Brighton Etsy Team - Christmas Gift Guide 2021

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The Etsy Market is a series of virtual shopping events that pop up across different cities around the world. Some events are run by groups of Etsy sellers, directly sharing their creativity with their community. Others are run by us, with the goal of celebrating incredible makers. Either way, you’re sure to have an incredible, inspiring time!


Welcome to The Etsy Market Explore a one-of-a-kind world. Etsy is an online marketplace where makers can sell their creations to buyers across the globe. From handmade home decor to vintage jewellery and everything in between. People come to Etsy to support small businesses and discover spectacularly special items perfect for everyone on their list. Every year Etsy teams gather together to put on local events, this year as well as doing an in person festive market we are also hosting a virtual market to help you find some truly great gifts! We have so many wonderful sellers in these pages, we are sure you will find something you and your family and friends will love!


Brighton Etsy Team Based by the seaside, the Brighton Etsy Team is a vibrant, inclusive team, with over 2K members. We love to serve our local community by providing excellent shopping and hands on craft events as well as helping our team members with monthly meet ups, workshops and expert sessions.


My Papercut Forest Shop

Silvina De Vita Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? After I’ve done my daily exercise. What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? The amazing creatives I meet every day. What is your studio or working environment like? Extremely chaotic and disorganised, I tried to correct that once a year but I think I’ll accept it eventually. Describe your dream Christmas day? On the beach, swimming and having an ice cream. DIY paper craft kit - £49 (with tools)

Paper family tree dome £46

DIy Paper library craft kit - £43 (with tools)

Plant wooden pin £12

Cassette paper dome £34


Martha Mitchell Design Shop

MARTHA MITCHELL Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? I love good old pen and paper! All my illustrations start off being drawn by hand and are then scanned into the computer- I have tried to work straight onto the computer but nothing beats the feel of a pen on paper! What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? I love the sense of community - if you have a problem or question related to Etsy there is always someone you can ask for advice. What's your favourite Christmas tradition? I have made my best friends children advent calendars every year since they were born - so I love receiving videos Brighton bauble - £15

from her each day of them opening their gifts! What is your studio or working environment like? I am lucky enough to share a studio with a very close friend so my working environment is wonderful! I am very messy, so spend most of my time losing things and working in chaos!

London mini print - £27

Brighton coloured tea towels - £12

Brighton Christmas card - £3.50


The Pigeon’s Nest Shop

REBECCA LISMER Barns Green, UK Who are your products and makes designed to bring joy to? For the secret creatives who want to break out! I truly believe we are all creative and it isn’t something reserved for ‘arty folk’ so my mission is make being creative as easy as possible. What is your studio or working environment like? To be honest...it is chaos. I run my business from my kitchen table, with yarn and supplies shoved into every hidden cervice in my house I| can find. I also run my business round my two small children, which means you can often find me standing up at shelves reading a story out loud whilst trying to hook an order! What's your favourite Christmas tradition? My parents have come and stay with us most years for

Crochet Rainbow Baubles- Set of 3 £18

Christmas and as they live quite far away, it is always so nice to have them arrive. It feels like Christmas as soon as they turn up.

Personalised Animal Name Hoops £25

Learn To Crochet Kit Course with video tutorials £35

Americana Joy Crochet Cowl £35

Crochet Patterns £4


Laura Danby Shop

LAURA DANBY Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? I know this sounds weird, but underwater is when I figure out my next pieces! The silence of the water, blocks the mayhem of life out and I can visualise my next designs.

What is your favourite material to work with and why? I’m quite obsessed with mirrored acrylic at the moment! I love the shiny, glamorous quality it has.

What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? I’m super proud of my Etsy community. I’m one of the leaders for the Brighton team and constantly amazed by our incredible creative sellers. The community offers such support for our businesses and a chance to meet others on the handmade quest! Handmade DISCO Mirror Wall Hanging £120 What's your favourite Christmas tradition? After Christmas dinner we have an epic wind-up toy race with all my Dads vintage tin toys, that you wind up with a key. The collection is ever growing and has been a tradition since I was a child. Now my kids enjoy the race too!

