I am not a great shopper, so whenever possible I try to make it personal and gift purchases from stores where I know I will get great service and find beautiful, unusual gifts. For me, one of those places is Waterworks. Every time I give a gift from our store I get such a delighted response.

So, with Christmas around the corner (and the daughter of a dear friend getting married in several weeks), I thought I would share some ideas with you. First the bride; Deb and Frank are each getting a new set of towels. I am going to give them white Gotham ones (they always look fluffy and luxurious) and add a monogram. Monograms are very traditional, but I thought I would use a font that is unembellished. I will pack them in a nice big basket, and add a great bath brush and lemon verbena soap to complete a newly married bathing experience.

Three holiday parties are on the calendar. One fantastic cook will get two beautiful hand woven kitchen towels. I love the pearl with natural colored stripes but I will bring him the natural with red stripes. They look too good to be in a drawer, so hang them on the oven handle. I will also pack a container of olive and mint hand soap. It is so fragrant.

A “little something” for Paul and Jack who prepare the most divine Christmas dinner for their “orphan” friends whose families live far and wide. I will bring a plum resin soap dish with our new Fresh Linen soap. Purple is a bit of a trendy color but it will add a little splash of color to any powder bath.

I have already bought one present for myself and plan on a couple more. First, I bought Mykolas, a linen and black striped towel that I plan to use as a tablecloth in the kitchen. I saw some great black and tan window pane napkins at Simon Pearce to complete the picture. I can’t wait to have friends over to eat casually in the kitchen. I also love the light colored Garda horn oval bowl, perfect for the kitchen or the bath. And, finally, the Chatham bud vases are lovely and will be great with a single flower in the bath or 3 on the kitchen table.

While it is always fun to be part of the holiday crowd, it is a little more efficient to select your gifts from the comfort of your desk! Please check out our new Online Store for the gifts I mentioned and many, many more.

 
Barbara Sallick