I love celebrations and although I am not a christian, I do enjoy Christmas and all the cheer that goes with it. I enjoy the decorations, planning, gifting and above all a vegetarian Christmas dinner. Christmas to me and my family is an occasion to have family time together, rather than a religious festival. For gifting, I make home made edible gifts such as chutneys, jams, spice mixes and cookies to give that special personal touch and I always try to purchase bespoke and thoughtful gifts that the receiver will appreciate.
Finding unique gifts that are appealing and sustainable is something that I favour. There are many on line shops where you can buy such gifts and this year I have discovered a fantastic website called UncommonGoods.com that have the most wonderful sustainable Christmas gifts that are sourced from small manufactures and artists. I particularly like the fact that a lot of their gifts are handmade from recycled and organic products by local craftsman. I am delighted that they have now started shipping the items to the UK too and for each sale they make they donate $1 to a non profit organisation which is very commendable.
Browsing through their website there are so many items that I would love to purchase, these are gifts that I have selected for my family and friends.
For my two daughters I have chosen the following items:
2-in-1 Vegan Convertible Backpack £73.24
There are many more unique gift ideas on the UncommonGoods website so you will be spoilt for choice.
These handmade rustic stoneware nesting bowl set with scoop style handles, integrated with the narrow spouts are beautifully crafted and would look great in any kitchen. They are also oven and microwave safe making them perfect as mixing bowls or serving bowls.
This stoneware crock is handcrafted and it is perfect to create your own home made kimchi, pickles, sauerkraut and to turn any fresh vegetables into tangy fermented foods within 1-2 weeks.
It is made from stoneware and is totally dishwasher safe. It comes complete with a heavy duty lid to keep the vegetables submerged during the fermentation.
The tea kit will make up to 100 cups of tea. This is a ideal gift for a tea drinker who enjoys experimenting with different infusions.
Finding unique gifts that are appealing and sustainable is something that I favour. There are many on line shops where you can buy such gifts and this year I have discovered a fantastic website called UncommonGoods.com that have the most wonderful sustainable Christmas gifts that are sourced from small manufactures and artists. I particularly like the fact that a lot of their gifts are handmade from recycled and organic products by local craftsman. I am delighted that they have now started shipping the items to the UK too and for each sale they make they donate $1 to a non profit organisation which is very commendable.
Browsing through their website there are so many items that I would love to purchase, these are gifts that I have selected for my family and friends.
For my two daughters I have chosen the following items:
Upcycled Cotton Saree Robe £38.14
This luxurious patchwork robe is made from remnants of reclaimed saris by local women who get the opportunity to create a better standard of living for themselves, their children, and their communities in Rajasthan India. The kimono style robe comes with a tie and is both colourful and practical for lounge wear.
Turkish Inspired Hand Woven Travel Jewellery Roll £15.26
Inspired by the intricate tapestry design on carpets this colourful and eye catching jewellery roll is handmade in Turkey. It is perfect to store and carry all your jewellery safely whilst travelling.
Kantha Arc Bib Necklace £30.52 and Kantha Chandeliers Earrings £16.78
This colourful bib necklace and earrings are handcrafted by women artisans in South India, who receive training, education, and fair wages for their workmanship. The necklaces and earrings are individually made by wrapping saree material around different sized wooden beads and then constructed on a framework of brass beams and wires.
2-in-1 Vegan Convertible Backpack £73.24
This beautiful 2-in-1 backpack is made from high quality vegan leather. It is bold and stylish but practical too with a diagonal side compartments to hold small items such as keys, tissues, bus passes etc. The bottom section has elastic holders and plastic pockets to hold larger items. The convenient adjustable strap converts the backpack to cross body bucket bag.
There are many more unique gift ideas on the UncommonGoods website so you will be spoilt for choice.
For my food lover sister and best friends, I am confident that they will love to receive these really unusual and unique items.
