Helping and Inspiring The Nation to Shop Independent
Mother’s Day Gift Guide: I have curated this fabulous list from lots of brilliant small businesses online in the UK. It includes a wide range of ideas for all kinds of Mum’s (and Nan’s).
I love sharing UK online shops, ones that are independently owned. Shop with them, they are amazing and if you own a small business, I would love to include you in a future indie showcase. Find out more here.
I hope you have found this Mother’s Day Gift Guide helpful. The UK online shops featured in this Indie Showcase are all members of my shopping directory. You can find details of them all below.
Beyond Measure is a wonderfully curated shop full of products for folks who make. The focus is on yarn and textile based crafts with some paper crafts too. A well chosen collection with some unique items. Tools, supplies, books, patterns and lots more. Perfect to buy for yourself or to buy as a gift.
Colmers Hill Fashion is a beautiful and award winning women’s fashion boutique based in Dorset. It is also online, showcasing a wide range of different design labels. In addition they also have their own label of wearable art clothing, From My Mother’s Garden. A gorgeous and beautifully curated range of women’s clothes and accessories.
Daffodowndilly have a unique range of colourful and beautifully designed gifts. Inspired by nature and a joyful life. Their range includes notebooks, greetings cards, postcards, wall prints, book marks, stickers, writing paper and gift notes. They also have a wide range of pin badges, keyrings and bag charms. All in their distinct designs.
From You To Me are a UK publishing house. They have an extensive range including memory books, children’s books, gift books and personalised gift books, notebooks, diaries, planners and organisers. They can personalise many of their items and also have a range of mindful journals for wellbeing. An extensive range for all kinds of people and all kinds of occasions.
The Little Soap Company make their soaps from the finest natural ingredients, all ethically sourced. A luxurious range of natural soaps using pure essential oils to create uplifting and nurturing scents. Their products gently work in harmony with your skin making them perfect for all skin types and ages. A side range of soaps for hands, body, face and hair, plus a range especially for babies and the Little Beast range especially for our furry friends.
My Beautiful Pen have wonderful wordy and highly personalised gifts for someone special. Their range also included gorgeous notebooks, journals and planners, and token gifts. Their prints can be personalised and they have a wide range to choose from for all sorts of occasion.
Pen Pusher is a stationery shop specialising in sustainable stationery and caliigraphy. Their range is extensive and includes creative pens for hand lettering and calligraphy, notebooks, Washi tape and other stationery items. Pen Pusher hand pick the best independent UK brands for their online shop.
Poppy Treffry have gorgeous textile accessories, home decor and gifts. Mostly machine embroidery and lots of lovely prints too. All inspired by the beauty of the Cornish Coast. They also do a wide range of craft kits and sewing projects, including some wonderful subscription clubs which would make a brilliant gift.
Red Hen Trading is an independent gift shop with a fun range of gifts, home and lifestyle products. Quirky and unusual products, ones that will make their recipients smile. Gifts for her, him and children.
Seasons Green is a gorgeous gift shop and gallery, inspired by coast and countryside. Their range includes unusual gifts, crafts and art from independent makers across the UK and some bigger brands too. They stock a broad range including home accessories & lighting, stationery, gardening & outdoors gifts, crafting supplies, jewellery, women’s accessories, gifts for children, women, men and pets.
Ribbonsforyou sell all things fabric ribbons. With over 30,000 reels in stock, they have something for everyone. Whether it be for your wedding, your business, your craft projects, for Christmas. Their website has a massive range of all different themes, materials, widths and colours. They also have ribbon craft kits to make wreaths and other decorations. Plus, if you want some ribbon printed especially to your own design, they can do this too.
Siop Cwlwm is a Welsh gift shop. Here you can find Welsh books, greetings cards, home decor, learning resources for children and adults, games and lots more. All either in the Welsh language, have a Welsh theme or made by a small business in Wales.
Sister Sister sell gorgeous illustrations on hand painted ceramics, pins, artwork, tea towels, jigsaw puzzles and more. Lots of beautiful dog illustrations on ceramic hearts. Each one is painted by hand. Plus, they have some great pin badges and some have Welsh words on them too. A wide range of themes and illustrations to choose from.
SN cards are fine art greetings cards and gifts, created from still life photographs. Shelley is a fine artist photographer influenced by the style of Dutch Masters. Each photograph takes hours (often days) to create and make the most stunning artwork. The cards and gifts are created from this stunning artwork and reproduced on quality cards, mugs and coasters.
The Chiswick Gift Company is a London based design studio selling all kinds of great gifts. Fun, quirky, useful, some sweary and many creating great keepsakes. Their range include pin badges, notebooks, mugs and more.
I have shown only a small selection of the shops product picks here. Click the images to be taken to where you can find and buy, plus see lots more of their other products.
I hope you have enjoyed this Indie Showcase and you now feel inspired to shop with some of these wonderful shops.
There is lots more inspiration over on my blog here.
Happy shopping!
Barbara
All opinions in this blog post are mine. At the time of writing all shops mentioned are members of my shopping directory.
Though I mention lots of shops here, you must form your own opinion as to whether the shop and their products are for you.
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