The DM | Gift Guide Issue
SPECIAL EDITION: Or the one where we gleefully jump on the gifting bandwagon
On this special edition of the DM, we made you a gift guide which is basically like the writer’s version of a child’s painted pasta necklace which is to say it was easy to make AND we’re really proud of it. Please hang on your fridge.
Here’s what we want, what we think you should want, and a bonus semi-creepy photo of the Olsen Twins pretending to eat.
Meg’s List
This is the best candle of all time. I will be taking no further questions.
Eris Ceramic Vase ($240)
To know me is to know I love overpriced pottery and to know overpriced pottery is to know that Light and Ladder is essentially marijuana for pot…tery heads (more weed jokes to come!) Upon receiving a vase from them, you might think ‘wtf this so small why did I pay for this’ and then find yourself hugging it every night before bed for being so GD beautiful. Trust.
Rolling Paper ($13.25)
Over my ‘Christmas break’ (I work in tech, don’t shoot me), I’ve decided I am going to learn how to roll the absolutely perfect joint. It feels like a really useful party trick (literally) and a super cheap gift that can be shared by all. ’Tis the season!
USB Lighter ($45)
I have this in pink and while the color is mildly irrelevant, it makes for a very fun stocking stuffer for the person who has a million candles or is trying to learn how to roll the perfect joint.
I simply had to put this on my list because one should always have at least one completely impractical item on their wish list to make everything else look like a reasonable purchase. As a child, it was a pony. As a teenager, it was a convertible. Today, I come to you as a very young 30-something desiring nothing more than a beautiful nylon mint green corset that I can wear around to feel as g-l-a-m as an early 2000s Fergie song. Is it too much to ask? (I’m a size small)
Glow Screen SPF ($36)
Another great stocking stuffer. One can never have enough youthful effervescent glow or SPF. Or both.
Codenames ($15.97)
As a rule, I hate all games. Dating games. Ballgames. Board games. But I love Codenames. I also think it’s secretly training me to be a spy, which has always been a dream of mine.
This is the most adult thing I have ever said: I adore this miniature vacuum. There is no joy quite like using it on your desktop after eating a muffin or removing the tiny puffs of cat hair from beneath a stool—pure ecstasy.
I’m ending on socks. I read somewhere that socks are the perfect gift because everyone needs them and you could always use more. I happen to agree but also… these are the best.
Devon’s List
Dotty Coupes ($115)
Life’s too short not to drink bubbles at home on the reg, so live and let live with some cute and fancy little coupes, baby.
El Cosmico Big Bend Robe ($180)
Indulge the inner lady leisure in all of us with a serape-inspired robe, which I imagine will make anyone feel cool immediately upon wear.
Pick up a box of this fantastically addictive patatas fritas for the chip lover, your impossible-to-appease brother, or company Secret Santa. Heck, get one for yourself, too, as a snack to pair with the aforementioned champagne.
I love a good perfume as much as the next gal; however, since I have commitment issues or whatever, I can’t always bring myself to buy one single scent. Enter: multiple little ones on hand to spritz whenever and wherever. A stellar gift exchange contribution or stocking stuffer.
A timely present to wrap up for a soccer fan for when the World Cup wraps up. Non-sporty book option: Art: The Definitive Visual Guide.
Because we all know someone who needs these (maybe you) and because I had to stay on brand.
It might have been the wine talking, but I said I was grateful for these at Thanksgiving this year. I still stand by it. My fave colors are Heartbeats and Wanderlust.
Brings color to any couch or bed and brings joy and warmth to you? Don’t think, add to cart, dear reader! There are also cutie smaller sizes for kiddos and Denver peeps - Calli has a few of the large ones at Miller Lane Mercantile, too.
Hey, Santa, if you're reading this and can’t swing it this year (no biggie, it’s fine, I get it) - mind working with my accountant to figure out how I can write this dress off instead? “Gifting” is kosher with the IRS, right? Sincerely, A Frequent Wedding Guest.
Dim Sum Dough Dough Kit ($48)
Omg, with a tagline of ‘Dim sum-body say dumplings!,’ how could your favorite little aspiring chef NOT have this?
Dominic West as Charles from The Crown (Priceless)
I think we can all agree this man is a *gift*.
Bonus thing you need to know: this was written while listening to the ‘Jazzy Christmas, Baby’ playlist.