Shop Small: The Holiday Gift Guide for Supporting Small Businesses in 2024
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This holiday season, make your gifts meaningful by supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses that bring creativity, passion, and a personal touch to everything they offer.
Our Shop Small Holiday Gift Guide is here to inspire your shopping list with unique products and services from talented makers, innovative creators, and dedicated small business owners.
Whether you're looking for handcrafted treasures, sustainable goods, or one-of-a-kind experiences, you'll find the perfect gifts to surprise your loved ones while making a big impact in your community.
Let's celebrate the season by shopping small and spreading joy!
It’s time to prioritize your wellness and sleep and the Alevan Sleep Set will make it happen! Featuring an organic roller blend, pillow spray and diffuser blend, your mind, body, and spirit will rest easy.
Kenton Hoppas Custom Name Artwork
Not going to lie, this gift has us smiling! Kenton will create a custom piece of artwork with your name (or as many as 10). The vibe is minimalist street art and we are DIGGING it!
This versatile condiment can be used as a hot sauce or topping on your favorite dish. With peppers and spices from China’s Western Sichuan Province plus ginger (of course!) it delivers a delicious spicy experience. YUM!
Jean Genie Vintage Levi’s Denim
Instead of buying something new, why not shop vintage?! Jean Genie is known for sourcing the best vintage Levi’s denim around, plus vintage jackets, t-shirts, sweats, military and more!
Jenyell Holistic Beauty Nourish Face Oil
If you want beautiful skin that’s nourished with ingredients from nature that are good for you, the animals, and the planet, you’ll love Jenyell. The Nourish Face Oil is particularly delightful as we head into the winter season!
“I make art that brings me joy and keeps me curious. I hope, in turn, my work sparks both joy and curiosity in my collectors.” I think she’s nailed it! Her art is bright and cheerful and elicits a smile every time I see it.
Is macrame coming back, like 1980s apparel and overalls?! Well, I’m here for it! We love Azam’s custom fiber art, including beautiful macrame wall hangings and tapestries you’ll adore!
Encourage a moment of relaxation during the busy holiday season with this Christmas gift set. Featuring ashwagandha drinking chocolate, candle and artisanal caramels, this gift delivers a luxurious, calming experience.
These stylish monstera earrings are perfect for the plant lover in your life, complementing any wardrobe. The posts are hypoallergenic stainless steel and gold-plated and can be converted to clip ons if you aren’t rocking pierced ears!
This calendar will beautify your space and serve as a daily reminder of the transformative power of art. Featuring art by painter Katrina Cobb, each page captures the essence of emotional landscapes through vibrant, expressive brushwork.
Sasha Sass Breakfast in Bed Candle
Stay in bed a little while longer with the Breakfast in Bed Candle. A delicious aroma of maple, butter, and cinnamon awaits. So delicious you almost want to eat it ;)
Intuitive Writing: The Remedy for Writer's Block and the Secret to Authentic Communication
Do you spend more time thinking about writing than taking action? Do you dream of telling your stories in blogs or books but secretly believe that writing equals suffering? Jacqueline Fisch is here to help. In this inspiring, humorous, and practical guide, Jacq shares the practices that have helped her, and her online community, reach impressive writing goals and create healthy and sustainable writing lives.
Social Paper Co. Personalized Stationery
Class up your snail mail game with a fresh set of personalized note cards! Handmade in Charleston, South Carolina, these notecards are perfect to send personal letters and thank you notes to friends and clients alike.
TOMCAT by Badcat Bath Co Foaming Sugar Scrub
This foaming sugar scrub is perfect for the guy in everyone’s life. Gentle exfoliation and our foaming formula clears away dirt and grime, leaving skin smooth and moisturized.
Make your spirits bright with this island inspired Coconut Rum Cream. This delicious Caribbean rum is mixed with real dairy cream, natural coconut, and smooth chocolate and coffee flavors. #DrinkResponsibly ;)
For your favorite woo-woo friend on your Christmas list, treat them to a psychic reiki session. Nina incorporates a psychic, mediumistic, and soul reading into each Reiki treatment. Check out her testimonials — really cool to read her clients’ feedback!
