Deck the halls and homes of your family and friends--
GIVE them these delightful design gifts recommended by FOF gurus.
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Helen Kenney Poore is an
FOF interior design guru and owner of
The Scented Garden, a gift store located in St. Michaels, Maryland.
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Karen Adams Calendar Giftbox, $59 ($29 for refill)
“A unique gift for the person who has everything is the Karen Adams hand-painted calendar. Just remember who you gave the set to, because next year you can give them the refill. They’re already sold out in my store.”
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Kristin Drohan is an
FOF interior design guru and an interior designer whose work has been featured in
The Washington Post, House Trends Magazine, New England Home, and
New York Spaces. She also has her own
furniture collection.
2. Personalized Trays, Platters and Ice Buckets from Clairebella, Starting at $38
“I love that these can be personalized with colors, patterns, and monograms.”
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Barbara Mangini is the blogger behind
My Dog-Eared Pages, a collection of musings on art, fashion, and interior designs.
3. Harry Stooshinoff Landscape Paintings, starting at $45
“I am a quite a fan of this Canadian artist. He’s been selling his work for over 30 years. His small landscapes are created on heavy, acid-free artist's paper, using a quick pencil sketch on location then followed by bold, intuitive swashes of acrylics. I love the idea of hanging several together as a grouping.”
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4. Turkish Towel Peshtemals from Bathstyle, starting at $22
“A peshtemal is a towel traditionally used in Turkish baths. The colors correspond to different regions in Turkey. I’ve always loved them because they absorb water fast and dry quickly. They take up less space and are also great for the pool, boat and the beach. These are 100% cotton produced on looms in Turkey.”
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Lisa Porter is the mastermind behind
The Lisa Porter Collection, a blog featuring eye-popping designs, inspiring interiors and carefully-vetted businesses.
5. Beautiful Gardens of Kentucky by Jon Carloftis ($40)
“This year I’ll be gifting Beautiful Gardens of Kentucky by famed New York City garden designer Jon Carloftis. I have had the pleasure of
meeting Jon and his incredible family--what I admire most about this southern gentleman is his desire to give back. He’s beyond generous with his talent and time devoting much of it towards local garden clubs and charitable organizations. Anyone who loves to garden will love this book.”
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Julia Reed is the creative director of
Taigan, a meticulously-curated online boutique featuring unique products and gifts. She has been a contributing editor to numerous publications including
Vogue,
Conde Nast Traveler, and
the New York Times and is the author of:
The House on First Street, My New Orleans Story; Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, And Other Southern Delicacies: An Entertaining Life (With Recipes); and
Queen Of The Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena.
6. Small Apothecary Jar from
And George, $47
“It is so versatile. Fill it with festive red-and-white peppermints or use it as a receptacle for roasted pecans or little cheese biscuits on the bar when entertaining. It would also be fabulous in a bathroom filled with small soaps or bath salts such as
these.”
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7. Set of White Mugs from
And George, $60
“I adore both the delicacy and color of these tea mugs. Throw in a canister of your favorite tea and this pretty
handwoven silver tea strainer and it's a great gift.”
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Contest closes December 17, 2011 at midnight E.S.T.
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Beautiful gifts! Love the calendar!
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I saw a design of a cat. It is beautiful. My daughter absolutley loves any thing to do with cats.
The small-scapes are fantastic..would love it.
Nice array of gifts, but outside my ability to purchase, however, would still like towin the calendar, thanks!!
That calendar is striking! Would love to have that on my desk.
Great ideas for gift giving, most specially for someone who has everything. I love the mugs the most, it clearly is an art and eye catching… conversation pieces!
I love the Apothecary jar.
Love the calendar and I know St Michael’s MD! It is such a charming town! Would LOVE to have this unique gift, but I would keep it for myself if I won!
Karen Adams calendar is unique and a top shelf gift idea. Thank you for sharing!
