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.
The very best book of all time? The B-I-B-L-E. Reliable, modern, classic, timeless, my rock.
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How about A Designer's Eye - scrapbooking with patterned paper (shameless sucking up!). Actually, it is Gone With the Wind, there is so much more to the story than in the movie. Have a great day!
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I totally got sucked in - but I loved the Twilight series books!
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OK - I have to admit that I am currently reading the Twilight Series with my daughter. We had heard so much about it that we decided we needed to see what all of the hype was about. Actually very good so far and I am spending lots of time with my daughter reading. Priceless!
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My favourite book and the one that often comes travelling with me so I know I'll have at least one I love is Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff, a retelling of the Arthurian legends as a Romano-British war lord fighting to keep the Saxons out of England, beautiful and exciting and sad.
And since I've just started buying picture books for the baby I'm having this summer I'd also recommend Lucy and Tom's Christmas by shirley Hughes - and indeed anything else with her charming illustrations, if you haven't read them you're missing out.
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Anything by Sark. Just a great spark of creativity. Also, I am reading Inkheart side by side with my son right now. Lots of fun.
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I just finished reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe with my kids, I'd forgotten how much I like the Narnia series!
One book that's stayed with me for years is "The Gate to Women's Country" by Sheri Tepper. VERY thought provoking.
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I can't narrow it down...but I am reading Eat, Pray, Love right now and am enjoying it...
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I'm in the middle of a great Clive Cussler book, The Plague Ship. But after I finish that, I'm definitely going back and re-reading Twilight. I resisted it for so long (vampires? Werevolves? seriously?) but the love story is just SO good. And I'm a sucker for a good love story.
Have a great day!
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The Japanese Inn by Oliver Statler- if you like history....it is historical but written like fiction. Very interesting! Thanks, Ali!
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For a good light read, I really enjoyed Victoria Beckham's "That Extra Half an Inch."
Crossing my fingers!
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I am currently reading Flannery O'Connor's stories and I just picked up Life is a Verb by Patti Digh which is about living intentionally - reminds me of your work Ali.
http://37days.typepad.com/37days/
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The other day my husband and I were cleaning out an old bookshelf and we came across our two daughters' copy of "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb" by Dr. Seuss. The girls are in their twenties now, but Oh! The beautiful memories the book brought up. The girls could still almost recite every word in the book!
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Sadly my reading hasn't been for pleasure lately, I'm half way through Out of Sync Child to help us better understand our son's sensory processing disorder. Light bulb moments.
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A good book? That's a difficult question! I think my favorite books are Joanne Harris' novels right now, especially Blackberry Wine. This novel is adorable. I really-really like it!
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I just finished reading Breaking Dawn, the 4th book in the Twilight series, and it was a great book. I also love the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward. Great reads!!
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The best book of the last five years at least - "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen. A historical novel, an emotional novel, a novel full of rich characters and amazing insight into life at a nursing home.
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Pretty much the best book around is the bible! It's got so many genres in there, it's always a good read!
Also enjoying Stacy Julian's Photo Freedom for the 2nd time around right now too...
Thanks for the chance Ali!
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i loved the twilight series - easy read and a fun story. but the book I read year after year is Little Women - classic and my all time favorite!!!!
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I have to say... since having my kids... most books we read have pictures on every page. ;) My son (who's 7) loves Junie B Jones! Your give-a-ways are ROCKIN' today! Mmmm!
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Right now I am reading Harry Potter Deathly Hallows, and it is consuming all my time. So that one seems to be my favorite right now.
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I have many favorites, but one that I would always recommend is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I loved that story.
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I just finished The Thirteenth Tale and was captivated by the twists and turns throughout the book. I couldn't put it down!
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
GREAT GREAT BOOK!!!!
~Laura
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Anything James Patterson... I just finished MAX... I think. I love them all but my most favorite is Honeymoon.
Love the give aways!!
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