Still looking for a few holiday gifts? Perhaps you've got someone still on your list that loves the outdoors and playing outside. Trail runner? Hiker? National Park lover? We've rounded up our favorite gift ideas for the outdoor adventure obsessed. 

From the new and oh so cool Brooks Running Tie Dye collection to the best recycled wool fleeces from Outdoor Voices to the collaboration between Eddie Bauer and The Great. that we are incredibly obsessed with, this gift guide has got you covered!

Here is our roundup of the best gifts this year for the outdoor adventure obsessed!

Gift Guide: Sustainable Style Gift Ideas

For our latest gift guide, we've rounded up our favorite sustainable style gift ideas. From jewelry made from recycled materials to bags produced from pre-consumer waste to recycled (and recyclable!) beanies, we've got you covered for the fashionista in your life who loves sustainable style and cares about where their gifts come from, how they're sourced, what they're made from, who made them and how they impact our planet. 

This is our roundup of the best style gifts this season that are also sustainable!

10 Great Gift Ideas for Teens and Tweens

Hello December! No snow yet in Seattle as we still enjoy our slow transition to winter and the solstice in a few weeks. With Thanksgiving now past, a few days into Hannukah, and with Winter Solstice and Christmas only a few weeks away, it truly is the holiday season! 

For our latest gift guide, we're sharing some of of our favorite gifts for teens and tweens on your list. We've got quite a few nieces and nephews to give gifts to this year, including some tweens and teens and these ideas are sure to please even the teenager-ist of teenagers (yes we did just make up the word teenager-ist.) 

From beanies to bath bomb DIY kits to zodiac necklaces, these gifts are sure to be teen and tween winners! Here are 10 great gift ideas for your neices, nephews, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, grandchildren and other loved ones that are currently in their teens and tweens!

10 Best Gifts For Entertaining

 

Happy Thanksgiving (tomorrow!) We are looking forward to all the mashed potatoes, green beans and pumpkin pie we can manage to stuff our face with over the next couple days. We are also looking forward to a little holiday shopping, as the Black Friday sales keep rolling in and we try to check the names off our list as early as we can this year. 

In honor of Thanksgiving and a beautiful holiday season of entertaining, we are offering up our latest gift guide. Today's gift guide has our favorite gift ideas that are perfect for the host or hostess in your life. Know someone who loves throwing parties and entertaining? This gift guide has something for them! Enjoy our 10 Best Gifts for Entertaining!

20 Gifts for the Beauty Lover

Happy Holidays! Are we officially allowed to say that yet? With the holiday deals in full swing, holiday decor on store shelves and Black Friday and Thanksgiving this week, it sure does feel like the holiday season! So we'll just go ahead and kick things off with our first gift guide of the season!

Our first holiday gift guide of 2021 is dedicated to gift ideas for beauty lovers. Beauty lover in your life and searching for the perfect gift? Look no further! We've curated the perfect selection of gifts in this year's beauty lover gift guide for anyone who lights up at just the idea of opening a gift of makeup, skincare, perfume or visit to their (our) favorite spa!

From skin masks to serums to candles to our favorite holiday value kits and holiday exclusives, most of these beauty gifts are also on our own holiday wish lists (oh Santa, please leave us that Glossier Lip Trio in Cranberry under the tree!)

Here are our 20 gifts for the beauty lover on your list.

Stocking Stuffers for Travel Lovers Gift Guide

It can often be hard to find the "perfect" gift for loved ones, so I'm here to help! I've created a bunch of gift guides for a variety of budgets and interests including clean beauty lovers, sustainable fashionistas, travel adventurers and more! Check out the latest gift guide below and find more here!

If you're like me and still doing some last minute holiday shopping this year, this gift guide is for you! I've rounded up my favorite stocking stuffers for travel lovers (and really they apply for anyone still on your list!)

From first class luggage tags to luxe travel size beauty items to cozy layers for jetsetters, these gifts are all small enough to fit in a stocking, yet sure to delight any wanderlusting recipient. At a range of prices to fit any budget, these travel ready stocking stuffers are exactly what you need to finish your list and move on to the eggnog and cookies!