Nesting Stoneware Mixing Bowl Sets £87.73
These handmade rustic stoneware nesting bowl set with scoop style handles, integrated with the narrow spouts are beautifully crafted and would look great in any kitchen. They are also oven and microwave safe making them perfect as mixing bowls or serving bowls.
Personalised Chopping Board £121
This chopping /serving board is handcrafted from maple wood and can be personalised with any name. It can be used as kitchen top trivet, a chopping board or can be used as a serving board for cheese or appetisers at the dinner table. It would make a beautiful keepsake gift for any occasion.
Stoneware Fermenting Crock £73.24
This stoneware crock is handcrafted and it is perfect to create your own home made kimchi, pickles, sauerkraut and to turn any fresh vegetables into tangy fermented foods within 1-2 weeks.
It is made from stoneware and is totally dishwasher safe. It comes complete with a heavy duty lid to keep the vegetables submerged during the fermentation.
Buying gifts for men can be rather difficult, but there is a great choice of gifts for men at UncommonGoods too.
Woven Wine Tote with Glasses £30.51
This quirky hand-woven water hyacinth wine tote basket is the ideal gift for the man in your life. It comes comes complete with 6 glasses and you can add your own favorite bottle of wine to complete the gift.
Black Tea Blending Kit £30.52
For the tea lover there is Black Tea Blending Kit which allows you to make your own mix of tea to suit your taste.You can mix and recreate your own aromatic flavours using the teas included in the kit which are Assam, Keemun, Ceylon, Lapsang Souchong, and Pu’erh black teas; bergamot and lemon peel, lavender buds, and rose petals.
For the tea lover there is Black Tea Blending Kit which allows you to make your own mix of tea to suit your taste.You can mix and recreate your own aromatic flavours using the teas included in the kit which are Assam, Keemun, Ceylon, Lapsang Souchong, and Pu’erh black teas; bergamot and lemon peel, lavender buds, and rose petals.
The tea kit will make up to 100 cups of tea. This is a ideal gift for a tea drinker who enjoys experimenting with different infusions.
Salvaged Wood Cookbook & Tablet Stand £45.77
This beautiful folding book/tablet stand is handmade in rural India. It is made from reclaimed rich mango wood and has brass accents. The stand is versatile and adjustable and has built in space for charging cords.
I would absolutely love to have this in my kitchen so I hope my family are reading this post to get a subtle HINT!!!! 🙂
What is your favorite gift, do you like my choices??? Do share your thoughts in the comments section below.
**This post is in collaboration with UncommonGoods.com
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Abbey Louisa Rose
Hooray for a vegetarian Christmas dinner! This year is my first Christmas as a veggie and I'm really looking forward to it! Thank you for sharing all of these cool and kooky gifts, it's always nice to receive something unique in your stocking! The personalised chopping board is fab, I might pick up one of those for my Mum!
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I am sure your mum will be thrilled with this chopping board.It would make a lovely gift.
Dr. Elise Ho
That nesting stoneware bowl set is so pretty. It looks so old world.
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I love rustic looking kitchenware and I agree this look so old world.
SimplyTasheena
Love your list of unique gifts. I would love to receive any of these gifts. Especially the vegan book bag, love the color.
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It looks stylish and I like that you can convert it to across over bag too.
melleena
The convertible backpack and personalized chopping board are my favorites. Both would make such lovely gifts for the upcoming holidays. Thank you for sharing such wonderful suggestions.
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They are both nice, I would not mind someone buying them for me too.
Unknown
Upcycled Cotton Saree Robe is my favorite of all. It's quite unique and a lovely one to look at. And undoubtedly would make a great Holiday Gift!
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Its given me inspiration to make my own, not sure it would look as good as this one.
Jhilmil
Loved the kantha earrings , neckpiece and convertible bag. Seems a perfect fir for the traveller in me:)
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How pretty is the jewellery, so unusual too.
Blair Villanueva
I like that upcycled cotton saree. It would be nice to wear and flaunt it because it has an interesting story.
