Good Sh*t to Gift This Year

With under-$100, under-$250, and under-$500 options, plus discount codes

Nov 15, 2026

My love language is giving gifts — I believe it to be one of the best ways to show someone how much you care and how much you’ve been paying attention. That doesn’t mean you have to splash out on something out of your budget, but that you put thought and care into a gift that makes sense for the receiver.

This year, I’ve rounded up a slew of things I found to be really extraordinary. There are under-$100 options, under-$250 options, under-$500 options, and a handful that go above and beyond that (a girl can dream, can’t she?)

As a bonus, I got discount codes for as many brands as I could manage, so make sure and use those to your advantage when shopping!

The throughline is that these are unique (in many cases, customizable) gifts that the receiver likely won’t be getting from anyone else.

We all have photo booth pictures with our friends — why not buy a chic frame for one and add you and your friend’s photo to it? Or get them a personalized coffee cup with their coffee order on it? Or a handmade ceramic bowl with their Chipotle order on it? Or get customized matchbooks (or have framed all the matches from places of significance — first date, first trip, etc.)? If you really want to go big, these embroidered napkins are customized with anyone’s handwriting you like, which is deeply romantic.

I also wanted to include some beautiful but useful objects in my guide, because those are often a huge hit. This book stand, for instance, is a great gift for the cook in your life, as they can use it to hold open a cookbook in their kitchen (I have one, and use it for this very purpose). This phone stand, meanwhile, is shaped like a Wassily chair and allows you to watch social media clips while you take a bath or do your makeup.

There are also lots of gifts that would work for kids or teens, like this Tiny Artist kit, a screen-free digital camera, or this fab set of lip balms. And, of course, there are some one-of-a-kind vintage pieces here, too (the metal fish bag and needlepoint wall art are standouts).

Gifting is often associated with overconsumption but it’s also a really beautiful way to tell someone, ‘This made me think of you.” I hope you find that in some of the below.

‘Tis the season.

xx,