Cup-of-Jo Gift Guide Part #1: Your Beautiful Mom Who Gives Pitch-Perfect Advice and Has a Secret Crush on Niles from Frasier.

the upper metal class jewelry is gorgeous and I like the idea!

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these are great ideas Jo! thanks for sharing!

omg that cookie looks DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!

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Niles was my fave! I still watch Frazier when I can….
Beautiful selections here

ooh, your gift guides are my favorite!! these are all great! a vintage Vera scarfis such a good idea!

Gorgeous. Thank you!

I share your mum’s crush. Wrong?!

WOW. I had never seen one of your gift guides before, and I just went through the archives and got ideas for about 10 people on my list! Thanks for posting these, I love them – they are really creative and real and useful, as opposed to those “30 under $30” crap lists that magazines come up with. I also really like your advice about making a list of what people love and going from there when thinking of gift ideas – so true!
xo and happy holidays!

Thank you, Joanna, for including so many truly affordable gifts this year! I am really excited about so many of these and thankful that the price is so within reach! Thank you!!

Why thank you! So nice to see our Footed Platte up there! A friend alerted me to it. I had no idea. Glad you like it!

My mom is a high school teacher and the idea of dried lavender on her desk just warms my heart. Also, I would love to give those “you are beautiful” pencils as a gift to my future daughter. Would make her smile every time she writes in school.

Great gift guide Jo!

Love the print from tushtush’s Etsy shop. I figured this one would probably catch your eye, as well? :)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/47352167/twin-print

I love the scarf-especially because I have a vintage one that looks just like it, and love to wear it on my head.

I need me some of those pencils STAT. Love!

these are all great ideas!

haha, sarah, mothers in law are always so tough!! do you think she would like a decoupage plate or paperweight from John Derian? those are so lovely. and everyone likes pretty soaps — Fresh.com has BEAUTIFUL soaps. or, finally, you could get her a great bottle of wine and wrap it in a pretty tea towel, like the ones from Taska or etsy. hope that helps!!!

Compost Cookies!! incredible. Jo, I have a gift guide (www.twinyolks.com) but yours is better, of course. Love the Glug Glug jar and the earrings. thanks for the help!

xo

I love your gift guides. I am so tempted to get some of these items for myself (ah, Christmas time…one for them, one for me)

Love the earrings, I checked out her store and I love everything, great pick!

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Love that print but it doesn’t seem like it’s in the shop anymore :(

I have one of those gurgle jugs! They’re so fun. Great ideas!

joanna, i bought a glug glug jug in holland, michigan! i use it for my flowers. it’s deep purple, of course :)

These are absolute gems, Joanna! Your gift guides never fail me, ever! :o) :o) :o) Thank you!

Can’t go wrong with a Mom that loves Frasier :). Those compost cookies sound interesting.

i love the scarf! excited for more gift guides :) xoxo jcd

Those little tiny earrings are so sweet…My mom would love them for sure! What a great guide:) Thanks and kisses

These are great, Joanna! The print is beautiful.

Happy December!

p.s. The spelling is Frasier…my mom and i have seen every episode at least 20 times. a bit of an obsession.

I so look forward to these every YEAR! Thank you for sharing your ideas and goods every year!
Happy Dec 1st!

Reading you from Vancouver ,BC…and i see an old friend modeling for chance on your blog..how fantastic!

that jug is so cool!!!!!!

this did not disappoint! great ideas!
marking them all down :)

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Ooh that scarf looks like something the mom in me would love.
xx

The pencils are great! oh, and the lavender

I love that print but I don’t see it in the etsy shop. :/

Cute scarf as well!