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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Hard to suggest just one! I recently read "Change of Heart" by Jodi Picoult which was great (as most of hers are)...Souvenir by Therese Fowler and I am leaving on a jet plane in the morning and going to read "Pack up the Moon" by Anna McPartlin.
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"Same Kind of Different As Me" is an awesome true story about a high end art deal and a modern day slave. Truly inspiring. Another great book is "The Shack". This is fiction but really stretches your faith. Both books are so good that I bought extra copies to share with others.
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Loved Water for Elephants too! Recommended it to quite a few people since I read it.
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I am not much of a reader but when I do read I read N. Sparks books or the Bible.
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I still can't top reading anything more interesting than the Twilight series. Oh, I miss Edward and Bella drama!
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I love "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. I have read it over and over and laugh outloud each time!
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omg, I have so many favorite books, all easy reads. I'm not embarassed by that anymore either! all the Sophia Kinsella books (shopaholic series) are just awesome. and of course, your book! lol
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I can't top reading anything better than the Twilight series. Oh, I miss Edward and Bella drama!
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don't know if my comment took, so I'll post again just to be safe! my favorite books are by Sophia Kinsella. her Shopaholic series is so good!
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OMGoodness .... I'm in love with it all!
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Sadly, one of the side effects of this pregnancy has been a total lack of reading retention. So most of my reading has been short stories (I usually read massive 800 page novels!).
So recent favorites have been the L.M. Montgomery short story collections like Akin to Anne, Across the Miles, etc. It's been fun read them, particularly since I haven't read most of them since I was an early teen.
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The Outlander Series
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Children's book: I'll Love You Forever
Adult: Anything by Emily Giffin....Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and a third that I can't think of at the moment. All very good.
Leeann
South Shore, KY
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My favorite book.....it is a children's book.
The Hundred Dresses
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I love the book A Thousand Splendid Suns
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My favorite book is The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss. I read it years ago and still have the original copy to reread someday.
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The outlander series
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Hi! I have so many favorite books! My top 5 would be: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling
and
The Complete Writings of Emily Carr (a Canadian artist who lived on the West Coast and wrote with such rich imagery of the landscape, people, and art of the Canadian west coast.)
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Great giveaways today! My current favorite book is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver.
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Without a doubt...Catcher in the Rye. I could read it over and over again!
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