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Highlights: 2014 Gift Guides

Published on November 30, 2014 By Emily. Updated on November 30, 2014

Some things in life are predictable.  The fact that I’ll spend too much of my day tomorrow answering questions about the length of Christmas break – when does it start and end?  That my hands are going to be cold from now until April.  That I’ll be finishing my grad school project on the day it’s due.  And that I get really excited about gift guides, even when most of my Christmas shopping is already done.  Luckily for all of you, I’m sharing that excitement today through the links below.

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Gift “Wrap” That They Won’t Really Throw Out (Apartment Therapy)

Meaningful Yet Mostly Free Things to Give This Holiday Season (Apartment Therapy)

Natural + Organic Gift Giving Guide (Wellness Mama)

21 Homemade Gifts You Can Make Over the Long Weekend (The Kitchn)

The No Meat Athlete Holiday Gift Guide to Stuff You Actually Need (and None of the Crap You Don’t) (No Meat Athlete)

Gift Guide: Best DIY Books of 2014 (Punk Domestics)

Gifts for Lovers of Books, Coffee, Cocktails & Good Food (Food 52)

My 2014 Cookbook Gift Guide (Simple Bites)

My Favorite Kitchen Gifts for Healthy Cooks (Back to Her  Roots)

You may also enjoy these earlier Relishments posts (I love a good gift guide!):

Local Gift Ideas from the Berkshires and Beyond

Highlights: Gift Guides 2013

Highlights: Store Bought and DIY Gift Guides 2012

Highlights: Homemade Gift Ideas 2011

Highlights: Holiday Gift Guides 2011

Highlights: Gift Guides 2010

Image by Sigismund von Dobschütz via Wikimedia Commons

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  1. Sean says

    December 1, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    Thanks for sharing the DIY books list!

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