Give Living Ornaments by Flora Grubb

20 days y’all! C’mere you jolly bearded man. Let’s snuggle.

I just love this time of year, don’t you? The lights are hung, the stores look beautiful, and handmade events are popping-up everywhere. It’s a great time to get out and fall in love with some local makers.

With such a wild year nearly behind us, there’s a simple wintery style we’ve cozied up to this December—seems our favorite stores have too.

It’s a mix of woodsy natural textures, crisp whites, shimmery touches and geometric everything. Have a look at the gifts on Wantist’s page one to see what I mean.

Forest Floor Ornament by Flora Grubb

Falling perfectly into this mix are these wonderful ornaments by Flora Grubb. Made with living succulents and air plants they make truly unique gifts for all friends of little plants.

And with just a bit of care they’ll even continue to thrive long after the holidays have come and gone.

Aren’t they lovely?

Succulent Ornament by Flora Grubb

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Forest Floor Christmas Ornament by Flora Grubb

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Easy As Pie: Fall Favorites from Studiopatró

Easy As Pie Tea Towel Gift Set by Studiopatró

I’m continuously smitten with Studiopatró‘s beautiful linen gifts. Founder and designer Christina Weber has a knack for creating designs that are timeless and loved year round.

She recently collaborated with woodworker, Edwards Smith on a limited run of handcrafted wooden servers to complement Studiopatró’s tea towels and aprons for a collection of lovely gift sets.

Live Love Eat Tea Towel Set by Studiopatró

OakLeaf Tea Towel Set by Studiopatró

Aren’t these fall favorites particularly perfect for November gatherings?

Also, just this month Studiopatró introduced a line of aprons for kids, rounding out their collection of gorgeous gifts for cooks and bakers, tall or small.

We’re quite fond of Studiopatró’s Love Set too—they make charming gifts for weddings and anniversaries.

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Get Your Fix! Give Crack Pops

Crack Caramel made in Small Batches

With cinnamon and nutmeg right on its heels, if there’s one flavor that springs to mind here in late-October it’s caramel. Sweet, chewy, delicious caramel.

Crack Caramel is handmade in small batches in Los Angeles. They use pure, simple ingredients to create smooth sugary perfection. And to double your pleasure, they’ve gone and made it cute too. By putting it on a stick. Crack Pops are caramel lollipops. Gotta have one! Or several…

Crack Pops Caramel Lollipops

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Fallback Gift of the Year: Etsy Introduces Gift Cards

I’m not always gung-ho about gift cards. Generally I think they’re a little lackluster. At times impersonal. But this is different. This is big. And I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it.

Etsy recently (finally) announced the introduction of Etsy gift cards. The reason this matters is because Etsy is vast. What Amazon is to pretty much everything, Etsy is to pretty much everything handmade.

You see, my favorites list on Etsy is about a million miles long—surely I’m not alone here—making this a really great gift for me. Me. (There, I said it.)

We’ve got gobs of gifts on Wantist hand-picked from Etsy. They’re awesome because the people who make them are awesome, thereby making a gift card that enables folks to shop at whim there, pretty damn awesome.

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Make this Gift! DIY Yarn Ball Bookmarks

DIY Yarn Ball Bookmark by SeeJaneBlog for Design Mom

Have a favorite bookworm you’d like to do something special for? Of course you do. Have a hankering for a quick fuzzy project? I’m guessing it’s quite likely.

As Jane says, it’s “a charming little bookmark that would make a great anytime gift.” With the trees turning and the holidays coming, that time is now!

Grab some yarn, a mug of cocoa, and get going. This one’s so easy you can get the little ones in on it too.

Visit Design Mom for the step-by-steps to make your own yarn ball bookmarks. Created by the lovely Jane of SeeJaneBlog.

DIY Yarn Ball Bookmark by SeeJaneBlog for Design Mom

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Send Surprise Spirits! Julibox Cocktail Subscriptions

Julibox Cocktail Subscription: Autumn Sling

Shaken, stirred, swizzled or straight, if they fancy fine drinks then a Julibox subscription is sure to please their palate and excite their inner adventurer.

Each month Julibox’s esteemed mixologists hand-select two classy cocktails and box up everything but the ice for their customers to savor at home.

