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 hmm I'm going to say the Harry Potter books. I love my idea books especially your Life Artist book!
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Two of my favorite books are "A Prayer For Owen Meany" and "Jitterbug Perfume"
Kara
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One of my very favorite books is Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. A wonderful story and very well written. I would highly recommend it.
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Wonderful prizes Ali - love the new SA kit! I'll definitely be picking that up this month :)
Well besides the Twilight books of course, my favorite books right now is the Argeneau vampire series by Lynsay Sands, although I'm a fan of all her books that I've read so far!
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I just finished "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford. Loved it!
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" A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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I LOVE The Giver by Lois Lowry. I know it's a "kid" book, but it teaches such a great lesson about thinking for yourself, and not always accepting the way your society does things because it's the way they've always been done.
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"The Shack" was awesome. Not a book you want to read if you have a little one though wait til she's older- much older.
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I really enjoyed Glenn Beck's book. He's a "real" person to me and I appreciate his views.
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Favorite book just read with my boys, "Scaredy Squirrel at night" by Melanie Watt. Wonderful books that helped with my youngest son overcome some of his fears of nightmares and sleeping in the dark.
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I like God as He longs for us to know Him by Chip Ingram...really changed my perspectives and helped me realize how God is for us, not against us!
Michelle
Humble, TX
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My favorite book right now is the Home to Harmony Series by Phillip Gulley. I'm reading through them and enjoying them quite a bit.
Thanks for entering me.
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My favorite book of all time is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Tales of a Female Nomad - great armchair traveling!
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My husband teases me for reading these books, but I love the mystery series "The Cat Who..." by Lillian Jackson Braun. He jokes that I'm reading stories about a cat detective (they're really not). Anyway, they're fun, lighthearted easy reading. Thanks for the shot at the giveaway.
Sarah
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Still Alice, by Lisa Genova. Can't get it out of my mind!
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my favourite book currently is nigella lawson cook book titled: nigella feast. its awesome and since i am on a diet now, reading and looking at great pictures of food and brillant writing will kinda still keep me happy. *ROARs with laughter*
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I adored The Time Traveler's Wife and for brain candy I still like Dean Koontz and Jodi Picoult. Her newest one was excellent.
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One of my fav books right now is "The Secret Life of Bees" - and yes, the movie is great!
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Books that I've read lately that I have loved...
1. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
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