Your 2019 Local Gift Guide

By Taylor Lieberstein

Holiday gift-giving season is upon us. Finding a special + unique gift for the loved ones in your life can be tough, but there are many local businesses in Clarksville offering one of a kind items that would make the perfect gifts. Keep these local shops in mind when doing your holiday shopping this year. Shopping local is the way to go if you ask us. (Some of these local businesses even offer online shopping.) Here are the top spots to spend your money in the 931 this holiday.

SANGO PHARMACY & FINE GIFTS

This modern-day general store features an array of beautiful things including all the essentials for great holiday gifts. From clothing and candles to cookbooks, bags, children’s items, bath and body care, men’s soaps, jewelry and more. Since natural and healthy living is their specialty, they offer a wide range of supplements and health foods. They sell Veteran Grown hemp products here. Choose from tinctures, massage oils and candies to stuff stockings with this year. On our wish list: Paddywax Sea Salt and Sage scented candle.

MARY’S MUSIC

If you know someone who wants to start a band you need to run, not walk, to this fun music shop this holiday season. Wide variety of musical instruments including guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, drums, violins, trumpets, harmonicas, kazoos, digital pianos, amps, speakers, microphones, headphones and mixers. Surprise the musician on your list with a lesson to develop or brush up a skill, a gift that lasts a lifetime. They also offer gift certificates for lessons and instruments.

HEY NOLI

The unofficial local girl gang shop for the fashion forward friends on your holiday shopping list. We want everything in this store. From the clothes to the skincare lines and the jewelry, every item is carefully curated by the owner and she clearly has the cutest taste. Some highlights from the store that any girl would love are macarons from Thistle Sweets, the Little Seed Farm organic soaps, printed t-shirts, organic Dirty Girl Dry Shampoo by the local beauty brand NBD Cosmetics, Able necklaces and Tree Bee’s BeeKeepers, locally made re-usable beeswax food and treat wraps. On our wish list: Clarksville Ya’ll tee and matching tote.

JOURNEY'S EYE

This local shop offers an assortment of uncommon items. From home décor to leather luggage tags they something unique for everyone on the nice list. Most products in the store are sourced from small American companies such as hand poured candles and vintage whiskey glasses. Tennessee and Clarksville themed maps, candles, post cards and ornaments make for meaningful gifts. They also have gifts for guys including razors, a fish shaped bottle opener and beard balm and pomade made by Karmela Botanical. Secret Message morse code bracelets, handcrafted in Kentucky by Blue Blood Black Sheep, are a great gift or stocking stuffer. On our wish list: Leather luggage tags to deck out our suitcases in style.

PET FOOD CENTER

Whether you’re shopping for your own fur babies or buying a gift for the pet lover in your life this is the place for the pets who made the nice list. Show the fur babies some love this holiday season with one of our picks. LaZ-Boy® dog beds and Midwest Metal kennels make great places for dogs to relax and rest. A calm dog is a happy dog, NaturVet hemp chews reduce stress and tension especially during storms, travel and grooming. They also carry Holistic Hound Hemp Oil, derived from hemp that is organically grown in Colorado. These CBD products safely provide pet companions with many reported benefits of hemp-derived cannabis, including reducing pain, treating inflammation, minimizing anxiety and helping treat other health conditions. They also carry Pawsitivily gourmet cookies, which are hand-decorated and made with real peanut butter and sweet potatoes.

BELLA MED SPA

Skin renewal can’t be wrapped. However, a gift certificate to redeem for skin treatments can. They also offer amazing skin health products that can be wrapped up and given as gifts. The skin care experts at Bella, recently voted the best in the area, are professionals at skin relaxation, rejuvenation and revitalizing. Bella offers gift cards for your loved ones who are hard to shop for, eliminating one task off your to-do list. As a bonus, when you purchase a $100 gift certificate, they add $25 on it for free. On our wish list: Any of the customizable facial treatments: Dermaplaning, HydraFacial, Microdermabrasion or a Chemical Peel.

EDEN DAY SPA & SALON

This Aveda concept salon and spa offers endless gifts and stocking stuffers as well as customized gift sets such as always popular moisturizing travel trio. Aveda and OPI products can be packaged in any assortment to make a personalized gift and the salon professionals are happy to help you put something together for everyone on your list, including yourself. Eden gift cards can be purchased online in any amount and printed or emailed, great for last minute shoppers. On our wish list: Aveda aroma bath bombs in Cherry Almond, Rosemary Mint and Shampure essences.

ADVANCED COSMETIC SURGERY CENTER OF KY & TN

Some favorite products are Obagi® Hydrate and the Obagi® Elastiderm eye cream. Obagi® skincare products make a great gift for everyone: the Obagi Nu-Derm® System treats unwanted signs of aging while the Obagi360® System is ideal for younger patients in their 20s and 30s. Additionally, the Obagi® Travel Kit makes a wonderful stocking stuffer!

Gift certificates are also available for the exfoliating Obagi® Pro-C Skin Mask, Obagi® travel trio, Obagi® Radiance Peel, lip fillers, Botox®, and facial fillers. Better yet, give a gift certificate for a consultation with Dr. Kaye to discuss your cosmetic goals. Afterwards the consultation fee is applied toward your purchase or procedure.

MOCKINGBIRD LANE

Gifts and home decor made with local love and a southern twist. This super cute product line includes Clarksville themed tea towels, wall art, totes and throw pillows. You can find their unique gifts and decor at Sango Pharmacy, Beachaven Vineyards & Winery and Old Glory Distilling Co.

SACER AND SAVIVE CLOTHING

This local clothier is out to change the mindset of custom clothing, from too expensive and hard to reach to affordable and easy to access. This holiday give someone a piece of clothing that they won't find anywhere else. You pick the piece, design and colors and they do the custom hand-painting and stenciling. They also offer one-of-a-kind accessories for the entire family including babies, plus sizes, and women. It's like giving two gifts at once since they donate one t-shirt to a local organization for every shirt they sell. For more information visit www.sacerandsavive.com and visit them on social media as well. On our wishlist: A custom flannel to rock all winter long.

WICKED GOOD SANDWICHES

A Wicked Good Sandwiches gift card is a gift worth giving all year around. Clarksville’s go to sandwich shop since opening has expanded and now has a full stage and sound system, a mini arcade and the same great sandwiches that started it all. If you know someone who loves Wicked Good Sandwiches give them a gift card or logo tee.

JOHNNY'S BIG BURGER

Johnny's is an institution of more than 50 years for burger-lovers in Clarksville. Catering to the crowd that loves their burgers homemade and their ingredients simple and fresh, Johnny's packs in people every day to enjoy their fresh, hand-patted burgers and other diner-style offerings. Fans refer to Johnny's as the hands-down the best burger in town, even in the state according to some. Johnny’s offers apparel and gift cards that make great gifts for the natives on your list.

SALVADORIAN AUTHENTIC RESTAURANT

It’s no secret that gift cards are popular options for hard to shop for friends and family members. The local eatery serves both authentic Salvadorian food and classic Mexican food. Give this delicious gift to the foodie on your list and let them eat, drink and be merry this holiday.