1. Custom caligraphy stamp. I had been eyeing one of these for a while and when we moved into our "forever" house, I ordered one. No more using those free address labels that we get from our colleges! We ordered ours from this seller on Etsy but if you enter "custom calligraphy stamp" into the search box, you will have oodles of options to choose from.
2. Stationary. I could spend a small fortune in paper stores. Some great local shops are Broadway Paper and Monograham. Paper-Source is a great online resource.
3. Coasters. Rifle has some really pretty ones,
but otherwise coasters are an easy DIY gift. This tutorial looks really easy.
4. Calendar! You can make a photo calendar (parents and grandparents LOVE this!) or select from the dozens of gorgeous options online. This blog features a great listing of calendars - you are sure to find one!
5. Ornaments! Do you know how many amazing ornaments are out there? My favorites are the vintage looking Old World Christmas ornaments. But really almost every store has ornaments - Target has a great assortment this year. If you are up for some craftiness, you can DIY some ornaments out of felt, glass (photo below), cross-stitch or thread.
6. Linens. Napkins, tablecloths, placemats and table runners. All easy DIYs, particularly if you are new to sewing. Here is a great tutorial for napkins (photo below).
You can also troll Etsy and within minutes have a variety of options. Need something really quick and easy? This set from Anthropologie.
7. I shouldn't even have to say this by now....Home-related Magazine Subscription. (You know you are laughing). OK...Martha Stewart Living. This crosses many categories (home, food, crafting) and is my most favorite magazine. It is the only magazine where I keep every single issue and refer back to them often. Little Green Notebook provided a really good list of a variety of home related magazines for Babble as well.
8. Plants or flowers. You can never go wrong with paperwhites, an amaryllis or a christmas cactus.
9. Blankets/Throws. Homemade blankets are so amazing to receive, in my opinion. Nate's grandmother and his co-worker's wife both knit us incredibly soft blankets for wedding gifts while my mom and family have quilted us several blankets for gifts in years past. I still have a blanket my nana made me for my bed in kindergarten. While complicated quilts and blankets may be off the menu for this year, you can still whip up this "11th hour" knit blanket or what my mom, sis and I like to call "cheater quilts": where you basically get two large pieces of fabric, a piece of quilt batting and sew them together. Actually, buying two flat bedsheets works really well for this!
10. Really nice candles. I am not talking glade here. Most home goods stores have a variety of these to select from. Aveda, Origins, or, you guessed it, DIY.
11. Home decorating books. Here are five to consider:
Design Sponge at Home
Decorate
Domino: The Book of Decorating
The Perfectly Imperfect Home
Undecorate
i love those stamps!i can't believe how inexpensive they are!
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