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Ladies Who Brunch: Our Exclusive Quick and Easy Quiche Recipe for the Holidays

  Thinking about throwing a quick brunch during the holidays?  Baking a delicious, savory Quiche Lorraine is always a good idea!  A perennial holiday favorite around the globe, especially on a cold, snowy day, quiche is not only delicious, it looks fancy and is super-easy to make.  From our kitchen to yours, here’s a traditional family recipe from Lillian Vernon. Ingredients: 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie 6 slices bacon ...

Get Santa’s Little Helpers Organized with our Top Five Tips to Staying Tidy

      If you’re like most mothers, keeping your home tidy is sometimes a never-ending battle.  Add the holidays, decorating, cooking and cleaning to the mix, and things can get chaotic.  Teaching your children good organizational skills will not only help you, but will stay with them for a lifetime.  Check out some great tips for tidy kids and some of our favorite items to help you get your home in order.   1. Kids ...

Everyone Loves a Sale! Shop our Top Sale Items Under $20 (Many are Under $10!)

    Who doesn’t feel satisfaction from getting something on sale?  No matter how much or little we have, we always love a deal!  According to Dan Ariely, a writer at the Wall Street Journal, happiness is often a relative judgment about the distance between where we are and where we could have been. If we think that something could have been better, we feel bad, and if we think that something could have been worse, we feel ...

Top Tips on How To Nurture Your Budding Artists

  Finally an easy solution to display your child’s artwork!  Our handy Art Cabinets display one piece of art while storing up to fifty 8 1⁄2″ x 11″ masterpieces.  The hinged frame comes in white or black with a white mat.  Buy one or many to create your own art gallery! Can be hung vertically or horizontally. $39.99 HERE       Is your child the next Picasso?  Does he love to draw, paint and create things ...

Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader: The Best Personalized Books for Kids

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”— Dr. Seuss, “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!” My Very Own World Adventure is an educational storybook, in which your child travels around the world on a magic carpet. During visits to various world countries, his or her first and last names are spelled out letter-by-letter according to the countries that he or she visits – D for Denmark, etc. ...

Here Comes Santa Claus! Our Top New Stocking Stuffers for Kids

          They might be some of the least expensive items on your gift-giving list, but that doesn’t mean that stocking stuffers can’t be just as thoughtful as all of the others! Spare your kids the predictable boring socks and candy canes, and get creative!  Check out some of our fun ideas and our Top 10 Stocking Stuffers for Kids:   Fun Stocking Stuffer Ideas:  Include a heartfelt note in each of your ...

Design and Shine with Five of our NEW and Versatile Gifts for Your Home

  The best designers are experts at seeing things in a new or different way.  Whether it’s simply moving a comfy chair from a corner (where no one ever sits) to the middle of the room, or reupholstering a tired ottoman in a bold fabric, it’s about being creative and thinking of design without limitations.  Many of our exclusive products can be used in various ways, from season to season and in different rooms of the house.  ...

Making a List, Checking it Twice: Lillian Vernon’s New and Personalized Gifts for Children

        The magical season is upon us and it’s time to start thinking about meaningful and creative gifts for the children.  To make this holiday extra special, we have rounded up some of our top new and personalized children’s gifts, from luggage and beanbags, to toys, dolls and customized books.  Shop HERE for gift inspiration for any child on your list.       Whether they’re going to ...

Deck the Halls with Personalized Christmas Stockings! New, Classic, and Fun Designs for the Whole Family, Even Your Pet

      Along with trimming the tree, hanging stockings on the mantle is one of our favorite Christmastime customs.  Folklore tells us that the tradition goes way back to when Saint Nicolas learned about a poor man who couldn’t afford to pay a dowry for his three daughters.  Saint Nic decided to help the man, and took three bags of gold down the chimney of the family’s home. Once inside, he found the girls’ stockings ...

Set a Spooky Stage for Your Halloween Party with Lillian Vernon

      Lillian Vernon loves to celebrate Halloween.  It’s such a festive, family holiday and decorating the house for trick or treaters and costume parties is so much fun!  At Lillian Vernon Halloween Headquarters we’ve got a treasure trove of ghouls, witches, skeletons, and lots of spooky and stylish tabletop decor to choose from.  Check out our recent Halloween photo shoot, featuring some of our best-selling ...

Impress for Less: TWENTY Lillian Vernon Exclusive & Personalized Gifts Under $10!

Whether you’re entertaining at home, looking for that special gift, or getting a jump-start on the holidays, keeping expenses down is always a great idea − but that doesn’t mean you have to scrimp on style!  This season at Lillian Vernon we have put together a dream team of designers and artisans to create 20 personalized and exclusive items that will delight your friends and family…..AND they’re all under ten ...

Lillian Vernon Debuts Exclusive Design Partnership with Anders Ruff

  Lillian Vernon is excited to announce our new design partnership with Anders Ruff, the go-to online shop for unique and stylish invitations, stationery, printables and party accessories.  We have teamed up with Maureen Anders to bring you some of her exclusive designs that can only be found at Lillian Vernon, from personalized paper products and sleeping bags, to water bottles, towels and even dog accessories.  They all make great ...

Explore, Dream, Discover: Eleven Must-Have Gifts for Happy Kids

While we often differ on the ways we rear our children, from how to teach and inspire, to how we discipline and guide, we can all agree on one thing:  We want our kids to be happy!  From the first day, we have high hopes and big dreams for our little ones.  But how do we teach them to not only learn and prosper, but to be happy in the process? In The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, Sean Covey, best-selling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective ...

Calling All Happy Campers! Plan Your Next Family Camping Trip With These 7 Key Pieces

  Planning a fun country camping trip with the family?  Lillian Vernon has all the essentials you need to spend a night sleeping under the stars in style.  Pack up our monogrammed duffles with warm sweaters, flannel pajamas, and our cozy cashmere blankets.  Roll up our sleeping bags, and load the trunk with a basket of our bonfire essentials.  And don’t forget the apple cider, a personalized cheese plate, and a flask of hot ...

Get Spooky with Lillian Vernon…Your Halloween Headquarters for Gifts, Ghouls & Goblins

There is finally a chill in the air and our little goblins are getting excited for Halloween.  School is in full swing, and it’s already time to celebrate! Whether you’re choosing the perfect pumpkin, sipping hot apple cider, or running through a corn maze with your children, the fall season turns us all into kids again.  “Halloween” is derived from the Scottish phrase, “All Hallow’s Eve”.  The ...