Happy Gifting Guide!

Thank you so much for your support this holiday season to my shop and to my fellow small business owners and makers! Your choice* to shop small has a direct impact on the people behind small businesses! I've rounded up some of my favorites goodies from my shop and from other artists, small businesses, and authors as a gift guide!

*Also want to acknowledge that it's a tough financial time for many and is a privilege to have money to shop with so no shame at all to folks who are not able to shop in this way. XO.
 

FOR FOODIE PEOPLE 

BONUS TIP: A favorite recipes lately is Banana Bread Scones from Samantha Seneviratne. AND there is a new podcast episode of Home Cooking with all-time favorites Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway!!

FOR MAKER PEOPLE
 

• Above from my shop: Art and Craft Friends Art Print
   
• Lisa Solomon's The Color Meditation Deck
   
• Jen Hewett's book This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community and Connection
   
• Robert Lui-Trujillo's book Art of Rob. It's full of sketches, art, and stories perfect to inspire artists.
   
• Meera Lee Patel's Weekly Planner for 2023
   
• Lindsay Stripling's art classes: Many of which are online.
  
  

FOR BOOK PEOPLE

Above from my shop: 
More Books Please Art Print 
(Signed!) Neela Goes to San Francisco Book 
(Signed!) Priya Dreams of Marigolds & Masala Book 
Reading Girl Art Print 
Reading Grows the Flowers Art Print
 

• We All Play 
  Written/Illustrated by Julie Flett
   
• Namaste is a Greeting 
  Written by Suma Subramaniam, Art by Sandhya Prabhat 
   
• Show the World
  Written by Angela Dalton, Art by Daria Peoples
   
• My Paati's Saris
  Written by Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Art by Art Twink
   
• May Your Life Be Deliciosa
  Written by Michael Genhart, Art by Loris Lora
   
• Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest
  Written/Illustrated by Phoebe Wahl

Below from my shop: Book Lover Holiday Card

BONUS TIP: You can request most books at your local bookstore and they will order it for you if they don't already carry it! Along with supporting independent book stores, doing this lets the bookstore know that people are interested in the author/illustrator's work, which is so helpful to book creators! 

FOR PLANT PEOPLE

Robin Wall Kimmerer's beautiful book: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which is now available as a young adult version!

THANK YOU!

Thank you for considering shopping small this season and always! When you buy something from a small business, artist, or maker, oftentimes it's not just about buying some *thing* but also engaging with an idea, story, and feeling created by a person who cares about sharing something meaningful. I know it sounds kinda cheesy but it's true!! And maybe sometimes I'm kinda cheesy.