Holiday Entertaining Gift Guide

For that person who loves to entertain, (and we know who we are!):

Love this Tasto Chip and Dip Set by David Holcomb for the MOMA Store

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The bowl holds colorful, removable pouches to fill with different dips!

4 Placecard Holder-Ornaments from Crate & Barrel

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Simple, gold wire trees--and 4 for only $10!

Beautiful Topography Dessert Plates by Rebekah Maysles for Anthropologie

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The Little Pink Book of Cocktails by Madeline Teachett

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Creative cocktails and clever quotations, for only $9.95 from Urban Outfitters.

Vintage Silver Plate and Crystal Ice Bucket from Etsy

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Can you say classy and kitchy?!

And finally, a display piece for your gorgeous cookies, cupcakes or cake: 

Vintage Fenton Hobnail Milkglass Cake Stand from Etsy

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I adore hobnail and milkglass...and baking.  Perfect!

And there you have it--some super-cool, modern and vintage entertaining pieces for the entertainer on your list this holiday season!

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Thursday's Thinking of Food Continued...

These two things came to my attention after I posted today's Thinking of Food, but I thought they were really cool, so here's the continuation:

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*Food & Think, a Smithsonian blog that I newly follow, and love, posted What's Your Beef? Grass-Fed and Other Beef Terminology. The post gives some insight, from an insider, as to what questions we as consumers should be asking to really find out the nitty-gritty about what the meat we're about to eat ate before it was killed, and possibly more importantly, what it didn't eat.

April's In Our Own Words e-mail
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*Just received my monthly e-mail from Anthropologie, In Our Own Words. April's edition is all about gardening and the plans some of the Anthro stores have for Earth Day. Awesome quote from the e-mail: "Gardens are a form of autobiography," says writer and NY Botanical Garden instructor, Sydney Eddison.

So true.

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Little Red Dress

My favorite Christmas present...

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Got this in Charlotte from Anthropologie. Can't wait to wear it with heels to dress it up, or cowboy boots...

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au courant styles for fall

I am a Fan of Anthropologie, the women's clothing and housewares store, on Facebook. I was pleased and surprised to see this as one of their posts today:

"It’s that time of year again when the air turns crisp and we happily retreat indoors to ready our roosts. So tell us, what decorating style fits you and your home best? See more of our styles:http://bit.ly/13Gzpc" and then proceeded to list "au courant" as a decorating style! Luckily, I fancy myself as an au courant stylist; click here for some more examples of au courant style.

Pictures of my favorite au courant items are courtesy of anthropologie.com.

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