Gift guide - small businesses

Lockdown has been hard for all of us, but especially those with small businesses. This year I've 

discovered a bunch of independent brands that I wouldn't have before. By supporting small businesses

 you are giving them the chance to grow their company, pay their bills and so much more! I wanted to 

do a dedicated gift guide featuring some of my favourite small businesses and so many more for you to 

discover and purchase from this Christmas season! 

Craft Tree By Sabina makes handmade resin products. Resin had become widely popular over the last 6 

months and some incredible personalised gifts can be made. Sabina sent over the personalised resin 

bookmark* and flower resin initial keyring*. Both of these are made to the highest of quality and can be 

personalised from the colour of flower and foil to if you want your name included on the bookmark. These 

make great gifts and I already have my eye on a few more items from here store.

I don't have any children yet so shopping for them can be quite difficult as I have no idea what I'm doing. 

I was browsing upon Etsy and found So Sew Precious Gifts who create personalised gifts. As soon as I 

saw the personalised dinosaur backpack I knew it was perfect. This arrived super quickly and was 

amazing quality too. The embroidery of his name and quality of the bag is durable and will last him for 

a long time. Gifts like these are my favourite, as they're simple yet shows you've put more thought into 

them by having them personalised. 

The Inspired Stories is a beautiful stationery shop! I discovered them earlier this year when I was looking 

for a personalised notebook. I picked up the starry lined personalised notebook in white pearl which is 

beyond stunning and so nice to write in. They have everything you could imagine from; meal and wedding 

planners to tote bags, washi tape and affirmation cards. Perfect for those stationery lovers in your lives.

Other small businesses to mention include; Hair Syrup, Dork Face, Ashly Creates Art, Becky Star 

Tattoos, Made By Busby, Second Chapter Books, The Calming Club, Soot Megs and From New Leaf.

I discovered Joan Jewellery Gifts when I was looking for a name necklace. There are so many brands

 out their selling name necklaces but something about this brand stuck out to me. I loved how they offer

 a variety of fonts and metals as well as chains and plaques. You have so many options to choose from, 

and is a jewellery piece on their site for everyone. These are amazing quality and really affordable too if 

you're looking for a cheaper gift or are on a budget.

Gee Gardner Art is someone I've been following for just over a year and someone who is an amazing 

artist. After decorating my room I was looking for some unique pieces that would fit the vibe of my room 

without being your 'typical' print. I purchased this gorgeous eye print from Gee, which I am still so in love 

with. Each piece is hand painted by Gee with so much love and attention to detail. I will definitely be 

purchasing from her in the future and love every piece that she creates!

This year I've become a little obsessed with cow items. From cow print to illustrations. This lead to be 

discovering Soohie Art. I initially illustrated cow print t-shirt* which I fell in love with. Sophie was so 

kind to send over the t-shirt along with the hello pumpkin tote bag* and personalised name bauble*. I am 

in love with every item on Sophie's shop and have quite a lot of her items favourited, ready for me to 

purchase in the new year! I can't wait to see her business grow and see what new products she launches.

CRG Art Design* is a brand that I've loved for years. I'm a big planner and love to organise anything I 

can get my hands on. I'm also quite a visual person, so although I love to write everything down in my 

planner, I like to have something other than a long list of to-do's. CRG Art Design* have hundreds of 

stickers to choose from that makes your diary that little bit more exciting, especially with the tasks you 

don't like to do! No matter what the season, chore or occasion is there will be a sticker that's for you! 

If a friend of mine has a business I will try my very best to support them in whatever way I can. Georgia 

recently launched her brand; Dear Darning which is a variety of personalised and bespoke products 

ranging from clothing and bags to pug keyring's and my personal favourite; personalised music plaque. 

After seeing these all over the Internet for months I decided to pick one up and I am so in love. Everything 

from the quality and how sentimental it is makes for a perfect gift for a loved one this Christmas.  

 xoxo

Lea-Mai

Some of these products were gifted (have been marked with an asterix) to me however this post is not sponsored and all opinions are my own.