Sponsor Giveaways : Tracey Clark for Big Picture Scrapbooking, Emera Bags, Shimelle.com
Three people will win a spot in Tracey Clark's upcoming class at Big Picture Scrapbooking called Picture Spring.
Picture Spring is a 30-day guided e-class at Big Picture Scrapbooking that will encourage and inspire you to use photography to celebrate the season of new beginnings while honoring and nourishing your creative spirit. With a new email and fresh perspective in your inbox each morning, you'll use the daily photo prompt to help open your mind and guide your lens to see and capture your life and the world around you. Whether you are an expert photographer, or just starting out, this project will help you see things in a completely new light. Taught by Shutter Sisters founder Tracey Clark, Picture Spring will offer a warm, welcoming Shutter Sisteresque invitation to discover the season; camera in hand.

One person will receive one of the very stylish camera bags from *emera bags.
Merging city sophisticate with tenacious photographer. Yes, you can look fabulously chic while remaining equipped to capture that perfect shot.
The *emera tote is designed for a DSLR a few lenses for when you're running around town or vacationing and you don't want to look like a tourist.
PU body and straps with genuine leather trim
Zipper top Closure
Interior Zip Pocket for accessories
Outside Side Pockets to provide quick access to phone, keys etc.
Large compartment for notebook or magazine
Modular Velcro Dividers
Little metal feet
Water resistant
Canvas Interior
Measures: 15” x 12” x 7” with a 10.5” drop length (strap)
NOTE FROM ALI :This is the bag I am currently using and I really like it. I'm a fan of the quilting, that my laptop can fit inside, and that it has an overall sophisticated look. Very nice.
One person & a friend will receive a spot in Shimelle's current workshop: Something From Almost Nothing.
If you're a scrapbooker who has more supplies on her shelf than on her album pages, you're not alone. Plenty of us love collecting just as much as the scrapping! This spring, make a difference by putting your stash to work. In Shimelle Laine's online class Something From Almost Nothing, you'll make an album and more by using your existing supplies in creative ways. This three week class will make the most of the creative energy we have in the spring and by the end you'll have zero guilt as you put all those supplies into beautiful projects. Learn all about this online class and sign up here.
Shimelle's online classes always have an international audience, and there are no fewer than twenty countries represented in those participating in this new workshop! All of Shimelle's classes include permanent membership and access so you can sign up at any time and you never have to meet any deadlines. It's always about making things work for you: your supplies, your style, your time! In this class you'll also see projects from a range of talented guest artists who have put their own unique spin on each idea. Find out more about this class and others, including Blogging for Scrapbookers, at www.shimelle.com.
TO BE ENTERED into
this weekend's giveaway please leave a comment below sharing a description of your current favorite photo (if you are reading this
on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments
will be closed at 8pm Pacific on Sunday and the winner's posted shortly
after.
Have a wonderful weekend!



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My favorite photo is one of my 2 year old, Hope. She has a black eye and a cut across here nose in it. She had just been playing with the phone pretending to take messages and I took the phone to snap a close up. The look she gave me could have cleaned the rust off a nail! But I love it! It's just so Hope.
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My current fave photo shows my 18 year-old son beside me acting goofy. About to go off to college, he stills hugs his mom for the world to see. Love it.
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My favourite photo right now is of my wedding day ... my husband and I kissing, leaning against his favourite old musclecar, near the ocean's edge where we live. Reminds me of all we've shared in our past and all that's yet to come.
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My favorite current photo...is a collection of photo booth photos of our family...one taken each July for the past 10 years at the county fair. I love them and how they show our family growing!
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In spite of the fact that I almost never leave home without my camera, my current favorite photo is one that was recently e-mailed to me by my son, a Soldier deployed to Afghanistan.
My son is standing atop an outpost, a round flat-topped turret of an old castle perched high on a mountain. The photo was taken in the early morning by another soldier standing on an opposing turret so the only part of the castle visible in the photo is the very top of the turret where my son is standing and the top of the wooden ladder he climbed to get up there. There are majestic mountains veiled in the morning mist (Pakistan, actually) in the distance and far, far below in front of the mountains is the outline of a village and a body of water.
My son, outfitted for combat, is standing with his feet spread shoulder width apart, his arms folded across his chest, no helmet or sunglasses, and with a confident, closed-lip smile on his face looking directly into the camera.
From a flapole supported by the stacks of sandbags rimming the perimeter of the turret, a large American flag flutters above my son's head. It is the only bright color in the photo and it's breathtaking!
Until this 12-month deployment ends in May, this will remain my favorite photo.
Love, love, love the camera bag! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
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My current favorite photo is one taken when my boys were about 3 and 5. My mom took it, so I am actually in the photo with them. It is sweet!
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My favorite photo is one of my oldest son with his Dad at Doughnuts with Dads. It is a great memory of his first grade year.
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i'm so excited about spring this year ~ it really feels special and I've not documented it before
thanks for the chance to win
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My favorite picture is one I took of my daughter when she was three years old. Although I am not a professional photographer the shot was frame well and captured a part of her personality.
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I took photos of the little girl my sister babysits. She had never been fishing and we took her out to ice fish. (It is so NOT spring where I live ... though I'm holding my breath!) I love this one picture of her holding the bait. It is so innocent (can holding a bait be innocent?) You can just see this huge giggle about to come ... yet I caught the picture just before the fish flopped around in her hand -- just when she was still facinated by the soft scales and detailed colorings.
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Funny you should ask.. I think our "favorites" are ever changing but one that I really like and is my screen saver on my computer is a picture I took of my morning glories in bloom last summer. It is just so fresh and makes me want Spring open everything up Right Now. I have been wondering what to do with all my garden pictures and Tracey may just have the answer! Thanks for the great give away Ali!
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My fave? A picture of my son playing with his Thomas trains. You can see the innocence and joy written on his face. Priceless!
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My current favorite photo is of my 5 year old son playing with an airplane. You can see his mouth scrunched up making airplane noises. Gotta love the noises little boys make. :-)
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My current favorite photo is one of my 2 boys hugging each other. Love it!
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My favorite photo is one of my mother when she was 18 years old. She is wearing a jaunty tam and a coat with a fur collar. I love the sepia tone of it--and it is naturally aged which makes it ever more perfect.
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My current favorite photos is actually 3 photos. I took pictures of my kids at Shedd's Aquarium in Chicago recently. They were leaning against the glass and you can completely see their reflection in the glass. Very cool pictures!
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I've been converting some favorite photos to black and white and printing them lately, so I've been looking at a lot of favorite family photos lately. I think my favorites show a relationship between my children or my husband and I. Too hard for me to narrow it down to a *very* favorite one right now! Thanks for another great give-away!
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On March 25th my husband and I will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, so lately my favorite photos are from our wedding. There's one from before the ceremony (we saw each other) that's just the two of us, not posed; my husband is smiling and I'm laughing at something, and it just captures the HAPPINESS of the day.
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My favorite photo is of my 8 year old son and my 2 year old nephew looking down at each other and laughing at Disney World. One of my favorite memories of our trip!
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My current favorite is a close up of my son Jack who had just gotten his braces off. His smile is so beautiful!
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