Design: Books as Holiday Gifts...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello again! It's me, Brooke, from <b><a href="http://modern-sophisticate.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;"><u>The Modern Sophisticate</u></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPC0CVWIB-uJ0ptFD3uJWi0zjHQAwcbUHaIgbNMMVcv1rrHjLvz7TPaLIcPUilrDCSIMGomzgTaF7Pn9yHVO30sgRiLAudhf-M6hkCOursqBjx9rSoVk9cZahj1fyCvZrMCvcgL8XafA/s1600/Brooke+Jones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPC0CVWIB-uJ0ptFD3uJWi0zjHQAwcbUHaIgbNMMVcv1rrHjLvz7TPaLIcPUilrDCSIMGomzgTaF7Pn9yHVO30sgRiLAudhf-M6hkCOursqBjx9rSoVk9cZahj1fyCvZrMCvcgL8XafA/s1600/Brooke+Jones.jpg" style="margin: 0px 8px 4px 0px;" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't know about you but all I ever want for Christmas are books, especially gorgeous design books.  I have books in every room of my home, including my bathroom, kitchen and dining room-- I can't get enough of them!! If you are running around last minute trying to think of some quick and easy Christmas gifts, why not consider a beautiful book for your loved one?  One can never have too many, you know.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">And if you REALLY want to make an impression, why not add in a decorative object to coordinate?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are my picks for...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...the Hip Hop Fan...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<i>This would be for the man in my house.</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsA8RP-M4IgHJnItSfQaV6OnIW2hyphenhyphenv2apcp01xEfwGj3Q1paWWXfbtbkfgczoM23CrSRCnayX2YQDHH6GPtm7-kI3FdQlMttLXpCitUcFkDBU58wbszyiVrPSzSjCzfOfZuuB-Rz3BOrs/s1600/Hip+Hop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><alt="hip books"="" designer="" hop="" jay-z="" kanye="" west=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsA8RP-M4IgHJnItSfQaV6OnIW2hyphenhyphenv2apcp01xEfwGj3Q1paWWXfbtbkfgczoM23CrSRCnayX2YQDHH6GPtm7-kI3FdQlMttLXpCitUcFkDBU58wbszyiVrPSzSjCzfOfZuuB-Rz3BOrs/s1600/Hip+Hop.jpg" /></alt="hip></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Decoded-Jay-Z/dp/0812981154/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323917532&sr=8-1">Decoded</a> by Jay-Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/gifts/Polygon-Object-Antique-Brass/882709029458-item.html?ref=by-shop%3agifts%3ahome-decor%3alist%3a25">Polygon Object</a> from Indigo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kanye-West-Glow-Dark/dp/0847832406/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323917653&sr=1-1">Glow In The Dark</a> by Kanye West</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...the Fashionista...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>(I've been pining for these books for years.)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvcxIyUNXM811XwSrzcNs7iSd2-7FiR688nHqOiJujnLcfb0EMt58wTs1CmYnQUUI28P0CmF-frdqxUxv6BWGOCfsRHrenrqHAmeXcTRt8YwLWBivt_WGOretUydqZ6Sks9hyphenhyphenk41S4Ps/s1600/Fashion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><alt="les books"="" cartier="" des="" ford="" must="" tom=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvcxIyUNXM811XwSrzcNs7iSd2-7FiR688nHqOiJujnLcfb0EMt58wTs1CmYnQUUI28P0CmF-frdqxUxv6BWGOCfsRHrenrqHAmeXcTRt8YwLWBivt_WGOretUydqZ6Sks9hyphenhyphenk41S4Ps/s1600/Fashion.jpg" /></alt="les></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Musts-Cartier-St%C3%A9phanie-Busuttil-C%C3%A9sar/dp/2843233860/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323917740&sr=1-2">Les Must De Cartier</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <a href="http://www.gramercyandco.com/gcproductcollection/black-and-white-lacquer-box">Black and White Lacquer Boxes</a> from Gramercy & Co.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Ford/dp/0847826694/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323917884&sr=1-1">Tom Ford</a> by Tom Ford</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...the Journalist/Photographer...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><alt="ny books"="" fair="" photographs="" portraits="" times="" vanity=""></alt="ny></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><alt="ny books"="" fair="" photographs="" portraits="" times="" vanity=""></alt="ny></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6peMiQeXU7HReMUuHtR9jcWyTNfYXM_Ae7veFSxUehmAMiHEDtBbCIDKRzq-DYBle5ybmUHvE1kdV5KLtwnNe_Qkf1ma1IxwF5c0ohGg1eOh6gRPGcv_92S3ObXhJ8sDJgwg7MIIGok/s1600/Journalist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><alt="ny books"="" fair="" photographs="" portraits="" times="" vanity=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6peMiQeXU7HReMUuHtR9jcWyTNfYXM_Ae7veFSxUehmAMiHEDtBbCIDKRzq-DYBle5ybmUHvE1kdV5KLtwnNe_Qkf1ma1IxwF5c0ohGg1eOh6gRPGcv_92S3ObXhJ8sDJgwg7MIIGok/s1600/Journalist.jpg" /></alt="ny></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">1.  New York Times Magazine <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Magazine-Photographs/dp/1597111465/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323918002&sr=1-1">Photographs</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/index.jsp">Marquee Letter</a> from Urban Outfitters</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Vanity Fair <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vanity-Fair-Portraits-Century-Iconic/dp/B004VD3PVI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323918122&sr=8-1">The Portraits</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...and the Happy Chic Designer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hV63eF7qr7Ey_VGykrUMqzbtiiNv8YFbQFgkOAxdPB4HiC9cOxKfd7s_zubuhPwlDVapgc9XVctv65TlEGmQHvDoyf2b5TSAYBfiet72Q-Z5PFqFwkOhNJzDKLnFevICXQCrH7i8C30/s1600/Happy+Chic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><alt="jonathan adler="" chic="" edition"="" happy="" hue="" kelly="" limited="" nixon="" throw="" wearstler=""></alt="jonathan></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Jonathan Adler on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Adler-Happy-Chic-Accessorizing/dp/1402774303/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323918172&sr=1-1">Happy Chic Accessorizing</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <a href="http://www.jonathanadler.com/Richard-Nixon-Throw/?cat=694&initial=4284">Richard Nixon Throw</a> from Jonathan Adler</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hue-Limited-Kelly-Wearstler/dp/193442952X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324146696&sr=8-1">Hue</a> Limited Edition by Kelly Wearstler</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GfnXC4QzWlfjAk-g_BY1_Ul8FxCk-cxMQjT0ZkIgN-FNQzGZEHaQnXSJIHwxeM5Z9yKJNAI4LD0S933jLnjvboqzbREC511SCBrXpJzI03R9KlZwhDXW-UVT0mdixu_tPAkZ4DmtDq4/s1600/Happy+Chic+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GfnXC4QzWlfjAk-g_BY1_Ul8FxCk-cxMQjT0ZkIgN-FNQzGZEHaQnXSJIHwxeM5Z9yKJNAI4LD0S933jLnjvboqzbREC511SCBrXpJzI03R9KlZwhDXW-UVT0mdixu_tPAkZ4DmtDq4/s1600/Happy+Chic+copy.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What are you asking Santa for this year??</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Design: Books as Holiday Gifts...

Hello again! It's me, Brooke, from  The Modern Sophisticate . I don't know about you but all I ever want for Christmas are books, es...

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