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Laura Pashby's avatar

Love these ideas! I would add these Book Worm gloves. I wear mine when Iโ€™m working in the bookshop. https://blackandbeech.com/collections/gloves-and-mittens/products/book-worm-mittens-in-navy-neon-yellow-copy

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Beth Kempton's avatar

Oh I love them! Thank you for sharing. Adds to wishlistโ€ฆ

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Kasey Butcher Santana's avatar

There are so many beautiful, useful ideas here. I love how cozy but practical this guide is! If I told my husband I wanted a pile of wood so I could write by the fire, I think he'd be so pleased ๐Ÿ˜†

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Chrissie's avatar

For my spine to be fully healed and fitness restored in order to live truly and be authentically me in my writing life . To continue in developing other practices :art and find my voice whether in song or reciting my writing

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Miranda R Waterton's avatar

Possibly a few Pilates or yoga lessions would be a thoughtful gift for a writer with back problems

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Chrissie's avatar

A gift token for a Cairo practic would be more handy . I have done Pilates and yoga for years

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Beth Kempton's avatar

A great idea

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Birgit Nurmela-Savason's avatar

I need so many of these! Love this and thanks you!

Also, I would add tea for the list - maybe a bit specific but I even have a tea subscription and just making a pot of great tea gets ideas flowing ๐Ÿ’–

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The Creatrixity File's avatar

I was just thinking of doing a tea subscription for my daughter! What do you recommend?

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Birgit Nurmela-Savason's avatar

Great idea! I actually buy from renegade tea farmers, which is super small organic tea company, and maybe more on the pricy side and deliver once a year ๐Ÿ˜… so I guess I'm no help, sorry

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Beth Kempton's avatar

Oh yes I should add some suggestions!

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Gill Bourbage's avatar

I would like to add a home baked cake. A fruited tea bread (so called because the fruit is soaked in tea overnight) is ideal. It lasts well and can be frozen either whole or in slices. Good for January writing sessions with a warm drink.

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Miranda R Waterton's avatar

I get a lot out of podcasts and Audible and I love to listen in bed, but that doesnโ€™t suit my partner, who likes to go straight to sleep. A really good pair of headphones was a thoughtful gift from him a few years ago.

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Trudi Nicola's avatar

This list is genius and I've now been lost in the world of first edition children's books for way too long! Thank you, Beth for curating thisโœจ

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Beth Kempton's avatar

Ha! My pleasure

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Karen Smith's avatar

Amazing Beth! I love everything about it and on it

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Rebecca Ember's avatar

I want all of them ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ’•

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DD๐ŸŒป's avatar

Lovely x

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Between Feeds & Ivโ€™s's avatar

I absolutely love this x

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Eline Pullen's avatar

What a beautiful list! Once a friend gave me this present, she took me to my favorite bookstore and told me that I could choose all the books I liked within a budget she named. This gift keeps popping up in my mind when I think of the most precious gifts I ever received.

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Julie Walsh's avatar

An electric blanket is useful, especially atm!

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Gail Armstrong's avatar

Definitely! I just bought one and itโ€™s so cosy. I can sit in my draughty bay window much longer now.

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Annabelle Venter's avatar

Love this Beth, thank you. Such a cosy list of goodies -makes me wish I lived in a cold climate! I would love an app that reminds me to get up , stretch and move at regular intervals!

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Beth Kempton's avatar

Great idea! Yogaglo is a good one

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Annabelle Venter's avatar

Will check it out thank you

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SB's avatar

Can you give us a link for a good calligraphy set for a Tween?

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Beth Kempton's avatar

Perhaps take a look at the suggestions in one of the lovely contemporary calligraphy books available, like Nib & Ink by Chiara Perano Xx

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Viveca Persing's avatar

Nice ideas โค๏ธ

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