12 adorable hostess gifts

Obviously your favorite green thumb would love this, but I have another idea.  Buy a set and plant them yourself and let them grow.  Now you have 12 gifts to give to your office friends or use them as hostess gifts.

Year of Seeds $79.95 Red Envelope

I get it. You love your hometown.

We all know someone who can talk all day about their hometown.  Give them a puzzle with the address of their house or favorite bar smack dab in the middle. Know someone who can't stop reliving the glory days of college?  Put the university campus in the center and cross them off your list.

Zip Code Puzzle
$34.95 Firebox.com

Put a pig on it

Keep the microwave clean with this Pig Faced Cooking lid.  The dishwasher safe silicone lid vents steam through the pig's nostrils.

Pig Cooking Lid $18 MoMA

Your photo in 252 pieces

Putting together a puzzle of your favorite vacation spot is way more fun than a puzzle of cows in a field.  Why not turn your favorite family photo into a puzzle for the grandparents?

Photo Puzzle $24.95 Photoworks

Wreath for Foodies

Edible holiday decor that can be delivered right to their door? You can cross many of those names off your list now.  Handmade mixed herb wreath of fresh bay, sage, purple oregano, Santa Cruz oregano, lavender and chile de arbol is naturally air dried and pesticide-free.

Mixed Herb Wreath
$49.95 Sur la table

Photobooks

With billions of digital photos trapped on computer hard drives around the world, photo books and photo cards are the next-generation of photofinishing.  You can create one for any occasion you can think of.  Start a new tradition of giving one to the grandparents yearly filled with family photos from past year.  Also great as a wedding gift or anniversary present.  Why not make one for yourself to show off the photos from your latest vacation.

Picaboo Photobook Starting at $9.99

**Update Buy one Classic photo book, get a second copy free through November 30 at Picaboo. Use code NVBGF.

ingenuiTEA Modern Tea Pot

This is the easiest way to brew tea I've ever seen!  When tea is ready, simply place it atop your cup. This will cause a valve at the bottom to release: crystal-clear tea flows down, while the mesh filter retains all the leaves with one of the best infusers on the market. Super easy to clean and dishwasher safe. And it's microwaveable... I told you it was easy!  Perfect for any tea lover in your life.

Get it at Adagio Teas $19

Bronze Tree of Life

Fill these frames with photos of kids or grand kids for a great gift for Mom or Grandma.

Bronze Tree of Life $27.49