We all know how important it is to shop small and shop local each year, but sometimes we don’t know where to start.
In The Best 90 Days Ever we have so many unique small businesses who have a huge range of products and services that would make the perfect gift this Christmas.
For this shop small gift guide I’ve asked the members to tell us what they have to offer and hopefully spark some ideas for your Christmas lists.
Click the links to find out more and treat your loved ones to some amazing gifts this year.
The Manifestation Collective - Manifesting for Beginners Book
Penarth Nutrition - One Month Personalised Nutrition Programme
Waste Not and Be Mindful - Reusable fabric Christmas wrapping sheets, bags, and crackers
Below The Line Finance- EBOOK - Less Fear More flow: Finance for Creative Business Owners
Lettering by Skate
Beautiful Calligraphy, Stationery & Prints
The perfect gift for the snail mail lover in your life, this set of 10 foiled notecards are ideal for sending a message of thanks to anyone and everyone. Each set contains 10 A6 textured notecards (148mm x 105mm) with an elegant 'Thank you' greeting imprinted in gold foil onto quality 300gsm ivory cardstock, along with 10 matching luxury envelopes. The greeting sits in the corner, leaving plenty of space to write a personal message to the recipient.
These notecards are designed by hand, before being digitised and printed, meaning they are completely unique and can’t be found anywhere else!
The Manifestation Collective
Manifesting for Beginners Book: Nine Steps to Attracting a Life you Love: A Step-by-step Guide to Attracting a Life You Love
It is one of the biggest wellness trends around, but do you know how to manifest? This book will show you how!
This beginner's guide includes all you need to get started, with key insights into the power of positive thought and practical steps for creating your reality. Each chapter is full of useful tips and easy exercises for you to try at home, from positive affirmations and actions to journaling prompts. It's a brilliant gift for anyone interested in learning how to manifest or improving their manifesting technique!
Pethau Papur
Paper Planning Bundles
The best selling Pethau Papur planning bundle is a great gift for anyone (including yourself!) who wants to get organised in 2023. The bundle is available in two different designs, and each one includes an A4 weekly planner pad with 52 pages so you can be super organised for an entire year; an A5 daily planner pad for those days when you need a little bit more organisation; and an A6 notepad for jotting down important reminders and 'to do's'.
All Pethau Papur products come wrapped in tissue paper, but they also offer Christmas gift wrapping so that's one less thing to think about. And just in case you're wondering - yes, all of the pads and notebooks are printed on recycled paper using vegetable based inks, so you know you're making a better choice for the planet.
Penarth Nutrition
One Month Personalised Nutrition Programme - £165
If 2023 is the year you are going to make changes to your diet and lifestyle then Caren Richards at Penarth Nutrition will work with you to cut through the confusion around food and develop an eating pattern that suits you.
Your personalised nutrition plan will have an easy to follow framework with practical suggestions so you can make lasting changes, feel in control of your weight and have the energy and zing to get the most out of life!
Enjoy delicious and nourishing meals without being hungry, restricting food or counting calories. You will receive a nutrition report, recipes and meal ideas plus ongoing support and accountability.
Send Caren an email to book an appointment for January 2023.
Waste Not and Be Mindful
Reusable fabric Christmas wrapping sheets, bags, and crackers
Have a zero-waste Christmas and create a lovely, eco-friendly Christmas tradition with these reusable fabric Christmas wrapping sheets, bags, and crackers. A lot of Christmas wrapping can't be recycled, and over 227,000 miles of it are used each year with a large proportion of that ending up in the bin and therefore landfills. Fabric reusable products are so easy to use with hardly any tidying up!
Wild Wales Seeds
‘Welsh Trio’ Wildflower seed gift box
A trio of their most popular Welsh wildflower mixed seeds including Welsh cottage mix, Welsh dragon mix & Superbloom mix, beautifully packaged together in a gift box. Includes flowers from the RHS plants for pollinators.
The perfect gift for Christmas, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or simply ‘just because’ and it comes gift wrapped too! This includes a British red cross charity Christmas card (chosen at random)*
All of the eco-friendly packaging is sourced from sustainable materials that can either be recycled or composted.
Heulwen Handmade and Holistic
Reiki treatments and gifts
Give the gift of Relaxation and Wellbeing this Christmas with Heulwen Handmade and Holistic. Relax, restore and rebalance mind, body and soul with..
Reiki treatments: In person (either at Barry Therapy Centre, Holton Road or your premises) and Distance Reiki (available worldwide)
Reiki infused crystal bracelets cleansed with Lavender and Sage smudge & charged with New or Full moon energy
Neal's Yard Remedies Organic and natural health and wellbeing products
Handmade gifts
Gift vouchers
Visit www.heulwenhandmadeandholistic.co.uk to find out more.
Anna Blackie Creations
Beautiful prints and cards
Anna creates a range of delightfully colourful prints, and cards inspired by her adventures; big and small. Her ideas are often sparked whilst exploring the beautiful Cornish scenery.
She has a selection of Christmas cards, and a range of adventure stickers, which would make great stocking fillers! She even offers custom landscapes of your favourite view, to make a great personalised gift.
