Our Picks for Locally Made and “Charlotte Love” Gifts this Year
Support local designers and artisans this holiday season by shopping their beautifully crafted pieces for others (and yourself). Want to show off your love for the QC in your home and around town? You can find plenty of Charlotte themed art, apparel and accessories for the whole family. If you’re out and about shopping, you’ll find jewelry, prints, ornaments, bags and more in the boutiques. For those of you shopping at home, many items are sold online.
Designs by M Susan Snuggly Swaddle Doll $22 AO Handmade Chic Lovey $20 AO Handmade Chic Baby Blanket $60My Invisible Ink by Bethany Hadden Original Mixed Media Paintings Oh Deer $40 Boston Terrier in a Chicken Costume $40 Bark Less Meow More $30Hennel Paper Co Queen City Print $18.95 Moko & Co Heart over Charlotte NC Bag $20 Leslie DeRose Wood Mounted Charlotte Bike Map Print $42 2018 Elaine O’Neil NC Calendar $29.99It’s The Fuzz Sloth Wreath $30 It’s The Fuzz Needle Felted Ornaments $18-$25 Matthew Kelly Seagrove NC Ceramic Ornament $14.95 Moko & Co NC Wood Slice Ornament $12.95 Hennel Paper Co Holiday Cards $4.50Gray Jewelry Purple Titanium Coated Quartz Points Woven 14k GF Necklace $110 Gray Jewelry Sterling Labradorite & Garnet Necklace $52 Gray Jewelry Pyrite & Gold Titanium Coated Quartz Points Woven Necklace $90 Lucky Dog Studios Hand Painted Earrings $25-$30 Bajari Sterling & Gold Earrings $20-$35
These pens are made by Mark Dillon, a Junior at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He hand-turns these pens in the garage in his backyard.
He is also is an avid tennis player who is donating 100% of his profits towards helping underprivileged and impoverished youth learn the sport that he enjoys so much.
Coffee Infused Eye Serum in an easy to apply roller ball bottle $14.00Ultra Moisturizing Lip Balm – 100% Natural handmade with Avocado Oil, Jojoba Oil, and Shea Butter $3.00Detoxifying Clay Mask – French Green and Bentonite clay will remove toxins and tighten skin $14.00
Interlocking silver drop hoops ($75) by North Carolina designer, Kenda Kist. Kenda Kistenmacher hand crafts her unique timeless pieces. She ensures the quality of her products exceed all expectations and offers her pieces in sterling silver, and 14k gold-filled preventing tarnishing.Tommie half-moon pave studs ( $22), Andrea Black, white, crystal and beaded Long pave ivory tusk necklace ($54). Styled with metallic two tone braided cuff bracelet with magnetic clasp ($28) and faux leather embossed python split cuff complete w pearls, and assorted faceted stones to give the piece the right amount stylish of edge. All of these pieces are by Ann Paige Designs, a North Carolina based jewelry designers. The brand started in Morehead City, on the coast of NC. It is run by the owner Gwen Clark, and her two daughters have undeniably followed in their mother’s footsteps and have taken on roles in the business as well.Kenda Kist Earrings
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