Still struggling to find the perfect gift for your loved ones and not-so-loved ones (like the gum popping girl in the cubicle next to yours)?  That’s completely ridiculous.  The sheer volume of (amazing) gift guides overwhelming ‘blogland’ should be enough brilliant inspiration to finish your list and check it twice.

Of course, in my completely unbiased opinion – you should start with the gorgeous EcoSalon 2010 Gift Guides. But then, after you have soaked in all the details, visit these delicious guides.  When your friends, family, and all your gift recipients thank you, you can thank me.

2010 Gift Guide Guide

A Cup Of Jo

Don’t miss the gift guide archives!

Apartment Therapy

Bits of Beauty (For Him & For Her)

Bloesem

Bodie & Fou

Coco + Kelley

Core77

Design*Sponge

EcoSalon

Elements of Style

Inhabitat

Lonny

Don’t miss the green gifts!

Oh Joy!

Poppytalk

Pure Green Magazine (Page 16 – 29)

Featuring gifts guides from seven design bloggers, including Victoria from sfgirlbybay and moi, yours truly.

Re-Nest

Standard Magazine (Page 14)

Sub-Studio Design Blog

Village Gift Guide Collection

A tidy list of links to heaps of gift guides.

Merry Shopping!

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These gifts are for the little ones (kids) in your life – maybe even your own inner child. From building blocks to woolly seals, we have gathered some of the best eco-friendly holiday gifts for your gifting pleasure.

Outfit the little guy or gal with a map of your hometown hood, offer them a cute and cuddly friend to snuggle up with, encourage their aspiring Picasso, and prep them for preschool with A-B-Cs and 1-2-3s.

Clockwise from top left:

1. Brooklyn Onesie – Maptote, $25
2. Mavis the Monkey – Branch Home, $75
3. Natural Modeling Dough – Clementine Art, $9.99
4. Uncle Goose A B C Blocks – ChildTrek, $39.95

Or give the kids hours of epic and educational T.V. time, wrap them in something fuzzy and fun, warm their footsies with friendly faces, and offer them a perfect place to store their books and stuff.

Clockwise from top left:

5. Planet Earth DVD Set – Discovery Store, $39.99
6. Babyseal – Birkiland, $111.74
7. Toddler Sock Monkey Slippers – Uncommon Goods, $18
8. Ecotots Bonsai Book Caddy – Organic Bug, $100

It’s never too early to teach them manners at High Tea time, or how to safely venture into the wild (backyard) on an African Safari.

9. Toy Tea Set – re:modern, $27
10. Plywood Animal Menagerie – Branch Home, $62

And finally, make sure they always have a place to play or put their tushies (and you’re party-prepared with extra seating), and let their imaginations run wild with a home of their own design.

11. Three Blocks by Kalon Studios – Greener Grass Design, $750
12. Large Kid Playhouse by Tooko – Greener Grass Design, $55

Click here to devour all of our 2010 Gift Guides.

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These gifts are for the souls in your life that are brimming with charisma and personality (or maybe those begging for a hint of humor). From ski masks with facial hair to balls of seeds, we have gathered some of the best eco-friendly holiday gifts for your gifting pleasure. Give a handful of pencils fashioning mustaches, an Icelandic ski mask, wooden tools to serve up your salads, an Amish made scooter, or a tin to help you budget for a new tattoo (complete with hysterical instructions, including, “Do Not Tattoo Your Face.”

Clockwise from top left:

1. Office Mustaches – Atypyk, $14.85
2. Beard Cap (Gray) – Birkiland, $91.20
3. Salad Wrenches – Atypyk, $25.65
4. Amish Made Scooter (Orange) – Reform School Rules, $245
5. I’m Savin’ Up for a New Tattoo – VideoSift, $7.95

Or how about giving someone a book that’s illegible, a ceramic shutter, gumball seed pods, facial hair on a stick, a pinhole aperture, or a roadkill necklace.

6. Romeo & Julienne – Atypyk, $23.62
7. Ghost Camera (Polaroid) – Branch Home, $68
8. Seed Bombs (West Coast) – Anthropologie, $6
9. Mustache on a Stick (Bartender) – Something’s Hiding in Here, $36
10. Paint Can Pinhole Camera – The Conran Shop, $20
11. Geo Necklace – Roadkill, $110

Still haven’t found the perfect gift?  How about this plastic aversion bag or this five year memory?

Click here to devour all of our 2010 Gift Guides.

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These gifts are for the spaces we live in and the kitchens we cook in. From glass bottles that hold your water to gourmet chocolates that tease your palate, we have gathered some of the best holiday gifts for your gifting pleasure. Give someone a silhouette to dangle on the tree, an ancient tray of cellulose, a bottle of homemade vodka, a pair of antlers (calm down, they’re resin), talons to open their spirits, or a bottle of water (well, a glass bottle to hold tap water).

