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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Hi Ali,
I recommened the following two books. I know you will want to read them:
1) Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay – story about a jewish girl during the war.
2) The road of lost innocence by Somaly Mam – story about child prostitution in Cambodia.
Thank you - Willemijn
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My favorite book is Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper. If you haven't read it before, you should give it a try!
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I recommend "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer. Love!
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I recommend "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer. Love!
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Well, my favorite book of all times is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. She only wrote one book and made it the best book evah.
Thanks,
Susan.
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So many good books, so little time! I liked it that someone recommended a children's book. Have you and Simon discovered Cynthia Rylant's books? We love them! We really like her series books: Henry and Mudge, Mr. Putter and Tabby and Poppleton.
I love your blog! And I finally read Life Artist. Wow! Thanks so much!
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A fun book for inspiration is Kermit the Frog's bio called Before You Leap!
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Right now I am reading Pillars of the Earth, I am not sure it is going to be my favorite book but it is so different from anything I have read before and I really can't put it down! Warning: It is long really really long! Thanks Ail! Lisa
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The Bible, doesn't get much better then that!
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a favorite book is the giving tree by shel silverstein. relevant to both the young & the old. thanks, ali!
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My all-time favorite book is Miss Twiggley's Tree. It is a book that I loved as a kid and now I love reading it to my kids!
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I am loving the Eragon series. Can't wait for his last book to come out. He published his first book Eragon with his family when he was 16. He was homeschooled in a rural valley in Montana. It actually is one of the most beautiful places and I can see some of the Montana mountains in his book. I've read the three he has out and I love it that his characters grow and develope throughout the three books. My son loves these books too. Read them multiple times, along the lines of Tolken. But I like those kinds of fantasy books. I also love Pride and Prejudice. When feeling a little blue I'll grab a little chocolate, and cup of coffee and Pride and Prejudice and hide away.
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i am currently reading "the gravediggers daughter" by Joyce Carol Oates and although i am just half way through i must say that they language is the most beautiful i have ever read. the story is tragic in so many ways, but the author plays with words and sentences in such a way that it all becomes beautiful...
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Oh, books...I LOVE reading. One of my most favorite books is The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - a great book about two authors whose lives are woven together even though they are from different eras. I am reading the Twilight series right now and highly recommend that, too!
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Just finished reading The Thirteenth Tale and I loved it. Hadn't read that good of a book in awhile. Going to start The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society this weekend.
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I'll put a different spin on things & say my favorite children's book.... "I Love You Forever." Chokes me up every time! :-)
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I really need that organize your paper workshop! My favorite book is Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.
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Without a doubt my favorite book of all times is Jane Eyre. I read it again every couple of years.
For many years throughout my teens however, my favorite book was A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
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I just finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak and oh it was beautiful. I also am loving several children's picture books right now.. "Fanny's Dream," "The Spider and the Fly" illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi (amazing illustrations) And "Cookies: Bite Size Life Lessons" by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I've given that one to friends with a plate of fresh baked cookies...
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Wow, love that Studio Calico kit!
I'm currently re-reading the Twilight series - love them. Finished the first of the series this morning, will start the second this evening.
My other favorite books are Tolkien's The Hobbit, anything by Piers Anthony, Clive Cussler, and most medical/legal thrillers.
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