Holiday Gift Guide | For Teachers/Neighbors/Coworkers

1 // 2 old, but here is a valet tray!// 3 old, similar here// 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 old, but love these! // 10 old, but similar here // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14

You see them all the time yet you might not really know them. Coworkers, teachers, and/or neighbors are often times a huge part of your life, and you want to make sure you get them something thoughtful, but that uncertainty about knowing what to get them, can also lead to some pretty lackluster gifts. So, I thought I would kick things up a notch and give you a few good gift ideas for those trickier situations in your life. You want the gifts to be special, but also cost-effective, thoughtful but also appropriate, and all this be a delicate balance sometimes! Let’s break down some fun ideas below.

Monogrammed Items

Who doesn’t love a gift with their name or initial on it? These gifts will go a long way in showing the person {or people!} that you care. The pencil holder {#2 old, valet tray here} would be so cute for a coworker or teacher, and at $19.99 it’s a steal! Mark & Graham also have a site wide sale going on! The cutting board {#10} and cheese tray {#13 old, but similar here} are both practical and super cute – and 25% off right now making them both under $30! The personalized catchall tray {#7} and leather keyring {#4} are also cute and practical gifts that anyone would love.

Baked Goods

Like I mentioned above, homemade cookies, marshmallows, cakes etc. are all wonderful gift ideas – but also time consuming and with everything going on in our lives, we don’t always have the time to home bake our favorite goods. Thank goodness for retailers like William Sonoma and Neiman Marcus who make gifting yummy treats easy. These chocolate dipped peppermint cookies {#1} are so cute in their festive red holiday tin, and I’m sure they’re delicious too. Same goes for the caramel popcorn {#5} who doesn’t love this sweet treat to snack on?

Home Items

We all know how I feel about candles, and I’m not sure there are two better scents than Nest’s Holiday fragrance and Thymes’ Frasier Fir. Whether it’s in bar soap form {#6}, lotion {#11 – perfect for a purse or desk}, or soap + dish {#8 – perfect for a powder bath}, these three items are sure to get the receiver in the holiday mood.

Beauty

I wanted to keep the gifts as unisex as possible, but couldn’t help myself in adding a few favorites. This facial mist + lip balm duo {#14,} would be perfect for traveling or throwing in your bag for on the go, and this and mini make up brush + cleaner set {#12} is the perfect starter kit. I especially love the silicon cleaning pad – I have one and use it 1x a month to clean my brushes!

Hope these ideas were helpful in jump starting your holiday gift buying! Let’s get those tricky gifts out of the way first so we can relax and enjoy the holiday season! Let me know in the comments if you’ve ever received a gift from a coworker, neighbor or parent that you found especially special or unique – would love to hear! xx