Tired of the same old conversations with family and friends? Spice things up with Unpack That, a card game that helps you connect and develop deeper bonds with loves ones.
If you’re looking for the best olive oil out there, Olio Salvo makes the list! It’s imported directly from Italy and loaded with polyphenols (aka antioxidants). Enjoy liberally. Your body will thank you 🙂
Jellypop delivers stylish, affordable, and sustainable shoes. Every pair is PETA-Approved vegan, made from high-quality materials that mimic leather—without the guilt. How cool is that?!
I discovered Mary Jean’s on Instagram in a timelapse video of her painting crows. I’ve been hooked ever since and have bought two of her prints over the years. If you like animals like forest animals like crows and foxes, I think you’ll dig her work.
East Fork Pottery from Asheville, NC
Many small businesses in Asheville, NC including East Fork Pottery are still recovering from the flooding due to Hurricane Helene. Pick up a piece of pottery, like this infamous mug, and 5% of all sales will be donated to local relief efforts. Here are some other ideas to support local small businesses in Asheville.
I know there are some toys that your kids are dying to have and they are definitely not made by small businesses. But you do have a choice where you buy those gifts from! Rather than buying from mass retailers like Walmart, Target, or Amazon, shop from your local independent toy store, like O.P. Taylor’s in Greenville, SC. This store reminds me of my childhood and the pure joy that comes from seeing so many cool toys in person!
Winter Solstice Wellness & Ritual Collection
Embrace the winter season with this exquisite gift box of plant medicine herbal remedies, including a Winter Magic Healing Balm, Adaptogenic Drinking Chocolate, Gingerbread Bliss Adaptogenic Honey, and more.
Rainbow Cat Stained Glass Suncatcher
This suncatcher cracks me up! Just look at that pose and how the light hits. Even if this design isn’t your cup of tea, a stained glass suncatcher is really such a sweet Christmas gift!
As a kid I remember having Sue Bee spun honey on English Muffins. Now that I’m all grown up, I’ve upgraded my honey game and this Whipped Honey from Edisto Gold is top notch. 100% recommend! It’s delicious on just about everything!
Organic Seeds from Plant Good Seed
It’s never too early to begin planning for your spring garden. Plant Good Seed stocks an amazing collection of organic seeds from local farms. Good planting!
Window Bird Feeder by Portland Printed
Get up close and personal with wild birds with this really cool window bird feeder. It’s 3D printed from renewable resources derived from the sugars in switchgrass, sugar beet, and corn. All you have to do is pick a spot and stick it on — and fill it with bird seed of course!
Plant Trees with The Trees Remember
If you’re looking for a gift for someone special in your life, consider planting a tree in their honor! The Trees Remember can plant one to 500 trees for that special someone in a variety of locations in the United States or Canada. We adore this Christmas gift idea!
Livestream Yoga Classes with The Honor Yoga Foundation
There’s no need to leave your comfort of your home to take amazing yoga classes with The Honor Yoga Foundation. With live streaming yoga classes daily, you’ll find a class that works for your background and skill level. Plus each each yoga membership contributes to a free scholarship for someone in need.
Do you know someone who keeps forgetting to take their medication?! Then this is the perfect gift to get them on track. Just apply the Tooktake stickers to medication bottles or containers and with easy daily tracking you’ll know precisely when (and if) that medication was taken!
Apparel for Book Lovers by Valor & Lore
We love the Shelf Aware Collection from Valor & Lore, but if you’re into fiction by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass) or Rebecca Yarros (Fourth Wing) you should check out those collections too! With fun literary themed sweatshirts, t-shirts, hats and more, you’ll find the perfect gift for the fantasy fiction lover in your life.
Hand Blown Wine Glasses by HAAND
Stemmed wine glasses are so old school. Upgrade your collection with these stunners — hand blown, one of a kind, wine glasses made in New Hampshire. HAAND makes some other amazing handmade pottery in North Carolina, so be sure to check that stuff out too!