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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A book I can recommend is by Stieg Larsson "Men who hates women"...
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I love autobiographies -- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, and my all time favorite The Diary of Anne Frank.
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I recommend The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart. Another good book is Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult.
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I absolutely LOVED and always recommend Baby Wise and Baby Wise II. I read it just before my daughter was born and again with my husband after our daughter was born so that we would both be following the same system. By following their recommendations, our daughter slept through the night for the first timewhen she was 2 1/2 months (which also happened to be Mother's Day) and consistently after that.
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"These is My Words." I don't really have a favorite (I love too many), but it's good. Also love "Jane Eyre" and the "Harry Potter" series.
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I really enjoyed The Last Lecture. My bookclub read it and we all felt it was so inspiring. Jill S
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Candle in the Darkness series by Lynn Austin. Great characters.
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right now I only have kiddo books - so I will be reading some of these comments to find some good reads
my kids love all the no david books!! all of them and I usually buy 2 at a time so they don't fight over them!
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I've been reading the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card and LOVING it. DH and I are actually reading them together and having some cool discussions. Thanks Ali!
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Beautiful giveaways today! My favorite book that I've read lately is "Flowers for Algernon". I read it first in high school and it was even better when I re-read it. :-)
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Tough call! But I'd probably go for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. There's so much fun in it, a few tears, and the love story is believable - and mmmm, Mr Darcy!!
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I recently enjoyed Casting with a fragile thread : a story of sisters and Africa by Kann, Wendy. I'm currently reading the Twilight series.....not to sure wha the hipe was about....but still only on the second book!
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I really enjoyed The Last Lecture. My bookclub read it and we all felt it was truely inspiring. Jill S
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My favorite favorite favorite book of all time is called The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman. It's about a different sort of artist.
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I recently read The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks, good read.
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Any Jodi Picoult is amazing. I just finished My Sister's Keeper and it is so good!
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My favorite book of all time is called Merro Tree by Katie Waitman... it's about an artist of a different breed.
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My favorite book recently is Flowers for Algernon. It's a very deep, heart-wrenching story that I can totally relate to.
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Time Travelers Wife. so good.
my daughter says - Life of Pi - well written, but too much re-thinking and realizing...
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I love Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock!
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