Facebook Profile Maker

I just found out from my pal Breanne how to simplify the process when making a new profile page now that Facebook has changed to THE NEW PROFILE.

It's very easy just go to http://apps.facebook.com/profile-maker/ then upload a picture.  Next drag the cusor around in the left pane until you have it set the way you want it.  After that push the slider on the zoom tool to how big you want it to appear (you may have to readjust the left pane again) & click create profile.  In under a minute you'll get a message saying choose this as your profile pic (bottom right corner of the pic screen) & BOOYA! Success!

As always mine is all about the TIARA !!!

Go ahead & try it yourself. Then post you profile link in my comments I'd love to see how creative everyone will be!

My Brushes With Fame 2011

This collage shows only part of the fantastic things that happened to me this year.
If you don't know all of the people in the photos, you should!  See their listings below the collage!

1. Start of Dan for Mayor Fred Ewanuick -he was the Parade Marshall for the Oktoberfest Parade (& apologized for not being Ellen)
2. Actress Patty Sullivan (Diane is in this pic & I took it) See her on CBC or starring on stage (after her maternity leave that is)
3. Yummy Mummy Extrodinare Erica Ehm (@ Kathy Buckworth's book launch)
4. Brendan O'Carroll creator of Mrs. Brown's Boys (in Toronto)
5. Members of the band Mariana's Trench @ Hockeyfest
6. Kathy Buckworth author/humourist @ her Springridge Farms event
7. Fitz The Whip Vanderpool Boxing Champion @ Kidspark
8. Brenda Halloran Mayor of Waterloo @MeFest
9. Sue Warden of HGTV Canada's Craftscapes @ Season's Christmas Show
10. Carlos Benevides Radio personality of 91.5 The Beat & Moustache enthusiast @ Movember Kick Off
11. Dee Brun aka The Cocktail Deeva, what doesn't she do? Author, Bar Chef, Humourist TIARA WEARER!!!! @ Toronto Home Show
12. Mike Holmes of HGTV's Holmes on Homes @ WLU
13. John Placko of the Maple Leaf commercials @ ShesConnected Conference
14. Silks the Prize Guy Radio personality of 91.5 the Beat who we always run into at random places (as you can see by the pic)
15. Academy Award Winning Procducer of Titanic & Avatar Jon Landau @ The Museum (also w/ his Oscar!)
16. Scott Stratten author/public speaker who was awesome enough to mention MeFest in his book (page 236 go look it up-I know you own it)

What comes after #TiaraTuesday EASY it's #rembrWHENsday

I've made another new local pal on twitter @craiger_c (make sure to give him a follow-he is #kwAwesome).   Not only has he joined the #TiaraARMY he supplied @JackiYo with 4 tickets to a Kitchener Rangers game for her YoBooks launch party (& she picked me as the winner -whoo hoo).

So naturally when he told me about his idea for a new LOCAL hashtag, I wanted to help him out.

We're talking about #rembrWHENsday  KW!
"It'll be a chance to share something from our community from times gone by that you remember. Like when the place to shop for toys was Hiway Market!"

Truthfully I have lived in Kitchener Waterloo all of my life so I could could come up with tons.

Here's my first #rembrWHENsday tweet

I was born in #kwAwesome back when GR RIVER HOSP was called KW Hospital #rembrWHENsday

Make sure to use the hashtag #rembrWHENsday in your tweet so we can all follow along!

What is #TiaraTuesday ?

I've had a lot of questions surrounding what #TiaraTuesday actually is.  It's just a fun twitter perk to make you smile on a Tuesday.

It's a lot like #FollowFriday with a twist.  If you receive a #TiaraTuesday shoutout then you are asked to PAY IT FORWARD with a #TiaraTuesday shoutout of your own (make sure to use the hastag so we can all follow along in the fun).

There's really no required criteria for a #TiaraTuesday shoutout, but here's some ways to play

• Upload a pic of you in a Tiara (we love them all even Dollarama Tiaras)
• Do something special for someone & let me know about it here, @those2girls
• send someone else a #TiaraTuesday shoutout with the reasoning why you are sending it to them
• If you know someone who's had a tough week, nominate them to give them something to smile about!

That's just the start of our list!  Basically we want to brighten your Tuesday!
Remember after you get one, PAY IT FORWARD to someone else on twitter. 

Now you've become a honourary member of the #TiaraARMY

Was I Bliss-less by not attending #BlissdomCanada ?

What is Blissdom Canada?

Well for being someone that didn't attend I'll go with a three day conference with bloggers to meet, great and learn.  It's about networking with other bloggers, brands & speakers.
Yes it does sound like somewhere I would have a fantastic time, but I wasn't able to go to Blissdom Canada.  It wasn't that I didn't want to, it's just that the timing wasn't right for me. 

I have saw first hand that when people don't get to go to certain events the little green eyed monster shows up.  I've read it on twitter & facebook. 

Personally I think that is ridiculous. 

I was very excited for my pals that they were attending.  They still included everyone not attending in the great happenings of each day.  I read daily recap blogs.  Live tweets during Keynote Speaking were sent to highlight important topics and I had a blast last night seeing everyone's pics of the Costume Party.

Today I asked on the #BlissdomCanada (hastag) if anyone is doing a recap of BlissdomCanada could they please send me a link to their blog?  Within minutes I was getting replies.  Everyone is happy to share what they learned.

So although I was unable to attend the inaugural BlissdomCanada I didn't feel left out.  Instead I felt somewhat "in the loop"
That's the difference between jealously and supportiveness.

Bliss(domCanada) is what you make it!

DOVE SELF ESTEEM WEEKEND

I wrote this back in June for my Wondermoms.ca Tips for Tweens Blog when they partnered with Dove.  Being that it's DOVE SELF ESTEEM WEEKEND I thought it would be appropriate for a Re-Post
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During the next few weeks the Wondermoms site is focusing on Dove. I admire their Real Beauty campaign, but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that it hit home.


I was getting ready to go out with my son. He came & stood beside me as I was doing my hair in the mirror & said "Mom why do you always have to do make up & hairstyles?" I said "It's just what I do to get ready for my day. Why don't you like it?" He replied with "No, then you don't look like you".

After my heart sank a little & followed by the Biggest I LOVE YOU hug ever, I thought of this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U

What do you think of it? Have you shown your kids? I did & I think you should too, just to see their reaction & talk about how it makes them feel.

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AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT!