The other day my daughter asked me if she could go to another country.

I said, “Sure, but it costs lots of money so you’d have to save up for a while.”

Then I asked, “Where would you want to go? Would you like to travel to France since it’s our last name?”

“No, I’d want to go to Haiti to help the people.”

I just about started crying when she said that (I’m almost crying right now as I type this) because it totally caught me off guard and showed me how sweet and tender-hearted she was.

If you are like my daughter and myself, I’m sure you have felt helpless for the people of Haiti.  Not really knowing what one person…YOU…could possibly do to help. Of course, we can pray for them. But right now, that doesn’t seem like enough.  Well, the other day, as I was reading my cleverly creative friend’s blog, I was totally INSPIRED and heart-warmed by her and all of her “foodie” friends.

If you have felt a desire to give something to the Haitian people,

please consider purchasing the

Blog Aid for Haiti Cookbook

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Conceptualized three weeks ago by the remarkable, talented, and kind Julie Van Rosendaal

the Blog Aid for Haiti Cookbook is now available for purchase.

Over the last three weeks, Julie–and a group of incredible designers–have worked tirelessly to make the BlogAid for Haiti Cookbook a reality. Bringing together some of the webs most luscious food bloggers, the book offers incredible recipes and photographs, making it a must-have cookbook for your pantry collection. I can not begin to thank Julie enough, or to awe over her ability to create such a beautiful community effort for the Haitian people, in a matter of days.

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100% of the Blog Aid for Haiti proceeds will be donated to

Doctors Without Borders and the American Red Cross.

Better yet? Both West Canadian Graphics AND Blurb.com are matching the dollar amount of proceeds raised up to $10,000. And, until February 12th, the Canadian government will match those funds.

So, every dollar you spend will be matched and quadrupled.

Since we can’t travel to Haiti, my daughter is pitching in some of her allowance to buy one with me.

Order your Blog Aid for Haiti Cookbook TODAY.

Softcover available here -or- Hardcover available here. Further details here.

Bonjour!

I am excited to announce that registration for Francypants Academy’s next online mentoring course begins TODAY!

For more information regarding the course, visit the Francypants Academy website or view the information PDF here.

{FAQ’s}

I work full-time and/or have lots of little ones at home, will I still have time for the course?

Lessons & assignments are emailed to you on Mondays as printable PDF’s . Assignments are due on Sundays at midnight leaving you the entire week to read and apply your learning at your own convenience & leisure.

How many students will be you accepting for your next course?

Classes are limited to 6 students to ensure personal interaction.  Courses fill up quickly due to a waiting list of over 70 people.

How do I register?

Please email me with the subject line being “REGISTRATION” and include your contact information. I will send an invoice to the FIRST 6 people. This needs to be paid within 24 hours or your spot will be given to the next applicant in line. I will announce on my blog when the course is full.

If you have ANY questions, please do not hesitate to email me at francephotography@gmail.com.

Here’s how to win:

Just for fun I thought I’d do a give-away this week.  Our first give-away is an adorable set of 2 cupcake hair clips from A Little Girlie Boutique.

Another give-away I am sharing is from the talented Kim Bear who created my web graphics and has been designing logos for several of my Francypants students.  This one is for all you photographers. It’s a Valentines Day card template:

To win both of these give-aways, spread the word about Francypants Academy by doing the following:

1. Join the Francypants Facebook page

2. Tweet and/or share a Facebook message about Francypants

3. Come back and make a comment on this post

The winner will be announced tomorrow!

This is going to be short and sweet since I’ve got a sick little boy but I just had to share this quote since it’s snowing and since this is how I feel this morning:

Cleaning house while kids are still growing
Is like shoveling snow when it’s still snowing.

I just had to post a couple more images of my 3-year old.  I personally think that 3 is the new “terrible two” because they know better but they do it anyways!  Just check out his mischeivious face in the image below.  So we’ll see if I survive this year with him.  Good thing he’s cute!

This is his “NO MORE PICTURES” face. It’s still cute.