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The robe is indeed colourful and pretty.
acodeza
I love the personalized chopping board. I might get one for my mom. The tea blending kit could also be a perfect gift this Christmas.
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This one seems to be a favorite amongst all the readers, it is beautiful and would make a
lovely keepsake.
Dada
You really have selected great gift ideas! I would love especially the cotton saree robe! So beautiful! This gives me some inspiration!
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its really colourful and great for holidays too.
Anosa
Wow, such amazing gift ideas! Can I have all of them as part of my wish list? Haha! I'd love the most the 2 in 1 convertible back pack and the neck lace.
Super Busy Mum
What a great selection and I love the cookbook stand.
Aine
Such great ideas, the vegan backpack looks awesome a friend of mine would love that
Evelyn Lo Foreman
Thank you for these resources. I'm not much of a shopper, though I LOVE the stuff you have chosen! Thank you for the links! As the holiday season rolls around, I'll be sure to come back and go from the links you noted. Happy holidays and blessings! <3
Unknown
Think I'll send this gift guide straight to my hubby! I'm loving the nesting bowls!
Joanna Victoria -x
Oh i love how different these gifts are. I love backpack and the chopping board the most.
Mayuri Patel
Lovely and thoughtful gifts Nayna. Though we never had the Christmas dinner or lunch as such I've grown up enjoying Christmas. We would have school Christmas Parties. Each one of us would have to take a decoration for the class christmas tree. When school closes we would get our decoration back. Any festival regardless of religion is fun.
Nikki
What a fab collection of lovely and unusual gifts. I love that personalised chopping board!
Hayley
For us Christmas is adopted festival, love everything about it. Love these gift idea, I love that stoneware set the most.
Jenny
I love the sound of a tea blending kit, definitely something I would want to receive.
Unknown
These gifts are lovely. I am eyeing the mixing bowls and tablet stand.
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Unknown
Vegan convertible backpack is super cool! My husband will love it! Love all the unique Christmas gift. Great selections.
Christmas is not one of my holidays. But I'm totally in love with the tea kit and wine tote.
Unknown
Obsessed with the cutting board and book stand. My brother and sister in law are SO hard to buy for and these would be perfect
Aditya’s Snaps
I really like the tablet stand. Wish I could have that this christmas. But I am sure I will try next year.
Shobha
Lovely gift ideas. I liked the tablet stand very much.
Unknown
This is hands down the best Christmas gift guide I've seen so far this year. I love those earrings and that bookstand and that wine basket and those mixing bowls. Some perfect items here! xx
Gareth Torrance
I absolutely love the idea of the black tea blending keys!
Linda Hobbis
I love the bib necklace and earrings – really unique and colourful. You have some great choices.
Unknown
Love your selection of colorful gifts. The saree robe is especially beautiful and now on my wish list!
Charli – CurvyGirlThin
I absolutely love the backpack – it would be perfect for travelling with my camera!
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David Elliott
I would love several of the things here. I think all of these gifts would be so awesome. I like the cutting board. And I do think the robe is very beautiful.
Jennifer L.
What wonderful thoughtful gifts! Ive been needing a backpack for myself so I def want to check out that 2-in-1 Vegan Convertible Backpack. Gorgeous
Diaryofacusp
These are some really great ideas for Christmas gifting, I especially like the stoneware nesting bowls, would make a perfect gift for few of my friends! 🙂
Unknown
I love uncommon goods, everything they stock is so unique! Wonderful for Christmas shopping. I have my eye on the fermenting pot too!
Unknown
These look lovely! I think the personalised chopping board is one I might get for my aunt. Love these selection of gifts!
Unknown
These are such great gift ideas! I love that they are all so unique and useful too! The tea blending kit looks like something I'd love and I know my Family members would love too!
Unknown
These are amazing christmas gift ideas. Will definitely create of these as a present to my besties and relatives. I will also ask my grand children to make and share it to their friends. Thank you for sharing it.
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Meryl Thomas
A really helpful blog, with some interesting and great gift ideas for Christmas.
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