At The Inspired Stories team, we absolutely love a gift guide! And we're passionate about supporting independent brands that bring something truly special to the table.
Whether you’re shopping for family, friends, or a little treat for yourself, we’ve curated a selection of brands that offer unique gifts. Many of these brands we’ve personally supported, collaborated with, or met through events like Spirit of Christmas. We hope you’ll discover something here that inspires you—and help support small businesses while you’re at it!
P.S. Keep an eye out for some discount codes!
Raven James
With so many jewellery brands out there, Raven James feels truly unique. The quality and attention to detail is amazing, but what we like most about their pieces is how you can mix and match them. The beautiful antique-inspired charms can be added onto earrings, necklaces and bracelets, their huggy earrings are reversible, and you can even attach two or more bracelets together to create a unique necklace.
Our gift pick - Claudia Paperclip Chain Bracelet. Our co-founded Baiba bought this for herself and we’re all drooling over it! It would look beautiful on everyone. Use the code INSPIREDSTORIES15 for 15% OFF full-price items.
Happy Cabbage London
We first met founder Kirsty 3 years ago at Spirit of Christmas and we’ve bought quite a few gorgeous printed PJ sets & robes. The softest materials and most beautiful Indian block prints, these will make an amazing gift for anyone who loves a bit of colour and pattern in their life.
Why not switch up the festive PJs this year to something a bit different? We’re recommending this Strawberry Print Set in the softest cotton. Use the code HAPPY10TIS for 10% OFF.
Hair Gain
Hair Gain is a female founded hair care solutions brand who are passionate about creating innovative and efficacious hair products that are accessible, practical and easy to use. We first heard about HairGain from a hairdresser friend of ours and now we've tried and tested many of their products on our own hair and rate them so highly that we had to include them in our goody bags at our 2025 Collection launch event!
For this holiday season, treat your girlfriends or yourself to a puff of magic with Hair Gain’s Christmas Bauble Hair Care Gift Set. Featuring their next generation non-aerosol dry shampoo and vegan silk scrunchie in baby pink, this is perfect for anyone who loves to keep their hair looking fabulous with minimal effort. Use code TIS20 for 20% OFF your purchase.
Bunches
You can never go wrong with flowers. Or a beautiful wreath or a plant for someone who’s just moved house! Bunches offer all of this, as well as beautiful gift hampers for the special people in your life. They will also be offering flower subscriptions later in the year (which, we think, is a genius gift for any flower lover!)
We recommend taking a look at their Christmas Hampers if you want to treat someone to a lovely gift but have no idea what to get them! Use the code INSPIRED15 for 15% OFF (valid until 31st December 2024 on all orders, only one promotional code can be used per order, excludes delivery charges.)
Ardere
Luxury scented aromatherapy candles, 100% natural wax and pure essential oils. Do we need to say more? The scents are beautiful and not too overpowering, and you can often find Ardere candles lit in all our homes. They are have a 3x longer-than-your-average-candle burn time so the perfect gift for a candle lover.
Our favourite scent is the Reethi - a relaxing and grounding blend of white geranium & sandalwood. Use the code INSPIRED30 for 30% OFF (valid until 10th January 2025).
WholyMe
Have a health & wellness lover in your life? Or maybe it’s you? :) We’ve collaborated with WholyMe before and have personally tried their Bath Salts and Relief Balm for achy muscles and joints. We love everything about this brand - their products are created to soothe the physical aches and pains that come from a stressful modern lifestyle, they’re Natural, effective, and sustainable. Use the code 15INSPIRED for 15% OFF (valid until midnight 18th December 2024).
Zooki
Another favourite from personal experience, we love their collagen and Vitamin C sachets. They are so easy to use and a great option to travel with. Zooki are famous for their Marine Collagen sachets - it would make a great gift for someone into their wellness & skincare. Use the code ZOOKITHEINSPIREDSTORIES10 for 10% OFF.
Waterdrop
Another great gift idea for almost anyone! With single plastic use becoming more and more problematic, everyone needs a reusable water bottle and we love the variety of designs that Waterdrop offer. We also love the fact they offer durable glass bottles (great for a clean-freak like me who likes to see exactly what’s inside!)
We recommend this sleek simple glass bottle or one of their gorgeous pastel colour bottles.
Jo Laing Matchboxes
Jo Laing offer many beautiful ceramics & prints but we have fallen in love with their unique ceramic matchboxes - an incredibly special & luxurious gift for a candle lover (when you don’t want to get them another candle). A practical piece of art to treasure for years to come - this one’s our favourite.
And a few final suggestions...
Here’s what we would recommend from our own range. We couldn't not suggest our 2025 Lifestyle Planner - our first ever product, our best-seller, and our customer favourite planner layout. If you’re looking to try your first-ever TIS planner, this is the one! Plan, set goals and reflect - this planner will help you keep a good work/ life balance.
Last, but by no means least, our Today Journal - a thoughtful gift for someone you love, or a gift to yourself to add a new mindful ritual to your every day. Each day of the year has a different question and only takes a couple of minutes to fill in, but it creates a beautiful keepsake for years to come.
We know how stressful holiday shopping can be - so we hope this gift guide has given you some fresh & unique gift ideas, all the while supporting small businesses.
Happy Holidays from The Inspired Stories! Xx