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.
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
This is an amazing account about the US involvement in Iraq beginning in 2003.
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I read A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, after having been an Orangette and Gourmet fan for some time, and thought it was amazing. I love the foodie/bio/cookbook genre!
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One of my favorite books right now is Kushiel's Mercy. It is the last of six books in the Kushiel line by Jacqueline Carey and is one of the most enjoyable last books in a long series I've read in a very long time.
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Right now I'm reading The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan. I'm about halfway through it and can't put it down. She has an amazing talent and is a very courageous woman. She's my new superhero!
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I agree with a lot of the books already mentioned. Two new ones that I just read and really enjoyed are Very Valentine - Adriana Trigiani and Love Mercy - Earlene Fowler. Both very good!
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Right now my favorite is the collection of short stories that I am currently reading, "Tongues of Flame" by Mary Ward Brown. I grew up in the same town as she did and her daughter-in-law taught me Geography but I had never read her stories. The are are so descriptive I can feel the Southern air, smell the dirt roads and taste the flavors she writes about...and it all makes me long to go home to Alabama.
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currently reading the twilight series - I can't read it fast enough! But one of my favorites is The Stand by Stephen King. Classic tale of good and bad.
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There are so many wonderful books out there. One of my favorites is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. It is made up of Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross and A Breathe of Snow and Ashes.
My problem is that when I get involved in a book I do not want to do anything else but read, read, read.
Sandi D
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Right now it's a tie between Animal Vegetable Miracle and Love Eat Pray. Both were very inspiring in very different ways!
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I would love to be entered in the contest. My favorite book is The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
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The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet ... this is a sequel to Pride and Prejudice but is written by Colleen McCullough...very good
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Right now I'm reading Crazy Love, and so far I'm loving it!
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My favorite book is The CHristmas Pearle By Dorethea Benton Frank. I love all her books and have read everyone! She just pulls you in and you just feel like you are right there. She writes about the Lowcountry and beaches!
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Mine's a throwback that I just love to read and reread again and again. Charlotte's Web by EB White.
Reading through the previous list I realized there are a bunch that i've read and loved, too. There are also a bunch that i'm going to be adding to me NEED TO READ list.
Great Q today, Ali!
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French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano .I would recommend everyone.I learned how to eat wright and good food in different seasons.Love it.|
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Ooh, I love this category! My all-time favorite book is Pride and Prejudice - you can't go wrong with Jane Austen. My favorite book to gift and recommend is The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. She weaves a beautiful story - I couldn't put it down!
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Right now I am loving reading my Bible and some inspirational fiction. =)
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every week i have a favorite book till the next one is started; i just finished paula deen's autobiography and i loved it! even though i am a nj girl, i admire you southern ladies! you have a lot og guts, courage, and moxie!
havea great day to everyone!
enjoy your new baby ali!
Rosa.
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I loved reading Eat, Pray Love such a wonderfully amazing book and so uplifting.
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just read the twilight series and am making my way through "tintenherz" by Cornelia Funke
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My favorite book as of late is The Secret Life of Bees. BUT, because I am such an avid reader, I could probably name at least 50 books that I consider my favorite. The Bees is just the one that popped into my head at this moment.
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I think my favorite book of all time is The Little Engine That Could. My mother read this book to me over and over when I was a child. I attribute my "can do" attitude to this book. Current favorites are Water for Elephants and Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit.
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what fun giveaways! my favourite book is a fine balance by rohinton mistry. it is set in india and has a very dickensian feel to it. i love it!
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On my bedside: a the new Flower Factory catalog (this great all perennial place nearby); the new Kay Scarpetta book by Patricia Cornwall (never thought I would like this type of book, but lOVE Kay) and a Prayer for Owen Meany ---re-reading this one. Oh, I also have Life Artist (just bought it off Amazon).
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Well, I loved every Harry Potter and reread them all the time. But I think I love the Mitford series by Jan Karon best of all time. It's just totally charming.
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