22 Holiday Gift Ideas For 2022
Whether you enjoy the cool weather or not, the winter season is quickly approaching! As the last few leaves on the trees fall, we are starting to make plans for the holidays and getting excited about the winter break and the new year. If you like to plan in advance what gifts you have in mind for the special people in your life, or you are a last-minute shopper, we have compiled a list of our favourite items to help ease the chaos that sometimes arises with holiday shopping!
For the Card Writers
1. No gift is complete without a thoughtful handwritten message. For those looking for holiday cards, we have a variety of designs, all blank on the inside to write your own special note. Check out our selection of holiday greeting card from the likes of Gotamago, Dogwood Letterpress, Katie Leamon and 1Canoe2!
2. We also love to decorate our presents with Gotamago gift tags featuring cute wintery designs, like pinecones, gingerbread cookies or an adorable little penguin.
For the Fountain Pen Lovers
3. Give the fountain pen lover in your life a writing kit upgrade! Graf von Faber Castell fountain pens make great gifts for Christmas or any other special occasion because of the beautiful, timeless details and high-quality materials used in each pen. The Tamitio fountain pen has an excellent steel nib, but if you’re looking for something with an even more elegant and smoother writing experience, the 18k gold nib on the Classic fountain pen is also a wonderful choice.
4. TWSBI fountain pens like the ECO, Diamond 580, and Vac series are perfect for anyone looking for a daily-writing pen. These fountain pens are fitted with an amazing steel nib and are offered at an affordable price. They are equipped with a piston or vacuum filling mechanism that holds a large volume of ink, which makes them perfect for work and study.
For the Crafters
5. MT washi tape comes in so many cute designs, and they even have special Christmas-themed tape, which are perfect for using in your journals or wrapping gifts. We also have a Phidon-exclusive washi tape that features illustrated stationery motifs from our very own Phidon staff member, Phil Carr-Harris.
6. Midori stickers, such as the Marché, transfer stickers and the paper craft museum collection have dainty details that will spruce up your cards, envelopes, journal entries and notes.
For the Journalers
7. Midori diaries are available in both clothbound and leather covers and range in duration, from just one-year diaries all the way up to ten-year diaries. These diaries are great to reflect on specific dates over the years. They make a great gift as the new year approaches quickly, especially for those who love journaling, and the high-quality Midori paper is perfect for fountain pen users.
8. Traveler’s Company notebooks come in two different sizes, regular and passport, and make great gifts for those who enjoy journaling. There are many notebook inserts available and you can use a couple all in the same leather cover, fastened with connecting rubber bands. The leather covers come in black, brown, camel and a beautiful dark blue colour. The inserts are made with fountain pen-friendly Midori MD paper. Traveler’s Company also has other accessories like a brass clip to keep your page in your notebook, pencil boards, and a pen holder to clip onto the back cover. You can read more about it on our blog about taking the passport-sized Traveler’s notebook to Italy!
9. Delfonics cases are a great companion for packing a journal and a few writing supplies on the go. The passport-size Traveler’s notebook fits into the small Delfonics pouch and the regular Traveler’s notebook fits into the medium pouch. I like to keep a few of my daily-writing pens in my small case and I also have a medium-sized case for packing my regular Traveler’s notebook with a few pens and washi tape to add ephemera collected on my trips into my journal. These medium-sized cases will even fit a small watercolour pan and a watercolour block for painting trips en plein air.
For the Ballpoint & Rollerball Pen Lovers
10. Caran d’Ache 849 ballpoint pens are a favourite at Phidon because of their long-lasting, super smooth refill. The pens are available in a wide variety of colour finishes, and some special collections such as the Claim Your Style or Rainbow series come with beautiful storage cases, which are a great way to present a gift.
11. Krama rollerball pens are unique-looking pens, with a sleek modern aesthetic and lovely weight that makes writing very smooth. They are not click-to-advance pens like the Caran d’Ache 849s, but rather have a hexagonal knob that twists to reveal the rollerball tip. Not only does Krama craft these rollerball pens in a variety of colours, but they also make some beautiful mechanical pencils and ballpoint pens in a variety of brass and coloured aluminum finishes that have the same gemstone-cut styling that beautifully reflects light.
