1 – TWEEN/TEEN GIFT IDEAS
Happy Saturday! How are we doing? December is in full swing and I hope you’re enjoying it even though it’s always such a busy time of year! This week got away from me and I’m definitely feeling a little overwhelmed. I’m going to use today to catch up on house work and random to-do’s so that I can go into next week feeling a little more on top of things. Fingers crossed right? If nothing else I’m at least going to catch up on our laundry!
I’m excited to share some really fun gift ideas with you today! I went to a friend’s Favorite Things party this week and the gifts were so good! More on that at the end of this post. :) First I’m sharing another fun gift basket for a teen! I took this cute bin and used my hot glue gun to glue a red bow on it. The bow is actually a hair clip! I used such a tiny amount of glue on the clip in the back that it will be easy to pull off and use the bow. A cute and easy way to make a bin look a little more festive for gifting!
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I decided to go with a red theme for this gift basket. Target has the cutest pillows out right now for kids/tweens/teens! Food pillows like a taco, avocado, hot dog and donut (my favorites are all linked here!). I fell hard for the lip pillow and matching notebook and candle so I started with those and then found other red items that I know girls would love. (The cute slipper socks also come in a green and I couldn’t resist picking me up a pair too! They are the coziest.)
I put everything in this cute coiled rope basket and love how it turned out! Isn’t the bow cute!? I love giving gifts in bins and baskets that can be used for organizing. Double the gift! You could use this cute bin and bow to hold all sorts of fun Christmas gifts. A wrapping idea for you that isn’t wrapping. I’m clearly a fan. Ha.
2 – TEEN CHRISTMAS BEDROOM
Teen Christmas Bedroom Sources
Speaking of teens.. I had some fun Christmas decor ideas for Addison’s bedroom this year but ran out of time! I’m saving them for next year and ended up decorating her room pretty similar to how I decorated it last year. She loved it so much! I didn’t take new pictures because it’s so similar but I went through my blog post from last year for this space and updated all of the links so you can check out this post if you want to know where things are from. She loves traditional red for Christmas!
Remember these fun clip on candles I bought last year? I was so excited to use them again and put them on our living room tree too. (Still need to share that! Next week!)
My kids love them in their bedrooms because they have a remote and you can set them to change colors. They turn red, green, purple, blue..so much fun. I always keep my candles on the warm white setting for my main trees but my kids love the colors. :)
Teen Christmas Bedroom Sources
Target brought back this cute village stocking holder from last year. It lights up so cute! Ellie just wanted a tree in her bedroom (she doesn’t like any extra clutter!) so I kept her room really simple. My girls are so different and I love that about them. They both take after me in different ways. Ellie’s room will stay nice and tidy while Ad is a mess (ha) but Addison wants ALL the decor and loves to do the same activities I do. I’m so excited to get them both back home again! :)
3 – TRIVET TREE
Ok.. this tree shaped trivet set is too much fun! Cute decor on its own..
and also so handy! Set it on your coffee table to use the trivets as coasters.
Or set it in your kitchen for pots and pans or hot plates! It comes in a darker color too. I’ve been using it and loving it the past couple of weeks. I also picked up an extra for a hostess gift this year!
4 – TREE BOARDS
Large Wood Tree Board / Nesting Tree Trays / Tree Set Board & Spreader / Solid Wood Tree Board / Tree Board & Knife Set / Acacia Wood Board
Speaking of hostess gifts.. my go-to has been a tree board with a dish towel and I’m laughing at the collection I have going on at the moment! Several of these will be gone after parties next week but clearly I have a favorite gift to give this time of year! I’m only slightly predictable. ;)
This is the cute dish towel I’ve been giving with a tree board. I might have shared this already? I have December brain at the moment so if I did.. I’m sorry. However I’m guessing that you have December brain at the moment too which means you also can’t remember what I’ve already shared (or what you went into the kitchen to get when you walked that way) so I’m guessing we’re good. Ha.
5 – FAVORITE THINGS PARTY
Tobie Pleated Dress Shirt / Similar Over the Knee Boots / Beaded Pearl Bow Purse
Kenny snapped this pic last night on my way to a friend’s Favorite Things party. I bought this dress for the Reward Style Conference in September and I have loved it so much! I wear it every chance I get because aside from my stripe obsession, it’s so comfortable and a perfect combo of dressy and casual. I recently bought this beaded pearl bow purse and couldn’t love it more! I wore some pearl bow earrings and the purse was a perfect accessory.
Clean Skin Towels / Wash and Prep Headband / Unbrush Detangler / Unbrush Detangling Set
This is what I took for my favorite thing this year! The skin towels (that I’ve shared so many times!) were my favorite discovery this year. The unbrush is a great detangler I’ve been using (I bought my girls one for Christmas!) and the wash and prep headband I took to go with the skin towels. :)
My friend’s cute house! It was such a fun party.. I loved catching up with everyone.
The gifts were crazy good this year! I linked them all at the end of this post and got so many fun ideas.
But guess what gift so many people wanted? My purse! Ha ha.. I wished I would have taken 3 of them for my favorite thing! Everyone kept saying how cute it was and asking if I attached the bow myself (nope!) and where did I get it and was it expensive (nope!). When I told them all the price several of my friends got on their phones and ordered one immediately. Some friends ordered one for them and more for daughters. It was a hit! It’s see through (there isn’t a liner) and it’s actually a little heavy! The handle under the bow is larger pearls and so cute. It’s not huge but fit my make-up pouch and keys and phone. Not really an every day purse but a perfect date/party night purse!
Tobie Pleated Dress Shirt / Similar Over the Knee Boots / Beaded Pearl Bow Purse
I love her red front doors! And fun nights with good friends. And boots that make me actually look tall for a change. ;)
6 – PARTY GIFT IDEAS
Like I said.. the gifts were so good! I’m ordering several things for gifts and few things I want to try. I linked everything friends brought below!
Bow Drop Earrings (Sugarfix by Baublebar Earring Collection – cutest Christmas earrings!)
Erin,
Love the teen bow basket with red hair bow! A certain tween (pre-teen) in my life may be getting one! Need to get more glue sticks tho!
Love your dress, purse, everything! A woman after my own fashion sense!
Now a question. For the fav. things party, HOW many gifts does each person bring? You each have to buy one type of gift in multiples? In other words, if you brought the bow purse,
and there are 10 gals, you would buy 10 bow purses and they in turn would buy and bring 10 throw blankets as an example? Everyone gets to take home one fav. item of everyone else? This could get expensive to those of us married to a Mr. Frugal (HA! Pie making from porch pumpkins after Halloween. In your dreams dear! :)
I suppose you could each bring one or two or three of the favorite items and then have a grab bag or Yankee swap session….
Pies from the porch pumpkins.. I’m laughing! You crack me up Sherri! Definitely not buying a favorite for every person! Every party is different and it’s just totally up to the host! For most favorite things parties you bring 3 gifts. 3 of the same thing unwrapped. You get up and explain why the item is your favorite and then draw 3 names out of a bowl to give the gifts out. I have another one coming up this week where we just bring 2 gifts! The price range is typically 25-30 for each gift so it’s around $50 – $90. Not cheap! But not a gift for everyone there. :)
Thank you for the tree decorating inspiration and the gift ideas! I purchased several gifts from your list for my nieces.
I’m so happy that was helpful Sue! Thank you and happy holidays! :)