Sponsor Giveaways | JessicaSprague.com, Cocoa Daisy, Willette Designs
Three people will receive a "Storyteller's Toolkit" from JessicaSprague.com. The "Storyteller's Toolkit" includes free tuition to a beginning photo editing class ("Good-to-Great Workflow") and a free copy of Jessica's new personal/family history book, Stories in Hand.
JessicaSprague.com offers online classes and products designed to help crafters use their computers to tell their stories. From photo editing, to digital and hybrid scrapbooking, from beginner through professional level, Jessica is your guide in both technique and inspiration for personal and family history.
As a special bonus, Jessica is offering a FREE online class called Inspiration Everywhere, starting on November 29. This class is open to all creative souls, and will help us capture and organize the inspiration we find as we're going about our regular life. No digital/Photoshop skill is required for this class - just a desire to join a few thousand fellow crafters on a journey of inspiration!
Visit Jessica's family of sites:
JessicaSprague.com
Storiesinhand.com | home of the Stories in Hand book
DigiLovely.com | daily digital inspiration
MousePaperLovely.com | daily hybrid inspiration
One person will receive Countdown To Christmas kit from Cocoa Daisy.
Cocoa Daisy is a monthly scrapbooking kit club that will fit all your creative needs. We offer monthly subscriptions as well as one time purchases. Aside from our main kit this month we are offering a special "Countdown to Christmas" project kit. This kit features an 8x8 album from 7 gypsies, a beautiful mix of papers and embellishments from Basic Grey, Making Memories, Fancy Pants, Jenni Bowlin and Hambly just to name a few.
Two people will receive a spot in the brand new finding the HOLIDAY joy class at Willette Designs.
woo hoo! be the first to sign up for finding the HOLIDAY joy and learn how to get ROCKIN’ photos this holiday season.
this is a two week mini e-journey (an online photography class) that continues with the original “finding the joy” class concepts (it is not necessary for you to have taken the other classes). lessons for this class will be posted on line in a forum setting and will consist of tutorials (written and video), downloads, shot lists, how-to set up shots to best capture your holiday festivities, a calendar to help you make sure you best capture your holidays on “film.”
class begins november 26th and continues until december 10th - with a timeline and calendar to help you continue through christmas. class concludes with a 10×10 coffee table album template for you to compile all of your gorgeous photos. the class fee is $50.
this is a self-paced class with no deadlines, and the class forum will be available until March 2011 for you to refer back to.
recommended materials:
camera (p+s or dslr),
tripod (not required)
photoshop elements or photoshop (you can download a free trial version on line) (but this is NOT required)
if you have a dslr, then i recommend a prime lens such as: 30mm 2.0 or 35mm 2.0 or 50mm 1.4 or 50mm 1.8 (but this is NOT required)
you will leave this holiday season with TONS of awesome photos of your family’s celebration!
a welcome packet will be emailed out to you the week before Thanksgiving to help you get ready, and the first lesson will arrive in your email inbox the morning after Thanksgiving
sign up here: this is one online photo course you do NOT want to miss!
TO BE ENTEREDinto this giveaway please leave a comment below sharing your favorite holiday song (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific on Sunday and the winners posted shortly after. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items this week. Have a great weekend!


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My favorite holiday song is "The 12 Yats of Christmas" by Bennie Grunch and the Bunch. If you are not from the New Orleans area you will have no idea what this song is, but it is very funny and very New Orleans!
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One of my favorites is Little Drummer boy done by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
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Nat King Coles' version of "The Christmas Song". I never get tired of hearing this song. It's such a favourite that I had the DJ at my December wedding play it for one of our dances.
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last year I had two favorite albums: Third Day, Christmas Offerings, and Relient K, Let it snow baby...let it reindeer. A classics from growing up are the White Christmas soundtrack and Burl Ives.
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Feliz Navidad, feliz navidad, feliz navidad, prospero año y felicidad!, I wanna wish you a merry chrsitmas, I wanna wish you a merry chirsitmas, I wanna wish you a merry chrsitmas from the bottom of my heart!!!! .... I am from Mexico and this is the song my kids always sing at the end of the school´s chrsitmas festival! but this year there won´t be festival... :(
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O Holy Night is my alltime favorite...however, Feliz Navidad really gets me movin! Thanks for the chance to win!
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The Countdown To Christmas kit from Cocoa Daisy looks so cute! I love Christmas. I have such fond memories of my mom and I decorating our tree watching "It's a Wonderful Life" (back in the day when it played over and over again when we had only 5-6 TV channels). I really miss her!
One of my favorite Christmas songs is Nate King Cole's "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"
Thanks Ali and all your sponsors for being so generous!
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You always have the best giveaways!
I'm not sure that I have a favorite Christmas song. I think I might love just about all of them. However, my favorite Christmas album would be by The Roches. As a child we would listen to that all the time in December, and I still find myself reaching for it year after year.
http://www.amazon.com/We-Three-Kings-Roches/dp/B000009V0M
My other top favorite Christmas albums are by Mannheim Steamroller :)
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sarah McLaughlin's entire CD...funky, relaxed, and powerful all at the same time!
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I like "Baby it's cold outside"..both the original song and the more recent remake by Lady Antebellum.
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"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" I sang this song in elementary school and it reminds me of my favorite teacher!
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I love many of the traditional Christmas songs, but God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman by the Bearnaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan is a fun favorite!
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My favorite holiday song is "Silver Bells." Thanks for the giveaway Ali!!
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o holy night.
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Oh Holy Night!!
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Walking in a Winter Wonderland. Love the give aways!
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Awesome giveaways! My favorite Christmas song is definitely Silent Night. :) Thanks for the chance to win!
- April W
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I am going to be unconventional and say my fave Christmas song is I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas. While it annoys me, the kids LOVE it and laugh and giggle and dance because it's a fun song for them!
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One of my favorite songs is The Twelve Days of Christmas by Straight No Chaser. It's a mish mash of a bunch of traditional Christmas songs with a humorous twist. Their Christmas Can-Can is pretty cool too. Give it a listen http://www.sncmusic.com/
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stoked about the kit. thanks for the chance :D
my favourite song would be silent night
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