Happy Holidays and Happy Gifting!

xoxo

Stocking Stuffers for Travel Lovers Gift Guide:

Sustainable Fashion Gift Guide

It can often be hard to find the "perfect" gift for loved ones, so I'm here to help! I've created a bunch of gift guides for a variety of budgets and interests including clean beauty lovers, sustainable fashionistas, travel adventurers and more! Check out the latest gift guide below and find more here!

Interested in shopping more consciously this holiday season? In search of of a gift for a fashionista? This gift guide is filled with a variety of eco-friendly, ethical and sustainable fashionable finds perfect for gifting a loved one in your life!

As I continue to try to curate my own more sustainable closet filled with fewer better things, I've discovered some of the best brands and companies creating sustainable fashion. I'm excited to share them with you during this season of giving. These sustainable fashion gifts are also perfect for a little treat yo' self gifting!

Happy Holidays and Happy Gifting!

Sustainable Fashion Gift Guide:

Clean Beauty Gift Guide

It can often be hard to find the "perfect" gift for loved ones, so I'm here to help! I've created a bunch of gift guides for a variety of budgets and interests including clean beauty lovers, sustainable fashionistas, travel adventurers and more! Check out the latest gift guide below and find more here!

In search of a gift for a beauty lover in your life? This gift guide is dedicated to all things clean beauty. Whether they've already committed to a complete non-toxic skincare routine or are just beginning to discover a love for products that offer a better kind of beauty, one (or multiple items) is sure to delight your gift recipient this season!

I admit to being a bit obsessed with all things skincare and have recently been doing a major overhaul of my skincare and beauty routine to include ONLY clean and green products. As such, I have lots of great gift ideas for clean beauty lovers (and definitely a few, or all!, I wouldn't mind receiving, HINT HINT!)

Also, if you're looking to treat yo' self this holiday season, these gifts are absolutely perfect for a little pampering and self care. I might event take my own advice and add to shopping cart now, because 'tis the season!

Happy Holidays and Happy Gift Giving!

Clean Beauty Gift Guide:

Happy Cards Make the Perfect Last Minute Gift For Nearly Everyone & Giveaway!

Thank you Happy Cards for sponsoring this post! Get happy. Give Happy!

It's Christmas Eve, which means only one more sleep until Christmas day! This afternoon we head to my Dad's house, which begins the festivities, and I can't even wait! Our Christmas tree is twinkling, our stockings are hung (hopefully) just out of reach of our kitty's paws and a cup of hot cocoa sits nearby. Oh how I love this magical time of year!

While most of my shopping and wrapping is done, I have just a few last minute gifts to get. If you're like me and you're still shopping last minute, I've got a little secret to share with you! I just discovered Happy Cards and they make the perfect last minute gift for nearly everyone! I've also got one to giveaway at the end of this post because 'tis the season!

Happy Cards are gift cards that give the freedom to eat, shop and play at a variety of merchants. Each Happy Card can be used at four to seven places, such as Sephora, Nike, Peet's Coffee, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th, Regal Cinemas, Lord & Taylor, Spafinder, Dave & Buster's, Barnes & Noble, and more, depending on the Happy Card.

Gift Guide: Après Ski

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It's my last gift guide this season! With Christmas only 4 sleeps away, I am getting so excited for Santa and his reindeer to make an appearance in the sky and stop at our house in Seattle on Christmas eve. Perhaps also, a bit of Christmas Day snow!

In honor of the possibility of a white Christmas this year (let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!) and the opening of ski resorts this season, this gift guide was curated for ski and snow lovers everywhere. Whether a last minute gift for a loved one or a a little Christmas gift for yourself, you'll find all things in this gift guide that will have one ready for après ski.

Gift Guide: Beach Bum

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Beach Bum ~ Someone who spends a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach.

