Gift Guides for Him & Her from UncommonGoods
The best way to shop for holiday gifts is from the comfort of your own home, am I right? Bourbon spiked cider in hand, Christmas movies on the t.v., and then after a couple clickety clicks, you’re done! When the gifts show up at your door, they’re already in boxes, so you don’t even have to wrap them until you’re good and ready. Perfect way to holiday shop, I’m tellin’ ya!
The trickiest part of holiday shopping for me is always finding something special for my family. Every year I feel like I found the perfect gifts for everyone (like last year‘s perfect gift for my dad), but then the next year comes along, and I realize I’ve set the bar so high, I might not be able to keep it up! But UncommonGoods has such a cool collection of unique and dare I say quirky gifts, I can find something for everyone on my list with just one checkout. Check out my favorites for him and her from UncommonGoods below, and also take a look at even more great gift guides from other stylish and creative folks right here!
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Hello!
I follow your blog and I enjoy reading you. I am a homemaker from Barcelona (Spain) currently living in Sweden (my boyfriend is Swedish).
I understand this is a sponsored post but I would like to comment on the opening sentence you used to start it “The best way to shop for holiday gifts is from the comfort of your own home, am I right?”
It is a shame that we are loosing the costume of going to local shops and speak with the owner, purchase goods made with love and care for people to people. Not just the warm experience of shopping but the local economy are something we want to help mainly in these moments of crisis.
In this dates it is good to remind people how important is to have a responsible way of shopping, not just throw your credit card and buy “stuff”.
I hope you don’t take this wrong, I really love your blog and, again, I understand this is an sponsored post, but let’s just try to make something good out of consuming and avoid multinationals, transporting oils and excess packaging.
It is just my humble opinion,
Merry Christmas,
Lou
Hi Lou! Thanks for your input. I agree with some of your sentiments, and I love to support my local businesses too- which I do plenty of times. But I will also admit that at the holidays my favorite way to shop is online. I don’t have to deal with crowds, traffic, and inclement weather. It causes so much stress for someone like me who is around the consumeristic chaos every day at work. I deal with it because it pays the bills, but when I clock out I just want to go home and spend time with my family and loved ones.
I also agree with your sentiment of not just throwing your credit card and buying stuff. My husband and I actually use a cash budget, where we put money into envelopes every month and only spend the cash we have. When I buy online, I take cash from the corresponding envelope and put it in the back the next day. But I don’t really see where using a credit/debit card=bad and I don’t see how this fits in with shopping at local businesses, since they take credit cards just as easily as bix box places.
I don’t know if you know this or not, but UncommonGoods actually started out as a small business run by hard working people who decided to go into business selling creative goods for people looking for something special. They’re still privately owned and employ lots of Americans at a fair wage. It was not an easy road for the people who started the shop, and I’m so glad they’ve been able to stay in business and become successful! Just because they’re not in my hometown doesn’t mean that they aren’t a worthy business to support. While I see your point in limiting CO2 gasses and such, the fact is that online shopping is here to stay, and I think UncommonGoods is a great place to shop. They sell goods from independent artists and craftspeople who are also supported by each purchase. I support local businesses, but I also like to support independent businesses and artists across the globe, not just in my neighborhood.
Thanks for your comment, truly! It made me think. And it’s always good to take a step back and consider why we do things. But I did want to express how much I stand behind supporting independent businesses, in my hometown or across the country.
Something else important to note about UncommonGoods is that they do consider the environment in that their print catalogs are printed on recycled paper (30% post consumer waste) and all their merchandise is produced without harm to animals. They also feature a lot of items that are made of recycled materials.
UncommonGoods also donates a portion of each order to your choice of non-profit organizations: American Forests, Women for Women International, City Harvest, and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).
Thank you for answering my comment. I didn’t know all that you say about Uncommon Goods, they seem to be a really worthy people to buy from!!
You are right about all that you are saying, online shopping is here to stay and it is a good option in some cases, like the one you point out for example.
Thank you again for being somebody I can proudly follow, you made my day by taking my post into consideration.
Much love,
Lou
Just wanted to say I really love reading your blog, I’ve been following it for quite a few years, when I first started taking interior design it provided a lot of inspiration! I think its wonderful you were/are able to share yourself so openly, and in such a humble way that others can relate. Not to mention your posts are always colourful and fun! I look forward to all your future posts!