The Joy of Giving: Holiday Gift Guide 2024 – Part 2: Perfect Presents for Paper Lovers and More

In the second part of our annual gift guide, we shift our focus from literary treasures to delightful items that bring charm and organization to everyday life. From beautifully designed planners to unique paper goods and indulgent sweets, these curated picks are sure to inspire joy and creativity.

Whether you’re searching for the perfect stocking stuffer or a thoughtful gift to elevate someone’s daily routine, our Gift Guide has something special for everyone.

Whether you’re searching for the perfect stocking stuffer or a thoughtful gift to elevate someone’s daily routine, our Gift Guide has something special for everyone. Explore an array of notepads, calendars, agendas, home goods, and more — each chosen to combine practicality with a touch of elegance. From stylish desk accessories to cozy indulgences, these finds make it easy to spread cheer and celebrate the art of living beautifully.

Let’s dive in! Also, remember to check out The Joy of Giving: Holiday Gift Guide 2024 – Part 1: Books for Every Bibliophile.

Notepads & Planners

Calendar 2025 Diary by Dzwiedzma

Dzwiedzma created this calendar so that we do not take on more than we can handle. Its purpose is to get rid of the guilt caused by rest and allow you to plan your time with a realistic approach. The calendar is made as adaptable as possible to everyday use and there was no need to copy things between each other. It is very extensive. Nevertheless, it is designed so that it does not take much time to complete. Just 15 minutes a day is enough to focus on yourself by filling out your calendar. This is not an ordinary calendar.

Gmund Summit Block

This unique notebook, crafted from premium Gmund paper, is a true ode to the majesty of mountains. Designed in the striking silhouette of a mountain peak, it captures the rugged beauty and inspiration of high altitudes. The block is perfect for jotting down hiking adventures, sketching scenic vistas, or planning future climbs. Compact and artistic, available in three different colours, this notebook makes an ideal gift for mountain enthusiasts who cherish the allure of the outdoors and appreciate quality craftsmanship in their tools of expression.

Planner and Notebook Set by Jasnie Plan

Their best-selling, 12-month planner is a tool that not only supports your daily organization, but also takes care of your personal development. Undated, created for your pace of life, it will help you find balance and harmony. Additionally, the notebook sets comes with soft covers, 120 pages printed with delicate dots. Ideal for daily notes, creative musings and journaling.

Weekly diary 2025 by slaninková

Available in 5 cover options, the diaries are decorated with an inconspicious silver embossing on the back of the cover. The beginning of the year awaits us, and we have butterflies in our stomachs, sparkles in our eyes, just like the designers of the diaries. The design is made to include only the most necessary information, leaving plenty of empty space for work, personal notes or sketches.

The DoJo System | Refill Set by Paper Republic

Introducing the DoJo System – your ultimate tool for structured creativity. Enjoy a flexible paper companion where a simple dot grid design meets meaningful stickers to help you with your organization. Choose the DoJo | grand voyageur set and make it unique with a custom embossing on the leather by adding your initials in the color of your choice. Alternatively, expand your existing grand voyageur with our DoJo | Refill Set.

Dot For You IRKA 2025 Calendar: ACT WITH LOVE

This is the 10th and last edition of the IRKA calendar by DOT for You design brand. On the cover, you will see a burning heart, which I offer to you as a symbol of gratitude. The graphic is inspired by the rich iconography of the “Sacred Heart” motif. It represents an ex-voto or milagros heart, an object offered out of gratitude. Ex-voto or milagros also refer to religious folk spells traditionally used for healing purposes and as votive offerings. “Milagro” means miracle in Spanish. Let this heart accompany you on your journey. Act with love. Act mindfully.

Munken Agenda 2025

Munken Agenda 2025 – “Calendar as you like it” – encourages us to think about calendars and time in a different way. You can fully customize the pages to suit your life, your plans, and your year – as you like it. Although the colorful Munken Agenda 2025 is made of paper, it offers the same flexibility as your favorite digital calendar, but with many more creative possibilities. Enjoy a playful calendar that you can use exactly the way that suits you. And one that will truly make you happy.

