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Giveaway: Family Pass to Disney’s PLANES Screening (WINNIPEG Only)

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Misfit Momma aka Missy

In about 3 weeks, I’ll be taking my family to a screening of Disney’s Planes at SilverCity Polo Park courtesy of Disney Canada and I’ve got a family pass for 4 to give away to one of my local readers as well!

Disney's Planes Come Fly With Me

From above the world of “Cars” comes Disney’s “Planes,” an action-packed 3D animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty, a small-town plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty’s not exactly built for racing—and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to naval aviator Skipper, who helps Dusty qualify to take on Ripslinger, the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty’s courage is put to the ultimate test as he aims to reach heights he never dreamed possible, giving a spellbound world the inspiration to soar. “Planes” takes off in theatres in 3D on Aug. 9, 2013, and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D in select theatres.

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Summer 2013 Biannual Blogathon Bash Kick Off

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Misfit Momma aka Missy

What is the Biannual Blogathon?

The Biannual Blogathon Bash is an event for bloggers which runs twice a year, with some mini Blogathon events in between. The Summer Blogathon Bash is running from June 21-24, 2013, and is a time for bloggers to work on improving their blogs with a series of challenges and tasks with the support of other participants throughout the weekend. This time can also be used for bloggers to catch up on work they are behind on, or maybe even get ahead a little by putting in some extra dedicated hours. There’s a long list of blogging related prizes for eligible participants, and as a community we help each other grow our blogs.

This time around, I decided to host a couple of challenges here on my own blog. This was a challenge for me in itself because even though I myself know how to do these things, getting what I’m doing into words that flow together smoothly is a completely different thing. I enjoyed it though, and will have more tutorials to most soon.

Besides working my way through the challenges presented in the Blogathon, I made a short list of tasks for myself to accomplish this weekend:

Tweak my social media buttons

I still need to add a button for Google+ and Bloglovin, and might change the icons.

Cover Photos

My Facebook page has never had a cover photo, and my Google+ cover is still the old size. While I’m doing that, I should get a better profile picture up on Pinterest too.

Are you up for the challenge?

The challenges I have posted for the Biannual Blogathon are:

Make Your Own Media Kit

Make Your Own Blog Button

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Mini Challenge: Make Your Own Media Kit

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Misfit Momma aka Missy

Are you a blogger? The Biannual Blogathon Bash is running from June 21-24, 2013 and is a time for bloggers to work on improving their blogs with a series of challenges and tasks. Prizes are awarded to eligible participants, and as a community we help each other grow our blogs.

This is a Mini Challenge written for the Biannual Blogathon Bash. Anyone reading is welcome to use this information or try my challenge but only Blogathon participants will be eligible for prizes.

Biannual Blogathon Bash

The challenge…

Mini Challenge: Make Your Own Media Kit

Making a media kit is more difficult than making a simple button, but the benefits it holds for your blog are well worth the time you will take putting it together. Think of your media kit as the resume of your blog. It is often the first impression potential sponsors will get of your blog, so try to make it both visually appealing and informative.

Not sure which program to use to create your media kit? There are many great programs out there, but you can use any one you like. Even Paint! I personally use Paint.NET so if you are using a different program the steps may be slightly different than they are in this tutorial.

Your task for this challenge is to make a media kit. It can be as basic or complex as you like, and use no images or 10 images! It’s not up to me to tell you what your media kit should look like, I’m just here to tell you how to do it. I’ve written a short tutorial on creating a graphic media kit using Paint.NET, and have also included an easy to use text based media kit template for a less time consuming option near the bottom of this post.

How Do I Make A Media Kit?

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Mini Challenge: Make Your Own Blog Button

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Misfit Momma aka Missy

This is a Mini Challenge written for the Biannual Blogathon Bash. Anyone reading is welcome to use this information or try my challenge but only Blogathon participants will be eligible for prizes.

Biannual Blogathon Bash

The challenge…

Mini Challenge: Make Your Own Blog Button

Making a button for your blog isn’t as hard as it sounds, all it takes is a little bit of time and creativity along with some simple coding to add it to your blog. With this tutorial, you can make your own blog button in 5 easy steps.

Not sure which program to use to create your blog button? There are many great programs out there, but you can use any one you like. Even Paint! I personally use Paint.NET.

Your task for this challenge is to make a button. Any button! As fancy or as plain as you like. Add your button to your sidebar or a blog post and leave me a comment to let me know you did so I can go check it out!

How Do I Make A Blog Button?

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Camping Checklist – Essential Supplies for Flawless Camping

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Misfit Momma aka Missy

I’ve always loved camping and we did it often when I was a child, but as an adult we haven’t been able to camp as often as I would like. We also haven’t been able to spend a lot of money on camping equipment and for this reason we have camped with only the bare minimum in essentials. In fact, even less than the bare minimum which we made work but the experience really wasn’t as enjoyable as it could have been.

This year, I hope to add more frequency and consistency to our camping adventures and decided working with a list would turn these adventures into much less of a disaster. If you’re considering doing some camping this summer, I hope my printable camping checklist will help when you are organizing your trip!

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