Inspiration

We recently went to an outdoor concert with Jon Schmidt as the main performer. Although he was great, my favorite part of the show was hearing Steven Sharp Nelson play the cello. I have always loved string instruments, but I've decided that the cello is my all-time favorite. It is so inspiring to listen to!I could listen to it all day long. My favorite piece of his is "The Cello Song." If you want to be inspired, you should definitely watch this! If I didn't have so many other things going on, I think I would start lessons tomorrow!

Blog Book

We got an early Christmas present in the mail. Our blog book came!

Gone are the days of scrapbooking for my family. Since we are good about keeping a blog, we've decided to use that as our family journal of sorts (although we do keep a written one with all the nitty gritty details that we spare you from hearing). I had tried using Blurb to create a blog book, but quite honestly, it felt as if I was creating something from scratch. I eventually gave up and put that project on the back burner.

Then I heard about Blog2Print. I checked it out and had our blog made into a book in about 15 minutes.

Here are my 2 bits (and I'm not getting paid to say this):

The good:

• Super easy and fast to create. All you have to do is type in your blog address, choose which posts you want to include, and voila~ you've got yourself a book.

• Layout does not get messed up. You can choose the option to have your pictures and text printed exactly as it is on your blog


• Good price? I haven't done much comparing, but it seems reasonable. After the $24.95 base price (for hardcover), each additional sheet is only 35 cents.


• Limited editing options. Many things are chosen for you which makes it very simple.

The bad:

• No discount on duplicate copies. I think other sites do this.


• Limited editing options.

All in all, I'm happy with our first book and I'll definitely be getting another one.

Have you tried making a blog book before? Which sites do you like?