letters from santa

whew! our 2011 gift guide week is over! how did you like my selections? now that we've wrapped that up, here are some more fun holiday stationery ideas for you.

first up: do you know you can have santa send your kids a real letter? choose a card from sent-well.com [like the one above] and write your own message from "santa." the folks at sent-well will handwrite your message inside the card, stamp and send it to the recipient of your choice -- from the north pole! what a fun idea. the "sent by santa" offer ends this sunday so all cards can be mailed in time, so hurry and sign up now! [and -- a heads up -- ALL sent-well holiday cards are 20% off until january 2!]

[image from one charming party]

and, next year, you can have your OWN mail postmarked from the north pole. i learned about this one a little too late this year (all letters had to be received by december 10 to ensure christmas delivery) but it's such a cute idea. you package up all your letters or christmas cards with correct postage, then put them in a box and ship them to anchorage, alaska. postal workers there will give each envelope a special north pole postmark. [i learned about this from one charming party -- sorry for the late notice!]