Six Beautiful Finds

Plus a bevy of pre-holiday-break links for your clicking pleasure

Good morning and happy Friday. We’re now rounding the corner on the final stretch of the year. WHAT. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been shuffling around town, doing all of the things, and I’m wiped (it could also be the third-trimester Wall of Exhaustion beginning to hit...).

Should you need a few minutes of distractions from all the holiday hubbub, I’ve got many links and recs to share with you today, the result of having a massive backlog of links I haven’t been able to share for a while.

A few announcements before we dive in:

• I want to hear about YOUR favorite standouts from 2025. Please fill out this short survey. It’s fun and quick, promise. I’ll share our learnings in next week’s letter.

• Thanks to everyone who joined our Heart the Lover by Lily King book club discussion that I co-hosted with Leslie Stephens of Morning Person (a gem). We’ll vote on our February–March book pick soon. (We’re skipping January. We need to ease into the year! I also want to vet a few new releases first :))

• Congrats to Steph G., the winner of our $500 Sézane gift card giveaway. As a reminder, I host monthly giveaways¹ for my paid subs as a small thank-you.

What’s under the paywall today: holiday hosting shortcuts, buzzy book-to-screen news, my favorite recent culture reads, tradwives, AD tours, and some design + style finds I’ve been saving.

Happy holidays,
Alisha

Six Beautiful Finds

A handful of objects that caught my eye this week…

1. If I had a much bigger budget for collecting “heirloom cardigans,” this one would be at the top of my list. Is it just me, or does this one from Etsy give similar vibes? And there’s this one from Tecovas.

2. Am currently in the midst of a marbled paper craze. This pretty stationery set scratches the itch.