Twilight, Travel, and Treats

Before I fell in love with Twilight I was a Pride & Prejudice fan. I've come out of blogging hiatus to tell you about the latest iPad app I like.

Want a good way to introduce Shakespeare or Austen to your little one?



Enter new BabyLit books - available in board book and iPad/iPhone enhanced versions.

I bought the board books first at my local Indigo store and thought it was super cute. It prompted my 8 year old son to spend half an hour asking me about Pride & Prejudice. You know when your child is enraptured by your explanation of why Lizzie won't marry Mr. Collins that this new book has done its job.



The iPad enhanced version is even better. This is a counting book so it's like any other baby iPad book that counts objects except this time they are marriage proposals and ballgowns. Bonuses - you can dress Lizzie in different ballgowns and that the whole first chapter of P&P is narrated at the end for you.

My son has yet to listen to the narrated first chapter of P&P that is on the iPad but it's nice that one day he may stumble upon it.

More titles coming up? Romeo & Juliet is already available but it looks like Jane Eyre and Alice in Wonderland are coming soon.

cross posted on Twi-Mobile

So this is the original Isle Esme photo that Summit released on Valentine's Day

I didn't really like it. It's gloomy looking and not romantic.

So isn't this better?

Desktop size 1900 X 1200

I ended up making iPhone and iPad versions for myself so thought I'd share them with you. Threw in a Blackberry one too!

iPhone 640 X 960

iPad 1024 X 1024

Blackberry/LG Neon

I can't wait to see what it looks like in the film!

It's Honolulu Girl's birthday today!

As you can guess the phrase in the title is Hawaiian for Happy Birthday - I have no idea how to pronounce it and I'm not sure if HG/Suzie does either given what a Cali girl she really is.

Us at First Beach La Push - gorgeous day!

Remember that Suzie was my Forks trip roomie? We met through her blog True Blood Twilight a year ago. I am so happy to have met such a kindred spirit in this Twilight blogosphere. If it weren't for us sticking it out together in the small town we probably would have run screaming to the nearest Four Seasons. We clicked from the get go and I'm forever grateful that she convinced me to join her.

This girl is busy - she's got her regular blog True Blood Twilight


plus a film review blog I Adore Books and Film that she shares with her teenage daughter.


She's also a writer of very hot fanfiction

Cinderella: A Tale of Lust



Enchantment

Le Moulin Rouge

She has a regular day job but her real passion is writing and film. She's now writing film reviews in Inside Out Hawaii magazine. Also who can forget her recent extra work on Hawaii 5-0 with the gorgeous Alex O'Loughlin.

Suzie I feel for you with the closed eyes. But we're all looking at the cute guy anyways ;)

Since you're now an iPad addict as well I made you some super simple birthday gifts. Remember I've been going for minimalist recently - finding it easier to look through my iPad apps that way.

Click for 1024X1024px.

With a bit of Bella and Edward from Breaking Dawn

Sorry for not making you a True Blood one but with all the RobPorn on my computer there isn't any space for Alex Skarsgard :)

I will however throw in a pic that someone else made with my little message added :) Thought this desktop was very pretty.


Here are some messages from kiTT at Tongue-Twied


Robmusement

And Lisa

Apologies to those who follow both my blogs for all this double posting. But I finally got my copy of Photoshop working on my new computer so forgive me while I get some fun stuff out of my system.

In honour of Valentine's Day...for your desktop, iPhone, iPad, and Blackberry

Desktop 1920X1200

iPhone 4 640X960

iPad 1024X1024

I'll be adding these to the Mobile Wallpaper Archives over at Twi-Mobile of course. Let me know what you think.

Blackberry 480X360

iPhone 4 640X960



iPad 1024X1024


Here are the Edward ones.

Desktop 1920X1200

Blackerry 480X360

iPhone 4 640X960

iPad 1024X1024

Let me know what you think.

In celebration of Valentine's Day and also Breaking Dawn filming coming to Vancouver, I made some Breaking Dawn wallpapers.

Click for full size. I've made desktop, iPhone, Blackberry, and iPad versions.



Desktop 1920X1242 - my personal wallpaper now



Desktop 1920X1242




iPhone 4 640X960 retina screen

 


Blackberry 480X360

 

iPad 1024X1024

iPad 1024X1024

iPad 1024X1024

iPad 1024X1024 - original Summit logo

I found the original Summit logo too red so I toned it down a bit. Let me know what you think or if more sizes are needed.

cross posted on Twi-Mobile

You know how I love reading Master of the Universe? I found out very recently that the author Icy has an iPad. I decided to convert our beloved MadMen spoof desktop to fit on the iPad.

Best if you use iPad in mostly landscape mode Click to open full resolution for iPad

Best if you use iPad in mostly portrait mode Click to open full resolution for iPad

These are added to the iPad Wallpaper Archive at my other site Twi-Mobile.

cross posted with Twi-Mobile

Want a new gorgeous way to catch up on Twitter, Facebook, and blogs all in one place on your iPad for free?

Up until tonight I've been using the Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader to catch up on all my favourite people and blogs.

I thought those were adequate but boring.

Enter Flipboard - voted #1 app for iPad in iTunes. It puts your Facebook, Twitter, and blog/RSS news feeds all in one place.

That's my Flipboard home screen - Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader all in one place. I declined putting CNN, Sephora, or Bon Appetit magazine on there but you can add almost anything that has a twitter or RSS feed.

My Twitter feed on Twitter app
My Twitter feed on Flipboard
I even made a page just for the twitter feeds of some of my Twilight besties. See how pretty their Twitter feeds look now?
This is Honolulu Girl's Twitter feed
I had actually stopped blog surfing for a while because Google Reader was just getting too boring.
But with Flipboard I'll definitely be starting again. See the before and after?
Once you've added facebook, Flickr photos, and whatever else you follow onto your Flipboard you're set.

You can also post to Twitter and Facebook from Flipboard. You can attach photos or link to the page you're surfing. Very easy.
Despite the pros there is one major con - and this is a biggie which they are trying to update asap because it's a huge issue - there is no refresh button. It's not in real time and can have up to a 10 minute lag in updating. Twitter users and even some Facebook fanatics won't stand for this. It's not a big deal for the Google Reader though.

Let me know what you think - it's free so no harm in trying - here's the itunes link. Note there is no iPhone version of this and not sure if there will be in future.

By the way, have you guys figured out I'm trying to avoid turning on my computer ever again and just living off my iPad? I did this whole post on Blogpress using screen caps from the iPad. Love it!