Favorite things giveaway from the Savvy

Can you believe next month is Christmas? Most of you are barely surviving this crazy, hectic time that all of us photographers dread. You are spending most everyday shooting and then up all night editing just so you can enjoy the holidays knowing that all your orders were delivered and the holiday cards are making their ways to thousands of mail boxes now.
It's also that time of year that we all love...and one of my favorite parts is the gift giving. I love giving a friend or neighbor a little something fun I've put together. As moms, we are always the ones buying and giving so it's nice to open something for us once in a while. If you stress over what to buy a friend, neighbor, teacher or even a great client, you will love the 25 favorite things gift guide below!

25 creative bloggers have gathered together to share THEIR favorite things in a gift giving guide. This list can offer a long lasting gift guide to refer back to when you need that special gift, along with links to where you can get them.   Sometimes, giving a practical household item is just as exciting as the extravagant gift you are stress-fully looking for, but we also have super cutesy and impractical, too!

I am so excited to share my favorite things, along with these other creative bloggers.  Even more fun, is that you have the opportunity to win a gift basket mailed right to your door!

 Here's what to do: 

• Take a quick glance at the gift collage below
• Scroll to the bottom to see mine up close with details and links to buy my favorite items
• Enter to win my gift basket at the giveaway below ($125 value)
• HOP to all of the other sites to enter to win their gifts!
• Look around and enjoy the sites of the 25 creative bloggers--they will not disappoint!

So much fun, right?!? To view closer shopping details and links on where to purchase each basket item, simply HOP on over to the links below, where you can also enter to win the giveaway on their sites.

1. All Things Thrifty

2. Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke

3. Chef in Training

4. Click it Up a Notch

5. Eighteen25

6. I Heart Nap Time

7. kojodesigns

8. Landee See, Landee Do

9. Lil' Luna

10. Lolly Jane

11. Love the Day

12. My Sister's Suitcase

13. Or So She Says

14. sew.craft.create.

15. Six Sisters' Stuff

16. Tatertots and Jello

17.The Dating Divas

18.The Diary of DavesWife

19. The Girl Who Ate Everything

20. The Idea Room

21. The Pleated Poppy

22. The Savvy Photographer

23. TidyMom

24. Vintage Revivals

25.Your Homebased Mom

Prizes include the basket full of goodies and the fabulous Barnwood flooring rug (25in x 60in)!! 

All of the items in my basket came from my favorite store...Home Goods! Love that place! I think making gift baskets is my favorite thing...fill it with things you love...and to make it look great, stick with a color scheme. I've included these fabulous pink and green cutting boards (aren't they great!), black and white striped paper straws (so cute), coffee that looks as yummy as it sounds, a fun chevron tumbler, assorted teas and to top it off, a box of yummy chocolates wrapped in the cute green paper. I've thrown that into a fun basket...and there's a great gift for anyone! And you can win this!! Enter below...and you'll also get the fabulous barnwood flooring it's pictured on! This is the northern barnwood runner...my favorite!!


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{happy 100th post...yay!}

Little Savvy celebration...we've hit the 100th post...whoo hoo!

Thank you for being a part of the Savvy Photographer! I just love sharing with each of you and feel so very honored that you are all coming back to visit each day. {and the sweet comments and emails are very much appreciated! I love reading them!}

Did you check out The Creative Mama? Don't you love it!

Angie will share many more treats this week...today she is sharing her some of her favorite things...

"I have spent (will not admit to how much, lets just say TOO much) money on products that I've either been disappointed with or found didn't work with my style as I'd hoped. Trial & error I suppose. I'm constantly finding new and fun vendors and products, but am much more selective with where I'll hit "buy".

Some of the best purchases I've made...

Lilyblue Actions & Presets. (http://leahzawadzki.lilyblue.com/)

Can not rave enough about these presets. I use them 90% of the time and have tweaked them down to a T, creating a custom look all my own.

Design Aglow Inspire Guides. (http://www.designaglow.com)

It took a long while for me to invest in these but I'm thrilled that I did. Many, many late nights were spent customizing these to fit my branding but I'm just in love with the outcome! I send a link to clients so that they may view them at any time, and plan to have a book done up in the near future.

Paper Presentation. (http://paperpresentation.com)

During the occasional time I sell prints I use these folders, the customer service is awesome and shipping is super quick!

DVD Tins SKS. (http://www.sks-bottle.com)

Since I sell mostly digital images these days I want to present my clients with the best, even though they are simply being handed a DVD. These tins are perfect and beautiful, finished off with my signature blue ribbon.

Wordsmith by Joyce Smith. (http://joycesmithphotography.typepad.com/wordsmith/)

I have 2 of the 3 Guides and can not rave about them enough. The time it would have taken for me to come up with all of the information Joyce is so generous to give - I can only imagine... Wonderful purchase.

The Workshop Marta Locklear. (http://www.martalocklear.com/site2/index2.php)

Marta's workshop is well worth the investment, not only did I meet a great group of women, but I was stretched as an artist. My outlook on the business and my work were challenged and enriched. Absolutely something to check out.

Tickled Pink Paper + Ink Custom Stickers. (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7020750)

Teresa is such a sweet and talented artist, my stickers came super quick and I just adore them - sticking them wherever I can!

Florabella Textures.(http://florabellacollection.com/)

Shana Rae is an amazing artist who recently debuted her texture collection which I immediately purchased. I really love the vintage spin her textures put on my images. "

Angie...thank you so much for sharing such an awesome amount of amazing vendors!! So many new names to check out {and I will be checking them out today!}. We all know {and LOVE} Design Aglow...an absolute favorite of mine! I just love checking the blog for the next new product and to see how someone has taken their product and made it their own!

I've also fallen in love with the Flora Bella textures!

Have fun checking out the fun new places today!