Treat Yourself - The Sparkle on Substack Gift Guide
Featuring Digital, Handmade, Bookish Gifts and Free Treats 💝
WELCOME to my end of year gift guide and act of gratitude for those of you looking for extra special gifts this season. (Some of them are digital so perfect for last minute additions). All of them were suggested by my wonderful members and curated by me.
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First up - Three Advent Calendars starting today!
- at This is Wonderlust offers us a Digital Advent Calendar bringing creativity, joy & playful inspiration with fun downloads, mindful activities and silly conversation prompts. Escape the stress - Embrace the magic!
Christmas is the season for giving so the 'Buy One, Gift One' offer means that when you purchase, you’ll also be able to gift one to a friend for free.
- has a lovely yoga count down calendar which is free to all.
Sarah Raad at
is doing her regular advent of self care ‘All is Calm’. This is a beautiful set of soulful prompts and you get the fun of clicking each day too.
A Space for dreaming, join us at our UK based Retreat
works with brilliant authors in beautiful tranquil venues and her and I have teamed up to offer an (IRL) in real life ‘mid year’ Substack retreat. Head here to book your EARLY bird spot before end of December. I can’t wait to meet some of you in Oxfordshire in May 2025! It’s going to be a delight! 
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📖 Books, under £20
has three books you can choose from with guidance on nature connection, seasonal ceremony and shamanic practice to help you feel connected to the web of all things.✨
Liz King at
has a lovely book to help empower you through mindful colouring. Here’s the link.✨
has a wonderful book all about sweet recipes and Belgian traditions for the holiday season. Grab yours here.✨
Fellow Northumberland dweller
wrote a book last year and has been so generous about her process here on Substack. Buy The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn set in the wilds of Northumberland which tells of one girl's journey to find her authentic self, intertwined with the Newcastle Witch Trials. You might even be able to snag a signed copy if you reach out to Sue!✨
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My fellow ocean lovers
& both have beautiful books and offers for you in 2025. Check out their publications for more.📒 Journals you’ll LOVE to fill in
- has a BEAUTIFUL guided journal - Goodbye 2024, Hello 2025.
It helps you to say a proper farewell to 2024 as it comes to an end and create a vision and a plan for the year to come. Here’s the link.
My favourite (not real) auntie and neurodivergent affirming coach Leonie Dawson has a beautiful planner called ‘My Brilliant Biz Planner’ I buy every year. Grab yours here (worldwide shipping)
🌀 Digital/ Books and More…
For Parents
- Membership to help moms of neurodivergent children create a balanced, joyful family life in small, manageable steps — together! at Evolve Lactation has a book you can take a look at. ✨
For Self Development
has a beautiful download called Speak From The Ground You Stand On. It's a set of journaling prompts to explore newsletter ideas and concepts and test them for longevity. It can be purchased here. ✨
over at The Content Brief has a wonderful special offer for you…Join the Annual Content Roadmap Retreat and transform your newsletter from random content into a strategic asset. A 2-hour workshop where you'll develop a clear, revenue-aligned action plan to guide your content for next year. 20% off for Sparkle readers: https://thecontentbrief.substack.com/sparklespecial
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offers mini-courses on Podcasting, Slow Living, Content Creation and Creativity for Moms/ Mums - tuningin.substack.com. I was on Megan’s podcast recently - you can listen here.✨
For Spirituality
Carolina Drake has workshops, tools and resources for ambitious professionals seeking spiritual awakening - https://carolinadrake.substack.com/about
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A Book Club!
offers a Self-help book club and membership supporting happiness, healing and growth. https://shelfhelpclub.substack.com NEW Bookworm membership - annual community membership + hand-wrapped self-help BOOKS sent to you across the year.
Anyone* who joins before the end of the 2024 can join at a very special early bird price and save £100 - the reduced price £149.99 (vs £249.99 from Jan) is now live on the Subscribe page. (*UK residents only at this time). 💛
Freebies
For bookworms -
has a lovely download with questions and prompts to help you reflect on your reading life over the past year and look ahead to the new year. Grab it here.
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For journalling enthusiasts -
offers a cosy and inspiring community to help you bring more creative joy into your daily life.Grab her free journalling workbook ‘Unravel your Year’ and follow along with us - I’ve done this workbook for five years and it’s so helpful and soulful. I can’t wait to take part - look out for the accompanying workshops too.
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For the planners amongst you - Substack is our home. You can grab my free 6 month content calendar to start putting some markers in your 2025 sands.
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- has created some beautiful print at home planners to capture joy - what a lovely thing!
A thing or two that’s extra special
- has handmade artist's books and papercuts celebrating and delighting in the wildlife around her rural studio in Northumberland.
Or head over to her shop - https://www.sarahmorpeth.com/shop
My wonderful friend
sends book making kits worldwide and has courses too. It’s so fun binding your own books. Highly addictive too. Head over and sign up for a freebie and a browse?
Thanks for reading, this post is free to share. Please do support your fellow writers, makers and sparkers.
Claire
PS - I have a free 14 trial of Sparkle on Substack running until 31st December if any of you fancy jumping up and experiencing the membership. ALL welcome. It’s my gift. Tell a friend? ✨
