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Handmade Gift Ideas
The Wellness Edit Gift Guide
January is the perfect time to hit the reset button and focus on your mental and physical well-being. Our Wellness Edit Gift Guide is here to help you embrace mindfulness and self-care in 2025 and support small businesses. Whether you want to treat yourself or find...
Shop from our Small Biz Village online!
If you were unable to get to our Small Biz Village at The Ideal Home Show Scotland, we've collated a roundup of some of the gifts and accessories from the small businesses that popped up with us with a few exclusive offers 🫶 Fairy Doors - £25 by Highland Fairy Doors 1...
What you will find at The Small Biz Village
We're working with The Ideal Home Show Scotland, to host The Small Biz Village, for the first time in the show’s history. From 24-27 May 2024 at the SEC in Glasgow, shoppers can discover up to 24 different handmade brands each day offering a lovingly curated...
Handmade Christmas Decorations All Made And Sold By A Small Biz
We've collated lots of beautiful handmade Christmas decorations all in one place! Check out this gorgeous range of decor options for your home, office and garden all made and sold by talented small business owners! Support a small business this Christmas! Sparkle...
Handmade Autumn Decor Made And Sold By A Small Business
If you love adding a touch of seasonal decor to your home, we’ve put together a pretty impressive collection! Everything you see is made and sold by a small business. When you shop small you really can find such unique and sometimes even personalised options (those...
Think pink, shop small 💕
It's Barbie week (finally) and according to reports, searches for 'Barbie' and 'Barbiecore' have seen a sharp rise since the trailer for the film of the same name dropped earlier this year. With brands like Chanel, Zara and even Burger King jumping on the trend, it's...
Teacher gift ideas all sold by small businesses
We've put together a blog post FULL of teacher gift ideas all made and sold by small businesses across the UK. So many original and thoughtful ideas to help teachers know we appreciate them so much! Check them out below, if you love them, why not let the maker know!...
Galentines & Valentines gift ideas
If you need a little inspiration for some Galentines or Valentines gift ideas, look no further. We've picked some of our fav's we've seen on the 'gram all sold by small businesses! Discover so many thoughtful pressie ideas right here, and shop small in the process,...
Handmade Mothers Day Gift Ideas
Here’s some of our favourite finds of handmade mothers day gift ideas. All taken from inspiring makers on the big wide web! 1. Clay footprint hearts (click the photo for full tutorial) https://www.instagram.com/p/COkukOeFoG7/?utm_medium=copy_link 2. Mini photograph...
Creative Mothers Day Gift Ideas
We've put together a selection of some of the best Mothers Day Gift ideas all helping your loved to enjoy a little creative time. All gift ideas have been taken from our online collection and are sold from UK small independents. You could look to buy wicker hamper...
Make Your Own Handmade Seed Bombs
This is the easiest handmade seed bombs tutorial I’ve come across so I wanted to share with you. They make the cutest gifts for flower lovers. I wanted to make something for Valentine’s Day to give to a few family members and childminder handmade by my toddler (with...
Easy DIY Valentines Ideas To Make At Home
We've collated a few of our favourite DIY Valentines makes out there at the moment all made by other inspiring crafters and makers. Valentine's is a lovely opportunity to tell anyone they love them. Mum, friend, brother, auntie or even your Amazon Prime delivery...
Fancy a free elderflower foraging hunt?
It’s elderflower season guys! Did you know this stuff grows in the wild in so many public places across the UK for about 4-6 weeks of the year. And it comes back again every year. Something we trrrry to do is go on an elderflower foraging hunt at this time of year. We...
Christmas Gift Ideas From Small Businesses
If you’re looking for Christmas gift ideas this year, here’s a little guide we’ve put together of gifts sourced from small and local companies. It’s been a tough year to navigate on all fronts. From a retail perspective, being a small business owner, it’s been a...
