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FEATURED SPONSOR | Curly Willow Collections + A Giveaway

Welcome to my new featured sponsor, Curly Willow Collections! This shop offers handmade art work, digital patterns, adorable knitwear and more! 

Curly Willow Collections is a Mother/Daughter team. The Mama is a graphic designer with over 20+ years experience. She has always designed for others, but now is semi-retired and excited to design for herself. Her designs will include many different types of items while she finds her "design voice." The Daughter is an actress/singer and all-round creative gal. She travels the country and draws creativity from her travels. She is a knitter, a crafter and brings a lot of youthful ideas to the shop. If you love what you see in our shop and want us to create something EXTRA SPECIAL just for you, we would love to work with you.

Curly Willow is also giving away a $25 gift certificate to the shop to one lucky Design Editor reader.

Leave a comment on this post. For an additional entry, follow Curly Willow on Facebook or Twitter through their Etsy shop.

The giveaway will be open until midnight EST on Sunday, December 4. Winner announced on Monday. Good luck!

*This giveaway is now closed.*

FREE DOWNLOAD | Santa's Stationery

How would your kids like a letter from Santa Claus this year? I've designed a simple template for Santa letterhead that can help you make the magic happen. Some ways you could put it to use:

• Your Elf On The Shelf could bring a letter back from his nightly trip to the North Pole.
• Use as a little extra convincing for curious little ones asking a few too many questions.
• Include a special note from the big man in your advent calendar.
• Use as a thank-you note for the milk and cookies on Christmas Eve.
• Tuck inside your favorite holiday book encouraging kids to go to bed.
• Attach to one of those "too big to wrap" gifts as a gift tag.
• Use as a gift certificate for grown-up gifts, like a special date for your husband or an outing with a friend. 

DOWNLOAD| Grab the PDF file here or the JPEG here.

Print on any color paper. (I used a nice textured cardstock). Do your best at some jolly handwriting and you're done! I wouldn't stress about mailing it; Santa's elves would probably hand deliver letters in a box or rolled up and wrapped with fancy ribbon, right? Enjoy!

Check out my SHOP for more printables and digital design elements!

QUOTE-A-RAMA! | Shelley from House of Smiths

This week's quote is from Shelley Smith of the blog The House of Smiths. This fellow mama of twins (high five, sister!) shares her family life and good stuff like DIY decorating and photography tips with such a fun loving spirit. Her enthusiasm for creativity spills over into her shop House of Smiths Designs where you'll find fun and original vinyl designs to punch up just about everything in your house.

She even designed her quote pick, which I love! Thanks, Shelley! 

Quote-a-rama! is an occasional guest post series where my favorite bloggers share their favorite visual quotes. I have some exciting people lined up with quotes you'll to love, so stay tuned! You can also keep up with the series on my Quote-a-rama! Pinterest board.