Custom wooden beer caddy
Shop: Hoffmaster Woodworks
Price: $34 – $46 (depending on finish)
Buy it for: Your local craft beer loving friend. Fill it with their favorite brews or pick a selection of new styles for them to try out. Throw a big red bow on the handle and you’re set.
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Altoids guitar amp
Shop: Hesslerk – Home of the Original Altoids Amp
Price: $35
Buy it for: The musician who has everything. Or wrap it up for an aspiring musician along with a certificate for guitar lessons. It has a built-in mini speaker but also comes with a headphone jack so they can practice in the quiet of their own head.
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Hey y’all welcome mat
Shop: Sweet Sienna Designs
Price: $35
Buy it for: My mom. No seriously though, anyone who loves the South and has a front door.
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Grumpy mug
Shop: Bash
Price: $14.99 – $16.99 (depending on size)
Buy it for: Your grumpy coworker. Include a gift certificate to the nearest coffee shop so they can escape to have it filled in peace. An alternate gift for this person is this mug that says “I survived another meeting that could have been an email.”
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Harry Potter pillow
Shop: W. Francis Design
Price: $19.08 – $46.56 (depending on size/fabric)
Buy it for: Your favorite Harry Potter fan.
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Shadow box Edison lamp
Shop: Dan Cordero
Price: $129
Buy it for: A startup innovator’s office. Staring at an Edison-style bulb all day surely serves as some kind of subconscious motivator to invent something disruptive, right?
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Wooden bath caddy
Shop: Reclaimer Design
Price: $44.95 – $54.95 (depending on style)
Buy it for: That treat-yo-self friend. It’s pretty critical to confirm they do in fact have a bath (instead of just a stand-up shower) and they actually use it. I personally have not taken a sit down bath since I was a child.
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North Carolina pillow
Shop: Two Peaches Design
Price: $35
Buy it for: Your friend with a beach house. This burlap pillow screams beach house to me and looks like a nice way to butter up a beachfront real estate owner so they invite you next summer.
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Gilmore Girls tee
Shop: Honor Roll Designs
Price: $23.50
Buy it for: Anyone who has sat down to watch the entire Gilmore Girls Revival on Netflix in 24 hours. It should not be hard to determine if someone is a Gilmore Girls fan right now. If they’re talking about the revival, they want this.
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Doughnut mouse pad
Shop: Rose Gold Rebel
Price: $11.99
Buy it for: Your favorite coworker. Pair it with this Donut Bother Me mug to solidify your office alliance. Or go in the complete opposite direction with this very grumpy “Go the f*ck away” mouse pad and “F*ck this sh*t” mug. Truly something for everyone.
Wooden cruiser skateboard
Shop: Carolina WDWRX
Price: $200
Buy it for: Your cooler younger sibling who lives in Plaza Midwood or NoDa.
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Vintage handcrafted wood camera
Shop: Grateful Gadgets
Price: $75
Buy it for: The photographer whose Christmas wish list is full of real camera equipment that’s too expensive/intimidating to purchase so you buy them a novelty instead. I have been in this buying position so many times with all you hobby/pro photographers out there.
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3D printed taco stands
Shop: Decked Out 3D
Price: 1 for $3.99, 4 for $12.99
Buy it for: Your Taco Tuesday partner in crime.
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Custom handmade pet feeders
Shop: Mr. Finn’s Scratch Post
Price: $29 – $34 (depending on finish)
Buy it for: Anyone who refers to their dog or cat as their child.
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Custom Apple Watch band
Shop: Choice Cuts
Price: $76
Buy it for: Your hip friend with an Apple Watch.
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Cork passport cover
Shop: Havok Designs
Price: $35 standard, $40 with custom monogram
Buy it for: Your wanderlusting friend. If you want to really go big, throw in some plane tickets. And if you’re really going that big, please be my friend.
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Charlotte pressed map print
Shop: Studio KMO
Price: $36
Buy it for: Me. This makes all my white-on-white minimalist design dreams come true.
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Charlotte neighborhood maps
Shop: Studio KMO
Price: $125
Buy it for: Your HOA president who is excessively proud/defensive/territorial when it comes to your neighborhood. Choose from Uptown, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Elizabeth, Myers Park, Dilworth, Sedgefield, South End, SouthPark or Chantilly.
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Drunk in love banner
Shop: Lulu Designs
Price: $19
Buy it for: Your dozen friends who all just got engaged this holiday season leaving you the last woman standing to plan all their bachelorette parties.
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Arrow table lamp
Shop: Worley’s Lighting
Price: $149
Buy it for: Your significant other so it stays in your house and you get to look at it all the time. Everybody wins.
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Custom pet portrait
Shop: Pet Portraits by Bethany
Price: $130
Buy it for: Anyone with a pet. This is on my gift guide list for eternity because pet owners always want this.
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Soy candles
Shop: Browntstone Candles
Price: $12
Buy it for: That hard-to-shop-for person on your list. A candle is always the answer.
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Hanging shelf
Shop: Lee Art Designs
Price: $40
Buy it for: Your cool minimalist friend who hangs out at HEX Coffee and has 10,000+ Instagram followers.
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Brunette dog wig
Shop: Ecomdashtest
Price: $100
Buy it for: EVERYONE. Ok, so this item is clearly in a test/mock shop that doesn’t really operate. But we can dream. Bonus points if you actually try to get someone to sell this to you.
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