgeous 8 week old cock-a-poo yesterday. He's absolutely perfect and we're madly in love. I haven't been able to snap a great picture of him because he love being near me and inbetween my legs while I'm standing. But just know that's he's adorable (proud mama much)!

Lastly, don't forget to enter the Blurb Books $35.00 giveaway going on until tomorrow. Click here to enter.

Blurb Giveaway

If you read my post on Sunday you know that I attended Blog Podium over the weekend. The event had some fabulous sponsors, one of which was Blurb. Blurb is a great online resource to help you make your own photo book. When Blurb contacted me about hosting this giveaway I quickly jumped at the opportunity. I mean who doesn't have a million pictures sitting in a box somewhere or on their Facebook page! Why not arrange them to your liking in a gorgeous book!

Blurb has both hard cover and soft cover books with numerous trim options to suit your fancy. Blurb offers tips and tutorials to help you make your bright, colourful and smart looking photo book. I don't know about you, but I love these!

You can add both your favourite photos and text to your Blurb book. Whether it's your wedding album, cook book (I need to make a cook book), Facebook photo book, or a baby book, Blurb has every tool and idea you could imagine.

Now To The Contest Info:

Blurb would like to offer one of you fabulous readers a $35 promo code to create your next book...Amazing, I know!

Here's what you have to do:

1. Leave a comment and let me know what type of book you'd like to create.

2. Follow my blog!

For a bonus entry, tweet about this contest.

It's that simple folks! The contest ends June 7th @ 11:00PM so be sure to enter before then.

This contest is open to Canadian residents only.