The creators behind Munken Agenda 2025 are Moritz Osterwold and Gregor Simon, students at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle in Germany.

Your 5 Years Diary from Moduletto

Your diary accompanies you for five years. You can entrust it with everything, the big and small secrets. Wonderful experiences and special thoughts, here they find their good place. When you open the anthology, they are in front of you, 5 years of your life. How nice – your diary is divided into the 4 seasons. You don’t have much space per day, but that’s the charming thing about your 5-year diary: You have to keep it short. Just write down the things that really touched and moved you that day.

Desk & Wall Calendars

Gratiola Botanical Calendar 2025

This beautifully blooming BOTANICAL CALENDAR will flourish throughout your year 2025. The large wall calendar contains 12 reproductions of Gratiola’s botanical illustrations, each specific to the time of the year which they symbolize. The calendar features a beautiful gold/silver color pinch that holds all the pages together. On the back, the calendar is reinforced to hold its shape beautifully. After the end of the year, you can frame the illustrations and enjoy them for a long time.

The LTRST 2025 Desk Calendar

Combining three artisanal print techniques on a velvety pure cotton paper, our calendar is an ode to craftsmanship, tactility, and the beauty and meaning of words. We may have all moved onto electronic calendars on our phones and browsers, but this unique object becomes a treasure in any home or workplace, inviting a slower, quieter meditation on the passage of time. This year’s edition borrows words of wisdom from the greatest thinkers in history, including Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, Susan Sontag to name a few.

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Risoto Shop Calendar 2025

Calendar for 2025 with illustrations of Bratislava’s monuments. It is printed on special Remake Oyster paper in A3 format. The calendar is perforated in the middle, so you can divide it after the end of the year and keep the top illustration.  Among the depicted monuments are SNP Bridge, St. Martin’s Cathedral, Slovak Radio, Hotel Kiev, Bratislava Castle and others. The author of the graphics is Kristína Slezáková.

Desk calendar 2025: O Mărgică

Desk calendar 2025: O Mărgică

O mărgică (eng. “a little bead”) appeared from a game with paintbrushes and crayons.
And ever since,
she colors, paints and illustrates,
whatever each of you can imagine!

With vibrant colours and wonderful storylines from Brașov, Romania, her animations extend from desk calendars, wall calendars, postcards, tote bags, broches, stickers, mugs and more. The calendar comes in two versions: as a desk calendar, or you can opt for the wall option. In any case, each month will brighten your new year and bring you good fortune!

Anagraphic calendar 2025

Anaptár is an incredibly detailed, site-specific lunar and solar cycles calendar that not only chronicles the standard annual days and dates, but also takes viewers straight to space with all kinds of astronomical data. The designer was able to come up with a way to visualize data on the Sun and the Moon in a new way. The poster shows the movement of these planets in the sky. For 2025 Anaptár has versions adapted for the geographic locations of Budapest, Berlin, London, and New York.

Paper Goods & Accessories

Winter Map Tracks in the Snow - Ski Slope by Gmund

Fancy winter? The deep embossing on the delicate paper made of 100% cotton fibres has the appearance of a real track in the snow. Lovingly illustrated ski motifs in rich offset printing and deeply embossed ski tracks combine to create a beautiful winter motif.

Catch Framed Artwork by Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott, a rising talent in the art world, has garnered notice and praise with his unique artworks that feature shattered glass work and conceptual frame alterations. Gaining millions of views on social media, Scott’s work has captured the hearts and minds of many. Blurring the boundary between his subjects and the frames that enclose them – Scott has a talent for bringing his artwork to life by blending realism with imagination.

Round Christmas Stamp “Christmas Tree” By In Love With Paper

Use this stamp to add a little holiday cheer for your Christmas mail & Christmas packages. Wooden stamp with high-quality rubber stamp, sustainably produced in Germany. Available either in black or blue ink pad colour, but you can also opt with or without ink pad option, in case you already own one.

