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Gifts For The Hostess

Fashion Dec 19, 2014

by Swati Bhatt Vyas

Spoil Your Hostess With These Top-notch Gifts

With the holiday season rolling out, it is time to attend cocktail parties, house parties, and soirees. To ensure you are invited again, master the art of gifting. A boring bottle of wine will not do, when you can get a chic shoe book or goldmine brush set.

I have rounded up my fave items that any hostess will be thrilled to receive.

Art & Sole by Jane Weitzman

Art & Sole by Jane Weitzman/ $25 cdn

Art & Sole features 150 fantasy art shoes made of highly unique materials she has discovered and commissioned by artists for the first Stuart Weitzman shop on Madison Avenue in the mid-1990s. Made from feathers, paper, ceramic, metal, resin, playing cards, corrugated cardboard, Swarovski crystals, even fresh flowers and frosting, many of the shoes featured in Art & Sole are in printed form for the first time. The vibrant red cover and gold edges make Art & Sole an eye catching coffee table book and easily enjoyed by shoe lovers and art aficionados alike. Art & Sole makes a great holiday gift.

Sephora Collection 24 Karat Gold Mine Brush Set

Sephora Collection 24 Karat Gold Mine Brush Set/$106cdn

This set features seven brushes, including three with new and exclusive shapes. Each brush is made with super soft 100 percent synthetic fibers infused with real 24-karat gold for a touch of brilliant elegance.

Verlaine Vanilla Orchid Candle

VerlaineVanilla Orchid Candle/ $92.22cdn

The Mercury jar filed with glass come with a cloche dome fits perfectly in within any home decor.

Modern Copper Planter

Modern Copper Hanger/$178.57 cdn

This stunning copper hanging planter with an antique chain is a modern take on a classic style Finnish Himmeli, handcrafted using century-old metal-spinning techniques. In the Himmeli tradition, these planters represent good fortune ahead, which will please any hostess.

KX-PRX120 Phone Panasonic

KX-PRX120 Phone Panasonic/ $249.99cdn

The multifunctional telephone, works as a home phone, app master for you to keep tabs on your social media sites. The front camera enables video calling, while the SD card slot allows you to play music and load games. It will keep you connected with your hostess while you plan and prep for the next party.

Derwent Salt and Pepper Mills

Derwent Salt and Pepper Mills/$79.99cdn

Elegant and timeless, Derwent Salt and Pepper Mills is the perfect gift for one who enjoys cooking. Built for more flavor and fewer turns, the pepper mill features a gourmet precision hardened carbon steel professional mechanism and the salt mill features a ceramic mechanism for finesse and quality.

Keurig 2.0

Keurig 2.0 K400 Brewer/$159.99cdn

There are people who like coffee, and then there are people who like-like coffee, for whom coffee is an experience, an adventure, a whole realm of possibility just waiting to be explored. The new Keurig 2.0 has them covered with over 250 variety K-cup with 40 brands, colour touch display with 4 cup carafe.

ALDO Pralaboino Bag

ALDO Pralaboina Bag/ $50cdn

Now this super stylish clutch may be tempting to keep it for yourself, but, be a generous gifter and pass on your style. This clutch comes with a kiss-lock closure and an optional shoulder strap chain. A little bling never hurts.

Stardust Bracelet Set

Swarovski Stardust Bracelet

Stardust Bracelet Set/ $140cdn

The stardust bracelets features a nylon fishnet tube filled with tiny pink/black crystals and can also be worn as a choker. This holiday treasure look most decadent with other earrings or necklaces in similarly warm tones.

LUSH Holiday Gift Set

Seven festive inventions from the North Pole/$54.95cdn

Santa Claus is coming to town with a box full of fizz, bubbles and festive cheer. This fun, interactive hatbox shows the scene of a living room on Christmas Eve just before Santa's arrival. Lift the lid, and you'll find Dashing Santa himself (in Bath Bomb form), his Reindeer (in the form of Reindeer Rock Soap), plus five more limited edition inventions for the bath and shower.

Knit Throw

Knit Throw/ $39.99cdn

Nothing says holidays like the warmth of a cozy knit throw. This generously sized classic throw will make any setting feel instantly homier .

Fragrance Coffret

Aerin Fragrance Coffret/ $130cdn

A limited edition set fragrance created by Aerin. The luxurious set is sure to get you a invite to the next party and more.

philosophy The Holiday Handbook

The Holiday Handbook/$24

These ultra rich hand creams are formulated with multiple butters—including shea, mango, and cocoa butters—that nurture and soften dry hands. Natural oils and antioxidants moisturize and help protect skin against environmental attack for hands that are super soft and smooth but never greasy. The delicate scents are an intimate reminder to celebrate the joy of the season.

MICRO Nail

MICRO Nail/$59.99

The innovative product buffs, smoothes and shines nails in seconds. Battery operated nail buffer by emjoi is here to stay, and ideal for women on the go.

Wyborowa Wódka

Wyborowa Wódka/$25.95cdn

Now, if you are going to a party that is best suited for a bottle of liquor. Ditch the wine and opt for the vodka. Wyborowa is a genuine Polish vodka, created in 1927 with over 500 years of Polish vodka craftsmanship. Wyborowa is the 3rd fastest growing premium vodka brand in the world.

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Swati Bhatt Vyas

Author

With a master’s in Journalism from Mumbai University, Swati published her first book as one of the youngest female self-help authors in India. Later in 2011, she penned her second book. Since then she has worked extensively in print, web & broadcast media in India & Canada. She c...

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Gifts For The Hostess

by Swati Bhatt Vyas

Spoil Your Hostess With These Top-notch Gifts

Art & Sole by Jane Weitzman

Sephora Collection 24 Karat Gold Mine Brush Set

Verlaine Vanilla Orchid Candle

Modern Copper Planter

KX-PRX120 Phone Panasonic

Derwent Salt and Pepper Mills

Keurig 2.0

ALDO Pralaboino Bag

Stardust Bracelet Set

Stardust Bracelet Set

Swarovski Stardust Bracelet

LUSH Holiday Gift Set

Knit Throw

Fragrance Coffret

philosophy The Holiday Handbook

MICRO Nail

Wyborowa Wódka

Swati Bhatt Vyas

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