✨The Nebula Notebook 2024 Gift Guide✨
Treats for all your favorite people--including you!
Every year I have fun pulling together a gift guide for you. I like discovering new things, but I also like hearing that someone I know and trust legitimately liked something. Maybe you do too. That’s why I go back through my purchases and try to think about what things made a difference in our lives and what brought me joy again and again.
There are no affiliate links here, but I can personally sign off on each and every one of the items on this list, and I hope they make your life a little easier during this extra busy time of year. Maybe even make yourself a matcha latte, so you can slow down and enjoy the experience of finding something delightful. Happy clicking!
For the Creative Moms, Stepmoms, Grandmoms, and YOU…
A totally unnecessary charm 💋
A sweet new journal 💕
A fun sticker book 📒 (Add Meri Cherry’s class on stickering if there’s any doubt stickering is a thing.)
The snuggliest robe ever 👘 (As seen in my GRWMs if you’re curious.)
A neon cocktail ring 💍 (There’s also this if she’s…very into sardines???)
A kit for making paper with real flowers in it 🌼
A pro-library statement tee 👏
A darning loom (Sounds boring, looks amazing!) 🪡
A stain-glass inspired window shade 🪟
Extra cute Blackwing pencils 🌈
Stickers to make carrying the mental load a little easier 📆
One of the floral prints I have my eye on like this, this, or this—or a vintage original like this! 🖼
A light that tells the world where you stand 🙌
This rollable easel and the paint pens
recommends 🎨All the Hanni you can put in a little box (I like the moisture salve and the stick.) 🖐
A new book on the art of taking a fab SNL portrait 📸
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For the Kids…
Cheery pinwheels to hang in the window (We’re on our second set.) ☀️
These super smooth stacking stones that work for all ages 👍
A cape that says there’s no such thing as too much sparkle ✨
Bathbombs that will elevate your next water bin 🌤
A smaller (somehow harder?) pop-it, if last year’s light-up pop-it is old news 🗯
A pack of HEXBUG Nanos AKA my son’s favorite toy right now🪳
Tiny photo albums with your kids’ favorite moments from the year (or every sprinkler you’ve ever seen if you’re like my son) 📙
The coziest washi tape in the world 🍄
A weighted lovey that’s also a heating pad (My son has the smiley face.) 😎
A quiet timer 🙌
The Squishmallows x slime combo you didn’t know you needed 😊
A game that feels like screentime but doesn’t count as screentime (at least in our house) 🧩
Brain Bot cards for your Yoto (My son was almost a Brain Bot for Halloween!) 🤖
A stack of my favorite 2024 picture books like this one, this one, this one, and this Christmas one. (Also don’t miss this new chapter book, this 2023 MG masterpiece, or this 2024 MG wonder. Bog Myrtle is an amazing crossover book that should be on every shelf too.) 📚
Extras!
Custom notebooks from Minted for the teachers, therapists, and other helpers on your list (These make good client gifts too.) 📒
My husband’s favorite super soft sleep shirt 👕
A little Fraggle Rock happiness (They come in adult and kid sizes!) 👩🎤
This book or this one for someone who’s going through a hard time 🪷
The most beautiful box of chocolate for those hard-to-shop-for peeps 🍫
If you’re swimming in LIFE STUFF right now, I totally think it’s ok to make the holidays a little easier on yourself! Just get the same thing (like a hat, a mug, or a fun necklace) for everyone. Choose a theme like coziness and buy some happy socks or a sweater (❣️). I’m also a fan of buying everything from one store, especially one that donates profits to good causes. Or feel free to use my process. Go through your past purchases and order your favorites for anyone you think might appreciate them. Give your brain a break from making decisions and spend some extra time enjoying the twinkle lights—or maybe you’ll even get a little writing done while everyone else is busy shopping!
XO
Heidi
Nebula Notebook is a place to meet kindred spirits, get inspired, and learn how to find ease and joy in the creative process—even when life is bananas. 🍌🍌🍌
✏️ PS—The fastest way to grow as a writer is to book a manuscript critique or a creative coaching session with an expert. My clients get agents, sell books, and win awards. They also learn how to enjoy the creative process, so they can keep going when life gets hard. 👏
Thank you for recalibrating my Etsy and Amazon account haha