It is December! We don’t have a tree yet and I haven’t started playing holiday music but I think today might be the day it all begins. And with that, here are some ideas for giving this year…
Billecart Salmon Champagne is my most favorite thing to imbibe ever. It is special and only makes an appearance once or twice a year around our house but I can’t imagine a more elegant gift…
Except if you brought it with a vintage Champagne bucket…
These beautiful Heather Taylor Home napkins would be a fantastic hostess gift. See all of the options on her website…
Chocolate from Askinosie would make another lovely hostess gift. I have my eye on many of the CollaBARation bars and this coconut milk chocolate. If you don’t know about Askinosie Chocolate read their story here…
I love these Maison Louis Marie candles and picked up a few at Canoe last time I was in Portland. I love No.09 and No.04…
I also love these Cotopaxi Libre socks in a variety of colors…
This delicious and assertive G. Day body wash is great and reminds me of a more unisex and a cleaner (read: no SLS, parabens etc) version of the Molton Brown Black Peppercorn wash my husband has long favored…
This gorgeous and super soft alpaca sweater from Everlane…
My brother worked on this Brooks shoe and I wore it for the first time at the studio last week and nearly every client wanted a pair for themselves. They are that cool.
My husband has a pair too that are equally as cool…
This gorgeous book from The Aviary in Chicago would be a killer gift for your food-forward friends…
A pair of these Heath Tartine stack mugs…
This gorgeous walnut rolling pin for the baker in your life…
Pair it with the fantastic Genius Desserts from Food52…
I cannot recommend Pamela Salzman’s cookbook highly enough. I’ve mentioned her on my blog many times. She has an incredibly resourceful blog and teaches countless cooking classes in the LA area (and now online classes too). She is a natural teacher and her recipes are always accessible, reliable, healthy and delicious. She is my go-to.
New this fall, Ottolenghi’s Simple is fantastic. I’m gifting it to several friends this year.
I LOVE these balm sticks from Olio E Osso out of Portland, Oregon. I have them in several colors and they give a beautiful flush of color and feel wonderful on the skin. I buy mine from Ayla Beauty in San Francisco. It’s a wonderful little shop that I like to support and they carry so many of the lines I love like Marie Veronique, BioRecept, Kosås and others.
For a young girl or boy in your life a subscription to Bravery Magazine…
I love these beautiful tattoos which are pulled from Oliver Jeffers’s gorgeous books…
I gave his book Here We Are to all the children in our family last year, though I’d recommend it for adults too…
Also, consider giving to an organization you believe in. I will be giving to On Being…