Funny, I recently visited a local stationery store in search of gift ideas and saw a similar knock off by Stacy Claire Boyd. No comparison, rather tasteless and a rude attempt at feigning artistry.
Oh well, I suppose mimicry is a form of flattery.
These are all such clever and useful ideas -even for oneself!
The calendar is gorgeous, indeed!!!!
Love the White Mugs, but I could not afford to buy them right now. Thanks for sharing all of the gift ideas, especially because they are all Female owned and operated. Go Girls
Love how these gifts are sooo unexpected and original ..
.. The calendar is fantastic, never saw anything like this before – and the Turkish towels have really peaked my interest !!!!
great to give and great to get
Great gift ideas – thanks for sharing such unique items!
It is so refreshing to see different and unique gift.
Thanks for sharing would love to win.
Happy Holidays
All are beautiful! Any one would be lovely to give( or get).
Definitely creative. This is the kind of stuff I love to look at but never seem to buy. Love them all.
These are all so unique. Love to win.
Beautiful calendar!!
All the items are very nice but way out of my price range. I am disabled and on a fixed income which according to Congress, is something I may be getting less of. My mom is from KY and she would love that particular gift, but alas, unless I win it, I can’t buy it.
The calendar is gorgeous!
They are all beautiful. love the painting. Would really love to have the calendar since I need to keep my schedule close at hand.
What great gifts! I’d love to win either of these unique items.
very nice and different – would be great to win
I love the turkish towel peshtemals. Actually I like them all!
The calendar and stand is lovely. I have just the place for this. I would love to win and enjoy this unique item.
Cool gifts and I know the perfect person to give the calendar to should I win it. Thanks so much for a neat contest.
Great gifts for someone who has everything. A bit out of my price range, though. I especially like the towels and the mugs
Never won anything but this would be a great place to start.
Clever way to display a classy calendar.
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All of the Gifts (articles) on this page are Beautiful! Thanks for sharing them.
From the The Calendar Box all the way down the page, I don’t know any of my BFF’s/FOF’s including myself that wouldn’t love to have any1 of these
As always, thanks for the opportunity to “be in it to win it”!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday’s to ALL!!
LOVE the white tea mugs! What an artistic way to sip some hot tea!
Great conversation piece….
Everyone’s broke for my birthday in January so i will appreciate this gift…
These are are incredibly unique ideas. A little out of my gifting budget, though. Thank you for sharing the lovely ideas!
Love the painting but, it needs to come with a bottle of wine!
Great ideas for gifts for the people in your life that seem to have everything!
These are all such lovely items, but , if my budget allowed, I would have to do them as “one-for-you-and-one-for-me”!
This is perfect, ever year I have a very hard time finding that one “unique gift” for my very best friend who is also a painter, she makes her own cards for every occasion, I have the cards she painted for me framed, they are so beautiful, to be able to give her a hand painted calender by Karen Adams to say she would be very excited would be an under statement, YES, I am keepig my fingers crossed for this calender, thank you for this great opportunity. Happy Holidays to All…..
I would love to win so of your gifts they are beautiful never have seen such great gift
These are so lovely & original. Love to win.
I really like these gift ideas,as they are fun and different than something I would have thought of! Thank you for some great ideas for some of the (one’s) on my list that are so hard to buy for.
Pretty things, the mug is a cute idea!
Living with interior design my entire life,my father,he called himself the “inferior desecrater”, introduced me to style,
my great aunt Mary Cassatt was long gone when I was growing up , but that did not stop mom from instilling in me the idea that everything is art. I grew up with it and can appreciate all of these womens ideas,and gifts.
I love the variety of your presentation, thank you.
I love the creativity!
I like that calendar. I always wait ’til January to buy my calendars since they cut the price then. I didn’t see the 2 carat cup so I looked on the website. Not a cup I can see using myself or giving to anyone. All the other items on here however were very nice.
Awesome gifts that I would really enjoy!
These are all very lovely gifts by some highly talented artists. My gift giving budget is for items in a lower price range, though.