Gifts for Your Family and Friends

Bombas Eric Carle Sock Set

I’ve gathered together gift ideas for almost everyone. Gifts for your holiday hosts, your brother’s toddler or your snowboarding sister, your flower-loving Mom, your best friend who loves ice cream, or your Dad who cannot resist toast with peanut butter. I hope that you’ll find something here that you’ll enjoy giving.

Bombas Socks

Bombas Ski and Snowboard Socks Bombas Wool Socks

Starting with one of my favorite gifts, you can find socks for everyone on your list at Bombas. When you buy a pair of socks from Bombas, the company donates a pair to someone in need, so you have the pleasure of giving two gifts.

The Eric Carle Toddler Socks (shown in this post’s top photo) are so darn cute! Knowing that Eric Carle fans come in every age, Bombas makes them for babies and adults too.

Heavyweight merino wool snowboard and ski socks come in lively colors, such as those for women shown above. Lighter weight merino wool socks come in attractive patterns, including Fair Isle, or classic colors, such as the men’s socks shown in the photo. There are plenty of cotton socks too. I just reordered these comfy White Cotton Calf Socks that I like to wear for long walks.

While my photos show multipacks, you can order a single pair.

Bouqs Scarlet Rouge Bouquet

Bouqs Scarlet Rouge Bouquet

This Scarlet Rouge Bouquet from Bouqs is perfect for the holiday season! With two shades of dark red carnations, red berries, and green touches, it makes a dramatic winter flower arrangement.

Bouqs partners with farmers who use sustainable growing practices like minimizing waste and recycling water, so you can feel good about purchasing from them.

Send someone a lovely bouquet (this Rainbow Ranunculus Bouquet is stunning) or a plant, such as this beautiful Bird’s Nest Fern or a Red Poinsettia. You can also give a loved one a monthly flower subscription.

 

Vosges Dark Chocolate Truffle Collection

Vosges Dark Chocolate Truffles

Dark Chocolate Truffles made with mouth-watering ingredients will appeal to an adventurous eater. Here are a some examples of their truffles made with 62% dark chocolate. The Balsamico truffle is made with 12-year cask aged balsamic vinegar from Modena, and I.G.P. Piemonte hazelnuts. The Absinthe truffle contains Kübler absinthe, Chinese star anise, fennel, and coconut ash. The Polline Di Finocchio includes Wild Tuscan fennel pollen. There are several more intriguing combinations in the box!

The Exotic Truffle Collection looks delicious. There’s a Vegan Truffle Collection as well.

Fix and Fogg Nut Butters

Fix & Fogg Nut Butters

I’m addicted to Fix & Fogg nut butters and enthusiastically recommend them for anyone who loves nut butter.  The Maple Almond Cashew and Peanut Butter with Dark Chocolate are a real treat. I also like the Cashew Butter and Peanut Butter with Coffee and Maple. The Peanut Butter with Smoke and Fire is in our pantry waiting to be tried in a noodle and vegetable dish. These are a small sample of the options you can choose from.

You can order single jars or create your own selection box.

Salt & Straw’s Culinary Perfumes

Salt & Straw's Culinary Perfumes and Ice Cream

Add scents to an ice cream lover’s frozen treat experience with one of Salt & Straw’s culinary perfumes, designed to be spritzed on ice cream.  (Salt & Straw suggests that these perfumes are also wearable.) Choose from three offerings: A Cloud of Cocoa for the chocolate lover, A Swoon of Citrus for fruity summer flavors, or A Plume of Blooms for a little garden fragrance. There’s even a perfume flight with smaller travel sizes of each scent.

For a splurge, you can send someone an ice cream and perfume flight pairing. Here are their pairing recommendations:

  • A Cloud of Cocoa pairs well with Marionberry Coconut Sherbet or Sea Salt w/ Caramel Ribbons.
  • A Swoon of Citrus pairs well with Arbequina Olive Oil.
  • A Plume of Blooms pairs well with Chocolate Gooey Brownie or Honey Lavender.

World Map Coloring Tablecloth

World Map Coloring Tablecloth

The kids can have a great time with this world map coloring project from Uncommon Goods. The tablecloth comes with ten washable markers, your artists can use to color the map and add their own artwork. When you wash the tablecloth in warm water, the ink completely disappears so it can be colored over and over again.

The company also sells a USA Coloring Tablecloth and a World Flags Coloring Tablecloth.

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