Our 2025 Gift Guide
Bad On Paper
Episode Format: 'Coded' Gift Picks
Olivia explains the 'Becca-coded' and 'Olivia-coded' format for curating personalized gift suggestions.
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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