Look, we love a bottle of wine as much as the next hostess (maybe more — jury is still out on that), but the fact of the matter is: Sometimes you need a little something more for your hostess. You need something that her guests aren’t just going to help themselves to around hour three of the party. You need hostess gifts in your reserves that will make any hostess remember how fabulous you are long after the last guest leaves.
Our list of 11 hostess gifts will wow your next hostess, no matter how big the bash is — from a low-key brunch to the most lavish promotion reception or holiday party base housing can accommodate.
Our absolute favorites are the longitude and latitude pillows (use the base or town coordinates) and the ZIP code pillows. They are duty-station-specific without being as in your face as a throw pillow that says I heart Camp Lejeune!
Joanna Gaines would approve of these oatmeal or ivory linen throw pillows. They are the perfect compliment to any color scheme and blend in flawlessly with a rustic, farmhouse, or coastal chic decor (or, you know, the blank canvas of those infamous white walls).
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3. Betsy Hackett Greeting Cards and Stamps
Cat Studio glasses are frosted 15-ounce tumblers with vibrant colors that you can’t help but get caught up in. Say you’re stationed in Texas, buy a few. Keep them on hand for hostess gifts (obviously reserving one for yourself because someone has to look out for number one). You’re giving a gift that can be used again and again that serves as a memory from the duty station and — you’re welcome to the friends and familyof the hostess — this becomes a collectible, so anywhere this hostess goes, there’s a great gift idea just served up on a platter for everyone.
Cat Studio has tumblers for each of the military services, each state, many major cities and national parks, a thorough collegiate collection, and glasses for many big occasions, like Christmas and the Kentucky Derby. As long as you know either where your hostess is now (come on, that’s a gimmie), where she’s been stationed, her hometown, or her university, you have all kinds of options for hostess gifts at Cat Studio.
Pro tip: They ship to APO, DPO, and FPO addresses.
