I hope your weekend was a great one! Our Interior Design Thanksgiving went off without a hitch and we were up until 1:30 laughing and talking! It was wonderful. Now I'm preparing for Thanksgiving coming up with our families and the official start to the holiday shopping season. I've talked about some stocking ideas for the men in our lives, now I'm going to switch gears.
We all have one in our lives, the hard to shop for lady. She has everything, and if she doesn't have it, she'll just go out and get it tomorrow. Whether it's our mother, sister, best friend or co-worker......it's just plain hard to find the perfect gift for these people sometimes. We exhaust all thought, energy and time into trying to get something we think they would want/use/need/love!
My goal is to hopefully help out a clueless shopper to come up with a Christmas dilemma when it comes to shopping for the gal that has everything!
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| Birchbox |
I have talked about Birchbox in earlier posts and this is a great gift idea for the make-up lover in your life. A box of 4 to 5 mini samples are delivered right to there door for as many months as you give. This gift runs about $10/month, purchased in 3 month increments. So this gift will be at least $30, keep in mind. But it's a gift that will keep surprising them. Ask about products that they tried out and fell in love with to put in your back pocket for her next birthday or something. It's a pretty unique gift idea that no one else has gotten her. When you present the gift you could include some samples (which you can easily get at make-up counters or Sephora) so that way she has something to open.
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| Capri Candles from Anthropologie |
For the scent-obsessed gal pal in your life, these candles from Anthropologie are wonderful! These Capri candles are also available for local Lexingtonians at House (located on Delaware Avenue) and Joseph Beth Booksellers (located at Lexington Green). I find there scents much more mature and beautiful than other candles. When you walk into a space with these burning, you can't pinpoint what that luxurious scent is, but you know you love it! These are my favorite candles and are hard to find compared to Yankee or something comparable. Also, these scents are much more mysterious and spell-binding than Cucumber Melon!
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| Mag Rack |
I think a magazine subscription is a great gift, for the right person. Last Christmas I got the hubby a subscription to Bourbon Review and he loves getting that magazine every quarter. If you have a fashionista friend, perhaps Vogue or Vanity Fair. The workout-aholic might enjoy Women's Health (which I love!) or Fitness. The curious traveler would like National Geographic, while the dining connoisseur would love Food & Wine Magazine. Interior Designers like myself enjoy Hotel Design magazine and Interior Design magazine. Entertainment hogs can catch up on gossip through People and InTouch, while reading movie reviews in Entertainment Weekly. Subscriptions are actually moderately inexpensive depending on the magazine and the number of issues. To show them the subscription, wrap the latest issue in a gift wrapped box and place the subscription order in a card.
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| The cutest porcelain dish from Anthropologie |
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| from J. Crew |
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| Drink up! via Pinterest. |
Coffee-Lovers Unite! This is a cute way to give someone a Starbucks gift card. Ask the barista for an empty cup, top and straw. Stuff with brown and white tissue paper to resemble a frappucino and place gift card inside. Place gift tag to the top and you're set! Gotta love the creativity! Thank you Pinterest!
I hope this sparked some imagination when it comes to the hard to shop for lady. This post is talking about store-bought/ordered items, I hope to do another gift post to talk about custom/handmade/diy gifts too, stay tuned!
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