From quilters and crafters to your everyday loved ones, I have ideas for you! ☺️ Fill stockings with fun, pretty, useful items, and don’t forget your own.
In our family, stockings are a cherished main event on Christmas morning. But let’s be real, it’s usually only a couple of us (myself and Christopher) buying and preparing. If you’re like us, this list is going to make finding the right things easier. If you’re not like us, it might inspire, and also make your life easier 😂.
At pieceocake.com look in the Shop menu for The Gift Shop menu and you’ll see both Stocking Stuffers and Quilters’ Stocking Stuffers. (You can also just follow the links below.)
For Practical People…
I am a practical person, and I try to avoid giving anything that’s not useful in some way. From start to finish there’s a purpose for everything 😊.
You will find several pretty notebooks at pieceocake.com that feel nice to write on (some of them are on sale right now). Roger la Borde’s Softback Notebooks are my favorites, and they come in sets of 3, which can be split apart to stuff several stockings.
That same splitting apart idea works with pens and pencils. Idlewild’s vibrantly hued duo-toned, scratch-proof pen barrels are designed to last a lifetime. Best of all, the pen barrels are manufactured in metal —not plastic! This makes a noticeably nicer weight for writing, and is environmentally friendly to boot! I love them!
Their Retro Pens are on the Stocking Stuffer page, but you can find Slim Pens, Pastel Slim Pens and City Palette Pens by clicking here, and right now they’re all on sale.
Blackwing’s pencils and accessories are the ideal useful present. And a box of 12 pencils goes a long way with stockings and little gifts. You can see so many more Blackwing options here. Below are the limited edition Birding Pencils and Mickey & Friends Pencils (both come in boxes of 12 pencils), and the best Handheld Eraser ever, I promise. Here’s a video to see it in action.
Ok, so stickers (below) are not exactly useful, but I like them a whole lot 😆. Same with these sweet Post Earrings from the Broken Plate Co. Each piece is crafted from a genuine shard of upcycled vintage plate, carefully shaped, polished, and attached to sterling silver posts. No two are alike, and they’re on sale right now 🎉.
The high quality Bluebird Vinyl Stickers, gorgeous Washi Tape, and Foldable Lightweight Bags (below) are from Botanica Paper Co. —a small, woman-owned business where each design starts as an original painting before it becomes a finished useable item.
There are a few notions that everyone can use. Some of them include: the high-quality-at-a-great-price EZ RipNGrip Tool – seam ripper with attached tweezers, the surprisingly very best Safety Pins I think I’ve ever used by Little House, and the extendable Lighted Pin Picker Upper.
Everyone needs scissors; as a gift they can’t go amiss. Having a small pair in a side table drawer, in a purse, in a closet, makes life happier, it really does. You will find some very inexpensive pairs on sale even more, and then some inexpensive but nicer pairs (below).
I like them all, but I really like the black handled Elan Embroidery Scissor (not serrated, good on paper) and the new green and blue Softhandled Scissors by LDH (serrated, the short blades cut to a sharp point).
Snips fulfill the same sort of purpose as little scissors, and the LDH Bloom Series Snips are super cute with their little flower charms!
The Meori Reusable Two Cup Carrier is sturdy, folds flat, and it actually does the job! And the Mini Folding Boxes might not technically fit into a stocking, but our stockings regularly overflow, and that never stopped us 🤣.
I have a short nail file I got at market years ago, and I’ve never found it’s equal, until now. Turns out glass nail files are not the same thing as crystal nail files. These Czech Republic Crystal Glass Nail Files really work!!! Each one comes with a lifetime filing surface guarantee to never wear out. This small size is perfect —they tuck right into any small space, including a stocking, beautifully.
I featured them in the newsletter recently, and we promptly sold out 😆. A restock is already on the way (and order-able now), including even more lovely options! Some are hand painted in Grand Rapids, Michigan, some have added genuine SWAROVSKI crystals, and some are “plain” made with two-tone colorful crystal glass.
Nail files are not just for girls, they’re for everyone —guys keep up with their hands, too 😊. And catches and snags annoy us all. Keep them at bay! Find a plethora of styles in all three options.
For Makers…
Have a quilter or crafter in your life, or need to add a little something to your own stocking? I know everything in the store counts for this, but below are several ideas, from useful notions to unique, fun, and pretty kits.
Needle Minders (below) are cute, inexpensive, and some of them are on sale! Attach them to a project or your clothing with their powerful magnet that then holds small notions like needles and pins, and even small scissors. Although I don’t think I’d ever stick scissors to them 😂. See a whole collection of wonderful Needle Minders here. Including these very functional Magnetic Tins (right).
Yazzii Pouches are always nice. They have a clear vinyl side so you can find what you’re looking for easily. If you haven’t gotten the memo yet, Yazmita of Yazzii had to shut down the factory, and is closing her business. (Shipping and customs have become too difficult.) We’re sad, but happy we still have some as of right now.
Kits for Crafters…
Embroidery Kits and Wool Felt Kits come with everything you need for the project except scissors (and I think I have them covered above ☺️). Corinne Lapierre makes beautiful and whimsical wool felt kits. I also keep some of her wool felt in the store, because I love it, and I love her color palettes.
Embroidery Kits from Jessica Long Embroidery and Cozy Blue come with really good instructions, along with everything you need, and are particularly unusual and beautiful. These kits are intended for anyone who enjoys crafting, you don’t have to be an expert with a needle and thread. A few of them are on sale right now!! The Embroidery collection has more kits and notions.
Find all this and so much more at pieceocake.com. I hope you’ve enjoyed this tour of Stocking Stuffers and Stocking Stuffers for Quilters. Happy stitching, and happy shopping!
