Behold the Mother of All Gift Guides!

The 18 best items from the best gift guides. The crème de la crème, curated for you.

Hi there,

I’ve always loved a good gift guide—those glossy, beautifully curated lists that promise to solve all our holiday dilemmas. But overtime, somehow we got flooded with them, and the magic has started to fade. The specialness has been… diluted.

So this year, I decided to do something different. I gathered all the good gift guides, and hand-picked the very best. Then I went one layer deeper and curated my single favorite item from each one (OK, sometimes I chose more than 1, but who’s counting 😊). Consider this the Mother of All Gift Guides: I did the sifting, selecting, and sanity-saving so you don’t have to.

No personality types, no “for the foodie / for the traveler / for the plant lover.” Just a collection of what I truly believe is unique, beautiful, and/or genuinely useful, solid gifts for everyone on your list.

I hope this edit helps you navigate the holiday gifting season with ease, and gives you back something far more precious than another link to click: more time with the people you love. Enjoy!

Love,

Patricia