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 ENTERED into 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!
I love Christmas music and have so many favorites, but one I especially love is James Taylor's Some Children See Him.
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My favorite holiday song is one we sing in church every year at the evening Christmas Eve service: "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear".
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Silent Night is my favorite, with White Christmas being a very close second.
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Driving home for Christmas is my favorite song.
Great giveawat, I love Jessica and Wilette very much.
Come and visit my brand new blog :)
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I never tire of Carol of the Bells in all its variations, but George Winston's version is probably my favorite.
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I love Mary Did You Know.
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Any song sung by Josh Groban or Johnny Mathis.
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Oh-so many to choose from! Maybe... All I want for Christmas is You (from the movie Love Actually) and the Charlie Brown Christmas song.
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My favorite Christmas song is What Child Is This - my favorite Christmas Album is by Vanessa Williams; Starlight - love to sing along!
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oh holy night by martina mcbride
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Love love love these!!
some of my faves are We three kings, Silent Night, O Holy Night!
so many choices. looking forward to getting Christmas going in our home!
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My current favorite is 'Joy to the World' because my kids are intent on learning every word so we listen to it over and over:)
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wow what great giveaways I'm really getting into holiday sprite at the moment. I love silent night
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What awesome giveaways!!! My favorite songs are Mary Did you Know, Do you Hear what I Hear, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Just thinking about the music is getting me geared up for decorating.
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My favorite song is "O Holy Night". It became so much more to me the past few years as I've become more spiritual. Thanks for doing what you do.
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O come All Ye Faithful, and O Holy Night!
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My favorite holiday tunes are actually from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. LOVE their Christmas music.
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Such great prizes!
Favorite song is so hard... How about my favorite Christmas CD's?
For the family: A Very Veggie Christmas (Veggie Tales). Inspirational and soooo funny. It never gets old.
For me: When My Heart Finds Christmas by Harry Connick Jr.
Thanks for the giveaways!
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Winter Wonderland by Donny and Marie Osmond. I love the whole Osmond Christmas CD.
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I love Christmas songs! My favorite changes all the time, but right now it's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Fabulous giveaways! I'd especially love to win the kit from Cocoa Daisy! Thanks for the chance. Have a great weekend!
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I love Christmas songs, always seem to be humming Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer around Christmas time, its so cheery! My fav is probably Silent Night though. Fab giveaway Ali, thanks so much for the chance!
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My first grandchild's name is Noelle...you guessed it for the favorite song -- "The First Noel"! :-) Thank you for the gift offerings!
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What a great giveaway! I have so many favorite Christmas CDs but one I always go back to is Amy Grant's Christmas album. It's just the best!
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Oh, I have sooo many favorite holiday songs.....mostly all the classics! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanks for a chance at such fabulous prizes! My fave song is hard to pick, but I honestly think it comes down to Silent Night, preferably at the midnight Christmas Eve service with candles lit and raised high!
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