Wednesday Sponsor Giveaways: Studio Calico, Shabby Straps, Simplify 101, & Songbird Ave
Studio Calico • one person will take home the fabulous April kit
For more from Studio Calico be sure to check out their blog + galleries.
Shabby Straps• one person will receive a camera strap & one person a wrist strap
ShabbyStraps offers you a fun and unique way to accessorize your SLR/DSLR camera and your point & shoot camera. ShabbyStraps are all made of the highest quality to ensure the safety of your camera. Each strap is extra thick and comfortable to wear for the shutterbug hobbyist or professional. Whether you are in the mood for polka dots, paisleys or stripes, ShabbyStraps has you covered!
Simplify 101 • one person will receive a spot in the online workshop Organize Your Paper Clutter with Aby Garvey
Paper, paper everywhere! That paper mountain growing on your countertop
represents a loss of freedom, a loss of control, and a nagging feeling
in your gut that something important isn’t getting attended to. Your
paper, and the feelings it creates, makes it hard to relax, focus or
even have fun.
Here’s
the good news: there is a better way! With the right paper organizing
systems in place—those created with you, your paper, and your home in
mind—you can free yourself from paper clutter and the stress that comes
along with it. In Organize Your Paper Clutter, you’ll learn a
step-by-step process on how to decide if you need a piece of paper (and
for how long!) and how to organize it so you’ll find it again right
when you need it! Your piles (and your stress!) will be replaced by
organizing systems you love, and feelings of confidence, relief and
peace of mind!
Start date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
End date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Registration status: open!
Read more specific details for the workshop here.
Songbird Ave • 5 Bloom & Grow digital kits
This month I am excited to announce that I have teamed up with Songbird Ave and their talented team of designers to create a kit with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Autism Speaks in honor of Autism Awareness Month. The huge kit, including 5 exclusive layered templates, is $8 and can be purchased/downloaded here.
To be entered into today's drawing leave a comment below sharing your favorite book (or a good one you recommend). Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific with the winner's posted shortly after.
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The Artemis Fowl series of 4 books by Eoin Colfer is what my 12 yr old son, Brodie, and I have just finished.
These are fun, whimsical,easy to read, can't put them down(!) books that we both loved. It's great talking about the characters together.
Eoin is up to more good stuff too and I can't wait to get my hands on more of his stuff!
http://www.eoincolfer.com/
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I have so many favourite books. I guess my top one would be The Republic of Love by Carol Shields.
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My favorite book would have to be any books by VC Andrews or My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult ( I actually love all of Jodi's books). Charlie Comrie from TX.
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Breath by Keri Wyatt Kent
check it out:
http://www.keriwyattkent.com/restpage.htm
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what amazing giveaways! could i be so lucky?
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The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery). It's a mystery, British dry humor and full of odd factoids. Doesn't get much better than that.
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An awesome book I just read is called The Most Influential People Who Never Lived. It's a fascinating look into the fictional characters who shape our society, imagination, and memories. From Barbie to the Marlboro Man, Harry Potter to Cupid, this book is a must-read for bibliophiles and anyone who has ever become friends with a fictional character. It could also serve as a great inspiration for scrapbooking...I'm thinking a mini-book of favorite fictional characters (Popeye, anyone?)!
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An awesome book I just read is called The Most Influential People Who Never Lived. It's a fascinating look into the fictional characters who shape our society, imagination, and memories. From Barbie to the Marlboro Man, Harry Potter to Cupid, this book is a must-read for bibliophiles and anyone who has ever become friends with a fictional character. It could also serve as a great inspiration for scrapbooking...I'm thinking a mini-book of favorite fictional characters (Popeye, anyone?)!
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Breathe by Keri Wyatt Kent
http://www.keriwyattkent.com/index.htm
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I'm finally able to get back to my reading - and started with a good one: Time Traveler's Wife. Definitely my favorite right now!
Maria
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Second attempt to post. All time favorites: Anna Karenina, Hemingway short stories, Out of Africa, Angle of Repose.
Just finished Belong to Me, which I bought purely because of its cover, and was surprised to enjoy so much.
In the early months after a baby, I find I can only read nonfiction. Can't risk getting sucked into a really good novel, I guess. Currently enjoying A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the World.
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My book club recently read Inkheart (book that the movie of the same name that recently came out was based on). We all really enjoyed it! My sister has read the other two books in the trilogy and says they're equally good, if not better.
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My favorite book is Outlander. If you haven't read it, it is a MUST!
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I'd love to learn how to control all the paper clutter in my house and even at work. My favorite book is always the Bible. There's no better instruction book.
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It has been such a long time since I have read a really good book. I have read some of the Sookie Stackhouse books recently when I traveled and they were OK
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What a great give away!! :D Sounds super exciting! I hope all goes well with the Songbird Ave. Kits!!!
My favorite book???
Today, it is... "Where the red fern grows"
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Ooh pick just one fave? That's so hard. I will go with a recently read NEW fave - The Time Traveler's Wife. Such a wonderful love story.
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I find that there is always a few in rotation here, they are all favorites until I read through them all and am ready to move on to different topics...the current pile includes...
printing by hand (lena corwin)
design it yourself (ellen lupton)
sundays at tiffany's (james patterson)
for inspiration....somerset Life magazine, and fingerprint (chen design associates)
a few picked up for a dollar or two...a cup of comfort for mothers and daughters (a collection of short stories by various authors) and an oldie that I read long ago and am reading again with new eyes..Living, Loving, and Learning (leo buscaglia)
newest magazine purchase (besides CK of course) ShopSmart by consumerReports ("easy cleaning" and "tastiest coffee" made me buy it)
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Just bought a book today for my son that I love - It is a Scratch & Sniff Golden Book called "Little Bunny Follows His Nose". I had it when I was a child & when I saw it at the bookstore I couldn't resist!
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