For the Planners
12. Know someone with a busy schedule? Jibun Techo planners from Kokuyo have a layout designed especially for organizing an action-packed day, and come in two compact sizes, which makes them perfect for taking along with you wherever you need to be. They are made with fountain pen-friendly paper, but work remarkably well with a wide range of writing tools, too. The Days planner has daily pages and monthly spreads, the Biz Mini and Diary layouts have two-page monthly and weekly spreads and the Lite Mini is perfect for your basic planning essentials. Accessories are available as well such as index stickers, pencil boards and clear covers
13. Hobonichi planners, a popular planner product from Japan, are made with ultra-lightweight Tomoe River Paper and come in three sizes/formats: A5 Cousin, A6, and Weeks. Compatible covers that suit each format are made from different fabrics, featuring artwork from various artists and changing decorative themes. The yearly planner inserts can be replaced, making these covers a long-lasting gift that the recipient can enjoy year after year.
For the Paper Enthusiasts
14. Cosmo Note notebooks are made with some of the best paper for showing ink sheening and shading properties. With a lay-flat binding, it makes writing very comfortable and is sure to please any paper or ink lover.
15. MacLellan Books are made locally in Waterloo, Ontario and have ink-friendly paper, elegant page-marker ribbons and secure elastic closures. The sewn-bound A5-sized notebooks are a beautiful, handmade gift for anyone looking for a unique product with thoughtful details.
For the Pencil Users
16. Need a pencil gift with an extra cool factor? Leuchtturm Drehgriffel Nr. 2 mechanical pencils have a great twist-to-advance mechanism and come in a variety of colours. Their hexagonal design and contrasting finishes for each part make them quite different from other pencils that we’ve seen. They also match the Leuchtturm notebooks, so you can mix and match notebook colours for a great gift bundle.
17. Wooden pencils are great stocking stuffers. Mistubishi Hi-Uni pencils are classic Japanese wooden pencils that are made with smooth but durable graphite and clay. They are available as a box set or as individuals and are great gifts for both artists and writers.
For the Design Aficionados
18. The Roterfaden pen trays are a new product here at Phidon and they are hand-sewn and made from recycled rubber printing blankets, making them durable and crafty.
19. The Anglepoise Type 75 desk lamp is a stylish addition to any interior. The lamp can be easily lengthened and the shade rotated so that it can be adjusted to precisely suit the user’s needs. Recently the well-known British brand released the new fifth and sixth edition of the Paul Smith collection which features a colour gradient along the arm of the lamp.
Phidon Exclusives
20. “A Shimmering Leap of Faith” is our newest Phidon-exclusive fountain pen ink! The ink is a reinvention of our 10th-anniversary release of “A Leap of Faith”, made in the UK by Diamine, by bringing silver-blue sparkles into the ultraviolet, deep blue colour. It makes a great gift for anyone looking for a unique shimmering ink colour.
21. The PH_22 A5 Organiser is a special edition of Roterfaden’s Taschenbegleiter organiser which has a dark brown leather cover, olive green felt and a beige elastic strap. The three sturdy clips in this cover can hold any A5-sized notebook, allowing you to conveniently combine all your favourite notebooks into one organiser. We have a blog post about the story behind the special edition, which can be read here. We also have a blog post about compatible notebooks, which can help you set up your organising system.
22. Troublemaker Inks made this Phidon-exclusive Grand River Sunset fountain pen ink this year, which is a mauve-grey colour with green undertones, and looks different depending on what nib size you write with and what paper you are using! Troublemaker is known for their amazing shading properties, and you can read more about the ink and see a comparison swatch on a variety of papers in our blog post.
We hope you have found this holiday gift guide useful for finding something for everyone on your list. If you have any questions, please feel free to give us a call or send us an email, and we’d be happy to have a conversation with you! Enjoy your holiday shopping!