Make Your Festival Special With This Ultimate Gifting Guide

Know someone who loves plants and can't get enough of them? Then, this holiday season gift your loved ones something thoughtful from Aihikah. Aihikah is a home-based studio that creates kawaii planters and succulents and indoor planters for your work or living space. Choose from plain, geometric ones or pick the cute planters with anime characters. She also stocks up on ceramic planters in the shape of bullock carts and doll figurines as well as Bonsai that one can add to their home garden. The price range for succulents and planters start at INR 500-600 (pocket-friendly too!).

Nothing yells Christmas as much as scented candles do and it gets even better if they are vegan, right? Candles are a great gifting option, especially when it is Christmas. Check out Armatuer for their fragrant candles that would light up your loved one's space and fill it up with Christmas fragrances. All their candles are made out of Soy Wax and check out their Winter Collection for candles such as Mulled Wine, Spiced Chai, and Peppermint among others. You can get them in shot glasses or even go old school and get your hands on their hand-dipped candles.

Know someone who is artsy and looking for a gift this holiday season that would match their vibe? If you are looking for some personalised home decor or gifting options, then hit up Morpankhi. Started by Mayura, she creates beautiful pieces of coasters, fridge magnets, nameplates, and wall clocks among others with decoupage accents. Find trinkets and jewellery storage boxes, customized chopping boards, and upcycled wine and milk bottle vases at Morpankhi. Prices here start at INR 100 and go up to INR 1,200. If you have a particular design or concept in mind, she will also customise products for you.

Nothing connects people, as well as food, does, and if you know someone who loves food and to cook, then check out Februus Organics for gourmet spices, oils, and sauces. Their range of products works great as gifts for your loved ones (especially the ones who love to cook). We are talking about Italian Basil & Pesto Sauce, Aglio Oilo Garlic And Chilli Oil and Sun-Dried Tomatoes With Infused Garlic & Italian Herbs among others. Their Italian Grande Hamper that consists of Saffron Honey, Himalayan White Honey, Raw Forest Honey, Basil Pesto Sauce, Arrabiata Sauce, Sun-dried Tomatoes, Agli Olio Garlic & Chilly Oil, Pure Saffron, Handcrafted Wooden Honey Dipper, and Extra Virgin Pure Olive Oil is a great choice for holiday gifiting.

Gift your family and friends beautiful pieces of hand drawn crockery from Ta.Da. The dinnerware comes in various collection such as The Marigold Field collection and the Prussian Blue Star collection. Well, how could we not fall in love with their Xmas collection. Get wall plates, serving plates, mugs, bowls and dinner plates with snow flakes, reindeer, and everything that reminds one of Chritsmas. All of them are microwave and dishwasher safe and come with a porcelain finish.

If you are tailor-making a gift hamper for your close ones this Christmas, then you must add organic spice mixes by Kiaan. Kiaan makes cold ground spices such as turmeric powder, chilli powder, cardamom, and nutmeg powder starting at INR 80. Shop Idli podi (INR 150), Sambar masala (INR 120) garam masala (INR 150), and certain superfood additives like flax seeds and asafoetida (hing). You can place an order with them through Facebook or Instagram.

Christmas means game nights and cocktail home parties. With the festive season comes a lot of house parties and not to forget cocktail karaoke nights! Up your cocktail game with Swa syrups and ace being the bartender at the party. Swa makes organic syrups that work as great mixers for cocktails. Their flavours range from passion fruit, hibiscus tea, pomegranate, and orange mint among others. If you'd like to place orders then just add them to cart on LBB Shop. 

In this busy world, we all deserve a bit of self-pampering. Shop goodies from The Bubble Studio and gift them to your loved ones this holiday season. They are an organic and home-made bath and body brand that makes body scrubs, soaps, bath salts, and lip balms. Get that festive glow with their turmeric and walnut scrub soap which is great to scrub away skin impurities, dead cells, and blackheads. They also make herbal face masks and hair oils and their packaging is 100 percent biodegradable. They also make gift hampers, perfect for the festive season.