The Small Business Gift Guide 2022
It is with utmost 8-year-old-in-footie-pajamas-at-6am-on-Christmas-morning excitement, that I am announcing this year’s Christmas gift guide, featuring many amazing small businesses!
Be sure to let me know who you are supporting this season... it will make me even more giddy!
When buying from an artist or maker, you’re buying more than just an object.
You are buying creativity, experimentation, being brave. You are appreciating failures, experimentations, and moments of joy.
When buying from a small business, you aren’t just buying a thing, you’re buying a piece of heart, part if a soul. We as artists and makers invest parts of ourself to create magic for you, to make you and your loved ones happy.
We are passionate about our art and creations because we are passionate about making you happy.
Making your life better and adding magic to this world is our mission, and I’m here to share some amazing small businesses with you!
#1 Purple Sense
Jordana makes the most beautiful handcrafted gemstones jewellery, all fair trade and eco-friendly. She created special Christmas Gift Boxes with 3 different options to choose from, and you can even get in touch with her for a special box.
Visit Jordana’s website or her beautiful Instagram page here.
#2 Dana Jewellery
Anne-Louise saves your old vinyl records from going to landfill and upcycles them into beautiful, unique, wearable art.
She designs and makes all jewellery from her home in the spectacular south west of Ireland.
Visit her website or her Instagram here.
#3 Ocean Bloom
Based on the beautiful Beara Peninsula, Ocean Bloom Seaweed Skincare focus on the natural therapeutic power of seaweed gathered from the clear pristine waters of the West Cork shores.
All products are made using carefully selected plant oils and extracts from around the world that are combined with Ocean Bloom’s own hand harvested seaweed serum.
Visit their website or instagram.
#4 Trá West Cork
Róisín, who lives with her family in Schull / West Cork, started making Cold Process Soap a few years ago to have something more gently for her skin, as she was suffering from bad eczema on her hands.
Róisín’s soaps are as natural as possible, with colours from the plants around us, aromas from essential oils and full of skin loving oils that protect and nourish the largest organ of the body.
Visit her website or instagram.
#5 The Quiet Creative
Sophie is a photographer and mindfulness practitioner based in Cork, Ireland. Sophie makes beautiful wildflower cards, prints, postcards and calendars, which are designed in her studio in Ballincollig.
Visit her website or Instagram.
#6 Boho Knots
Anna makes beautiful macrame and wood works like swings, wall hangings and wearable pieces. She’s using stainable, natural materials which makes her work even more special.
Visit her Etsy shop or Instagram.
#7 Alyeska Leto
Anna, the artist behind Alyeska Leto, lives in Hamburg in the North of Germany and creates beautiful lino art. Inspired by nature and the sea, using lino prints for her art makes it even more special.
Visit her instagram here.
