Hey there, friend! I have a special treat for you today. I’m sharing MY favorite things from 2016, which make fabulous gifts for all the girls in your life. Or you may just want to pass this list along to your parents or your significant other. I know you’ll find something here that you love too!
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My favorite things this year are …
Fossil Tote Bag – My Fossil brand leather tote bag has been with me through thick and thin. It has traveled all over the world with me and has been a fabulous partner in crime for 10+ years. Yep. You read that right. I’ve been carrying this leather tote around for a decade plus. It’s finally time to replace it, and I’m getting this one because I know it will hold up forever!
Beautycounter Twig Lip Sheer – This year I was introduced to a new-to-me cosmetic company. I fell in love with their mission to tackle the safety of the body care and beauty industry and to get safer products in the hands of everyone. There are so many unsafe chemicals and toxins in our beauty care products, so I loved finding a company whose products met my safety standards AND performance standards. This lip sheer is my daily go-to lip color! I love it!
Beauty Counter Essential Nourish Collection – I started using Beautycounter for the makeup, which I love, but I did not expect to fall in love with their skin care line. I LOVE the Face collection. The Nourishing Cream Exfoliator is my favorite and leaves my skin feeling so soft! If you’re interested in learning more about why I switched to Beautycounter, watch THIS.
Dove Dry Shampoo – Ever since becoming a mom, I’ve been on a quest to stretch out the hair washings. I’ve pretty much decided that I can go 2-3 days without washing my hair and this stuff makes it all happen! A mama’s best friend!
Monogrammed Mug – I have wanted a monogrammed mug from Anthropologie for forever and I finally bought myself one this year. It’s fun to drink my morning coffee out of this cutie!
Caitlyn Wilson Burnside Buffalo Check Pillow Covers – I’ve been drooling over this fabric for a while now and finally bit the bullet and got my hands on a couple of pillow covers. They are so pretty in person! Unfortunately I accidentally ordered the wrong size, but I’m exchanging them and hope to get them in time for my Christmas home tour. I can’t wait!
Columbia Fleece Jacket in Oceanic – This jacket was recently on sale at a local store, so I snatched up 1 in my size. The jacket is so soft and warm and the color … well, it’s my favorite! 😉
BaBylissPRO Nano Titanium Dryer – I purchased this baby back in January because I found it on another blogger’s favorite things post last Christmas. TOTALLY awesome hair dryer. It dries my hair so much faster and it leaves my hair softer than ever before. It definitely lived up to the hype of being the best blow dryer ever!
Tree Mug – This tree mug has been one of my favorite purchases all year. I love having the mugs out so that guests can help themselves to the coffee and don’t feel weird rummaging through my cabinets looking for coffee mugs.
Cute Elastic Hair Ties – My girls and I love to throw our hair back in these cute sparkly and pretty hair ties!
What is your favorite product that you like to give to others?
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My greatest home challenge is blank walls! I don’t know what to put up, how to space it, what tools to use to keep heavy things up without ripping holes, etc, etc, etc
I have written a couple of posts about hanging things on walls. Definitely trying to screw things into the studs is the best way, but there are some great options if you can’t do that!
https://theturquoisehome.com/how-to-hang-heavy-mirror-and-office/
https://theturquoisehome.com/french-cleat-picture-hanger/
My greatest home decor challenge is space planning.
My greatest home decor challenge is figuring out where and how to give items a labeled home on a small budget.
My greatest challenge is not making everything look cluttered!
My suggestion is to save up and buy large, statement pieces! 🙂
My greatest challenge is finding time to finish a room and decorating on a budget.
My biggest challenge is my porches. Things are so expensive and it’s hard to co-ordinate on a shoestring. I would like to create a space on the front and back that draws you in.
My biggest challenge is keeping ahead of the clutter and just using all of the many things I have. I don’t need to purchase anything new, but that is always the temptation. Thus, more clutter. The struggle is real.
Same here! I have to remember that if I’m buying things, then I need to also be purging. Either selling or donate, or else my house will become cluttered (and it does)!
Lately, I’ve had a really hard time find attractive drapes/curtains that are thermal. It’s taking me forever to find something I like.
My greatest decor home challenge is finding the right size furniture pieces to fit into my small living room . I know what I like.Not being able to find it at the price I’m comfortable paying.
My greatest home decor challenge would be having money to do what I want to do.
Ain’t that the truth! 🙂 Budgeting is so not fun, but a necessity, for sure!
My greatest decor challenge lately after having changed out my entire house of carpet for new LVP flooring last year (yay!) is just finding time to finish painting all the ceilings & walls in my new color palette so I can finally get to the FUN redecorating projects I really want to do!!
Knowing how to arrange items in an artistic way is my biggest decorating challenge.
It takes me forever to make decisions on what I really want!! So sometimes things are just empty or blank (or just look really awful) until I finally figure it out. I am also a thrift shopper so if I can’t buy it cheap then I won’t get it. But I do enjoy decorating our home!! Thanks for the giveaway!! 🙂
I just moved into my first home recently and love all your ideas for home decor. I’m trying to do a mix of store-bought and DIY inside, to make it have a personal touch. I think that’s the hardest part. I want it all done and decorated, but I’m realizing it’s never “done”! It’s an on-going process that continues to change with the seasons!
I like a mixture of styles – modern, industrial and farmhouse and don’t know how to have them blend and look well together.
Trying to decide on curtains – do I want a solid color, a print, what color, etc.
using things I already have, instead of continually purchasing new items
I have the hardest time deciding what to put on my walls.
Greatest home decor challenge is not knowing how to build the things I want to make.
I am such a perfectionist I want it to be perfect right away. I can see someone else’s decor and like it, but want to copy it exactly to make sure it’s perfect, but it never works out that way.
My biggest struggle with decorating is trying to figure out which style I prefer. I love both contemporary and rustic design styles, and since my interest in decorating is quite new, I don’t always know which pieces could work for either style.
My greatest design challenge is really not having enough rooms to redecorate!!
a long narrow living room- finding the right furniture
Showing off a collection of something you like without over doing it. I LOVE dachshund dogs. I have three and when ever I see something out shopping that is one I will buy it, however I have a hard time fitting them into my décor without looking like the crazy dog lady!
Dining room wallpaper! It drives so many other decisions.
Love the window idea!
My biggest challenge is always the Front Porch . It usually looks so blah ! Need something cost effective but fabulous!
I agree with Alison S. I have a hard time hanging stuff on my walls, the measuring, etc. drives me crazy.
Hi Laura, I visited your old hometown Franklin…you’re right it was amazing!
What can I do with my popcorn walls and ceilings? That’s my biggest challenge.
For me it’s difficult ensuring that colors and patterns go well with one another in any given room.
My greatest decor challenge would have to be knowing how to decorate the guest bedroom to accommodate folks and still be modern and fresh.
It’s hard for me to figure out how to hang things on the wall.