Enamel Mugs £15

Geometric Tassle Earrings in Pink & Red £22.50

Kids Craft Kits £16.50

Rainbow Rollerskate Brooch £32


Lume Lighting Shop

JO CORNEY Brighton, UK What is your studio or working environment like? I’m so lucky that I get to hand make all of my products from a lovely little studio at the bottom of a Mews in Hove, which I share with the marvellous Martha Mitchell Design. We are looking forward to opening the studio doors this Christmas as part of the Brighton Artist Open Houses. What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? I love the community that comes with being an Etsy seller. Being part of your local Etsy team means you get to meet so many other brilliant designer markers locally and have that support network! What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Getting all wrapped up and going for a woodland walk to

Fairy Light Making Kit £28

forage for festive foliage to make a Christmas wreath! Usually I come home with a big bag full of pine cones, berries, springs of holly and fern, and lots more!

Personalised Fairy Lights £39

Colourful Mountains Lampshade £45+

Fairy Light Pom Pom Kit £32

Mustard £30+

Linen


Softer and Wild Shop

TATIANA KAVANAGH Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? Paints, fabric, cut out and collage.

What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? Creating and thinking about new products. What's your favourite Christmas tradition?

Floral round placemat £9

Cheese!

Pattern Oven Glove £20

What is your studio or working environment like? Sunny, messy, many jobs on the go.

Who are your products designed to bring joy to? Foodie enthusiasts, home chefs, kitchen and cooking people.

Abstract Floral Oven Glove £25

Large Cosmetics Bag £20

Oven Glove with Floral Pattern £25


Hummingbird Hawkmoth Shop

NICOLE SNEPP Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? I do feel creative most of the time but on occasion I like to mix things up and try different mediums. Which means as well making jewellery I love to draw, paint, make essential oil blends and play my gong! What is your favourite material to work with and why? Hands down recycled silver! It's a lovely versatile medium to work with, and it's beautiful too. It's also abundant, readily available and a brilliant eco alternative to sterling silver. I love it! What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Decorating everything! The tree, the table, archways, Silver Circle Pendant £35

myself, friends and family!

Recycled Silver Hoops £25

Copper & Silver Bangle £40

Copper Nugget Studs £17


Mashona Designs Shop

CHANTEL HARGREAVES Bighton, UK When do you feel most creative? I tend to come up with new ideas when I am under pressure to get products made, so will often write the ideas down and revisit them when I have capacity to develop them further.

What is your favourite material to work with & why? I love working with African Prints as they come in so many colours and patterns and the process to create these fabrics is fascinating and varies for each type.

What is your studio or working environment like? I work from my home is sunny Eastbourne, the room overlooks the garden and on a bright day the room is Cork Leather Shoulder Bag £40

flooded with beautiful natural light.

Describe your dream Christmas day? Feeling stuffed at the end of the day but still having room to polish off some christmas pudding with extra thick double cream!

Yellow Wired Headband £16

Blue Wired Headband £12

Adult African Print Snood £25


The Flat Of Kat Shop

KAT AYRES Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? when I'm making things it inspires me to make other things I think because I'm in the sewing zone What is your favourite material to work with and why? felt, it cuts easily doesn't fray and you can do soo much with it What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? The community and the personal touches you can provide What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Putting up the tree with my boys and filling their hand made advent calendars

Personalised kids superhero drawstring backpack £15

Superhero cape bundle £29

Birthday cape £25.00

Superhero mask £8.50

Badge & keyring £10


Bella + Phoenix Shop

DEBBIE TURRELL Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? I love screen printing onto paper or material, I love the boldness of the colours and the smell of the inks! What's your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? Having known about and Shopped on Etsy for years...finally being part of the community!

Who are your products designed to bring joy to? Ultimately kiddies but also parents, grandchildren, family & friends.

Describe your dream Christmas day? Opening presents, late lunch and a walk afterwards

Palaeontologist Sweater £32

followed by lots of games.

Entomologist Tee + Booklet £24

Dendrologist T Shirt + Booklet £24

Palaeo Printed Notebook £5.95

Astronomer Riso Print £16


The Amyverse Shop

AMY GOBLE Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? One of the best things about being a calligrapher is that I have an endless supply of pens and inks which means I can write on almost any surface! What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? As a calligrapher and illustrator, I love combining my passions to create beautiful personalised gifts and cards. I love being able to add names and messages to gifts and cards in hand lettered calligraphy to make people something one of a kind. Who are your products and makes designed to bring joy to? My Christmas 2021 collection is all about celebrating. It's full of bright colours and pretty details. I want to spread joy with my calligraphy creations.