Vienna Colourful Panorama Poster by The City Works

The Vienna Panorama Poster by The City Works is a great way to see the city, all day every day. The 90x30cm print is beautifully drawn and includes most of Vienna’s most famous landmarks. When you receive your Vienna Panorama, it will be rolled carefully in a sturdy kraft poster tube. A free bookmark with the same design will be attached to the outside. This also contains a recommendation about where to get your poster framed. And what’s great:The City Works has a whole range of city-themed products, so if you don’t live in Vienna, chances are you will find your nation’s capital among them too.  Pencils, posters, notebooks and homeware featuring many cities design are all available from their online shop.

Gift Bag Handmade Trees by Herzilein Wien

Noble gift bag made of handmade paper with matching golden clip, perfect for wrapping gifts quickly and easily. Available in different sizes, to suit your different wrapping needs this season!

AEON Nano Aluminum pen by Stilform

An exciting writing instrument, in a smart size with an interchangeable tip. Whether you’re drawing or writing, choose between the Enernal nib, which writes almost endlessly, and the graphite nib, available in HB and 2B. The AEON Nano is equipped with a graphite tip as standard. Compact, lightweight aluminum body for high portability and convenience, and best of all, it comes in four electrizing colours!

LES CRAYONS CARAN D’ACHE PERFUMED EDITION – LIMITED EDITION

In collaboration with the Geneva-based Maison Mizensir, specialist in candles and home fragrances, Caran d’Ache is presenting a new, exclusive edition of perfumed pens this year. The colourful creations are made of poplar wood and stimulate the senses. Aromatic fragrance “Bois de Patchouli”: combines cedarwood, patchouli and caramel in 4 colours: green, caramel, light beige and blue.

Fountain Pens 849™ PAUL SMITH Sky Blue & Lavender Purple (F) – Limited Edition

When the two houses reinvent their collaboration with six new models of refill holders and fountain pens: a daring combination of bicolor colors. Paul Smith and Caran d’Ache go further, further and further in their joint projects. The renewed collaboration is all about courage, innovation and creativity. In this fourth project, the Swiss classic 849™ is given some new robes in the colorful style of the renowned designer Paul Smith. Four new two-tone color combinations, to be exact. Unusual and daring.

Gift Sets & Lifestyle

Washinello Wash Bag

Washinello uses the power of magnesium, which produces ionized water through special processing. It is the new friendly, sustainable and smart way to wash your laundry without detergent. Simply place the Washinello Wash bag with your dirty laundry in the washing drum and enjoy sparkling clean laundry. This ionized water penetrates deep into the fibers of your clothes and removes even stubborn stains – without any harmful chemicals. It’s hypoallergenic, gentle on your skin and gentle on our environment. Moreover, it’s suitable for all fabrics, all colours and for all washing temperatures.

Delivery in Austria & Germany.

Zestaw Daily Essentials by Tatra Cosmetics

Tatra Cosmetics believes that all your skin’s needs can be met by nature’s bounty, but only when combined with knowledge, experience, and technology. They create unique formulas from natural extracts and herbs that have been known for their beautifying properties for centuries, blending them with innovative advancements in cosmetology. Their mission is to create products that delight you with both their natural essence and effectiveness. All products in this gift set are packaged in beautiful, Tatra-inspired packaging.  In the set you will find: Krokus Rejuvenating Serum – 30 ml, – Rotary Hydro-Smoothing Day Cream – 30 ml, Beta-Carotene Regenerating Mask for night – 50 ml, Chamomile Eye Elixir – 15 ml.

AquaAway 10+ food supplement drink powder with sweeteners by Toman Diet

Thanks to the extracts of 10 herbs and the versatile effects of apple cider vinegar, it can help cleanse the body by eliminating excess water and waste products. It can be an important addition to the Toman Diet program, and fit right in as a thoughtful gift after often too plentiful holiday meals.

