Shopping locally is the best! Please consider purchasing your gifts locally. Here's a short list for the Boston area (and some that are a little beyond) (let me know if you have additional ideas and I'll add here).
- Art/Craft Supplies
- Make and Mend Shop, Somerville, online https://makeandmendshop.com
- Art & Decorative
- Felix Doolittle/Paper Mouse, West Newton https://www.felixdoolittle.com/
- Foxfire Creative Studio https://www.foxfirecreativestudio.com/
- Michiko Imai, Japanese calligraphy and painting, Salem MA, online https://www.etsy.com/shop/michikoI
- Ritual Arts, Allston http://ritualartsallston.com/
- Books
- Frugal Bookstore, Roxbury (Black-owned) https://frugalbookstore.net/
- Newtonville Books, online only https://newtonvillebooks.square.site/
- Porter Square Books, Somerville https://www.portersquarebooks.com/
- Bath & Body
- Dulse & Rugosa bath and body, and more, Gotts Island, ME, online https://www.dulseandrugosa.com/
- Urban Kitchen Handmade soaps, candles, oils, etc., Allston, online http://www.myurbankitchen.com/
- Clothes
- Candace Designs, online only (Black-owned) https://candacecort.com/
- Fawn Over Me, Worcester, online (Black-owned) https://www.etsy.com/shop/FawnOverMe
- Comic books
- Comicazi, Somerville, http://comicazi.com
- Hub Comics, Somerville, https://www.hubcomics.com
- Food & Beverages
- Ackermann Maple Farm, Vermont online https://www.ackermannmaplefarm.com/
- Beverly Bees honey, bees wax candles, etc., Salem MA, online https://www.beverlybees.com/
- Boston Chai Party chai kit, Boston https://bostonchaiparty.com/
- EH Chocolatier, Cambridge MA https://www.ehchocolatier.com
- Farm to Door Direct has Gift Baskets, Boston-area delivery https://www.farmtodoordirect.net/
- Follow the Honey gift boxes, honey, bees wax candles, etc., Cambridge, online https://www.followthehoney.com/
- Fork on a Road spice gift pack, Lynnfield, farmers market, online https://forkonaroad.com/store/spice-pack/
- Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington VT, online https://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com/
- Q's Nuts, Somerville/Boston - https://www.qsnuts.com
- The Roasted Granola gift baskets, Arlington https://www.roastedgranola.com/
- Taza Chocolate gifts and collections, Somerville, online https://www.tazachocolate.com/
- Games/Toys
- Comicazi, Somerville, http://comicazi.com
- Eureka Puzzles, Brookline https://www.eurekapuzzles.com/
- Henry Bear’s Park, Somerville https://www.henrybear.com/
- Wish on a Purple Cow book, stuffies, etc., Brighton, online https://www.wishonapurplecow.com/
- Housewares
- Anns Pottery, Boston https://ann-schunior-online-shop.square.site/
- Jewelry
- Jade Moran, Somerville http://www.jademoran.com
- Restaurants
- Many restaurants offer gift certificates. When in doubt, just ask. Local restaurants are everywhere. Even small chains are better than wider chains. Flatbread (https://flatbreadcompany.com) for example, makes a point of purchasing their produce locally and giving back to the community with fundraisers for local organizations.
