Christmas Gift Ideas Meant for Everyone

As we continue to unpack, we thought we’d share this year’s virtual gift roundup (a la this one from last year). It is a three-post-in-a-row thing (we could not fit all the pics into one) so stay tuned for two more that’ll pop up today. First we hit up Crate & Barrel. Here is what we found:

These cute wine glasses were on sale for $1.50, and two of them along with a bottle of inexpensive vino could make a pleasant little gift for someone that does not drain the ol’ bank account:

This fairly ceramic serving tray was on sale for $5.95, and could be filled with anything from cookies to candy (I’d do an assortment of fancy olives for my Italian antipasto loving mom). Who does not need another serving platter? And one with the Crate & Barrel logo on the back consistently feels swanky (we are betting the giftee would never guess it was under 6 bucks).

I also could not take my eyes off these vivid $3.95 votive glasses (a gift of three of ’em with plain white candles inside would be sweet). Full disclosure: if we were not packing and moving when we shot these pics, I totally would have snagged a few for myself.

These colorful bowls were $3.95 a pop, so a cute gift idea might be pairing a few of them with anything from a box of your giftee’s go-to cereal to a bag of mixed nuts or caramel corn.

I have a certain bake-glad best friend who I think these $2.95 cupcake-shaped cookie cutters would be ideal for (along with anything from a baking cookbook to a bag of flour, sugar, and baking soda).

We cannot forget gifts for our four-legged friends! And these designer dog toys would look fairly darn cute on the floor:

These feisty little pepper-riddled dishtowels (simply $4.95) would be pleasant for anyone that you know who has red or green accents in their kitchen (John’s mom has a red kitchen at their beach house…).

This is simply a Hands-on idea that we noticed while trolling the store. How creative are these grasscloth wallpaper bookcovers? We have seen it done with white or tan craft paper, but the texture from the woven grasscloth is truly cool.

We cannot forget our lately acquired patterned napkins (which have a lot of the tones we are loving for the new house color scheme worked in). They are were still $2.95 each (marked down from $4.95) when we were there, so a gift of four of them tied with a turquoise ribbon would only run you $12.

Here is another idea that we thought might inspire some good old fashioned Hands-on. A big box, bin, or jar of markers, crayons, pipe-cleaners, stickers, scissors, balloons, and other inexpensive (even dollar-store) items could make a truly cool “I am not bored anymore” present for the kid in your life.

These delicate $3.95 ceramic leaf ornaments were so fairly (for gifting to yourself while you are shopping, or to someone else who might have a penchant for white ceramic things…).

And speaking of white ceramic gorgeousities (not a word, but bear with me), this $6.95 pinecone ornament makes me want to make up words.

And of course we have the obligatory photo of John and Clara in the Clara chair. Lookin’ good folks. Lookin’ good.

And so ends our trek through Crate & Barrel. We will be back in a bit to share what other budget friendly things we stalked at Pottery Barn and Urban Outfitters (we took too many pics to roll everything into one post this year). Until then, we will simply be unpacking… again.

Update: You can check out all of our go-to holiday decor finds here – many of which are under $15!