Two Great Books for Mom from DK Canada #giveaway

I had the opportunity to review a couple books from DK Canada’s Mother’s Day Boutique.  I received The Women’s Fitness Book and Handmade Gifts.  There are so many great titles – from home design books to art books, gardening books to cookbooks.  Great selection!

I have to start by saying that I absolutely love DK Canada books.  They are among the most beautiful books I’ve ever had in my house. They’re always visually appealing, interesting and educational.

Since I’m home a lot with my baby, I chose a couple books I thought I could make use of with my time spent at home.  I like to spend her nap times doing something for me sometimes so The Women’s Fitness Book and Handmade Gifts seemed fitting.  First, I have a thing for fitness (although you probably wouldn’t know it these days…) and second, I’ve started doing little crafty things at home, like painting new art for my bathroom.

What I love about The Women’s Fitness Book:

• Really thorough introductions to several different workouts – love this, because it breaks things down for people.  It explains things like what kind of gear you’ll need, to proper techniques, to the benefits of the workout itself.
• Helpful workout tips – not just the workouts themselves…
• Great visuals to ensure you’re doing the exercises properly.
• Some pretty hilarious workout titles: “better-in-bed workout”, “ten years younger workout”, and “bride to be workout”. Love it…

What I love about Handmade Gifts:

• Not only great craft and gift ideas, but there’s a templates section at the back to help you with shapes.
• Step-by-step visuals and explanations of the crafts.
• With the exception of a few more advanced crafts, I’d say most of these are totally doable by the average person (and I would consider myself to be average!).  Then again, if you’re looking for a bit of a challenge, those more advanced crafts are really well explained and broken down well.
• Ideas range from jewelry to edible gifts to ideas for pets.

I definitely plan on making use of these books.  I will use the fitness book as my guide for home workouts, including stretching properly, which is something I never do enough of; and I will be trying my hand at a few crafts, I’m thinking of trying to make the knotted scarf and stencilled bags; and my husband even showed an interest in soap making!

You can find all the two titles mentioned above in the on the Mother’s Day Boutique on the DK Canada website. They are currently all 30% off.  DK Canada also ships your book order of $50 or more for FREE. Stock up on baby books now.

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{Giveaway!}

The great team at DK Canada is giving away a copy of The Woman’s Fitness Book.

To enter tell me what your favourite type of exercise is. Then fill out the Rafflecopter form below. Giveaway open to Canadian residents, excluding Quebec. Giveaway open from May 6, 2014 – May 16, 2014. Mandatory question must be answered to be eligible to win.

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