The Small Business Shopping Guide
12 Summer themed products from crafts to fashion, walking to beauty, gifts to beer drinking. All Summer time shopping inspiration.
Available to buy from 6 different online shops, all small businesses and all fabulous. Everything is in one easy to browse list.
If you love shopping with small businesses, you’re in the right place. I love sharing UK small businesses. If you have one, I would love to include you in a future shop small showcase. Find out more here.
When you buy from a small business, you support real people, real families, creativity, passion and livelihoods.
Independent shops often offer products you simply won’t find on the high street or giant marketplaces. They are well curated collections, pulled together by a person passionate about what they say.
Every order makes a difference.
I hope you have enjoyed this Summer Time Shopping selection and have been inspired to shop. The UK online shops featured in this Shop Small 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.
JustBe Botanicals natural beauty products and aromatherapy. JustBe is an all natural range for the face, body and home. Hand blended in Scotland with only natural ingredients. Designed to balance emotions and enhance a sense of wellbeing. The range includes cleansers, moisturisers, serum and treatment oils, lotions, therapeutic salts, balms, body butter and more. Also scents for the home, a tea range and aromatherapy chocolate. All amazing.
Pawshtails design and produce high-quality dog products. Their range includes dog leads handmade from one of the best climbing ropes available, functional dog leads, dog collars, anti-pull dog harnesses and natural dog treats. Their dog gear comes in a wide range of colours to suit every dogs, and owners, taste.
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.
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.
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.
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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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