Let’s talk about custom notebooks. As a proud Virgo, I’m all about intentional and practical gift-giving. Sure, I appreciate the thought whenever I get a gift at all (with the exception of gifts from people who like to attach strings to said gifts – and if that’s how you roll, it’s not actually a gift, and keep it please!), but I always feel a bit bad when I get something I didn’t actually like or want.
It makes me think of the money and materials wasted. Gift-giving can be such a true delight for the giver and receiver when done right.
When you know a person well, it’s obviously easier to come up with a good gift. But it can still be a challenge. People have such a wide range of tastes and preferences.
So one of my go-to tchotchkes lately for people who I know well (or don’t), have been notebooks from Redbubble. There are tons of unique designs made by real artists. And a portion of the sale goes to the artist who made it, which is cool.
So if you know of a character, show, artist, or something like that that the person you’re buying for likes, type it into the search and pick a great cover choice.
What I like about this option too is that a notebook is almost always useful. Who doesn’t use them? They’re fun for keeping your to-do lists, ideas, journaling, etc. And if the person doesn’t LOVE the design you picked, it’s small and practical enough that they can still tuck it away and pull it out when they need a bit of note paper.
I love that the Redbubble custom notebooks even have a little pocket in the back where you can store papers, receipts, etc.
So there you have it! A quick, easy gift idea that surely the receiver can use and it won’t go to waste.
Below are a few examples of custom notebooks I’ve bought in the past:
This Absolutely Fabulous one I purchased for my Mom as a gift:
This random, weird Grinch notebook I got for a friend (we have matching Grinch babies and it’s a bit of an inside joke):
And a couple horror ones I’ve purchased, Idle Hands and Jason/Friday the 13th.
