The Big Whisper 2020 Holiday Gift Guide
We believe that, in order to build healthy and sustainable business endeavors, we need to invest in cultivating and nurturing an ecosystem. That’s how we leverage business to make the change we seek to make in the world.
The foundational way to support a new ecosystem is to support the people in it. Below are a collection of gift ideas from women-led businesses who we consider to be in this growing ecosystem of thinkers and creators who align on these core principles:
Business is a medium for grander macro systemic change
Business isn’t just a means-to-an-end endeavor—it can be a profitable and socioeconomically reparative effort.
The brands and goods featured in this gift guide are created by women who follow this ethos in their own way, and we hope you consider supporting one (or more!) of them this holiday season—and beyond.
1. Junes Bags
A chic, eco-conscious mesh bag for grocery outings or to carry around your everyday belongings. Comes in all sorts of colors and neutrals.
2. TONIC CBD Botanical Blends
Consciously crafted CBD botanical blends, from oils to pre-rolls to vapes. All the CBD is harvested from the hemp the owners grow on their farm.
3. Oui the People Bodycare Products
A sustainable bodycare brand that’s thoughtfully designed to help you feel great in the skin you’re already in.
4. Tal & Bert Pots and Candles
This housewares brand combines industrial concrete and raw minerals, inspired by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi — finding the beauty in imperfections. Designs are made from hand-poured concrete and sculpted by hand in small batches.
5. Pondichérie Resort Wear
Every piece of fabric is hand-dyed and woven by craftswomen in India — with a specific emphasis on empowering and supporting the women artisans — and cut and constructed US.
6. Jewelbots Science Kits
For the budding inventors in your life. These DIY STEM-focused science kits make learning fun. They’re geared towards kids, but honestly, we think adults would find them pretty entertaining, too.
7. Goldenrod Pastries Cookbook
Pastry chef, entrepreneur, and a strong voice of women’s empowerment, Angela Garbacz is the owner of Goldenrod Pastries in Lincoln, Nebraska. This is her first cookbook, and it’s full of recipes that are playful, joyful, and full of notes that’ll help you adapt them to be dairy free, gluten free, and/or vegan. (The confetti cookies are our personal fav.)
8. About Last Night Events Gift Box
Whether you opt for a pre-designed box or choose to do a custom one, this brand fills gift boxes with emerging sustainable products — and joy!
9. AMG Snacks Energy Bites
An all-natural snack for an on-the-go lifestyle. These energy bites offer elevated flavor combinations (six total) and are delicious—we’ve tried every flavor!
10. Mess in a Bottle T-Shirts and Apparel
Inspired by a communication practice dating as far back as 310 B.C. (when messages were sealed into containers and released into large bodies of water), each piece of apparel contains a bold, inspiring, or funny phrase and is packaged in a bottle — so you can gift your own MESSage in a bottle.
11. Big Whisper Originator Cards
Our 52-card deck consists of a series of questions designed to help you self-align and bring your entrepreneurial ideas to life—an approachable and fun way for someone in the early days of their entrepreneurial venture to reflect and establish a foundation.
12. By the Moon Starter Kit
This home (or desk) accessory provides an interactive experience that will help you make a habit of setting intentions and staying inspired. It’s designed to remind you of the beauty and power you have within.
13. Golde Teas & Other Wellness Products
Superfood-boosted essentials for health and beauty—from face masks, to smoothie boosters, to an at-home Matcha kit, and more.
14. Seamwork Subscription
This company is on a mission to revive the art of sewing. Their monthly subscription comes with patterns, classes, access to an online community, and loads of other resources to provide you with endless inspiration and help you learn how to sew better.
15. Suter Design & Co Embroidery
These embroidered scenes fill us with paradise vibes and induce a sense of calm. With her handmade work, the artist aims “to capture and share my love of life's simple and nuanced moments through embroidery.”
16. American Heirloom Crafted Goods
A line of simple and iconic handcrafted tabletop and barware items. We especially love the state-shaped cutting boards and wooden cake stands.
17. Jiggy Puzzles
Each puzzle features the art of emerging women artists — and a percentage of every sale goes directly to that artist! Puzzles arrive in a reusable glass container and come with glue so you can frame and enjoy the artwork long after puzzling.
18. Plaitly Jewelry
We heart Plaitly’s Heliodon collection—pieces shaped by the angle of the sun at a specific location, date, and time chosen by you. The idea for the collection was inspired by the jeweler's days spent drawing and her curiosity with light.