The countdown to Christmas is on, with just 6 sleeps until Christmas morning! If you're seeking the perfect gift for a beach lover or sun worshipper in your life, this gift guide is for you! Perfect for sunny days on islands and beaches near and far, these gifts reminisce of sand squishing beneath your toes and lazy afternoons spent sunbathing by the ocean.

These gifts are sure to delight any beach bum!

Gift Guide: Fashion Lover Bohème

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Bohème ~ "a person with artistic or literary interests who disregards conventional standards of behavior." 

Still seeking a gift this holiday season for a fashionista friend or loved one who dreams of days in a hippie chic atmosphere, such as Ibiza, and prefers an alternative crowd of artists, musicians, beatniks and creatives? This gift guide is for you!

In this Gift Guide: Fashion Lover Bohème, find gifts that have that special bohème vibe for those fashionistas that move to their own beat and follow their own path. These gifts are perfect for the free spirit fashionista in your life!

Gift Guide: Host & Entertain

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Today's gift guide is dedicated to all things hosting and entertaining. If you've still got that person on your list who adores hosting a cocktail party or girls brunch, or is just thrilled at the idea of entertaining a house full of friends and family, this gift guide is your new go-to-friend this holiday season.

From flutes for sipping champagne, to a folding tray for all things cocktails, to a retro style mixer that is as eye pleasing in the kitchen as useful for baking delicious treats, each of these gift ideas is sure to please and delight the hostess and entertainer.

Gift Guide: Beauty Lover

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Beauty lover in your life and still searching for the perfect gift? Look no further! I've curated the perfect selection of gifts in this year's beauty lover gift guide for anyone who delights at just the idea of opening a gift of beauty, skincare, perfume or nail polish!

From a beauty silk sleep mask to my favorite holiday value kits and holiday exclusives, these beauty gifts are also on my own holiday wish list (oh Santa, please leave me that Chanel Rouge Coco Pink under the tree!)

These gifts are perfect for beauty lovers!

Gift Guide: JetSet & Wanderlust

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It's Gift Guide #2 of this holiday season! For this gift guide, I included fewer, better gift ideas perfect for the wanderers, jetsetters and travelers in your life, or even for those with just wanderlust in their hearts.

I was inspired by my travels of this past year, including global destinations of Amsterdam, Athens and the Greek Islands of Naxos, Paros & Santorini, as well as our more local Pacific Northwest destinations that included the Oregon Coast, Tacoma, the North Cascades and Camano Island.

These gifts pair perfectly with travels to near and far!

Gift Guide: Hygge & Home

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It's gift guide time! Starting today, with a holiday gift guide for hygge and home, I'll share a new gift guide each day for those special people in your life. Whether friends, family, co-workers or loved ones or yourself(!), I've done my best to find those fewer, better things this season that are sure to delight the gift receiver.

Gifting for the Holidays: Sparkle with Blue Nile Jewelry

Thank you Blue Nile for sponsoring this post!  

Still contemplating the perfect holiday gift for a loved one? Or perhaps thinking about treating yourself this holiday season? Blue Nile will make any and all occasions merry & bright! Jewelry is truly the perfect gift. With sentimental and sparkle going hand in hand, you'll shine for anyone so lucky to receive such such a present!

The Blue Nile Petite Emerald Floral Stud Earrings are just asking to be wrapped up and placed under the tree or in a stocking. Delicate in design with vintage details, they are a timeless classic waiting to be worn to holiday parties and après ski.  A beautiful round emerald gemstone (my birthstone!) is surrounded by a sparkling micropavé diamond frame, all crafted in 14k yellow gold. Simply stunning.

Blue Nile Petite Emerald Floral Stud Earrings c/o 

I plan to wear my Blue Nile Petite Emerald Floral Stud Earrings c/o to my husband's company holiday party in a few weeks and just know they will style perfectly with the little black dress and faux fur wrap I plan to wear. Holiday party ready!

All the Best Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday Deals

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It's that time of year again! Whether you plan to line up early for the best Black Friday deals, support a local small business on Saturday, or shop in your pj's in the early hours of Cyber Monday, I've rounded up my favorite Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday sales, deals and specials to pay attention to (and of course SHOP) this year!