These little stove top potpourris are one of my favorite hostess gifts – love a consumable! I also love the excuse to make a batch of these so I have some stove top potpourri for Christmas Eve, the one holiday we host each year.

These stove top potpourri are perfect for some last minute gifts, you’ll just need to dehydrate the oranges. After that, it all comes together as fast as you can sing jingle bells.

So, you’ll thinly slice the oranges and bake in the oven for about 2 hours, until they’re dried out. Definitely use a piece of parchment paper or silpat so the orange slices don’t stick to your pan. If they do, it’s harder to remove the slices and they’ll crumble. #personalexperience

So, all the ingredients you’ll need for one bag are:

• Dried orange slices (3-4 per bag)
• Fresh cranberries (1/2 c per bag)
• Cinnamon sticks (3-4 per bag)
• Cloves (10 per bag)
• Ever green sprigs (3 per bag)

Package up in a ball jar or treat bags with ribbon. Add a bell and/or some fresh ever green for a little added touch! I add the directions on the gift tag, which just say to add the mix to a pot with 2 cups of water and simmer on low. You’ll just keep topping off the pot so it doesn’t dry out and then your house smells so perfectly holiday homey!

I love a consumable gift, especially for a hostess gift, and when I saw this olive oil set from Trader Joe’s I knew this would be a great part of a gift! The set comes with three oils, one each from Italy, Greece and Spain. Together they would make a great present, but you can separate them and get 3 gifts out of the $10 set.

I scooped up some small trays at Target for $10 each and a set of three dish towels at Home Goods for about $6 total. Target, of course, has great options for the towel – I like these, these, these and these for friends celebrating Hanukkah.

I grabbed some festive ribbon at Michael’s and just layered tray, towel and olive oil, topping each with a few sprigs of evergreen off our tree. Each of these cost about $15, which feels perfect for a sweet hostess gift everyone will love to receive!

You know from my “recipe” for no-bake shortbread cookies, I love a good, easy, quick hack for a treat. All you need is the chocolate hard shell – this one is my favorite, and some Maldon salt. The salt flake is the key. Y’all know how much I love salt, and I take it very seriously. When you finish a dessert with salt, you want a large flake and the Maldon flakes are the best.

Growing up, my mom Santa dropped a clementine in the bottom of my Christmas stocking. It was always the last thing to pull out, and smells and tastes like Christmas morning to me. Now, I stick one in hubby’s stocking every year and next year we’ll stick one in Baby’s stocking!

This is probably my most favorite gift guide of all time – someone give this list to Santa for me, k?

I was inspired by this popcorn maker to put our little homebodies gift guide together – as we were testing it out, I started thinking about everything in our home I really love and think would make a perfect gift. I’ve made some notes to tell you what we own and love!

1. Air Popcorn maker (the white is only $22!) – we just got this and love that you really can’t burn the popcorn. I would add on a set of kernels to a gift, too, like this or this.| 2. Roomba – okay, this is a total luxury and not something I would buy for myself but we were gifted our Roomba and love it. It’s nice to just have it run every day between major vacuuming.| 3. Barefoot Dreams Socks – I bought these for myself and LOVE them, they’re so cozy and warm. | 4. Jammies! – this is the pair from this post. |5. An electric kettle – tippy top of my list this year!| 6. Aera Smart Diffuser – I love burning candles (here are my 3 favs for the season from Target) and think they make a house feel homey. We don’t have this diffuser but I’ve heard great things and it’s definitely on my wish list this year! | 7. Faux Fur Blanket – I love a cozy blanket, and to be honest, I am a sucker for a good throw! | 8. A pretty game, like these dominoes, and a bottle of wine!