Some of the best gifts are the small ones. The ones that fit in a pocket, or an envelope, or the toe of a stocking, and still manage to say “I see you.”
This list is for the person on your list who feels everything. The quiet one, the tender one, the one who carries more than they let on. It’s also for anyone who’d rather shop small this year and give something that was made by hand instead of pulled off a warehouse shelf.
Everything here is under $15 and made by the two of us, a mother and daughter team, in our living room studio. Del paints, I shape clay, design pages, and also doodle occasionally.
For The One Who Carries a Lot
Handmade Worry Stones, $13
A small, smooth stone with a thumb-sized dip, made to be held when things feel loud. Each one is hand shaped from polymer clay, sanded, and sealed with a satin finish, so it feels soft and cool in your palm. They’re little enough for a pocket, a purse, or a nightstand.
A few favorites:
- Mushroom, for your cottagecore friend
- Black Cat, for the person whose favorite family member has whiskers
- Frog and Bee, for the garden lovers
- Purple Textured, for anyone who likes a little something extra under their thumb
- Made to Order, in their favorite colors
Made to order stones take about 7 to 10 days to make, plus shipping, so if you’d like a custom one in time for the holidays, ordering by the end of November gives us plenty of breathing room. If you’re curious about where worry stones come from and how to use one, we wrote that here.
For The Letter Writer
Rain Series Printable Note Cards, $4.99 to $12.00
Delphine painted these four patterns, and they’re some of my favorite things we’ve ever made. Each download prints at home and makes two folded cards, with “Art by Delphine” on the back. They’re perfect for thank you notes, holiday letters, or tucking a few into a gift for the friend who still sends real mail.
- Single designs, $4.99 each: Violet Rain, Sunshower, Silver Rain, and Confetti Rain
- Pick Your Pair, $5.99
- The Whole Rain Series Bundle, $12.00, makes eight cards.
Tip: print the whole bundle on nice cardstock, tie the stack with twine, and you have a handmade stationery set for about the cost of a latte or two.
For the Tarot Curious
30-Day Tarot Journal, $8.99
For the friend who owns a deck but hasn’t quite found a rhythm with it yet. Thirty days, one card, one page, with prompts that work with any tarot or oracle deck. It comes in a warm Ember and Ash colorway and a clean black and white edition that’s kind to home printers. It also works in GoodNotes.
Shadow Work Prompt Cards, $8.00
A printable deck of reflective journal prompts, for the person who likes to go a little deeper. Gentle, honest, and meant to be pulled one at a time.
For the Gardener
The Slow Garden Planner, $9.99
A hyperlinked GoodNotes planner made for small spaces: porches, balconies, raised beds, a few pots on a windowsill. Winter is the perfect time to give it, because that’s when gardeners sit with a warm drink and a dream about spring.
For the Friend Who Needs a Soft Place to Land
- Tend to Yourself, $5.99. A gentle mood and mental health check-in journal. No pressure, no streaks to keep, just a kind place to notice how you’re doing.
- Self-Care Journal Pages Bundle, $6.99. Printable pages and a habit tracker for building small, kind routines.
- Forest Floor Undated Mini Planner, $4.00. Undated, so they can start whenever they’re ready.
Little Pairings, Still Under $15
A printable plus a handwritten note makes a sweet little bundle:
- Forest Floor Mini Planner + a single Rain card, $8.99
- Tend to Yourself + a single Rain card, $10.98
- Shadow Work Prompt Cards + a single Rain card, $12.99
- 30-Day Tarot Journal + a single Rain card, $13.98
How to Gift a Printable
Digital gifts can feel a little strange to wrap, so here are a few ways we like to do it:
- Print it for them. Print the pages (use cardstock for a special touch), bind them with a binder clip or a ribbon, and tuck them in a stocking.
- Make a little card. Write “a gift for you” on one of our note cards and slip the printed pages inside.
- Send it digitally. For GoodNotes users, forward the file with a short note about why you picked it for them.
Thank you for thinking of small makers this season. Every order is packed by the two of us, and every one of them means more than you know.