Our last gift guide of the year is a collection of links for those of you who are into astrology, tarot, plants, anything vaguely magical or witchcraft-related. As always, NB: Some of our links are affiliate coded, which sends a portion of your purchase price back to us at no extra cost to you. It’s one of a few ways we keep the hot pink mayhem going at SBTB HQ, so thank you in advance … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Sparkly Witchy Vibes
I’ve collected some much-recommended options from past gift guides and our purchase histories this year, so today’s is an assortment of fun things! As always, NB: Some of our links are affiliate coded, which sends a portion of your purchase price back to us at no extra cost to you. It’s one of a few ways we keep the hot pink mayhem going at SBTB HQ, so thank you in advance for your support! Rakuten … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: An Assortment of Ideas for Pets and People
Got bookish friends? Are you yourself rather bookish (I mean, you’re here, so…) and love book-related gifts? I’ve got a few options! As always, NB: Some of our links are affiliate coded, which sends a portion of your purchase price back to us at no extra cost to you. It’s one of a few ways we keep the hot pink mayhem going at SBTB HQ, so thank you in advance for your support! Rakuten is … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Bookish Gifts!
Is your email inbox replete with Black Friday offers? I have…so many. I love how Black Friday starts in, like, September now. On one hand, if something I’ve been shopping slowly for goes on sale, total win! On the other, oy, my inbox. I know there are so many different sales and deals right now, but I wanted to highlight a few that might be of interest to you! Libro.fm is having an Audiobook Sale, with … Continue reading Deals on Reading, Listening – and Devices!
Amanda here! Reporting for duty to talk about gifts for your favorite puzzlers and tabletop gamers. … I wanted to compile things for all sorts of entry levels and price points. These have also been tried and tests by my household (i.e. my partner and I, and maybe the cats if they get onto the gaming table). Let’s start with the heavy hitters first. Everdell ($75) This is one of our favorite tabletop games. It’s … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Puzzles & Tabletop Gaming
Elyse is here to share what knitting patterns she’s loving for holiday gifting this year – and I’ll follow up with cross stitch gift ideas for readers, too! … Mariah Carey has defrosted and announced “It’s tiiiiiiiiime” which means it’s time for me to fill my Santa mug with a seasonally appropriate coffee flavor and get to my holiday knitting. Sorry, I have to… Anyway… I’m trying to be more frugal this year and use … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Knitting & Stitching Patterns for Holiday Gifting
It’s time! It’s time! Smart Bitches Gift Guides are here! This started long ago (2007!!) as a way for me to shop holiday catalogs for the whole website readership and pick out gifts y’all might like to receive or give. Remember catalogs? Nordstrom is allegedly bringing them back, according to The Fug Girls, and I love this decision. I think catalogs are due for a comeback. Until they return, I will continue with weekly gift … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: White Elephant, Secret Santa, and Yankee Trader Gifts
Hey, everyone! I’m taking over Stuff We Like this month to talk about my household staples. My partner and I bought a house about a year ago and these are the things we’ve purchased and get a lot of use out of, or would rebuy in a heartbeat. I’ve broken down items by category: Organization, Kitchen, Office, Apparel, and Miscellaneous NB: Some of the links are affiliate coded, so if you use them, we may … Continue reading Stuff We Like: Household Staples
Shopping time! Before I link to different products that are making our lives better and give some updates on prior purchases, I also want to share some shopping tips that have been making me very happy. As always, NB: Some of our links are affiliate coded, which sends a portion of your purchase price back to us at no extra cost to you. It’s one of a few ways we keep the hot pink mayhem … Continue reading Stuff We Like: Shopping Tips, Plus Updates on Past Purchases
This month, I’m featuring suggestions and ideas to keep cool. Because here in the northern hemisphere in the eastern US, it’s HOT AF. Like, that’s my whole motivation for this post. It’s hot, and I don’t like it. NB: Some of the links are affiliate coded, so if you use them, we may earn a commission – and if you don’t use them, that’s totally cool, too. Thanks! I also want to mention shopping through … Continue reading Stuff We Like: Stay Cool, Cheese Bags!
Last month, I was looking for air purifier recommendations, and packable clothing options, and again, y’all have outstanding suggestions! Thank you! So this month, I’d like to highlight some of your choices, and some items that I’ve bought recently that have made my life a LOT BETTER holy crap. NB: Some of the links are affiliate coded, so if you use them, we may earn a commission – and if you don’t use them, that’s … Continue reading Stuff We Like: Your Suggestions and New Favorites
