Looking for something a bit different?

Try Boostology!  They have a number of gifts designed and made by them, an eco-friendly range which includes handmade, vegan, plastic-free gifts and more!

They have eco-friendly oil diffusers, pure essential oils, wooden games and puzzles, recycled silver jewellery, natural bath, body and skincare, chocolate and sweet gifts and  aromatherapy jewellery!  

What’s more, they plant a tree for every order placed!  They make donations this way to Ecologi whose current project is in Madagascar.  Orders are delivered in plastic free parcels, too.

Here are some of their best sellers this Christmas:

Volcanic Potpourri 

It was £39, Now £29

Scent your room naturally with a Potpourri of beautiful black volcanic rocks.  Just add 6-10 drops of essential oil (included) to the stones; the porous Lava acts like a sponge, soaks up the oil and then slowly releases the lovely aroma into your room.   Find out more here

Premium Wooden Sudoku 


£19.00

Boost your brainpower with this cult classic puzzle.  All the plastic has gone!  Find out more here.

Deluxe Wooden Line Up 


£38.0

Better known as Connect Four or Four-In-A-Row, Boostology has got rid of all the plastic with this game.  Find out more here.

Recycled Silver Paper Plane Cufflinks 


£70.00

These cufflinks are made from recycled sterling silver, which reduces the need for energy intensive mining.  Find out more here

 Bonbonniere Luxe, With Christmas Coins


Was £39, now £24

This beautiful bonbonniere handmade is full of fairtrade chocolate treats and the bonbonniere also makes a stylish trinket or jewellery box, after you've eaten all the chocolate!

 Blue Lapis & Hamsa Diffuser Bracelet


£32.00

Give a handmade blue Lapis and Lava stone diffuser bracelet, to provide a little calm.  The gift box has a 2ml bottle of relaxing Lavender, Chamomile and Angelica essential oils. Dab essential oil onto the Lava stone - the natural Lava is porous, so it makes for a perfect personal diffuser!   Find out more here.

Visit Boostology to see more of their products - they are unusual!

Here's a great gift for anyone who loves bears!  Give them the chance to enjoy beautiful pictures of rescued bears during 2024 with a Free the Bears calendar!

Find out more about the Free the Bears 2024 calendar

Free the Bears is a charity in Australia and they have done an amazing job over the years rescuing over 1,000 bears from captive situations and looked after them in their sanctuaries in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

The bears are often in terrible conditions when they are rescued, and many have lived their  lives in tiny cages with little or no food or water.  They were founded by an incredible lady, Dr Mary Hutton, who has just announced her retirement from the charity. 

The 2024 Calendar features 12 of the bears at Free the Bears sanctuaries,
all cared for by Free the Bears

The Free the Bears calendar for 2024 has some amazing photos of the bears that have been rescued - so why not help them out and give one of these calendars as a gift to a bear lover? The wall calendar features 12 bears, all enjoying a safe, healthy, happy life.  They rely on humans, as they've never learnt survival skills and some have disabilities so they will need care all their lives.  

Buy your Free the Bears Calendar here for £11.00 (other currencies are available too!

Images on this post copyright Free the Bears

Don’t miss: Hamza – Strictly Birds of Prey.

Hamza Yassin travels around Britain, taking footage of birds of prey – such as marsh harriers, white-tailed eagles, peregrine falcons

The programme is on BBC1 on Sunday, 24 September at 7pm – nearly a year after Hamza Yassin won Strictly Come Dancing.

Now, he’s back in the natural world, meeting old friends, dedicated conservationists and film-makers, beginning on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in West Scotland.  Here he films many different birds of prey and eagles, his first love!

And he’s in Ealing to track down the peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on the planet.  These falcons are defending their nest and chasing predators off. 

There are hen harriers in the Caingorms National Park, known for their sky dancing courtship display.  Some landowners in the park are restoring the natural environment to help wildlife.

There are buzzards, too, in the woodland behind Hamza’s house, and then it’s off to the shores of Loch Garten situated in the Scottish Highlands.  Hamza finds out what it takes to bring a species back from extinction on an RSPB reserve. 

We see the marsh harrier in Somerset and why the landscape in the Somerset Levels are a beacon for conservationists.  In Sussex, you can be inspired by naturalists and wildlife photographer David Plummer who has transformed his garden into a wildlife haven.

Finally, it’s back to the Cairngorms to see some golden eagle chicks, and the programme ends at Hamza’s very first bird hide which he build in Ardnamurchan.  Here, Hamza reflects on what he has seen and what people are doing to help and protect birds of prey

Fly off to the BBC's website to find out more about the programme here. 

By the way, if you know of someone who would love a birds of prey experience, gift experience company BuyaGift has 36 Birds of Prey experience days. 

As a visitor from this website,  you can enjoy 15% off until 31 December 2023 with our exclusive code AHW2023.   It’s valid site wide, although some products are excluded from this offer.  Fly off to see the birds of prey experiences available with BuyaGift here.

If you love giving the birds and wildlife in your garden a gift, take a look at Garden Wildlife Direct. 

They’ve got everything you need for the birds and wildlife in your garden, be it bird food, bird baths, nesting boxes,  bird feeding stations and a huge range of feeders, wildlife houses, hedgehog food, suet food, plus garden ornaments.   They have window stick alerts, too, so the birds know there’s a window and don’t try to fly through it. 

They’ve also got quite a range of books and gifts for wildlife and bird lovers, and they also have bird feeding starter kits for anyone who wants to give feeding the birds a go for the first time.

Fly off to Garden Wildlife Direct here and treat them to something special!