“I can’t wait to see the whole list and I’m just going to buy a whole bunch of the gifts that you’re buying for your family and send them to my people.”
Elena Aguilar
Have a hard-to-shop-for person on your list?
Love hearing about gifts that other people love?
Looking for an escape from it all?
If so, this episode is for you!
Today Elena and Bright Morning COO and podcast producer, LesLee Bickford, are sharing what they hope to receive and plan to give to others this holiday season. We’re covering gifts for friends, families and co-workers, including the perfect gift for your educator friends!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Love languages framework to provide insight into how we think about the types of gifts people might enjoy
- What we want!
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- LesLee’s splurge: Nugget ice maker
- LesLee’s fancy but more reasonable hopes: Paper flowers and a face mask/pudding
- Elena’s ideas: exceptional dark chocolate, “coupon books” with an invitation to try something new to me and other acts of service
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- What we’re giving to colleagues:
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- LesLee’s ~$10 picks: Parks & Rec inspired notepad and/or favorite pens (rainbow set) and blackbox set
- Elena’s picks: Notebooks: Fabriano notebooks ($5) or fancier Leuchtturm Sketchbooks ($22) and Pilot Varsity Fountain Pens ($3.37)
- Bonus idea: add a custom dog or pet sticker to a notebook, water bottle, etc. for the pet lovers in your life!
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- Our go-to options that works for a lot of different friends:
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- LesLee: Rainbow makers! Rainbow decal ($10) or fancier $20 option or a grown-up paint-by-number kit ($20) that will then serve as a beautiful piece of art
- Elena: My favorite book of the year, How the Word is Passed, or an item from my favorite new skin care shop like Kari Gran lip whip ($22) or Kari Gran hydrating duo ($116)
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- What we’re gifting to a family – or a hard to shop for family member:
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- LesLee: Bon Maman advent calendar
- Elena: MistoBox Coffee subscription or hummingbird feeders
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- What we’re giving to close friends and family:
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- Parents/in-laws:
- LesLee: Daily calendar, Cookbook of our favorite recipes from the year
- Elena: Boll and Branch organic sheets and Silk pillowcase, food delivery, subscription to a streaming service, and hummingbird feeders
- A partner:
- LesLee’s chef and foodie husband: Burr coffee grinder, ethically sourced spices, salad dressing bowl, cheese grotto
- Elena’s husband who likes old and unique things: antique store finds – old books, old prints
- Older kid:
- LesLee: Crystal advent calendar for a high school freshman
- Elena: Cash, food delivery gift cards for a high school senior looking for independence
- Middle age kid:
- LesLee: At home pottery kit, Dactyl Hill Squad book series, Dribble Up soccer ball
- Elena: Donations in their name
- Younger kid:
- LesLee: Magna-Tiles, Igloo plush playset
- Elena: Donations in their name
- Parents/in-laws:
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- Gifts to support our community + world:
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- LesLee: gifting a flower subscription to myself and local loved ones as a way of supporting an up and coming BIPOC-owned business I love, setting-up monthly donations here, here, and here and shopping locally, small and/or BIPOC-owned as much as possible
- Elena: Making contributions to local organizations that work to protect pollinators as well as the animal shelters our cats came from
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- Also referenced:
- Elena’s gift to the team in 2020: beans, hazelnut spread and Braiding Sweetgrass
- LesLee’s yearbooks for each of her kids
- Elena’s avocado and cat sticker
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