Jamie Ivey’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide
happy holiday season, friends!
I’m overjoyed to bring you a simplified yet still amazingly beautiful Holiday Gift Guide for this year. I love featuring brands I believe in that are making a real difference in the lives of both the people who make the products and the people who buy (or receive) them.
Meet this year’s Holiday Gift Guide brands, and then go get some Christmas shopping done!
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The first brand in this year’s Holiday Gift Guide is one based out of Fort Worth, just up the road from me in Austin, Texas – it’s The Worthy Co.! The Worthy Co.’s founder Melissa Ice has been on The Happy Hour before, waaaaay back on Episode #106, if you want to go back and hear more about Melissa’s heart for helping the vulnerable.
The Worthy Co. provides hands-on job training to survivors of trafficking and sexual exploitation in North Texas. Women have the opportunity to earn a dignified wage and gain work history as they handcraft beautiful candles and jewelry. As a non-profit social enterprise, 100% of your purchase empowers survivors as they rebuild their lives!
I LOVE a cozy crewneck sweatshirt, especially this time of year, and in the Gift Guide I’m featuring the “Worthy” Sweatshirt from The Worthy Co. This ultra-soft Comfort Colors lavender sweatshirt has bright embroidery that makes a statement. You might even see a familiar face on the product page of their website if you go take a look!
And you can’t do a Holiday Gift Guide without recommending a candle, and this White Birch one from The Worthy Co. smells SO GOOD. It’s one of their top-selling candles year after year, and the scent is a deeply refreshing combination of eucalyptus, cypress, and pine with light top notes of lemon peel and red currant. The 14-ounce soy candle is hand-poured with love by survivors of trafficking.
Go check out The Worthy Co. and have fun shopping! You’ll get free shipping if you use code HAPPYHOUR at checkout. If you wait for their Black Friday sale going on the whole week of Thanksgiving, you can also enjoy 40% off sitewide (excluding apparel).
You probably recognize our next brand, Elevate, as they were a part of last year’s GIft Guide as well. I love and believe in this company so much! I’ve also had their founder, Jessica Hotz, on The Happy Hour (watch here!).
Elevate is a life-changing leather goods company with a beautiful mission, to lift up, or elevate, people to higher positions so that they can be beacons of light and change agents in their own places for their own people. Elevate’s ethically made, full-grain leather pieces help kick-start small businesses and provide brighter futures to families in vulnerable communities across the globe. With every Elevate purchase, you are directly empowering a family with a small business of their own.
This year, we’re featuring Elevate’s pieces made by artisans in India! These include:
Black Nomad Crossbody with a Woven Crossbody Strap
Inspired by 70s vintage with brass hardware, this bag has a built-in wallet and zipper pocket that divides the interior into two separate compartments.
Woven DiMarco in their NEW chestnut color
This is an Elevate best seller and now comes in a brand new color! With an accordion-style interior, it can be worn as a belt bag, a crossbody or a mini shoulder bag.
Camel Utility Tote
If you’re looking for versatility, this works as a tote, a crossbody and a backpack, all in one! It also has a luggage strap so it can go everywhere that you go.
Elevate has a lot going on this holiday season, with surprise deals, flash sales, progressive discounts, BOGO offers, stocking stuffers, new color launches, limited-quantity pieces… there are so many opportunities for you to do good while gift giving this year! Sign up to be an Elevate VIP to get exclusive offers, deals and sneak peeks!
And when you go to make a purchase with Elevate, use my code HAPPYHOUR20 for 20% off through the end of 2023!
This next brand is another repeat Gift Guide friend, and this year we’re giving the spotlight to one of their beautiful new gift sets.
Starfish Project exists to help exploited women and girls experience freedom, establish independence and develop careers. Every week, their team visits brothels and invites women and girls to experience freedom from their lives in the sex industry. They equip exploited women and girls with the tools they need to build an independent life through their holistic care programs and life skills training. And they provide specialized vocational training to help the women develop careers in fields such as design, photography and accounting.
Starfish Project’s “Amazing Grace” Gift Set is a beautiful symbol of hope, and contains both a necklace and a bracelet. Crafted in freshwater pearls and 14K plated gold, the combined elements create a beautiful contrast and balance. Both pieces feature an engraved pendant with the phrase “Amazing Grace.”
The set arrives ready to gift, lovingly wrapped in your choice of our exclusive gift bag, and individually packaged in signature boxes. Inside each box, the receiver of this gift will find a Story of Hope of a life changed by your purchase.
I know y’all love an exclusive code, so go use HAPPYHOUR23 to get $10 off your order this holiday season! The new gift set launched on November 1, and they’ll be having more sales during their Freedom Friday and Cyber Monday sales!
Rounding out this year’s Holiday Gift Guide is Go Rings! They make jewelry that promises to stay gold & do good. Go Rings uses jewelry to fund missions & ministries, giving 30% forward to help spread the Gospel.
Their entire line is made from high-quality metals that are hypoallergenic, waterproof, and won't tarnish. Their collection was made to be your everyday, never-take-it-off, lasts-for-years kind of jewelry. You won’t have to deal with discoloration, skin irritation, or tarnishing - so leave your rings on and your earrings in because Go Rings jewelry is made for living!
We included Go Rings in this year’s Holiday Gift Guide to feature their BRAND NEW men’s line, and to help them introduce their new logo! The Go Rings team says a men’s category has been their #1 most requested, so they’re thrilled to have officially rolled out to customers!
And here’s another cool thing about Go Rings – they help those who are raising funds to go and make an impact. Their mission is to make sure money doesn't hold anyone back from *going* to make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19). They select new partners every month who use Go Rings as a fundraising tool, receiving 30% of every sale made in their name. Since Go Rings introduced its partnerships, the company has worked with more than 1,800 women and organizations who have used their raised funds for mission trips, unpaid internships with nonprofits, and volunteer work.
Use the code HAPPYHOUR to get 20% off your purchase until December 20!
There you have it, friends – the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide! I hope you enjoy getting to know these brands more on social media, and that you consider shopping small this holiday season in support of the meaningful work they’re doing!
