Beautiful Board: Locally crafted Wisconsin cutting board, $39, Wisconsin Historical Museum

Thank-You Thrillers

Go from “well that’s nice” to “wow!” with these anything-but-standard host trinkets.

(Clockwise from top left):

1. Tillandsia Xerographica air plant, $25, Red Square Flowers
2. NUTKRACK caramelized pecans, $8-$26, NUTKRACK
3. Menu salt and pepper mill set, $70,  The Century House
4. Bee Raw Cheesemonger’s honey flight, $50, Fromagination
5. Swedish Dream seaweed soap (set of 2), $16, The Century House
6. Glazed coasters, $10 each, Patio Pleasures
7. Grove 45 Olive Oil, $50, Fromagination
8. Madison lakes mugs, $15 each, Zip-Dang

Styling and photography by Shanna Wolf