Our 2025 Gift Guide
Bad On Paper
Outro
Olivia and Becca share obsessions, recent reads, book club pick The Correspondent, and closing episode info.
It's time for this year's Bad on Paper Gift Guide! We're so excited to dive into our picks that are very us-coded.
Becca-Coded Picks
Gifts for People Who Love NYC
Katie Kime NYC Toile Tea Towels ($58)
Chefanie - I Love NY cocktail napkins ($48)
All the restaurants prints (5x7 $55) - John Donahue - also Paris, London, DC, Philly, Chicago, Napa
W/ Hudson & Mark acrylic frame (A5 size) - Reg $44, sale: $35
Hobby-Forward Gifts (Knitting, Watercolors, Pickleball, MahJong etc.)
Emily Lex Studio Watercolor Books ($24) + Optional paint set ($18)
Mark & Graham Pickleball Tote (Reg $79, Current $59)
Pickle playing Pickleball Ornament ($25)
Pickleball snack serving plate ($58)
We Are Knitters Scarf Kit - Stan Scarf (Reg $74, Current $52) or Dinka Scarf (Reg: $55, Current $39)
Gifts for People Who Love to Travel
Dagne Dover Landon Carry On Duffel - Lg - (Reg: $240, sale $180)
Etsy watercolor print of a fave city/destination
Turtl pillow - (regular $55, sale $44)
Gifts for People Who Love to Host
Dan Pelosi Let's Party Cookbook (32.62)
Anthro striped snack bowls ($18 for 2)
Apertivo Spoon Set - $36
Olivia-Coded Picks
Gifts for Thrifters/Antique Lovers
Frames + Photos, choose their own adventure
Search hobbies or interests on Etsy or Ebay + 'vintage'
Planning a thrifting "day" - Choose a handful of different secondhand stores, stop for a coffee, make a day of it.
Gifts for Pisces
Hand curated playlist - "these songs remind me of you/us and why"
Anything sentimental
Gifts for Real Housewives Fans
Gifts for Candle Lovers
Library in a Forest Candle from the New Savant
Antique french match striker (etsy)
eBay/etsy candle stick holders + taper candles
Bad on Paper Coded Picks
Bookish Gifts
Gift your favorite book of the year or a book you think the recipient would love
Signed first edition of favorite books (modern classics aren't wildly expensive usually)... also, reach out to their favorite authors!
Writer-ish Gifts
Le Pen 10-color set ($19.99) + a notebook
Save the Cat Writes A Novel (16.78) + Story Genius (16.77) + a notebook for their own ideas
Cajou Alba Laptop Cover w/ Initials
Wild Card Gifts
For teen: BaubleBar custom makeup pouch ($38) + a lip balm
Buffalo chicken ornament ($24)
Obsessions
Becca - Who's the Clown? by Audrey Hobert
Olivia - My new glasses!
What we read this week
Olivia - Sky Daddy by Kate Folk, A Good Person by Kirsten King
Becca - I Wrote this for Attention by Lukas Gage, Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck
This Month's Book Club Pick - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)
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