Holiday Hostess Gift Guide

Holiday Hostess Gift Guide by julie-walsh featuring Fresh beauty products

With holiday season in full swing our social calendars are quickly filling up with brunches, cocktail hours and parties. I've compiled a round up of my favorite holiday hostess gifts for every event and friend - all for under $25. Chic gift giving at a reasonable price - what could be better than that? 

Merry, merry!

XO

Piped Stripes

Happy Thursday, all! Hope everyone has been having a great summer so far. Hard to believe it's almost over! Most of my summer weekends have been spent traveling to bachelorette parties, weddings and baby showers. So, with most my weekends spent traveling from event to event, my go-to weekend wear for summer has been ready-to-wear, easy cotton dresses. The kind of dress that I know no matter how long I have to be in it, I'll be comfortable the entire time. The photos above are from a 3-event day where I was in the dress for almost 14 hours - marathon!

Dress: C. Wonder (similar here) // Handbag: Kate Spade (similar here) // Necklace: J. Crew // Sunnies: A.J. Morgan //Shoes: Aldo (similar here) //Belt: Express (similar here)

Summertime (Navy) Blues

Happy Tuesday, all! Hope everyone is having a great summer. I just got back from a fantastic vacation from Boston and Martha's Vineyard. More posts to come on each of those locations. This outfit was photographed on one of my days just bumming around the island checking out all the cute shops.

Hat (old but similar here), Necklace, Top (old but similar here), Bag and Pants (on sale!): all J.Crew (clearly I have an addiction)// Sunnies: Polyrama// Bracelets: C. Wonder (old but similar here)// Shoes: Tory Burch Reva Flats (older, can still be found on eBay)// Nails: Essie Ballet Slippers 

Vintage Silk Special

Happy Tuesday, all! Today's post is a special one. The dress in today's post is a 20 year old silk dress purchased in the alley markets in Beijing that was gifted to me. With a few very minor alterations and some fun accessories, I have a brand new, one-of-a-kind LBD that I absolutely love. The quality of the silk is amazing and the draping and pleats of it make this an effortless dress.

Dress: Vintage// Belt: Aldo// Bag: Primark//Shoes: Zara//Watch: Fossil// Bangles: C. Wonder & John Hardy//Sunnies: Lou Lou's