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12 Days of Design: Day 4 Select a Medium

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You have your inspiration, theme and color palette, so it’s time to choose a medium for creating your design. Don’t be afraid to experiment! You can create with any tools or supplies you like, from crayons to puff paint to digital design software. Mix different ways to create—make a collage of photos and words from a magazine, scan a painting to add digital graphics and text overlays, or bust your fabric stash to add texture and depth to a drawing. Just be creative and have fun. Follow along with us today as we go into depth about a few of the most popular techniques designers in our community like to use. 

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Watercolor paint and brush

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Designing for the Holidays: Quick Freebies & Essentials

Welcome to the busiest time of year for designers and makers alike. On Spoonflower, now’s the time shoppers are picking out fabrics and papers for handmade gifts, decor, and stocking their handmade shops for the busy season. As a designer, you need to be ready with an updated shop and fresh designs to compete with all the other show-stopper designers in the marketplace. However will you prepare? We’ve rounded up our favorite tips and tools where you’re a designer or just looking for quick freebies to get you through the season and support indie designers and makers in the community. 

  1. Free calendar printables

    Free printables from Audrey of This Little Street

    Free 2017 calendar printables from Audrey of This Little Street. These make excellent gifts to hand out to co-workers and friends, or simply to keep yourself organized at your desk this year!

  2. Gold Glitter texture pack

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Handmade Holiday Gift Inspiration

What's better than an awesome DIY idea and a lovely fabric design to match? We're rounding up our favorite handmade gifts ideas now to save any last minute scramble when it's time to enjoy the holidays! This DIY tool roll is the perfect gift for the Mr. or Ms. Fix It in your life, and whipping it up in this tool box fabric would be adorable!

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Leather Tool Roll DIY by Caila Made || Tool Box fabric by Candyjoyce