Stocking Stuffer Ideas

I'm always on the prowl for a creative gift - here are a few unique stocking stuffer ideas I've stumbled across lately...

+ Scrabble tile coasters - amazing!

+ Wine cork candles

+ Air quote mittens - for the friend who likes to quote everything

+ The ultimate mug - cookies + coffee in one!

+ Dolmas? Chili Rellanos? Check out this stuffed pepper serving pan

+ Touch screen sensor gloves, I so need these!

+ Giant beer glass (holds 5 beers!)

+ Creative ipad case affectionately known as "Speck"

+ The Nuddle (the snuggie x 10, complete with a kangaroo pouch AND foot pocket)

+ Awesome tasting plate (for all your fave dips)

+ Apple cider caramels - yum!

+ Sweet sparkly clutch

+ Cozy holiday cookbook

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Stocking Stuffer Ideas #1

I put together a little gathering of a few lovely little gift ideas I've seen circulating blog land. I'd love to find any of these lovely items in my stocking! (Wink, wink for family members reading this...).

Postcards from Penguin (100 postcards featuring iconic Penguin covers)

Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Collection (3 volumes)

This adorable seagull tote

Stocking Stuffers: Jewelry

I'm loving this delicate little necklace. In jewelry I tend to go with the less is more approach, and something sweet and simple is often preferable in my book.

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Stocking Stuffers: Slippers

I got a pair of these from a student for Christmas. These down-filled booties are the lightest, fluffiest, comfiest slippers ever. I'm in love!

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Stocking Stuffers: Novel Idea

Who doesn't love to read? Stocking stuffers for everyone, (including me...Um, Mom are you reading this?). Here's my fave pic of books from every category.For the Francophile: What French Women Know, by Debra Ollivier.
Can't wait to pick up this one! Ollivier is also the author of one of my favorite guilty pleasure reads, Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to her Inner French Girl. All the secrets told by an American woman who infiltrated Parisian life after 10+ years living abroad in Paris.

For the Kids: The Pencil, by Allen Ahlberg
This book is such a delight, clever, creative, and laughter provoking. The adventures of a pencil and all he draws until life gets a little too complicated and he draws...an eraser (and that's just the beginning).

For the Traveler: Rough Guides: World Party
This one I actually own, but I don't think enough people know about this gem of a book. If you've got the travel bug and like to party, this book details every fantastic festival 'round the world from Running with the Bulls to Mardi Gras to Hogmanay. Don't forget to pack it in your suitcase...

For the Listmaker: Listography: My Amazing Life in Lists
Move beyond your grocery list and list all the fave things in your life; foods, holidays, moments, etc...and the list goes on.

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Stocking Stuffers: Feathered Out

Add a little glamor to your look - I love this feathered headband, super cute!

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Kisses

Hoping to be kissed? Then wear your own mistletoe in your hair and it's sure to happen.

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Stocking Stuffers: For the Foodie

This looks AMAZING. If you like food (as I do) and you like travel - put your hands together for an extraordinary journey within a book - Food Journeys of a Lifetime 500. This massive volume is filled with culinary greats, my stomach is rumbling just thinking of the endless edible wonders you'll find around the world.

The only trouble is...it might be a little too big for your stocking...

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Stocking Stuffers: The Office

Was it Colonel Mustard, in the Conservatory, with the Candlestick?

Wrong...try Dwight, in the conference room, with the Bobble head doll. Meet The Office Clue! This is absolutely awesome! Clue was one of my favorite board games, and still is I guess if I owned a board. I'm adding this to MY Christmas list!

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Stocking Stuffers: Bejeweled

Way to jazz up your fridge - bejeweled magnets. You'll be oohing and ahhing at these shiny gems every time you stroll by the fridge.

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Stocking Stuffers: Pop the Cork!

Ideal for a holiday party, these darling silver pooches hold the popped corks from a holiday shindig.

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Stocking Stuffers: Give Me S'more

Loving these s'mores kits. What a delightful treat to wake up and open on Christmas morning. I'd definitely enjoy roasting marshmallows in the living room fireplace while opening presents beside the twinkling tree.

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Practical Wishing

Now that I have my own house, a mortgage, my Christmas list is seeming more practical that splurge-worthy like years past. I mean who doesn't love new clothes, or shoes, or gift cards...

One thing I need this year though - though it seems all too practical and un-Christmasy, are these magnetic spice containers. They stick right to your fridge, how perfect and accessible is that? For lack of a good organization system, I'm been stashing my spices in a J.Crew bag above my refrigerator...classy, huh?

Wish List

I would love to find this lovely scent hiding inside my stocking...oh Santa?

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Have Your Fill

Who doesn't like filling? Pies, cream puffs, eclairs, basically any fattening dessert, is delicious because of filling. How would you like to add filling to your pancakes at home? The ultimate stocking stuffer, I'll say. William Sonoma's latest great find is the traditional Danish Ebelskiver, maker of light, puffy pancakes filled with jam, curd, fruit or cheese. Mmm.

Imagine the possibilities...

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Light It Up

More stocking stuffers!! Swing on into Urban Outfitters to outfit your apartment with sweet smells like sugar and spice and everything nice...

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Drown Your Sorrows

The economy may be down, but that doesn't mean your livelihood has to suffer. Take your pick, indulge in a full glass of Recession White or Recession Red, and toast to better times!

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Let the Stocking Stuffers Begin...

If you like this...

Try this...Seriously, I'm not usually a big fan of food-flavored lip glosses, but this leaves your lips with a sweet and shiny, kiss-ready pucker!

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