December 1st, 2024
Celebrating Christmas with Small Businesses Online.
Support independent shops this holiday season for gifts and all your festive needs.
Discover an Indie Edit that’s easy to explore, complete with links to where you can purchase everything I recommend.
With snow blanketing the ground as I compile this indie edit, the Christmas music fills the air. I’m certainly in a festive mood.
After reviewing my curated Christmas selection, I’m confident you will feel quite merry too.
From Lapland invitations to custom Santa sacks, Christmas cards to gift wrap, festive sweaters to enamel pins, and so much more.
Featuring numerous Christmas items from 16 unique online stores. Each shop has an even larger selection on their websites, and clicking on the images will lead you there.
The shops highlighted in this Indie Edit are all part of my shopping directory. You can find more about them below.
BEYOND MEASURE
Beyond Measure is an exquisitely curated shop brimming with products for creators. The focus is on yarn and textile-based crafts, alongside some paper crafts. They offer a thoughtfully chosen collection with unique items. Tools, supplies, books, patterns, and so much more can be found here. Ideal for treating yourself or gifting to others.
DAFFODOWNDILLY
Daffodowndilly features a distinctive array of vibrant and beautifully crafted gifts, inspired by nature and a joyous life. Their offerings include notebooks, greeting cards, postcards, wall art, bookmarks, stickers, writing paper, and gift notes. Additionally, they provide an extensive selection of pin badges, keychains, and bag charms, all showcasing their unique designs.
EARLYBIRD DESIGNS
Earlybird Designs specializes in greeting cards, gifts, and party supplies. Their offerings feature their own in-house designed cards, alongside many from British independent designers. They also boast a charming collection of small gifts and party ware. A great variety and delightful selection await.
FROM YOU TO ME
From You To Me operates as a UK publishing house with a vast selection ranging from memory books, children’s literature, and gift books to personalized gift books, notebooks, diaries, planners, and organizers. Many of their products can be personalized, and they also offer a range of mindful journals focused on well-being. An extensive range fitting for all types of people and occasions.
HOOBYNOO
Hoobynoo provides premium quality products for both pets and people. Many of their items are customizable. With colorful and stunning designs, their practical and high-quality products include dog tags, bowls, leads, and gifts for dog owners, such as mugs, keychains, shirts, and more.
JERRY’S GENERAL
Jerry’s General offers a collection of sustainable clothing and gifts that express your affection for dogs while championing a responsible lifestyle. Their dog-themed clothing ranges, organic cotton tote bags, ceramic mugs, jigsaw puzzles, and more are all sustainably sourced.
MY BEAUTIFUL PEN
My Beautiful Pen presents delightful literary-themed and highly personalized gifts for someone special. Their offerings include stunning notebooks, journals, planners, and token gifts. Their prints are customizable with a wide variety available for all kinds of occasions.
PEN PUSHER
Pen Pusher is a stationery store that focuses on sustainable stationery and calligraphy. They offer an extensive range that includes creative pens for hand lettering and calligraphy, notebooks, Washi tape, and various stationery products. Pen Pusher carefully selects the best independent UK brands for their online shop.
POPPY TREFFRY
Poppy Treffry specializes in beautiful textile accessories, home decor, and gifts, primarily focusing on machine embroidery and lovely prints, all inspired by the scenic Cornish Coast. They also provide a wide array of craft kits and sewing projects, including fantastic subscription clubs that would make for excellent presents.
RED HEN TRADING
Red Hen Trading is an independent gift shop offering a fun range of gifts, home, and lifestyle products. Their quirky and unusual selections are sure to bring smiles to their recipients, with gifts suitable for her, him, and children alike.
SEASONS GREEN
Seasons Green is a charming gift shop and gallery inspired by the beauty of the coast and countryside. Their inventory includes exceptional gifts, crafts, and artwork from independent artisans across the UK and larger brands. They offer a wide range from home accessories & lighting to stationery, gardening gifts, crafting supplies, jewelry, and gifts for children, women, men, and pets.
SIMPLY RIBBONS
Simply Ribbons specializes in fabric ribbons, with over 30,000 reels in stock to cater to everyone’s needs. Whether for weddings, business, craft projects, or Christmas, their website features an extensive variety of themes, materials, widths, and colors. They also offer ribbon craft kits for making wreaths and other decorations, and if you desire a custom-printed ribbon, they can accommodate that as well.
SIOP CWLWM
Siop Cwlwm is a Welsh gift shop where you can discover Welsh books, greeting cards, home decor, educational resources for children and adults, games, and much more. All items are either in the Welsh language, have a Welsh theme, or are crafted by small businesses in Wales.
SISTER SISTER
Sister Sister offers exquisite illustrations on hand-painted ceramics, pins, artwork, tea towels, jigsaw puzzles, and more. Their ceramic hearts feature numerous stunning dog illustrations, each hand-painted. They also have fantastic pin badges, some adorned with Welsh words. A variety of themes and illustrations are available to choose from.
SN CARDS
SN Cards produces fine art greeting cards and gifts, derived from still life photography. Artist Shelley, influenced by the Dutch Masters’ style, spends countless hours (often days) crafting each photograph to create breathtaking artwork. The cards and gifts are made from this stunning artwork and are reproduced on high-quality cards, mugs, and coasters.
THE CHISWICK GIFT COMPANY
The Chiswick Gift Company, based in London, is a design studio offering a variety of fantastic gifts. Their products are fun, quirky, useful, some come with cheeky phrases, and many create cherished keepsakes. Their assortment includes pin badges, notebooks, mugs, and more.
This is merely a glimpse of the shop offerings included in my All Things Christmas indie edit. Click the images to discover where you can purchase their products and explore many more.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this indie edit and feel inspired to shop from these wonderful stores.
There are numerous additional indie shop edit blog posts available, and you can find them here.
Moreover, I have developed several Collections based on themes for additional shopping inspiration.
Happy shopping!
Barbara
All views expressed in this blog post are my own. At the time of writing, all shops mentioned are members of my shopping directory.
While I mention various shops here, you should determine whether the shop and their offerings suit your preferences.
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