Even though hosting a Thanksgiving, Christmas or Hanukkah dinner can be fun, it’s also nice to just simply be a guest. If you will be a dinner guest this holiday season, bringing a thoughtful hostess gift is thoughtful and greatly appreciated. A nice bottle of wine, homemade baked goods or a lovely bouquet of flowers is always well received. However, if you are running short on time and want to bring something a little different this year, here are my top ten stylish hostess gifts under $40:
One. Jonathan Adler’s Utopia Elephant Mug – perhaps filled with flowers, chocolates or favorites teas.
Four. A Stylish Personalized Plate by La Plate – Just add homemade holiday cookies and this makes a very thoughtful and chic hostess gift.
Five. Elephant Letterpress Stationary at Paper Source – Who doesn’t love receiving exquisite letterpress notecards?
Six. Jamie Oliver’s Jme -100 English Honey at Williams Sonoma – Yum.
Nine. Monogrammed Salt & Pepper Shakers by Dabney Lee – So fresh and fun… perfect for the hostess that has everything!
Ten. Wembé Soaps from the Amazon – Love that they are 100 natural and organic. Who wouldn’t want one?
Giving you a jump on your holiday shopping, the nice folks at Wembé Soaps are giving away a Frutal Energizing Set of their luxurious soaps to not one, but two lucky Simplified Bee Readers. The combination of these three frutal blends, mango, citric and passion fruit invigorate, emolliate and cleanse skin naturally.
To enter, simply leave a comment letting me know which scents or products you love at Wembé {leave your email if I don’t have a way to contact you}. For extra entries:
• Become a new follower of Simplified Bee’s Blog, Twitter or Facebook Page.
• Become a follower of Wembé on Twitter or Facebook.
• Mention this giveaway in a post or tweet, then leave a comment letting me know.
• Please post a separate comment for each extra entry.
• Open to US & Canadian residents only.
• Entry period closes at midnight PST, Wednesday, November 17, 2010.
Good luck!
* Wembé is hosting the giveaway, but this is not a paid advertisement
The snow cleansing blend sound so interesting to me.
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Yummy, the Chocolate Cleaning Blend sounds wonderful. Thanks for a sent-sational givaway!
Passion fruit sounds yummy!
I'm a follower too!
The coconut exfoliating sounds fabulous and tropical!
Very handy list you have here!! Thank you!!
The Snow Cleansing Blend sounds just up my alley…very refreshing!
Great list! I think I would gift the soap to my sis-in-law when we see her for Christmas.
The citric cleansing blend sounds good to me!
For me, honey is always a winner, but any item with an elephant on is always welcome!
The Mango Wembé scent sounds wonderful.
Very touch decision – I must be hungry because the Coconut Exfoliating Blend and the Dulce de Leche sound so good!
Thanks for the gift ideas!
Fun giveaway, Cristin! The mango or citric scents sound wonderful. Thanks for letting me know.
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The citric blend sounds great! Or… the loofah for dry winter skin!
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Love them all, but would love those cashmere hand warms!
pve
The Yerba Mate Exfoliating Blend would be lovely…thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for the La Plates love! We think you've got a pretty fab list…now to start shopping:)
xo, Lara @ La Plates
love your list — i've been trying to find candles as my hostess gifts this year — going to check the ones you've listed now!
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Would love to try the Avocado Cleansing Blend!
Also a follower of Wembe on FB.
Hello Cristin-
What a nice list of Hostess gifts…I do think I will take your advice!
I hope this finds you well.
Warm regards,
David Hansen / Ashfield Hansen Design Inc.
The Mango one looks delicious.
I thing the Mango Cleansing Blend would be great!
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The mango clensing blend sounds amazing!
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Snow sounds lovely. Great giveaway!
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SO many great ideas that I am having a hard time deciding what to stock up on for the holiday's…hmmm….
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I would love the Snow Cleansing Bar as I adore the scent of eucalyptus. Tanks so much for the giveaway and the great blog! thedawnharris@hotmail.com
I am also an email subscriber to SB!
Perfect ideas for all of those parties!
Thanks for making life simpler and more beautiful for us all
-Emily
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These are wonderful ideas for gift giving. Such lovely pieces! Have a lovely day, Kellie xx
Passion Fruit sounds wonderful!
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The Yerba Mate and Loofah exfoliating blends would be nice to try. Well, I would love to try all of them!
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I'm a new follower on Facebook!
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Wow, these soaps look and sound good enough to eat! I'd love to tr out Dulce de Leche – mmmm, caramel!
The squirrel bottle stopped is adorable
Kelly
Already follow you on Twitter, just “Liked” you on FB, and signed up to follow your blog with my new blog profile.
Kelly
Just signed up to follow Wembe on Twitter.
Kelly
Just tweeted about your giveaway (@KellyJamesJAXDD)
Kelly
what great picks – they're all terrific!! Especially love the squirrel bottle stopper – adorable!
I would love to try the Seaweed Cleansing Bar. Thanks! kufb50 at gmail dot com
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Thank you for linking up your giveaway! Sadly I was a day late on this too =( If I could have entered I would pick the honey jar just because of the text: Our Honey is the bee's knees. Best I've heard in a while!! (and very befitting of this blog too