We all have one. The friend who has everything.
She's got the candles. She's got the bath stuff. She's got a cupboard full of "nice" gifts she's too polite to regift, and a drawer of novelty socks she's quietly resenting.
What she hasn't got is a gift that tells the truth. So here's a guide for birthdays, Galentine's, "well done for surviving that" and "just because": prints that say what you'd never quite say out loud. Or would, after a glass of something.
For the one who's booked until 2028
You need to book her three months ahead. She can't do deep and meaningful, but she can do brunch, Tuesday drinks and that gallery opening nobody understood. Her diary is rammed. Her heart is closed for refurbishment.
Emotionally Unavailable… Still Socially Booked (Bold Modern)
For the loud one
You hear her before you see her. She's been asked to keep it down in more restaurants than you can count, and she regrets absolutely none of it. Every birthday is an event, and she's the main act.
Laugh Too Loud, Steal the Show (Playful Unhinged)
For the softie in disguise
She pretends she's tough. She's not. She's the one who turns up with a bottle and doesn't ask questions, and she'll cry at this. Perfect for Galentine's, if you can handle the hug.
Friends Hold… What We Don't Feel (Editorial)
For the one who fixes everything with a red lip
Boiler's broken. The bank's being difficult. Her mother has opinions. Thirty seconds with a lipstick and she's back in charge of the situation.
Lipstick Fixed… What Life Didn't (Editorial)
For the one who survived the year
The move. The job. The thing nobody mentions. And yet, in every single photo, she looks like she meant it. A birthday gift that says "I saw all of it, and you were magnificent".
Survived… Styled Anyway (Bold Modern)
For the one running on caffeine and charm
Two coffees, half a biscuit and one working brain cell, and somehow she's still getting everyone to Friday. Her lip gloss is doing more than its fair share.
Running on Fumes… and Lip Gloss (Editorial)
For the one who'll never tell you how she's feeling
Ask how she is and she'll tell you about her shoes. It works every time. Respect the system.
No Feelings… Great Outfit (Bold Modern)
For the one who's always fashionably late
Twenty minutes late, keys missing, and she's just told the satnav where to go. Then she walks in looking like she's stepped off a magazine cover, and everyone forgets they were cross.
Heels Hit Fast, Sell the Look (Playful Unhinged)
Can't pick just one?
Fair. Our Best Friends Set puts Friends Hold… What We Don't Feel, Laugh Too Loud, Steal the Show and Emotionally Dead… But the Outfit's Alive together. That's the soppy one, the loud one and the one who'll deny all of it. There are more ready-made trios in our gift sets.
Or build your own: Mix and match: buy 2 prints and save 10%, buy 3 and save 20%. One for her, one for her sister, and one you'll "accidentally" keep for yourself. We won't tell.
And if you'd rather wrap it in something that gets a laugh before she's even opened it, our Lipstick, Wine & Friends wrapping paper is covered in twenty of our sayings. Buy it with an unframed print and you'll get money off the paper automatically.
The boring but important bit
- Printed to order on museum-quality art paper.
- Three sizes: A4, A3 and 50 × 70 cm.
- Unframed, or framed and ready to hang in black, white, natural or antique gold (framed prints deliver to the UK and Europe).
- Free UK tracked delivery.
- Mix and match: buy 2 prints and save 10%, buy 3 and save 20%. It comes off automatically, no code needed.
Got a question? Our FAQs have answers, most of them sensible.
Because the best gifts aren't the expensive ones. They're the ones that say "I know you". Even the bits you'd rather I didn't.
Browse every print in All of It, Darling.
Susan x 🍷
