June 18, 2011

The Best Hostess Gifts


It's summer! This means two things: you'll be visiting friends and you'll need to bring a housewarming gift. Here are some small treasures to make sure you get another invitation next year.

1. For your mom, a vintage oyster plate @ French Treasures.

2. For your college friends, The Original Moonshine whiskey, $40 @ Moonshine.

3. For the fashionista, a collection of coffee table books 'Hotel Il Pellicano'; 'Poolside With Slim Aarons'; 'Slim Aarons: Once Upon a Time'; 'Slim Aarons: A Place in the Sun,' all $85 @ Abrams Books.

4. For beach bums, a 'reserved' cotton beach towel. $65 @ Chance.

5. For happy-hour lovers, monogrammed linen cocktail napkins. $20 @ Wisteria.

6. For kids, a psychedelic bodyboard. $149 @ Wave Skater.

7. For design aficionados, four silver Josef Hoffmann corn-cob holders. $280 @ Neue Galerie.

8. For the lazy, a hammock hand-woven in Brazil. $120 @ The Conran Shop.

*image via wsj

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