Holiday Cosmetics Package by CRÈEM

A carefully selected valuable gift for your loved ones or business partners. If you walk along the paths of the CRÈEM family estate in the village of Vis, you will be captivated by the atmosphere of the beautiful landscape of Somogy. The two-hectare lavender not only gives an aesthetic experience with the sight of soothing, purple plants, but also embodies the family’s respect for nature and a deep, spiritual connection with it. This lavender and essential oil made on the estate is what gave CRÈEM its idea.

Monogram Gin

The perfect gift for gin enthusiasms! Visual quality, handmade in small series, refined taste. Traditional “Dry” gin made from juniper, coriander, angelica, citrus fruits and ginger pieces. It is obtained by distilling 18 plants with the finest wheat alcohol.

Photo album by Bomo Art

The Full-Leather Bound Photo Album with a gift box can be a wonderful Christmas surprise. The simple yet elegant albums are covered with high-quality cowhide. It keeps the archival photos of family and friends in a safe place for generations. You can attach it with a photo corner, photo spray, or double-sided adhesive. The photos are separated from the following page by thin parchment, thus protecting them from fingerprints and scratches. You can even design your album via the webshop.

Vegetable Oil Soap by Schroll Seifen Manufaktur

Refreshing and invigorating fragrance composition of pure essential oils. The mild, skin-friendly soap base made from the best raw materials cleanses the skin thoroughly without drying it out. Carefully selected plant and perfume oils give each soap its special character and make it a small, rich treasure.

FRESH face spa x-mas set by Ringana

Relaxation, grooming, luxury – get yourself that spa feeling at home! With Ringana’s fruit enzyme exfoliant for radiant skin and handy accessories, your grooming routine can become a real highlight. Grab the glow for yourself – or give it as a gift!

Sweets

BIO white mini chocolate with strawberries by Iga Sarzyńska

It tastes like the best strawberry smoothie! A very fruity, velvety BIO white chocolate with a clearly noticeable, wonderful note of vanilla from Madagascar and fragrant strawberries. It is prepared only from natural products of the highest quality, coming from organic farming and breeding. Freeze-dried strawberries combined with white chocolate with visible vanilla beans create a truly unique composition that tastes great and looks wonderful.

Cherry and dark chocolate panettone by Panettoni Pavolucci

Francesca and Chiara Pavolucci are twin sisters who opened the Düal Café in Barcelona, and a few years later decided to embark together on a new great adventure: making their own artisanal pannetones. They started with the family recipe for pannetone that their grandmother Maria made and, with help from their mom, they revised and created an innovative product but linked to the flavors and traditions of their country: Italy.

ChocoMe Christmas Creations

The perfect chocolate (dark, milk and white chocolate) requires raw materials of unique quality: That is why chocoMe uses 100% cocoa butter-containing raw materials of chocolate from the upper category of chocolate manufacturer Valrhona, Michel Cluizel, Cacao Barry, Callebaut and procures a wide variety of toppings from selected German, Italian and French suppliers, which are then put together in the Budapest chocolate factory for chocolate creations.

28Lots Chocolate

28LOTS is a young, dynamic company dedicated to the production of the finest chocolate. Only the highest quality ingredients go into the table, which is of course created by hand and refined by hand with creative toppings. Once tried and 28LOTS has completely convinced us with this grandiose taste explosion in the heart of Vienna.

The products can be found in Hannibals chain and within Spar supermarket chain. 

See their whole range of seasonal products: here

Zotter-Mix Christmas Surprise

A gift set with a handmade “Christmas Surprise” chocolate with a crunchy caramel nougat filling and 4 small Nashido bars filled with raspberry cream, hazelnut nougat cream, red currants and refreshing peppermint. In addition, 4 pure Labooko minis, which offer a lot of enjoyment with white chocolate, candy-sweet caramel bar, milk chocolate and as a dark bar. Packaged with a transparent cover or choose one of four motif covers free of charge.

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