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 song is: Away in the Manager
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Oh Holy Night and O Come Emmanuel
Thanks once again Ali!!!
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Oh WOW... would love to win any of these AMAZING giveaways especially the JESSICA SPRAGUE pack!
A special song for me has always been 'AWAY IN A MANGER'. I had to sing in front of our small church congregation when I was just 3 years old. It is just such a sweet song....and now I love singing it to my dear granson when he goes off to sleep...whether it is Christmas or not.
Thanks Ali!
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I love "Baby It's Cold Outside." There's something about the back and forth singing and the image I get of the snowstorm outside that just makes me feel like I'm stuck in a snowstorm, too!
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O come all ye faithful!
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I love so many Christmas songs, but love the one that says, "Do you hear what I hear." I sometime even listen to Christmas music in July.
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I love O Holy Night. I can't believe I didn't know it until just a few years ago!
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I'm not sure I can name a favorite holiday song. I love all the carols, especially "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" and "O come, O Come, Emmanuel." ONe of my favorite more secular carols is Amy Grant's beautiful "Breath of Heaven," and I may just sing it again at our Christmas Eve service as a gift to my mother-in-law.
And I love anything played by Mannheim Steamroller!
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My favourite holiday song is 'Let it Snow', very closely followed by 'Walking in a Winter Wonderland'. Strange thing is that living in England we don't usually get snow at Christmas!
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Favorite Christmas song? Christmas Waltz, by Frank Sinatra--it is classic, timeless, and it makes me feel nostalgic EVERY time I hear it!
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Favorite? Just one?? I think I have to go with White Christmas...though I've never actually had one myself! :)
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I love anything by Trans Siberian Orchestra! They really bring the Christmas spirit home to me!
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I love Bing Crosby's White Christmas. There is just something about listening to good ole Bing that brings back so many childhood memories of Christmas and Family. Thanks for the chance to win!
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love Ave Maria.....sooo beautiful
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Wonderful giveaways, Ali! It's hard to pick just one - I love all Christmas music...Baby it's cold outside, White Christmas..lots more!
Thanks, ALi!
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Holy Give-a-ways Batman! These are fabulous. My faves would be I Wanna Hippopotomus for Christmas! and O Holy Night for tradition. Crossing my fingers and writing to Santa! ;)
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baby it's cold outside! I belt it out every year!
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My favorite is O Holy Night. My cousin used to sing this as his solo at church and I tear up now everytime I hear it.
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The Point of Grace arrangement of Emmanuel God with Us/Oh Come, Oh come Emmanuel. What a beautiful reminder of the blessings we have and that we are to share the joy of the season with those around us who might be struggling at this time of year.
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My sister introduced me to a group called Fish. One of the favorites is "It's Called CHRISTmas (with a captial C)." We used it for our Christmas for kids reminding them that it's because of Christ and not Santa.
One of my church favorites is "On Christmas Night".
Thank you again for all your inspiration--I'm looking forward to doing the December Daily for the first time this year!
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