Tomorrow I’ll be heading on a plane heading back to California! Before I leave snowy NYC, I wanted to put together one last gift guide for the year- the under $10 set. These gifts are perfect little presents to give to family/friends or to use as stocking stuffers. I hope you enjoyed my gift guide series this year and that you picked up a few ideas. Also, don’t forget to come back tomorrow to see which holiday hairstyle I chose!
H&M Mini Cake Stand (in my dreams my kitchen is filled with pretty pieces like this cake stand) // Swedish Dream Sea Salt Soap // Joe Fresh Glitter Skinny Belt (I’ll admit it- I like sparkly things!) // Modcloth Elephant Earrings // Poppin White Small Notebook with Gold Initial (as soon as I saw this notebook, I had to have it, so I bought one for myself!) // Modcloth Lovin Spoonfuls Set // Essie Encrusted Treasures Ignite the Night (I’m thinking this is the perfect NYE polish) // Kate Spade Saturday Morning Mug (this mug is on sale right now and I’m finding it really difficult to resist) // J. Crew Printed Playing Cards (get 30% off these pretty cards with the code GIFTNOW)
![It's a very belated book haul! These are the four books I picked up on my trip to Australia back in May. Of course I had to check out some bookstores on my first trip to Sydney and I think I ended up visiting 9 in total (check out my stories to see the mini bookstore vlog I made)!
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It was so fun book shopping over there since majority of the covers are different from our US covers. I couldn't resist this pretty edition of PACHINKO, which I've already read. And when I picked up this copy of PEOPLE PERSON, I was so excited to see it because it wasn't out yet in the US at that time. I also bought two books that I hadn't heard of before I discovered them in the bookstore: IDOL and LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES.
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Do you tend to prefer US or UK book covers?
[P.S. This is an old photo that includes a HarperCollins UK title, but please note that I support the HarperCollins Union.]
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[ID: A stack of the following books sits on top of white bedding in front of a white wall (from top to bottom): PACHINKO, IDOL, LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES, PEOPLE PERSON.]
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These are perfect for gift exchanges with a $10 limit. It’s always so hard to shop for those! I love the playing cards!
Me too- they’re almost too pretty to actually play with!
Eek, so cute! And ahhh I can’t believe you’re jetting away already… have a great trip!
Thank you friend! :)
Have a wonderful time in CA with your family! I’ve enjoyed your Gift Guides. The star mug is adorable!
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Thank you Jenmarie and I’m so happy to hear that you liked the gift guides!
the mini cake stand is so cute! I’d probably just use it to display jewelry!
Ooo, I hadn’t thought of that- that would be such a cute use for it!