Gift guides

Gifts, sorted by who they’re for.

Not him or her. The host, the homebody, the one starting over. Every guide is ideas first, and nothing is here because someone paid for it.

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Hostess gifts that look like you tried.

Twelve things to bring that the host keeps using after the party.

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For the one who has everything.

Twelve small upgrades they’d never buy themselves.

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Gifts that look expensive. They aren’t.

Twelve ideas under $50, sorted by who you’re shopping for.

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Hi, I’m Ellyn.

I live in Sarasota, Florida, with my two cats, Maggie and her sister Jane. I find the gifts, books and little luxuries that look like you tried. The guides live here. The videos live on TikTok.