These Favourite Free Fonts Spring are perfect for invitations, cards, scrapbooking, poster making, DIY projects, blog inspiration and more. Favourite Free Fonts Spring KBLovitdown Architects Daughter Bubblegum Sans Mathilde Curlz MT Pharmacy Ravie Simply Glamerous Jenna Sue DK Crayon Crumble KBPLanetEarth The fonts above are available for free download from sites like Font Squirrel and/or…
Books & Writing
Parent Club Profiles: Helaine Becker
You know when you meet someone and you think: “I want to be her when I grow up”. For me that’s Helaine Becker. Helaine is an award-winning, Canadian, kids lit author who has written over 60 books. I asked Helaine if we could do an author Q & A…and she generously agreed. Parent Club Profiles: Helaine…
Parent Club Profiles: Kate Hilton
Have you ever read a book and really connected with it?! Like…this.is.me…type of connection?! I experienced this when I read The Hole in the Middle by Kate Hilton. If you are a busy Mom feeling guilty about not being able to do it all yet feeling resentful you do everything…this is your read! Through a series of…
List of Canadian Children’s Book Publishers
When I published my first book Boredom Busters, I did extensive research into who in Canada publishes children’s books. I have compiled a List of Canadian Children’s Book Publishers here as a go-to resource for anyone wanted to pitch, query, and/or submit a manuscript to a Canadian publisher… List of Canadian Children’s Book Publishers Aside: You…
Writing Tips
So I am a BIG supporter in sharing writing tips. Why? Because before I published my book I was a stay at home Mom who kept walking into bookstores thinking “My dream is to write a book“. I made it happen. And you can too. In this post I asked author Kim Foster to share…
Parent Club Listed Top 30 Toronto Mom Bloggers
I know lists and awards and voting is an unmeasurable thing on the Internet. And I know my best measurable for creating an engaging and relevant post is through reading the comments from YOU dear readers. However, I must admit, it did put a smile on my face to read I had been listed in…
Free Fonts Headings
Continuing my series of Free Fonts here are my suggestions for Free Fonts Headings. You might notice I use Garamond and Pharmacy all the time. But Elephant and Porter Sans sure do pop…they make my list of 11 Favourite Free Fonts Tag: Headings list…. Are you also a font lover? My Free Fonts Children’s Hand post is one…
How To Write A Book Proposal
As a speaker at Blissdom Canada, I had promised to share, here on Parent Club, some of the information in my “Blog to Book” session. From how to write a book proposal to some valuable Canadian author resource links – I hope this is a starting point for your writing journey. As someone who sent an…
Free Fonts Halloween
Come sit for a spell and have a read. There’s a lot brewing up for Halloween here on Parent Club! We are carving out weekly Halloween posts of Halloween crafts, Halloween recipes, Halloween Costume Ideas, and more. Make no bones about it, a ghoulish good time shall be had. To start, check out these spooktacular Free Fonts Halloween…
Free Fonts Children’s Hand
Free fonts are my new favourite thing. Great for invitations, school lunch notes, gift tags, chore lists, blog posts, and more. Yes, I have spent more than one nap time browsing free fonts. So, in thinking that – you too – might appreciate a font (or two or 11) for creating birthday party invitations, Halloween decorations,…
Parent Club Profiles | Julie Cole
This week I’m featuring past Parent Club Profiles…they are just too good to keep in the archives (some comments may be from original post) Name please. Julie Cole Your Website? http://www.mabel.ca/ What’s your specialty? (work-wise – you’re probably pretty special at a lot of things) I have three business partners and we are each responsible…
Parent Club Profiles: Kathy Buckworth
This week I’m featuring past Parent Club Profiles…they are just too good to keep in the archives (some comments are from original post) We’ve read her books (my daughter was shocked at the title: “Shut Up and Eat: Tales of Chicken, Children & Chardonnay” – thank you for that Kathy) . We’ve read her articles (check…