It’s time to announce the winner of the Lindsay Nicole Design Giveaway! Thanks to everyone who entered and sharing some of your favorite blogs with all of us. Among the most popular favorites: Pioneer Woman, Young House Love and Making it Lovely. And now for the winner…

Congratulations to Britta, I will pass on your email to Lindsay and she will be in touch with you shortly.

For the rest of you, I still have some exciting news! Lindsay is offering a Twig & Thistle readers $10 off for the month of November on any custom or template designs. Just enter in code “Twig” at checkout to receive the discount.

As I mentioned earlier, I have an exciting giveaway to announce today. Lindsay Nicole Design, one of our lovely new sponsors, has offered to award a lucky winner one free Blogger template ($40 value). *Note: Templates are for Blogger/blogspot blogs only.

Lindsay specializes in custom and template blog designs. From design concept to installation, she creates a blog that fits both the authors personal and written style. The winner will receive:
• A fully-funtional, unique blogger template – they can choose any template from her collection!
• Complete Installation of new template
• Customization of pictures and blog title in blog header
• Specialty fonts on header and post-titles (as shown in template preview)
• Setup of standard widgets (About, Archive, Labels, Followers)
• Unique background pattern (as shown in template preview)
*The winner can also choose to add-on extra custom features at their own expense (available add-ons listed here)

This is a great prize and a fantastic opportunity if you’ve wanted to revamp or start a blog of your own and don’t have all the skills or tools to design one.

To enter to win:
1. Visit the Lindsay Nicole Design Studio to see her template shoppe.
2. Leave a comment at the end of this post telling us what your favorite blog is (not including Twig & Thistle – obviously! wink!)
3. Include your email address along with your first name and last initial. Only one entry per person please!

Giveaway closes Friday, November 12th at 10pm PST. One lucky winner will be randomly selected from the comments and announced Monday, November 15th.

Good luck everyone!

I just wanted to take a moment to introduce and thank our newest sponsors. We’re incredibly lucky to have such great sponsors supporting us here and they help  make Twig & Thistle a reality. Please take a moment to check them out for yourself and see what each has to offer.

SUGAR AND CHARM

Eden Passante is the owner of Sugar and Charm, a boutique event design and dinner party company. She created the Sugar and Charm blog to post DIY projects, inspiration, adorable boutiques and little snippets of daily life Along with planning amazing events, Eden has a strong passion for inspiring others about lifestyle and entertaining.

I particularly love Eden’s attention to detail and use of color. Take this Beach Proposal event for example: Fabric drink sticks, custom pillows and a downloadable “Love is at the beach” banner  - how sweet is that?!

LINDSAY NICOLE DESIGN STUDIO

Lindsay Nicole Design is your best stop for everything Blogger! Lindsay will handle everything from design concept to installation and work with you to tailor the site to meet your individual needs and style. She takes pride in creating simple, unique, sophisticated blog designs that reflect the writer’s personality and entice others to read.

Lindsay has created some of my all time favorite blog designs and looking through her portfolio is so awe inspiring. She offers both custom design services and blogger templates – Options to fit any budget! Also, visit Lindsay’s blog, Busy Thoughts, to see more of her work and get loads of blogging tips and studio updates. *Stay tuned for a very exciting giveaway later today!

WISKER GRAPHICS

Whisker Graphics is the place for paper goods, printables and the well known Divine Twine. Designer, Whitney Beard founded Whisker Graphics in June of 2008 to share her appreciation of all things paper and crafty.

I can’t tell you how much I love Divine Twine. Whitney is always coming up with the most delicious colors! The most recent additions; Brown Sugar and Plum (due in December)! Made from 100% cotton, bakers twine is perfect for tying up holiday treats or crafting.

Thanks again to my lovely new sponsors and if you’re interested in advertising on Twig & Thistle send me a note and I can fill you in on all the details and Holiday rates.