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

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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!

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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.

Little Green Dress

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Reformation Becca Wrap Midi Dress c/o Farfetch | Cult Gaia Cupola Clutch c/o Farfetch | Sam Edelman Pointy Toe Pump | Vintage Pearls (similar, similar, similar) | Fluerette of California for Nordstrom Gallery Camel Hair Wool Coat ~ pictured later in post (vintage, similar)

When I think about holiday style, I tend to reach for red, gold and burgundy. There is something to be said, however, about a little green dress and an unexpected bag. Rarer than the little black dress (LBD) or little red dress, the little green dress can be just as eye catching!

Green is not a color I tend to to consider when adding items to my closet. It's not that I dislike the color, I, in fact, like it very much. As a lover of nature and one who is often more inspired by a green landscape over a concrete jungle, you would expect green to be a staple in my wardrobe. Somehow, however, it's a color I often overlook, but I have to say no longer.

From emerald to juniper to pear to pistachio, I am thinking 2019 might just be the year of green. 2018 saw neon green from the runway to the street and the other shades of green are ready for the spotlight!

The little green dress I am wearing in this post is by Reformation. It is not just green in color, but green in fabric and design. Manufactured in a closed-loop system, meaning all excess materials get reused, this is truly a "green" dress!

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Photography: Jenn Haskins of Hello Rigby

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!

'Tis The Season Beauty Giveaway Worth Over $300!

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Tis the Season! It's the first giveaway of the holiday season and it's a good one! This beauty giveaway is worth over $300 and includes facial scrubs, serums, a cleansing oil, lip treatment, gift cards and more! I'm all about gifting the love this holiday season and this one is a gift to all you beauty lovers out there!

What You'll Win:

• European Wax Center $60 Gift Card
• European Wax Center Smooth Me Ingrown Hair Serum 1.7 fl oz
• European Wax Center Restoring Serum 0.5 fl oz
• Julep Love Your Bare Face Hydrating Cleansing Oil 1.5 fl oz 
• Julep Your Lip Addiction Tinted Lip Oil Treatment in Crave 0.15 oz
• DevaCurls How to Quit Shampoo Kit for Hydrated Natural Curls, Kit Includes: No-Poo Decadence 8oz, One Condition Decadence 8oz & SuperCream 3oz 
• HUM Nutrition Collagen POP
• Sebamed Moisturizing Body Lotion 6.8 fl oz
• Dessange Paris Top Coat Serum for Color-treated Hair 3.4 fl oz
• Indigo Wild Zum Face Rosemary-Mint & Walnut Sugar Facial Scrub 4 oz
• Bang Beauty Dolce Pink Cream Color 
• Redken Color Extend Travel Size Shampoo 1.7 fl oz
• Redken Color Extend Travel Size Conditioner 1 fl oz
• NYX Professional Makeup Suede Matte Lip Liner in Brooklyn Thorn
• NYC  Liquid Lipshine Lip Gloss in Nude York City
• Jesse's Girl Lipstick in Victoria
• Vital Proteins Beauty Collagen Lavender Lemon 1 Stick Pack
• Free 20-Minute Facial at Aveda
• $1 off any service at Brow Arc
• Colleen Rothschild Dual Enzyme Polish, travel size
• Colleen Rothschild Radiant Cleansing Balm, travel size
• Dermalogica Precleanse travel size
• Real Chemistry Luminous 3-Minute Peel, Travel Size Samples x3
• Caviar Anti-Aging Miracle Multiplying Volume Mist, Travel Size Sample x2
• Nomaterra Malibu honeysuckle Fragrance Wipe 
• Nomaterra Oahu gardenia Fragrance Wipe
• Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment Perfecting Wand Sample
• Yves Saint Laurent Forever Youth Liberator Water-in-Oil Sample
• Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick Samples
• Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick Sample
• and more!

Total Beauty Giveaway Value Over $300!

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.

Blue Nile Holiday Party at the Hotel Theodore Penthouse

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Dressed in festive cocktail attire, aka my new favorite vintage Little Black Dress, I recently had the opportunity to attend the Blue Nile Holiday Party at the Hotel Theodore Penthouse. A stunning location, the new Hotel Theodore in downtown Seattle is a place you need to add to your bucket list for places to stay; I felt so lucky to spend a few hours in their gorgeous penthouse for the party.

Drinks and light bites were provided by Ryder, Hotel Theodore's in-house restaurant. I, of course, enjoyed a glass of bubbly to peruse the beautiful jewelry on display from Blue Nile (I've shared a few of my top picks below perfect for Valentine's Day or for Treating Yo' Self!). My wedding ring and a number of my favorite pieces of jewelry are all from Blue Nile, including these oh-just-so-lovely emerald earrings (which I shared about recently here).

The party had perfect holiday photo-ready spots at every turn and the views from the penthouse of downtown Seattle were spectacular and nothing but memorable. During the evening we participated in a Blue Nile gift exchange, which allowed for mixing and mingling among the private guest list and was oh-so-fun!

Thank you so much Blue Nile for the invite to your holiday party and my beautiful gold ring, J'adore!

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Photo Credit: Vivian Hsu Photography

Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas from Bartell Drugs

Thank you Bartell Drugs for partnering on this post and and graciously providing a shopping excursion to my local Bartell Drugs to shop for holiday gifts from the Bartell Drugs Holiday Gift Guide!

There are just a few days left until Christmas and if you're like me, you're doing some last minute holiday shopping! Bartell Drugs, with 65 locations throughout the Seattle area, is the perfect place for finding last minute gifts for anyone on your list.

Each Bartell Drugs store has it's own distinctive neighborhood character and a commitment to carrying products from local brands and businesses. With roots in the Pacific Northwest since 1890, my family have been shopping at Bartell Drugs during the holidays for generations; I love that I get to continue that tradition and shop local!

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!

Holiday 'Tis the Season Giveaway

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It's a Holiday Giveaway, 'cause 'Tis the Season! As promised in our recent Holiday Gift Guide post, we are doing a very special giveaway for many of the items in our gift guide this year, which is worth over $500!

Featuring KNACK, mywalit, Julep, Bissinger's Chocolate and more; this is one giveaway not to miss entering, and a great way to #treatyoself this holiday season. Be sure to enter for your chance to win our Holiday 'Tis the Season' Giveaway!

Gifting Jewelry This Holiday Season

As a lover of jewelry since the days of playing dress up in my Grandmother's closet as a child, jewelry definitely tops my Christmas list this year. From necklaces to earrings to bangles to rings, I'm doing my best to stay on Santa's nice list and hoping my stocking is full of sparkle, and gifts under the tree full of shine!