happy monday, friends! i just can’t believe that this is the last week before Christmas, can you? i still have gifts to wrap (and make!), but we are home in north carolina with our family and it feels so wonderful. this week will be full of beautiful projects and downloads to inspire you, and today’s is no exception!

amy from thank you cards shop has kindly made several free printables for your Christmas season! thank you cards, gift tags, bookmarks and even recipe cards! they will make your gifts prettier and your wrapping easier. they would also make fabulous stocking stuffers!

head on over to the thank you cards shop blog for all the downloads!

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after my last font affair, bethany commented on a new (to me) website for free fonts! thus today’s all come from fonts101.com. do you have any favorite fonts lately? please do share in the comments section!

1. playdate | 2. simply glamorous | 3. before the rain | 4. roskrift clean | 5. freehand 591 | 6. leytonstone regular | 7. silver script | 8. atlast Greeting | 9. shelly script | 10. baronesse | 11. baker script | 12. daniel script | 13. baby font | 14. hurried font | 15. alako | 16. mr. wade | 17. aka frivolity | 18. milk & cereal | 19. callie hand | 20. celine dion handwriting

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my latest font affair! do you have any favorite fonts lately? please do share in the comments section!

1) 5th grade cursive | 2) four feather falls

3) beautiful every time | 4) birmingham titling

5) candy strip | 6) channel

7) complete in him | 8) follow you into the world

9) horseshoes and lemonade | 10) janda romantic

11) luck of the irish | 12) mesh stitch

13) heart doodle | 14) section intersection

15) the only exception

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hi sweets! i have something a little special for you today, a free download! i’ve been playing with a few photos i took over the weekend, and came up with these card fronts.

what do you think? you can download the free pdf here and use them as cards for any occasion. enjoy!

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terms of use: print them, share them, and give them- just don’t sell them. :)  if you post them, please direct readers back to this post for the download.  xox!

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hello lovelies! today i have something special to share with you. amy lowry from handmade evolution has embarked upon a new adventure, a stationary shop called thank you cards shop! she got started after designing stationery for her own wedding (almost 6 years ago) and knew she was hooked.

she’s designed several freebies to help get the word out, a few of which i think you’ll really enjoy! first up is this darling desktop background. remember, april showers bring may flowers!

next is this free printable stationary set with matching envelope. how sweet is that? this would be the perfect way to say hello to a friend or grandparent, the snail mail way.

with one precious design after another, you’ll find a thank you card for any occasion! head on over to thank you cards shop to browse all of her designs, and start saying thank you in the most beautiful kind of way.

have a great weekend!! xox, bonnie

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these squirrels and acorns make for one of the sweetest mailers i’ve seen. from one of my new favorite go-to-diy blogs, how about orange, jessica jones designed this free download to help pretty up your packages. see this post for full instructions on how to download, and be sending out adorable notes in no time!

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good morning lovelies!  ready for my big exciting news?  i’m am so thrilled to announce that i’ll be teaching a 7 week e-course this fall!!  i’m wrapping up the weekly shop help posts and moving on to a more in depth look at growing you business in the handmade market.  my new e-course is called selling the handmade way and will cover all the basics (and more) of growing you handmade business.

 
i have wanted to teach an e-course for small indie businesses for a very long time, and i am beyond excited that the day has finally come!  you’ll feel right at home in this workbook style, hands on, personal approach to learning about selling your goods.  you’ll not only have the opportunity to learn and grow your business, but also to meet other inspirational business owners and get personal feedback and advice from me, along with a few very special expert guests.  visit the new e-course site for selling the handmade way to learn more about the class, topics we’ll cover, faq and a whole lot more!
 

visit the new e-class site here!

 
registration begins today and will end friday, september 3rd.  the class will be held on a private (password protected) blog from september 6th – october 22- just in time to get you and your business geared up for the holidays.  you’ll be accomplishing tasks, putting together an action plan and improving your business, one step at a time.  we look forward to getting to know you!

want a sneak peek? after sharing small business tips here for over a year, i’ve compiled a free e-book highlighting the best of the indie biz advice!  it gives you just a taste of what’s to come, as we’ll be discussing business topics in much greater depth during selling the handmade way, enjoy!
 

download the free e-book here!

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