{"id":3049,"date":"2010-12-07T16:38:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T21:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2010-12-07T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T21:38:13","slug":"gift-guide-for-that-hard-to-shop-for-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/gift-guide-for-that-hard-to-shop-for-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Guide: For that Hard to Shop For Person"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is it just me or does it seem like December just snuck up on us all of a sudden? I’m not prepared for the holidays. \u00a0I think I’ve bought one gift so far. \u00a0Like you, I’m juggling a lot of balls and unfortunately holiday gift buying is one that’s gotten dropped. My family has been after me to get my holiday wish list to them. I appreciate their diligence because I know I’m hard to shop for, I readily admit that. I suspect that most of us have a few people on our list who are “hard to shop for”, so here are a few ideas for that hard to shop for person or persons on your list this holiday season:<\/p>\n

For the Bookish<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Cool prints from a series called “The Ideal Bookshelf”<\/span><\/a>, starting price $20.<\/p>\n

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Kindle & Nook Covers from Halsea<\/span><\/a>, $15.<\/p>\n

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Wacky British humor often tickles the fancy of those hard to shop for people. Simon Doonan’s (significant other of Jonathan Adler and Creative Director at Barneys) book, Beautiful People<\/span><\/a>, about his life growing up in London surely fits the bill. $10.<\/p>\n

For the Hostess With the Mostess<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mr. & Mrs. Cocktail glass set<\/span><\/a>, $18.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And what are cocktail glasses without proper coasters? Jonathan Adler coasters<\/span><\/a>, $48.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful sparkly\u00a0automatic lighter<\/span><\/a>, $65.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Midas Touch! Water Carafe and glasses<\/span><\/a>, $25-$100.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I know everyone’s gaga for Lanvin’s H&M collection, but trust me your hard to shop for person will be gaga for this deck of cards! Lanvin<\/span><\/a>, $87.<\/p>\n

For the Fashionista<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fun & cool sunglass case<\/span><\/a> that she’ll be able to find at the bottom of any handbag. Jonathan Adler, $38.<\/p>\n

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Colorful laptop sleeve by Melissa Beth<\/span><\/a>, $30.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jonathan Adler<\/span><\/a> ($20) and Kate Spade<\/span><\/a> ($40) iPhone cases.<\/p>\n

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Cool leather iPad cases, customizable in an array of colors and textures, from Vaja<\/span><\/a>. $225.<\/p>\n

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What Yogi wouldn’t want her own customized yoga mat<\/span><\/a>? $35.<\/p>\n

For the Man Who Needs Nothing<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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If he’s always on the phone responding to calls, emails and texts, this service-blocking hanky, a phonekerchief<\/span><\/a>, made with silver fibers that effectively blocks all incoming calls and data, $15.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just a little something to make him smile while he’s doodling on those never-ending conference calls, pencil sets inspired by phrases from Anchorman<\/span><\/a> and The Office<\/span><\/a>, $6<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

For the Food Enthusiast<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The perfect book<\/span><\/a> for the man who is the jack of all trades and the master of none, $12.<\/p>\n

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The perfect book<\/span><\/a><\/span> for the woman who prefers to use speed-dial to a cuisinart when it comes to creating the perfect meal, $16.<\/p>\n

For the Woman Who Has Everything<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The one thing you can never have too much of is personal stationery! effie’s paper<\/span><\/a>, $45. And the topper? A beautiful fountain pen<\/span><\/a><\/span> for her to use to write her hand-written notes, $65.<\/p>\n

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For the Budding Fashionista<\/span><\/h2>\n

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To help that young stylista learn that style comes from within, this great book by Lulu Guinness<\/span><\/a> is the modern day version of Tiffany’s Table Manners for Teenagers<\/em>. In Lulu’s world, PEARLS, stands for “poised, elegant, attractive, radiant, ladylike, sophisticated” – pretty good lesson to impart, no? $21.<\/p>\n

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For that little designer in your life, FashionPlaytes<\/span><\/a> might be the thing that helps her become the next Vera Wang – she’ll design her own clothes based on their templates and then receive her masterpiece in the mail! Gift Certificates start at $25.<\/p>\n

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Happy Shopping!<\/p>\n

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Is it just me or does it seem like December just snuck up on us all of a sudden? I’m not prepared for the holidays. \u00a0I think I’ve bought one gift so far. \u00a0Like you, I’m juggling a lot of balls and unfortunately holiday gift buying is one that’s gotten dropped. My family has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,12,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalynjohnson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}