This festive season we’re delighted to showcase gift ideas from some of our incredibly talented makers in Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset. Once again with so many to choose from, it’s been tricky to select just a few, however these gorgeous goodies should give you a head start on your Christmas pressie buying list.

For more of our favourite local goodies head over to our LC Loves Local page

 

Hand Crafted Leather Gifts

Wild Origin (Cornwall)
Designed by Victoria whose creations are ‘fun, functional stylish pieces for home and work’, these beautiful soft leather items include purses, wallets, handbags, bookmarks, travel accessories and more. All are made by hand in small batches to ensure the highest possible quality.

By Alice Wood (Devon)
Plymouth-based designer Alice creates stylish, practical leather bags, purses, wallets, and belts with a modern edge. With a background in 3D design and silversmithing, her products blend functionality with bold pops of color and metallic accents.

Studio Lowen (Cornwall)
Beautifully crafted leather accessories like purses, glasses cases and even earrings, maker Lisa uses the most gorgeous colours like metallics and pastels to create beautiful pieces to complete your outfits.

 

Home Fragrance

Devon Candle Company
Beautiful scents from this range of reed diffusers and hand-poured, boxed and labelled candles. This small Devon-based team is headed up by founder Lisa Hosking who is passionate about animal welfare, ethical handmade cosmetics, and home fragrances, using pure soy wax, with natural cotton wicks and essential oil or high-quality scent blends.

Kernow Spa (Cornwall)
Beautifully packaged hand-poured soy wax candles as well as room diffusers with scents like Surf, Summer, and Spring that will remind you of your holidays in Cornwall.

Bloom Remedies (Cornwall)
Award-winning hand made wellbeing products for the home created with essential oils.

LaLuna (Cornwall)
This small independent business crafts reed diffusers and clean-burning candles from plant wax, with a focus on natural ingredients and sustainability. We love the Siberian Pine, Eucalyptus and Cedarwood blend.

 

Gifts for dog owners

Handmade with Hugo (Devon)
If you’re a dog owner you will LOVE these enrichment toys for dogs! The snuffle mats and puzzle balls are designed to exercise your pup’s brain as they sniff out their favourite treats.

Cornish Spliced (Cornwall)
Grandad and granddaughter team from St Ives make these super cool ‘sea hurlers’ with floats for dogs from washed up fishing gear. Fabulous!

Storeys and Tails (Devon)
Luxury hand made collars, leads and dog accessories which can be personalized. All are crafted from sustainable materials and come in a range of gorgeous colours.

Crafting Kits

Submerge Art (Cornwall)
Hannah, a teacher hand makes lino prints and lino craft kits from her studio in Bude. A superb gift for creatives including beginners and kids.

Pom Stitch Tassel (Devon)
Perfect for creative kids, Pom Stitch Tassel is owned by Emma Rendell who sells fabulous pom pom crafting kits for projects that are super fun and easy to do.

Musgrove Willows (Somerset)
Lantern kit with everything you need to make 4 willow lanterns. Make a pyramid, crescent, sphere and/or star with sustainably grown willow from award winning Somerset farm Musgrove Willows in Taunton.

Louise Nicholls (Cornwall)
Liskeard-based textile artist Louise offers felting and embellishment kits for wall hangings, bookmarks and decor. Included are detailed instructions and the materials you’ll need to create a beautiful handmade piece.

 

Skincare and Beauty

Boo Cottage Botanicals (Somerset)
Handcrafted botanical skincare that’s backed up by science, we especially love the skin balms which work so well for all sorts of skincare needs. These are high quality ethical products that use natural ingredients for brilliant results.

Made For Life Organics (Cornwall)
Using organic herbs and flowers these luxurious paraben and cruelty free skincare products are hand made in Cornwall and receive consistently stellar reviews from their customers.

Dartmoor Skincare (Devon)
Specially formulated for very sensitive skin, these gentle products products are made from less processed naturally derived ingredients, including organic oils and butters to maximise their vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients and fatty acids.

 

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