- These adorable painted miniature houses make for a great token gift that won't take up too much space in a home. From The Haunted Hollow Tree, who also offers really interesting pyrography and mixed media works.
- Suite One Studio offers this sweet set of four handmade plates with a beautiful aqua glaze. Perfect for the perpetual host or avid cook!
- Give back the warm welcome with this woven Manila doormat. Karens Rope Work is a shop full of nautical themed pieces, no doubt inspired by the fact that she used to be a sailor!
- This beautiful Great Big Bottle of Air Plant, by Tortoise Loves Donkeywould make the perfect gift for, oh, I don't know, someone who manages to kill all other plants?!? (Me!?!) Or really anyone who loves a striking but simple centerpiece.
- Isabelle Bramson creates intricate and delicate hand carved porcelain pieces, like this 6" x 3" white lattice bowl. This would fancy up any table!
- Less and More created this simple, minimal, yet stylist wall clock out of solid oak. The clean style translates easily to many different interior styles, and would be a welcome addition to many homes.
- The folks at Bark Decor create amazing products, like this throw pillow, using eco-friendly techniques, but still manage to keep their prices reasonable!
- This intimately sized hand-sewn embroidery piece is a sweet gift for all sorts of folks--I can think of 10 friends, off the top of my head, that would love one! Merriweather Council makes them in a myriad of colors, as well, for all sorts of personalities.
- I can see this mobile in a child's room as easily as in a grown-up room! Sweet handmade gift that helps make a house a home, from Creator B.
- Handmade in their Vancouver workshop, Gwyneth and Tamra craft these wooden trays out of 100% North American White Oak. Breakfast in bed, anyone!?!
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Love the drawer/trays. Excellent construction using dovetails. zenblocks (http://zenblocks.etsy.com) also make good host(ess) gifts.
The miniature houses are wonderful. I have a couple of sets on a bookshelf above my computer. Love.
$28 for two itsy bitsy wood remnants painted white with black squares? This should be on regretsy's compare and save.
I absolutely love that doormat, but the seller (who's in Canada) charges US$77 for the doormat itself, and then US$80 for *shipping costs* to Europe. I really wish buying online were less frustrating for us in the old continent.
Don't forget you don't need to go online to get items like these. Many artists and arts organizations arrange exhibitions and sales around this time of year to try to capture some of the Christmas shopping market. So check out your local paper and see what's coming up. My weavers' guild is having a sale in just a few weeks which will have handwoven rugs and linens and other homegoods.
Hey! thanks for the mention on my mat on such a great website. To C.G I am sorry about the shipping costs. I would love to sell more to the UK, especially as this is my homeland :( Last time I went to visit I took $120 feet of rope in my suitcase so I could make one for my sister! LOL! Imagine being caught at customs...what on earth would I have told them?