The Gift for the Person Who's Impossible to Shop For: A Custom Lingua Franca Sweater

Every gift list has one: the person who is impossible to shop for. She has the candle. She has the robe. She says she doesn't need a thing.

My answer this year is a sweater that says exactly what you want it to.

With a custom Lingua Franca sweater, you design the whole thing. You pick the sweater, the color, the color of the stitching and the words. Because the saying is yours, nobody else will have it, and that's what makes it such a good gift. It's also a very good way to spoil yourself.

The one I designed

• Sweater: Custom Women's Maxine Cotton Sweater
• Color: oatmeal
• Stitching: pink
• Saying: Beauty-by-the-Sea

"Beauty-by-the-Sea" is my fun take on esthetics and Carmel-by-the-Sea. It's a little bit of what I do and a little bit of where I live, stitched across the front.

What would yours say?

If you're stuck, start here:

• A nickname only the two of you use
• Her hometown, or the place she'd rather be
• An inside joke
• The thing she says ten times a day
• A word for the year ahead

Since each one is made to order, check the delivery estimate before you buy if it needs to be under the tree.

Design your own

More from my $1000 for Her gift stack

The sweater is part of The Ultimate Gift Stack, my $1000 budget for her. Shop the rest here.

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