Clockwise from top left:

1. Floating Feather Ornaments – Jayson Home & Garden, $10
2. Petrified Wood Tray – Jayson Home & Garden, $65 – 148
3. Homemade Fig & Vanilla Infused Vodka Recipe – Sweet Paul Magazine (Holiday Issue)
4. Resin Antlers – Haus Interior, $38.50
5. Claw Bottle Opener – Jayson Home & Garden, $24
6. Tap Water Bottle – Reform School Rules, $14

Delight someone with this ceramic butter dish or give your gracious hostess a tea towel to die for. How about giving your favorite foodie a handmade ceramic dish to hold artisan salts? Or give your dinner guests a surprise at the bottom of their coffee.

7. Banded Butter Dish – Pigeon Toe Ceramics, $52
8. Feather Kitchen Linen (Oatmeal) – Herriott Grace, $26
9. Folded Salt & Pepper Cellars – Pigeon Toe Ceramics, $38
10. Hidden Animal Teacups (Fox) – imm Living, $15

And for dessert, let some of this gourmet chocolate melt in your mouth (or give it to someone else to savor).

11. Orange Napolitains – Claudio Corallo, $22
12. Organic Peanut Butter Bonbons – Vosges Haut-Chocolat, $27
13. Peppermint Bark Box – Askinosie Chocolate, $39

Click here to devour all of our 2010 Gift Guides.

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These gifts are for the masculine souls in your life (the ladies were covered yesterday in case you missed it!). From flying squirrels to vintage bow ties, we have gathered some of the best eco-friendly holiday gifts for your gifting pleasure. Give him a two dimensional visual of his favorite tunes, a witty flask to contain his spirits, delight his inner sophisticate with a soft tie or crisp collar candle, wrap his iPad in wool, and then wrap his neck in vintage plaid.

Clockwise from top left:

1. Music Posters – The Small Stakes, $25 – 40 (Buy 2 get 1 free!)
2. Just Salve (Sweet Birch) – Just Soap, $5.50 (It’s pedal powered!)
3. Poison Flask – In God We Trust, $50
4. Sheep’s Tie (Brown) – Birkiland, $63
5. Haberdasher’s Collar Candle – Anthropologie, $15
6. XII iPad Case – Hard Graft, €55 (Covers for all your gadgets!)
7. Bow Tie (1940s Yellow Plaid) – Forage, $65
8. Bow Tie (1940s Green Plaid) – Forage, $65

Or give him a metallic place to rest his business cards, a flying squirrel to wear on his torso, a tie bracelet (in case he prefers a tie to be wrapped on his forearm instead of around his neck), a plaid duffel to hold his ephemera, and a striped scarf to take the edge off winter.

9. Skillionaire Engraved Card Case – In God We Trust, $60
10. Topo Tee – Green with Glamour, $19.50
11. Moller Wallet – Matt & Nat, $59.50
12. Tie Bracelet (The Suit in Navy Pinstripe) – JdvF, $175
13. Faithless – Matt & Nat, $171.50
14. Striped Fringe Merino Scarf (Brown Stripe) – Gap, $24.50

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These gifts are for the feminine souls in your life. From gold to lip gloss and vegan leather to metallic pig banks, we have gathered some of the best eco-friendly holiday gifts for your gifting pleasure. Give her a necklace that always invites a wish, rescue your friend who still has cash swimming in the bottom of her purse, wrap her collar bones in sunshine, warm her hands, and then embellish her nails.

Clockwise from top left:

1. Wishbone Necklace by Vera Meat – Reform School Rules, $120
2. Cursive Vegan Leather Wallet (Rust) – Matt & Nat, $55
3. Get Spotted Scarf (Byzantine Brass) – Madewell, $19.99
4. Alpaca Hand Warmers (Grey) – Annie O Boutique, $48
5. 3 Free Lacquers (Rosie Lee) – Butter London, $14

Or show her that brooches can provide delicate edge, a four-inch feather can be entirely alluring, give her ballet flats to snuggle her piggies, surprise her with a glamorous way to save her pennies (after all, even the girl who has everything probably doesn’t have a chrome metallic piggy bank), or delight her forearm with this intricate cuff (and yes, there’s a hidden pocket).

6. Octave Pin – Green with Glamour, $74.25
7. As a Feather Necklace – Tilly Bloom, $26.50
8. Eco Friendly Vegan Cotton Flat Shoes – Extraseed, $38
9. Harry Allen’s Pig Bank, A + R, $198 (Other colors for half the cost!)
10. Leather Cuff (Lace) – ToviCorrie, $29

And finally, coat her lips in glamor or liven up her morning with eucalyptus.

11. Organic Lip Lustre (Coco Honey) – Nvey Eco, $24
12. Eucalyptus Bar Soap – Leap Organics, $5
13. Organic Lip Lustre (Cristal) – Nvey Eco, $24

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