A Christmas Gift Guide - Part I
a Christmas gift guide
Part I
Yes, it’s that time again! For me, Christmas really is the most wonderful time of year. But recently I’ve found myself getting more and more overwhelmed and miserable during the weeks before the big day - a time that should feel magical and exciting has increasingly become associated with stress and misery. This year I’m determined that I will not allow myself to do everything to excess (the buying of too much food, overspending on presents for the children and feel slightly queasy on Christmas day when I see the mountains of “things” that they do not need). I will be making presents for my mum and her husband, which does, of course, mean more work, but I’ve decided to cut back elsewhere (mainly in the holiday food preparation) and make time for doing something I truly enjoy that is very much in keeping with the spirit of Christmas. Be they handmade or not, gifts that have been chosen with care and thoughtfully wrapped are all the more special. And with that in mind, this year’s gift guide has been designed to encourage people to buy from the most wonderful and creative of independent makers and shops. I can almost guarantee that these types of gifts will be received with gratitude, and buying from them will most certainly make the world of difference to those small business owners. Happy shopping!
For the makers & creators
Miami Design notebook £6.00 - Tea and Kate
Daisy White small weaving kit €17 - Fyn Bosch Design
Desktop Toolbox £79.50 - Present & Correct
Numero 74 Flower kit £34 - Molly Meg
Twigg Studios food styling workshops with Aimee Twigger
Numero 74 macrame kit in ice £33 - Smallable
Cocoknits A Flight of Stitch Markers £24 - A Yarn Story
The Starter Set £68 - Merchant & Mills
Nomad oak tray £55 - Tea and Kate
House Doctor DK basket £35 - Tea and Kate
Cocoknits bamboo cable needles £13 - Tangled Yarn
Flower press Kit €39 - Secret Caravan
For the green fingered
Planting for Bees by Sarah Wyndham Lewis £5.99 - World of Books
Garden hamper £135 - Toast
Original pressed flower artwork £120 - Paper Thin Moon
Heath stoneware vase £39 - Paper Thin Moon
Cutting garden growers hamper £100 - Grace Alexander Flowers
Wirework string holder with string from £4.50 - Garden Trading
Copper trowel £34 - The Future Kept
Narcissus papyraceus “Ziva” bulbs, from £4.76, Sarah Raven
British Barlow pocket knife £59 - The Future Kept
Velvet ribboned Christmas sweet pea bundle £18 - Grace Alexander Flowers
Garden tags in bamboo bag £10 - Garden Trading
Porcelain flower frog £16 - Paper Thin Moon
For the homebody
Striped woven basket from £30 - The Future Kept
Velvet hand embroidered hoop £215 - Ovobloom
Palm leaf mini woven basket £10 - Rowen & Wren
The Pool print £20 - Gemma Koomen
Wild flora weave artwork €143.88 - Fyn Bosch Design
Juniper and limonium candle £22.50 - The Future Kept
Water lilies cushion cover £33 - Alice in Scandiland
Archive miniature vases £45 - Paper Thin Moon
Mini engraved aluminium vase £12 - From Victoria Shop
Clevedon porcelain mugs £24 - Paper Thin Moon
Fine Little Day poster £42 - Tea and Kate
Embroidered cushion £53 - Reste