We recently sat down with Nikki McGonigal, owner and operator of Nikki, In Stitches.

Nikki runs an Etsy shop selling her handmade crafts, as well as a blog and an entire online course dedicated to teaching people the craft of, well, crafting.

Here, she talks about the combination of email and knitting needles that got her where she is today.

In honor of awards season wrapping up, we wanted to recognize some worthy email campaigns we've seen last year and this year.

Take a peek at our nominees and get some creative ideas for your own emails.