A Cozy Holiday Gift Guide for Stationery Lovers

Every year, I somehow forget to put together a holiday gift guide…so here’s my last-minute attempt at it. I pulled together a small selection of things I personally use, love, or discovered this year—most of which I recommend for gifting the stationery and analog lover in your life.

Everything is under $50, except for the items in the All Things ABC category (aka my attempt at self-promoting my work for this year). Some picks have corresponding links, and all product details are included in this post.

Enjoy, and happy holidays!

• Always love a good set of alphabet stickers—these are in Coffee and Cocoa from Everyday Explorers Co.

• Can’t go wrong with a set of Field Notes memo books1

• This Sarica Studio winter plaid dots sticker sheet is the perfect set for holiday journaling

• I’ve always enjoyed Shachihata ink pads, and I particularly love the retro colored ones from their Iromoyo ink pads collection

• If you’re sending mail to friends and family, these Little Lu Holiday Post Cards from Pinky Elephant are the perfect ones to send out

• This dumpling pen holder from New Retro2 is the best addition to your workspace (trust me)

• The perfect bag from TRAVELER’S FACTORY to carry your journals, supplies & stationery

• These Blackwing Volume 21 pencils are great as stocking stuffers

• I love my own Modulor pencil case so I’m recommending it here as well—I actually use mine for plugs and tech, but it’s the roomiest and most colorful thing in my travel backpack

• I swear by this Penco clip to hold my journal spreads together

• A newcomer in my pen rotation has been the Sailor TUZU Adjust Fountain Pen3 (I have mine in Medium nib and the color red). Easy to use, lightweight, and is the perfect starter pen from the Sailor family.

• Highly recommend a Kaweco Sport for gifting—the classic green color adds a festive touch (personally, I use it the most out of all colors I own)

• I’ve been traveling frequently with my Galen Leather Slip-N-Zip pouch (I have mine in undyed leather and it’s aging so beautifully)

• Diamine’s Red Dragon ink is my favorite red; Lennon Toolbar inks have been on my radar this year.

• Looking for documenting ideas for your upcoming travel journal? The Art of the Travel Journal has got you covered (it’s turning 3 this year, how time flies)

• I created these sticker books as journaling supplements—one is travel-themed and one is everyday journaling-themed. Find them at your local stockist4!

• Give the gift of creative inspiration: I’d recommend my Patreon’s mail tier5 specifically as I’m releasing 2026 stickers as part of the set this December.

• Give the gift of learning: a year of Skillshare membership is a great gift idea for someone who loves to be a student of life. My two classes are now live on the platform!

• This is already sold out as I’m typing this, but for posterity purposes, the 12 Days of Stationery advent calendar I designed for Paper Diet is the ultimate holiday gift imo.

I hope this guide is helpful, and is there anything you’re eyeing? 👀

I actually picked up a Christmas/Birthday gift (my birthday is in early January) for myself during my trip to Tokyo, which I’m excited to share more about soon. It’s a Victorinox pocket swiss knife in collaboration with Moomin…fingers crossed I won’t open it until the new year (I asked the TRAVELER’s FACTORY staff to kindly wrap it for me).

Material things aside, I do wanna say sometimes the best gift you can gift yourself…is some quiet time and a nice, warm beverage (I know I’d love that equally as well)—or even a lovely catch up with an old friend and some lofi Christmas tunes playing in the background.

Have a warm and cozy holiday season ahead, and take care!

💛 Abbey

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