Personalised wooden bauble £5+

Calligraphy cards £5

Colourful calligraphy bauble £10+

Calligraphy baubles £10+

Calligraphy placecards £1.50


Just Daydreaming Shop

CLAIRE MONTGOMERY Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? I love working with different colours and finishes of acrylic. I love working out which colours go together best and especially enjoy making jewellery with the sparkly glitter acrylic, and shiny marble finishes. What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? I love being part of such a creative and supportive community. It's great to be able to meet up at the Brighton

Santa Paws Gift Wrap Set £5

Christmas Seagull Card £2.40

meetings with like minded people and share ideas or try to help others. What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Walks around the neighbourhood with family to see Christmas lights and displays on Christmas eve then back home for hot chocolate under a cosy blanket! Who are your products and makes designed to bring joy to? Everyone from 8 to 88! My products are designed to be colourful, raise a smile and bring a little positivity into peoples homes, especially after such a difficult time.

Christmas Pudding Necklace £17

Christmas Robin Necklace £8

Home Alone Xmas Decs £6.90


Izzie Artisan Shop

IZZIE ROFFE-SILVESTER Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? Ironically, I feel most creative when I take time away from my work bench and go on exciting day trips or walks in the wilderness. I come back feeling refreshed and ready for action! What is your studio or working environment like? My work space is a lovely wooden cabin at the back of my garden. I look out at trees and wildlife so it's pretty idyllic. I'm very lucky! The space itself is filled with second hand furniture, including an old fashioned wood worker's bench. Describe your dream Christmas day? My dream Christmas day is spent with all my extended Ginkgo Leaf Silver Studs £22

family and my partner Neil. It basically involves copious amounts of food & drink, a roaring fire, a walk if we feel up to it, board games and cracker jokes followed by telly in the evening.

Virginia Creeper Necklace £55

Silver Drop Leaf Earrings £32

Gold Ginkgo Leaf Earrings £115


Paper Meadow Studio Shop

JASMINA GLUSZYNSKI Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? When I have new projects or bespoke orders, I just love creating them. Making that first flower of the arrangement takes me to my creative space and I don't stop until I am done! What is your favourite material to work with and why? Italian crepe paper and inks, these two together give me endless possibilities to create beautiful florals. What is your studio or working environment like? I work from a home studio, juggling that with family life and second job. I create listening to music and podcasts. Who are your products and makes designed to bring joy DIY Gold Christmas Kit £19.99

to? Flowers and interiors lovers with a dash of creativity. Describe your dream Christmas day? Snow outside and cosy slow day inside. Comfort day.

DIY Red Christmas Kit £19.99

Rose gold Peony £20

Christmas Wreath £40


Oddly Wild Shop

SARAH & MARK TOYNBEE Brighton, UK Who are your products and makes designed to bring joy to? Everyone that loves super cute animals. The more whimsical the better, What is your studio or working environment like? General chaos. We have managed to spread OddlyWild into every room in our house so we mainly end working from the small available space on the kitchen table. Describe your dream Christmas day? Family, food, drink, 80s christmas music (the best) and card games. When do you feel most creative? We love creating and making things, but we find ideas/inspiration always happens at the weirdest times -

Cute Animal Wall Clocks £50

like as you're trying to get to get off to sleep or whilst you're taking a shower.

Mini Animals in Matchboxes £20

DIY Felt Animal Kits £20

Cute Wooden Mood Pins £9

Cute Animal Wall Clocks £50


Tiny Treat Boutique Shop

ALICE BOLAND Brighton, UK What is your studio or working environment like? Organised chaos! Who are your products and makes designed to bring joy to? Children, the young at heart, and parents who will get five minutes peace while the kids get crafting When do you feel most creative? Right after a market or an Etsy meet up, when I'm feeling inspired by everyone's energy Describe your dream Christmas day? Tea in bed while opening stockings, jigsaws, great food, board games, snoozy reading on the sofa! Gingerbread House Kit £14.95 What is your favourite material to work with and why? Unsurprisingly - polymer clay! I can mix any colour I need and adjust shapes at any size What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? The community and support of other makers - cooperation rather than competition

Macaron Stud Earrings £16

Fab Lolly Necklace £17

Donut Mini Craft Kit £6.95


HannahIssi Shop

HANNAH CLEWS Bighton, UK When do you feel most creative? When l'm relaxed and when l have a quiet moment lost in my own thoughts, my head starts to fill with infinite ideas!

What is your favourite material to work with & why? Sustainable cotton - organic or BCI (Better Cotton Initiative) cotton. It is soft and most importantly it is eco-friendly. All my designs are printed on beautiful quality sustainable cottons.

What is your studio or working environment like? Champagne all the way!