Below The Line Finance
EBOOK - Less Fear More flow: Finance for Creative Business Owners
Readable and relatable answers to the top 10 finance questions encountered by every entrepreneur for £4.99.
The ‘creatives-friendly’ guide to peace of mind with finance as a small business owner.
Do you ever:
avoid looking at your financials because you'd much rather be creating in your business than getting in a tangle with your figures?
wonder what accountants are talking about before running back to your dreamland confused?
feel stressed and worry about how to manage your business numbers effectively?
Then this is for you!
It’s time to get a system in place with your finances, gain confidence and become empowered to build your dream entrepreneurial life!
Sign up now to be alerted as soon as the Ebook is ready to purchase on 1 December.
Papergraphie
Cards, prints and gifts
Océane at Papergraphie has a range of beautiful cards and Riso prints which make special gifts this Christmas and throughout the year.
This Christmas the cards feature a HO HO HO design and Happy Noel. The Children’s A4 prints are themed with either woodland animal, crocodile or sheep (personalised).
You can also pick up a set of Children’s Bookmarks (x3) and Postcards (x3) which make lovely stocking fillers!
Order on the website www.papergraphie.co.uk and use codes 3 for £10 code 3FOR10 or 5 for £15 5FOR15.
The Box Edit Boutique
A box of style that offers an alternative to chain store shopping
Give the gift of sparkle this Christmas with choices from £6 - £85. At The Box Edit Boutique they have plenty of those little bits which are perfect for stocking fillers or bigger gifts for a happy new outfit day.
Keep it cosy in these gorgeous velvet leopard PJs for £50, gift them to friends and family or keep a pair for yourself too!
Touch Healing
Hot Stones Reflexology
Alex is based on High Street in Barry and offers a variety of relaxing treatments. Hot Stones Reflexology has the balancing properties of a traditional Reflexology appointment, combined with the use of heated, natural Basalt stones, of varied sizes - large stones to warm and massage the legs, feet and hands, and small stones to work reflex points and more specific areas, in order to relieve congestion and aid healing.
The use of the heated stones promotes relaxation, improves circulation, reduces inflammation and pain and encourages the body's natural healing process. It is also very effective in relieving the symptoms of injury and illness but most importantly stress.
Press Pause
Gift Boxes, courses and workshops
Give the gift that lasts beyond Christmas. A gift of wellbeing to relax, rebalance and restore your body and mind. Press Pause takes a holistic approach to your well-being and all courses are tailored to meet your needs.
Gift Boxes
Yoga gift box
Teens' mindfulness gift box
Anxiety support gift box
Positivity gift box
Beginners' mindfulness gift box.
Don't forget to order your mindfulness advent calendars now!
Courses, workshops and webinars
The first session is always free
Breath coaching to reduce stress, anxiety and improve sleep
Flexibility coaching for those who are stiff and very tight
Trigger Point Pilates to release the body and focus on particular pain points
Meditation sessions
Mindfulness sessions plus a weekly group
Yoga trapeze
Our 8 weeks rebalance course aimed at women who want to regain focus, balance and feel fantastic.
All our courses are on line or face to face.
If you don't know what to pick from our fantastic range, then we offer gift vouchers too from £20. Visit www.presspauseuk.co.uk or follow us on Facebook @presspausemindfulnessuk
Tiny Sarah's Cakes
Christmas Treat Box
An adorable box filled with Christmas themed treats! This box full of treats will come in a pink postal box wrapped with all the trimmings; sustainable confetti, compostable cellophane and adorable stickers, it will be perfect whether they’re to be sent directly to someone you love as a gift or to nibble on yourself on Christmas eve, Christmas day and Boxing day. Better than Quality streets, and way more original too ✨
Serendipity Complementary Therapies
Indian Head Massage
Treat yourself to a relaxing Indian Head Massage with Tina at Serendipity Complementary Therapies this Christmas! Spend some time for yourself or give a treatment as a gift to someone you love.
Natal Fit - Pre and Postnatal Exercise Membership
£17.99 per month or £60 for 6 months
Natal Fit is a subscription-based, online training platform designed to help pre and postnatal women stay healthy, fit and strong throughout their pregnancy and beyond. Exercising when pregnant can be a strange time for many as there are so many unknowns regarding what is safe to do, what is beneficial to do and how women can best look after their body throughout this time of their lives. The same goes for new Mums who may be unsure of how to help their recovery and how to get back to exercise after childbirth whilst having a new baby in tow! Natal Fit is designed to take the stress away from its members by providing safe and effective workouts, no matter your fitness level. You also don't need tons of equipment or lots of spare time to fit in the workouts. All sessions are Personal Trainer led, use of equipment is optional and adaptations to suit all abilities are given throughout. Sessions last between 10-30 minutes and include a mixture of mobility+stretch, strength, cardio and core workouts. All workouts are on-demand and can be done at your own convenience, in your own home. It really is like having a Personal Trainer in your pocket, with the aim to help you keep active throughout your pregnancy and as a busy Mum.
