It’s here! The 2014 Holiday Gift Guide will be gracing Sequins & Stripes numerous times a week leading up to Thanksgiving and throughout December. My excitement is sort of embarrassing, maybe it’s because this really helps me to start thinking about the holidays and how much I love buying special gifts for my loved ones. Is it safe to start playing Christmas tunes at my desk? Probably not but I might through a few into my playlists here and there.

I am starting this year’s gift guide with a collection of items that I personally love to give. Christmas is a really special time of year for my family and we go all out when it comes to giving each other gifts. I always strive to make sure my gifts are a reflection of me and something that {hopefully!} my loved ones will cherish. So this gift guide is inspired by the things that I love; the things that make my heart warm, and that continue to be a gift for weeks, months or years to come. Things like weekends away, cashmere, cookbooks, cozy pajamas, a warm hat and gloves, coffee, music, baths, candles, little luxuries and entertaining with friends. Now who is excited for the holidays?!

PS: Dave and I love to gift cashmere throws to our friends {you saw ours here!} and Williams Sonoma currently has an amazing deal on them here! You can also find amazing deals on cashmere on GILT right here!

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1 Ugg Shearling Gloves {for him and her} 2 Mark & Graham Weekender Bag 3 Diptyque Holiday Candle Trio 4 Personalized Pajamas {for him and her} 5 Cashmere Throw 6 Nespresso Milk & Espresso Maker 7 Jo Malone Red Roses Bath Oil and Body Wash 8 What Katie Ate Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Cookbook {two of my favorites!} 9 J.Crew Cashmere Infinity Scarf 10 Cashmere Zip Up Sweater {cashmere for him and her} 11 UGG Slippers {for him and her} 12 Gold Champagne Flutes 13 Eugenia Kim Hat 14 Gramophone for iPhone {we have and LOVE!} 15 Prada Card Case {everyone deserves a little luxury} 15 Le Creuset Dutch Oven {the entire collection is a kitchen dream}