I’m running a contest for the month of June over at the Nook.

Here are some details:

The Nook Scrap Off!

Here is your chance for fame and fortune (and when we say fame, we mean 15 minutes, and by fortune we refer to a $75 Nook gift certificate). All you have to do is play along in our Scrap Off!

How it works:

To begin:

1. Please register in our forum and gallery between May 18th and 31st.

2. Then upload your favorite All about Me layout to the gallery (new or old- we just want to see you).

3. Link this LO and a brief introduction to this forum: http://www.myscrapbooknook.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=134426#134426

June 1st the contest will begin as our DT will issue challenges. All challenges will be for points. There will be one large point challenge per week. Only the top five entries to the challenges will earn points. (The DT will adjudicate the contest). Other smaller challenges throughout the weeks will be set up so everyone wins points. This way everyone has a fighting chance even if they miss a week or lose their mojo for a few days. Talent is great to have, but determination is just as valuable! There will also be RAK opportunities, so even if you miss the big prize- you could still walk away with something nifty.

The contest will run through June, and at the end of the month we will add it up and discover who wins the $75 gift certificate.

Www.myscrapbooknook.com

So if you would like to hang with me on the message board, get inspired and crank out some great work all for the chance of winning a shopping spree, go sign up! It should be tons of fun!

This book is a fabulous collection of essays on motherhood filled with wit, insight, and a realistic approach that will make every reader happy. Author Anna Johnson’s take on keeping the mama sane, happy, healthy and attractive go so far beyond the usual books like this. Not once will you be subjected to the ubiquitous call to “have it all, balance it all, and be perfect.” Instead, it inspires you to be better, and gives you the tools you need to get there.

I expected this book to be more along the lines of a snooty fashion/make-up book, and although it has tips in those areas (although never snooty), most of the ideas in this book are practical, down to Earth, affordable, and although many focus on the outward Mummy, the best essays focus on the inward. There is a satisfied contentedness running through this book, and although I did not agree with every philosophy the author holds, I perfectly agree with her call for mothers to be themselves, be happy, and embrace motherhood while still wearing your own shoes, be them kitten heels or birkenstocks. It is an excellent read for the new mother, or the mother in the throes of it all.