Wednesday Sponsor Giveaway: Freehand Scraps, Big Picture Scrapbooking, + Paper & Co. Show
First, I want to pass along a thought for today that I came across on my friend Alex's blog about courage & leaps:
What I realized is that there is not just one big moment of courage in
our lives. There are many. These moments come to us in different ways.
At times we are forced into a leap (unexpected pregnancy, when parents
or partners pass away, when we loose our job). At times we are called
into a leap (when someone invites us for a trip of a lifetime, when our
partner wants to move to a new city, when we are offered a chance, when
we take the "money maker" role to support our family). Then there are
also the daily tiny leaps we take for the sake of adventure (when we
try new types of food, music, when we go out on a date, when we talk to
a stranger, when we transition from blogger friends to real life
friends). No matter how small, silly or hard, tiny, dramatic or
forgotten... All leaps are important because little by little, we live
through change, we figure out how to cope, we move forward, we learn
who we are, and we build our confidence for the bigger leaps, the ones
we seek for ourselves.
Maybe someone else out there needed to hear this today too...
And now, three cool midweek sponsor giveaways are on tap for today:
• One person will receive a February Kit from Freehand Scraps.
• Two people will receive passes to Stacy Julian's fantastic online Library of Memories class at Big Picture Scrapbooking. Focused on getting your scrapbook albums in working order and organizing your photos (in a very "you-centered" way), I highly recommend the class and/or Stacy's book Photo Freedom. Class begins February 12th and runs for 16 weeks. This class is only offered once a year.
• One person will receive 4 classes for the Paper & Co. event in Italy on March 27, 28, and 29 (giveaway does not include travel, accommodations, or food for the event).You can check out a list of the classes here. Italy sure sounds good to me right about now :).
To be included in the drawing today please leave a comment below and share your most recent "leap" or act of courage. Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific tonight with the winners posted shortly after.
I would also like to take a minute to welcome and thank my newest blog sponsors:
Digital Birdhouse : digital scrapbook products
Scarlet Lime : monthly kit club
The Paper Pixie : paper embellishments
The Digital Scrapbook Teacher : photoshop tutorials and classes for hybrid + digital scrapbooking
Lettergirls : delightful hand-created address stamps
For more information on sponsor opportunities send me an email: ali at aliedwardsdesign dot com






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i leaped into a runnng program where the first time we gathered was to run 8 miles. every saturday morning we run 10 - 15 miles a week. There are weeks where i am the last one to finish.
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My leap? Today was a little crazy,I worked all day,found out my son [22]who just moved out a couple weeks ago needs surgery.I went into tiger mom mode,only to find out after work per phone call on my machine that my mother who lives 45 mins away ,her house burnt down[she's fine].I will be leaping & leaping for days to come ,but we are all alive & well.And thats ALL that counts !
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My most recent leap of faith was deciding to get married to the man of my dreams. : )
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Pushing myself to take my three kids to the childrens museum. Since I had my third baby this last summer I have had a harder time getting out with all three. I have avoided doing so because I have felt like it would just be too much work. Going today was so fun!! It gave me courage to know I could do more fun things with all my kids on my own. I know this is a small, but step by step the small things make a big differenc.
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Our forced "leap" was when our daughter was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. This wasn't necessarily recent, but it changed our lives. We found out today the doctors want us to take the "leap" into long term care program instead of seeing our oncologist, because she is doing so well and has been cancer free for 3 years!! What a wonderful day :)
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My biggest leap lately is to stop spending money and think about whether I need that thing to be the person I need to be. If the answer is no, I move on and save the money.
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You have an award on my blog, love your stuff!
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In 2006, my husband and I quit our jobs, sold our house, and followed our family from MA to NC. It was THE MOST scariest leap we had ever made, but we missed our family and were really struggling in MA. We knew that our love for family and each other, along with faith and hope would make it work. Ya know what - it worked out better than we ever could imagine. We got great jobs, a beautiful house close to our family, and have made wonderful friendships. I never regret taking this leap:)
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My leap was starting my own business by becoming a lia sophia advisor. It's not something I thought I'd ever do, but I love it and am so glad that I took the leap. It's paying off bigtime now! :)
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My recent leap was to undergo the rigorous work of becoming board certified in my field...I am pleased to say I certified and need to push myself to take more leaps like this!
Kristine
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My biggest leap is going to college 11 years after graduating. i didn't eve know what I wanted to do when I started, I just knew that I needed growth in my life.
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My most recent act of courage was my first outing with three kids! Carrying a 4 month old in the baby carrier, and an 18 month old that needs to be carried is hard enough on a daily basis. But adding in my autistic 6 year old to the mix has just not been a dream outing for me!!! I did it today though, and surprisingly it went pretty OK. So possibly it's been an unnecessary fear... as I find out that many of my fears are!!!
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My biggest leap was having my first child...and it has been really good!
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I'm all about the big leaps this year. I've just moved from the city to the country to spend more time with my boyfriend of six months and see if we have a future. I moved out of my apartment, I quit my job, said goodbye to my friends and moved with nowhere to live and no job to support me it's not so much a leap as a free fall - here's hoping it pays off.
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My big leap was agreeing to baby #4. We can't imagine our lives without Asher!!
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Hmmmm....leap of courage...encouraging my husband to start his video production company now...scary times, but it's his dream!
Amy in CA
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My most recent leap is to cut back at work so that I can be home 2 weekdays for my family. I would like to do more for them, and a spot at Stacy's class will be great in getting those memories into albums.
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I cannot say that my leap was all of my own...both my husband and I have decided to take out a loan..along with some savings..and go ahead with IVF after 5 years of TTC! If all goes well we will be having a bundle of joy to hold this time next year. I hope every ones leaps are as enjoyable and surprising as ours is going to be!
Lauren - Oklahoma City - OK.
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My leap of courage is focused on lots of small things - taking a moment to look at another person's point of view, helping my extended family and friends out more than usual, decorating my current home, looking for a new home, paying off any extra debts, sticking with a job where I just lost an assistant and now I'm trying to do the work of three people really - but the hours, pay, and place of work are excellent for my family.
I would so love to take part on Stacy LOM. Every bit of work I do - at home, at my job, for others - is so worth it and I just want to record it and cherish it forever.
Thanks Ali! And I so cannot believe your baby girl is not yet here!
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We are taking a leap of faith and trying to move back to our home state to be closer to family......here's hoping!
Carol
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