For the month of October the curated cocktails were the Bramble 75 and an Autumn Sling—a bourbon drink shaken with ginger liquor, apple and lemon juices, and garnished with cinnamon. Sounds delicious doesn’t it?

Julibox Cocktail Subscription: October Box

Subscriptions ordered now through Nov. 24th will begin with the December Julibox—just in time for the holidays! What libations lie ahead? Well you’ll just have to wait and see…

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OHdeerME Crafty Kits from Freckled Fawn

Freckled Fawn Autumn OHdeerME Kit

Filled with enticing tags and tapes, one of my favorite online supply shops is Freckled Fawn.

It’s a store fit for crafty imaginations, creative gift wrappers, and those only slightly obsessed with the wonderful world of washi tape. Ahem…

Beyond Doe’s delightful collection—hello woodgrain and arrows and birds on a wire—Freckled Fawn puts together seasonal bundles of indie goods and supplies called OHdeerME Kits.

To the aforementioned gang of craftmongers, these kits are way better than a box of chocolates.

I mean look at that Autumn lot (up top), wooden leaves, cork clouds! I don’t yet know what I’d do with them but that’s hardly the point. Amiright?

The OHdeerME Kits do have a tendency to sell out so act quickly if you wish to claim one.

Freckled Fawn July OHdeerME Kit

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Dare to Drink: Poisonous Printables for Halloween Libations

Printable Poison Apothecary Labels by Cathe Holden

What’s your poison? A Cyanide Sour? Perhaps Arsenic, straight up?

Head to your Halloween parties this year with a proper potion for your haunting host.

Rebrand your best bourbons as sinister spirits with these printable lethal labels created by Cathe Holden for Country Living. Download them here for free! If you dare…

Printable Poison Apothecary Labels by Cathe Holden

(h/t How About Orange)

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Oh Deer… It’s Not Dead, It’s Crochet!

Crocheted Faux Taxidermy by Manafka Mina

Taxidermy is certainly not for everyone. (Though faceless antlers have for some reason gained mass appeal.)

These colorful beasts however, do liven things up. And not in a Zombie Bambi kind of way.

I’m a sucker for anything made from or covered in yarn, and what’s the weekend if not for weird and wonderful things?
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Make this gift! DIY House Shaped Coasters

DIY House Shaped Coasters by Speculaas

Oh coasters. They’re such a fun little gift to add your own personal touch too.

And aren’t these sweet house coasters by Marloes such a perfect housewarming gift? I love that they look great on your coffee table and are so simple to make. I also love that you can do so quite inexpensively with these trivets from Ikea.

DIY House Coasters & Trivet by Speculaas

You can even puzzle a group of them back together for your hot pots if you like.

Visit Marloes’ site Speculaas for all the how-to details.

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Annie Larson’s Incredilbe Hats & Sweaters

Sticker Stripe Box Sweater by Annie Larson

It’s not very often that we talk clothing here on Wantist. As gifts go, wearables are incredibly subjective. Taste can be quite personal. The exceptions however, are the truly exceptional, and ALL Knitwear by Annie Larson is exactly that.

Apropos for this first week in October her hats and sweaters will keep you toasty warm and make your eyeballs sing. They’re Cosby Sweaters on overdrive; twenty-first century Huxtables.
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No More Vanilla Gifts! eCreamery Custom Ice Cream

No More Vanilla Gifts Campaign by eCreamery

eCreamery is an online gourmet ice cream and gelato shop that let’s you customize your ice cream gifts. You choose the flavor combinations, the crunchy or chewy bits, the packaging, even the name, and send it right to the door of your recipient.

Custom Ice Cream & Gelato Gifts from eCreamery

While that’s undeniably deliciously awesome, the cherry on top that has me falling scoop over cone for eCreamery is their hilarious No More Vanilla Gifts campaign. They’re taking a stand against vanilla gift giving which they claim, “can lead to tragedy, embarrassment and shame.”

I’m inclined to agree. I’ve included a couple of their videos for your viewing pleasure but visit the site to see more. Some show a not-so magical gift exchange, while others show the excitement of giving an amazing custom gift—which in their case is of course ice cream. Too fun.
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