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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My favorite book is the DUNE series! I love sci fi, what can I say ?
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I love reading, I'm wish i can read faster but I need to go very slow to understand what I'm reading. I do it because I like it and because It helps me inprove my vocabulary, someone recomended me to read the book that students are requiered to read, so the one in on my table right now is "To Kill a Mockingbird"
I should ask you to recommend a book to me :)
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My favorite book of all time would probably be "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". I first read it in middle school and have read it 4-5 times since.
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I don't get a lot of time to read now but I used to quite a bit. I have read Gone With the Wind and Scarlett over and over again (over 800 pages each). I love those books! I am currently "trying" to ready Chicken Soup for the Soul-Mothers and Sons to get some strenth/inspiration as my two youngest are 9 and 11 yr old boys....they take a lot of work!
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Hi Ali,
I just read Revolutionary Road and while it was heavy it was so captivating. As a SAHM of two, I rarely get thru more than a magazine article, but I FOUND time for this book and finished up too quickly! What's cool is it got me in the reading mode and some nights now instead of collapsing in front of the TV I hop in bed and read cozily.
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great give-aways this week! my favorite book series will always be Harry Potter.
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My favorite book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carlye (sp) Not because of it content but what it means to me as this was a book that my first born would bring to me, snuggle up and have me read it to him over and over again. Very happy memories.
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I love the book Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
by Katherine Hannigan. It is a kid's book and is written so wondefully. I also must mention Ophie Out of Oz by Kathleen O'Dell. This one is another kid's book, and a good one. I just love good writing and both are well done.
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I don't really have a lot of time to read, so don't really have a favorite. BUT, I'm currently reading THE SHACK and enjoying it!
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Favorite book? I don't think I have met a book I didn't like! I just finished The Other Boelyn Girl and have decided I MUST read rest of the queen series.
I am a series reader....love almost every genre and have an easy time finding good things to read.
Another book that impacted my life was the Eckhart Tolle book, A New Earth...really has made me take a step back and better myself, inside and out.
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My all time fave is Pride and Prejudice...anything by Jodi Piccoult....and a good romance novel :)
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One of my all-time favorite books is The Select by F. Paul Wilson.
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My favorite book is The Time Traveler's Wife, but one that I really enjoyed (you might enjoy, if you haven't read it yet) is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (main character is a young teenage boy with Autism).
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The Twilight Series is definitely a favorite right now! It is the ultimate love story...exciting and innocent at the same time. I'm on the third one and cannot wait to see what happens next.
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I know it's like just about everyone else right now, but my favorite books at the moment are definitly the Twilight series. My little sister read it, then my mom read it, and then just about everyone I know read it, so I had to, and I loved it. Thanks for the chance to win these awesome giveaways!
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In the moment i read " Blood runs cold" it´s so thrilling that i read until 1:30 this morning. Now i´m really tired but if a book is thrilling i can´t put it away.
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Great giveaways! I just re-read The count of Monte Christo, it was one of my favorites in high school and still love it.
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My Sister's Keeper by Judi Piccoult. It is my #1 book that I recommend to all my friends. My friend, Ashlee, was almost done with it and I was so tempted to go over to her house just to see how she would react to the ending. I didn't however. But, she called me right after bawling. Dang, I should have been there to see her facial reactions. Oh, well.
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My all-time favorite book is The Select by F. Paul Wilson
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My favorite book is The Time Traveler's Wife, but I also enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighting (about a boy with Autism).
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