Moving House Gift Idea
Here's a lovely moving house gift idea I made recently for a family who moved to St. Louis in the States, last month. This gift idea is ideal for people moving somewhere new. It's a year of day out ideas to help them get to know their new local neighbourhood. I...
An Epic Bake-Less Cake Recipe
Want a SUPER simple bake-less cake recipe that will make the perfect dessert for any celebration? Read on 🙂 I celebrated my birthday recently and it's a tradition in our house for the mama bear to make us all a handmade cake, usually in a creative, quirky fun design....
Handmade Gift Idea For Mamas-To-Be
This is a thoughtful handmade gift idea for a new mum or expecting mama. Perfect if you're wondering what to get someone. Inspired from a gift I received when I was pregnant, I wanted to write little letters to my bump of all the things I was thinking and dreaming for...
Diversifying Our Shopping Habits
To date, as a business we have always tried to shop small and source our stock and supplies from small independents or fair trade organisations. But as part of the continued conversation about diversity, one of the things we can do as a company is to be mindful about...
A Handmade Cuppa Tea Gift Idea
The best gifts are handmade and this one’s an easy one for anyone to make. You’ll need a plain mug which you can pick up from most homeware shops, a few coloured sharpie pens and a packet of alphabet stickers, both can be purchased from Hobbycraft or a general Craft...
Anniversary Gift Idea – Spooning Since…
Looking for an anniversary gift idea? This creative make could be the one. I created this fancy number to give to the husband as my 2nd wedding anniversary gift. I secretly knew I would appreciate this much more than he would, I also knew my hallway would look that...
Decorate your home with a wine themed DIY make
Do you like decorating your home with handmade goodies? This is a creative make for any wine loving enthusiasts. I had one of those decisions to make last week; to finish some of the crafty projects I’ve already begun or make that list longer and start a new one… I...
Always remember people’s birthdays with this handmade reminder
Do you always forget people's birthdays? This might help you in your home to always remember people's birthdays. I saw this idea over on pinterest and wanted to give it a go. Now this perfect solution proudly hangs in my hallway! I went to a local timber shop to get...
Handmade Gift idea – A Personalised Frame
Looking for handmade gift ideas? This prezzie idea is simple but a thoughtful one. Find your favourite verse or quote that applies to the person you're giving it to, then fill up a frame using alphabet stickers. I found some decorative paper in the depths of my craft...
Looking for a handmade gift idea? What about this?
If you're looking for a handmade gift idea, here's one for a friend or loved one. Do you like receiving happy mail? Me too, I've been given a few packs of beautiful postcards and notelets which I can now send to some of my friends when I want to say hello, or thank...
Know a Nutella Lover? They’d love this Nutella gift idea
Nutella gift ideas are great for chocolate lovers, and this one's a goodie... Homemade chocolate spread or Nutella as some know it! Yummy. Homemade gifts always show a value you just can't get in shops - time. I personally love receiving homemade gifts. For this I...
A great gift idea for families
This gift idea for families is a thoughtful handmade touch great for Christmas or new baby announcements. This great prezzie is a personalised frame filled with all their names scrabble style! Firstly draw out your design on paper to check all the families names link...
Nappy Cake Designs Ideas and Inspiration
Nappy cake designs! Here they are, we've made a fair few, so I thought I'd save some of our favourite designs all in one place. I've also included a tutorial of how I made my first ever one. If you're looking to try making a creative gift for the next baby shower you...
Things to do with kids -Homemade hopscotch – for inside
Looking for things to do with the kids? This ‘no sew‘ creative project will keep the children entertained for an hour at least! Plus if they’re old enough to help make it, even better! Homemade hopscotch! Do you remember playing that game in the playground?! Well I...
52 reasons why I love you – Gift Idea
This handmade gift idea is such a lovely thing to make for any friend, partner or family member. I made this gift for my husband. I thought of 52 reasons why I love him and listed each one in this handmade gift. To be honest I think I probably appreciated this gift...