Waving from Weston on a dry and calm day after a weekend that was extremely wet and windy, so I stayed in!
It was a lovely, quiet weekend. The sort that allows you to make a book: A book I’ve been wanting to make for ages – A printed book from Blurb.co.uk.
For a few months in 2013 and 2014 I took part in an online project called Five Minute Friday by Lisa-Jo Baker. She gave a prompt and you had to write about it for five minutes, not paying attention to spelling or grammar, just write and share on her blog.
(Lisa-Jo isn’t running the meme anymore, she has handed it over to Kate Motaung)
I always wanted to see this project printed.
So, over the weekend I went back to my writing and added punctuation and corrected grammar and of course let the software at Blurb run a spell check.
That was the best laugh of the weekend, should I change ‘don’t’ to ‘donut’ and ‘Miriam’ to ‘Miscarriage’ and a myriad of other hysterical substitutions.
So that was my weekend. A new bit of software learnt, pictures collected, words organised, review done and the ‘Buy Book’ button pressed.
Saying hello to fellow bloggers on a Monday is one of Sian’s brilliant ideas.
This is the cover of my book.
Would you recommend Blurb books? I plan to do one of the photos of my childhood.
It sounds like you had the same sort of weather as us, only I didn’t have the sense to stay inside!
Yes; it’s been a very wet and windy start to the Easter holidays here.
I’ve had plans to make a book like this for ages. I’d love to get round to it. It looks beautiful!
Have a great week Miriam. I hope the weather improves and we can all get out and about
There’s nothing better than a weekend with no commitments!!! Crafting is the perfect way to spend it!
A weekend well spent! The weather was awful wasn’t it, very short walks for Tara all weekend.
I keep meaning to make a book with Blurb maybe one rainy weekend I will.
Blurb seems to be a popular choice. Which one of their formats did you use?
so satisfying to press the publish button. Spell checker really does have an odd view of life.
great idea and lovely cover
I had to laugh at the spelling suggestions….I have learned to check everything before I hit ‘send’ when using my IPad….sometimes the automatic changes are extremely unfortunate!! Xx
What a wonderful project!! I also spent some time making a book recently. I made mine with Chatbooks, taking pictures from my Instagram gallery. Can’t wait to see it!
A great idea! I did the same with my stories from Sian’s Storytelling Sunday. It is a great way to be able to easily share the stories with family and friends and to re-read the posts altogether. Hope you enjoy it when it arrives.
I am so looking forward to your experience of this, Miriam. as I have several Blurb books in process this year. What a splendid way to spend a cold and miserable day!