This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Its going to be school time again soon and with this time for projects, PTA flyers and every other peice of paper meant to grab attention and keep it.  AstroBrights papers is the best pick for any project, the paper colors are bright, the quality is good and it is available just about everywhere.  Astrobright paper helps your ideas stand out from the crowd with their bright eye catching color palette.

Right now Astrobrights is running a great contest on their Facebook page, AstroBrights papers called, "Give a Brighter Year".  The grand prize is $30,000 in supplies for the school of your choice.  all you have to do is enter.

Also Astrobrights has ongoing design challenges called, "Make Something Astrobright".  Where your creations are shared with the planet and you could win Astrobright paper as well as other prizes.  So the next project you make with the little ones tweet,#goastrobrights, or pin your work of art with Astrobrights paper for your chance in the spotlight.

There are some great ideas up on Astrobrights Facebook page right now, so get on those thinking caps and start creating.  A fun project to use bright colorful Astrbright paper with is to create Hawaiin Leis and have a Hawaiian themed BBQ with the family.  All you need is Astrobright paper, string, scissors(safety scissors of course), and willing hands to help.

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My beautiful baby boy was born. I had NO IDEA how much I could love a person. I’m not a mushy-gushy girl- unless it comes to him. It is amazing how much I didn’t know, how much I don’t know. He is my best teacher, what makes [Read more…]

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Please read on and enter to win- this post is by the author of both books- who better to tell you all about them?

Hello, Blogosphere!

Jessica Bradshaw here, author of the Unbound series, to introduce my labor of love, courtesy of your blogging friend, Sam. (Thanks again, Sam!)

A quick “about me”: I am what’s known as a SAHM – a “Stay at home Mom” – who received my BA in secondary education, but eventually swapped teaching students for teaching my children. Writing has become my escape from the banal drudgery of SAHM life…the laundry, dishes, yard work, cooking, cleaning, what-have-you. Like most SAHMs, I have a strong affinity for reading; it gives me the opportunity to enter worlds far more interesting than the laundry room, and far more romantic than high efficiency detergent. My current focus is writing paranormal crossover romance (read: YA romance with enough history, intellect, and vocabulary to draw adults!), and I’m thoroughly enjoying the chance to bend fantasy, history, “un” religion and romance in my trilogy…

Which, of course, is what I’m here to tell you about. The Unbound series is a two-books-so-far trilogy about a girl and her guardian angel…but I digress. Back cover blurbs tend to be far more entertaining than an author blabbering on about their own work, so if you’ll permit me…here’s Hazy Shade of Winter:

Jude, a misfit teen, has been burdened by her own mysterious ability to hear ghosts since early childhood. Ridiculed by her peers, she seeks refuge in a study-abroad program in England, unaware she is being hunted by demons and protected by a guardian angel, a Sentinel named Sam. (That’s right, I said Sam. Your Sam’s name endeared me right off the bat!) Meanwhile Sam faces his own struggles: he would rather continue his 800-year search [Read more…]