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 great book I always recommend is Red Tent. Such a wonderful story and good read. Love it.
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I am a teacher and today I got to share The Lorax by Dr. Seuss with my classes. We are currently studying the ecosystem and how our actions effect our environment. We had a great class discussion today!It's always nice to know a lesson didn't fall on deaf ears.
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I have a really soft spot for Alice in Wonderland. It's just so delightful.
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Funnily enough, I just wrote a whole blog about my new favourite book - Zen to Done :)
http://www.goddessguidebook.com/review-goddess-zen-to-done/
It's zen productivity for normal peoples ~ I adore it so much :)
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I am reading a really good book right now...life changing, really.
It's Not Okay With Me by Janine Maxwell
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Very Cool Stuff Ali, I really love the camera strap : ) Your new blog banner ROCKS!
Tara
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I love reading "A Year in Provence". My husband and I honeymooned in France over 10 years ago. Reading this book brings me back to the wonderful, and sometimes maddening, experiences we laugh about now.
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my favorite book of all time is Angela's Ashes. It is a wonderful balance of sadness and happiness and hope.
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Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian. I love his books!
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Any regency by Georgette Heyer... the perfect comfort read.
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I just re-read Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. I love everything she has ever written.
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idon't have much reading time with 4 kids; we are leaving on vacation tomorrow and i am taking "twilight". The Little House books and Anne of Green Gables are my favorite series as well as the original Nancy Drew.
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I absolutely love Kindred by Octavia Butler. I've read it numerous times and plan to read it more.
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Pride and Prejudice
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"Nobody Nowhere" by Donna Williams an autobiography about her life as a young adult and discovering she is autistic. It is amazing! She also wrote a sequel. She is an amazing person! Touching and difficult, funny and touching.
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You are truely amazing. Keeping up your blog with a new baby and SSimon. I wish I had your energy and organization. Beautiful items this week!
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Nobody Nowhere by Donna Williams an autobiography about her life as a young adult and discovering she is autistic. It is amazing! She also wrote a sequel, Somebody Somewhere but I see it is now out of print. She is an amazing person! Touching and difficult, funny and touching.
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Love books and my last good read was Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund and is historic fiction about the life of Marie Antoinette.
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My favourite book of all time is Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", also "Persuasion" and "Sense and Sensibility". I also love "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee- I've read it so many times.
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Nobody Nowhere by Donna Williams an autobiography about her life as a young adult and discovering she is autistic. It is amazing! She also wrote a sequel, Somebody Somewhere but I see it is now out of print. She is an amazing person! Touching and difficult, funny and touching.
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