Children's Hedgehog Apron £16

Terracotta Oven Gloves £25

Grey Magpie Gift Set £34

Hedgehog Tea Towel £12


Seed & Thistles Shop

HOLLY JANE DORE Brighton, UK What is your studio or working environment like? My studio is situated at the bottom of my garden in Lewes. I’m surrounded by nature inside and out! Dried and preserved flowers hang on the walls of my studio, mostly grown and picked from the garden. I have my very own sustainable flower market! What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? Building relationships with customers from all areas across the UK and receiving photos of of Seed & Thistle pieces in their forever homes. I love being able to offer my customers a bespoke design service, which allows me to be at my most creative. When do you feel most creative? I’m at my most creative when my children go to bed In the

‘What a Mess’ Wreath £45

evening. I take myself off to the studio at the bottom of our garden, where it’s a chance for me to reconnect with myself creatively. I just sit and work away with my own thoughts.

Seed & Thistles Tealight £12

The Stansfield Road Wreath £55

Seed & Thistles Bauble £12

Xmas in Tuscany Wreath £50


Ey Up Chuck Shop

SARAH DARE Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? I love Iridescent and glitter acrylic sheets because I'm bit of a magpie. I try to incorporate these lovely materials into my work wherever I can.

What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? Etsy allows me to spead joy with my products all over the

Mushroom Necklace £47

world. I also love the flexibility of being my own boss. What is your studio or working environment like? I use a workshop in the centre of Brighton to do all my laser cutting. Then assemble the Jewellery in my cosy home studio.

Star Necklace £40.00

Rainbow Yeti Necklace £26.00

Glitter Heart Studs £11

Red Panda Necklace £47


Holly Swaine Store Shop

HOLLY SWAINE Brighton, UK What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? My favourite part of being an easy seller has to be when you get lovely feedback from a customer. What is your studio or working environment like? My studio is hot in the summer and freezing in the winter, which is when I tend to draw a lot of my characters in knit wear!! It's an organised chaos, but I love it. Describe your dream Christmas day?

Animal Dress Up Badge £9.50

Colouring-in poster £10

It would be opening stockings, going for a walk on the beach, more presents, lunch, board games and a good film, all with family, perfect! What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Having my kids come in on Christmas morning and open their stockings on our bed.

Angel Christmas Card £3

Gardeners Badges £4.50

Thank you Bird Postcard Set £6


Jawline Jewellery Shop

India Blakiston Moore Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? I'm not really a night owl, but I'm always most productive and creative in the evenings, I often wake up in the night with an idea and have to write it down then jump on it the next day!

What is your favourite material to work with and why? My main materials are doll parts and silver; I love using the dolls and doll eyes as i'm taking them out of context and making them into something else that's usually unrelated. What's your favourite Christmas tradition? I love everything about Christmas, I'm just a big kid! I'm The Spider Necklace £38+

31, but My Dad wakes us up super early on Christmas day, plays Christmas music far too loud and starts encouraging us to eat chocolate- I moan about it but secretly love it.

What is your studio or working environment like? I work from my home studio - I have a beautiful view out my window, my little dog snoozing under my desk and a cabinet full of dolls, doll parts and a lot of eyeballs staring back at me - dreamy! It's my little chaotic sanctuary.

Gold Blinking Eyebaubles £12

Green Eye Necklace £28

Framed Crying Rose £57


Karen Rao Shop

KAREN RAO Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? I am a felt artist. I create Animal inspired costume wear in the stunningly tactile medium of wool, rich in colour and dramatic in texture. I follow the ancient art of wet felting, using just wool, soap and water which magically transforms into felt. What's your favourite Christmas tradition? The kids are all grown up now but I still sneak down in the middle of the night to put the presents under the tree, have a swig of sherry, a bite of mince pie and gnaw a carrot left out for Santa and Rudolph!

Felted Raven Wings Cape £130

What is your studio or working environment like? My back room is a replica of a victorian drawing room with walls adorned with great gilt framed pictures and mirrors. It’s dark and mysterious and slightly creepy - a suitable environment to bring to life new animal inspired costume wear! When do you feel most creative? The absolute best time for creativity is in the middle of the night when you’re least expecting it. I have to jump out of bed and scribble it down as if it were a dream that will fade by morning.

Grey Moth Wings Costume £95 Sterling Silver Tea Cup Earrings

Felted Ram Headdress £138

Felted Wolf Headdress £50


Kimwlkr Shop

KIMBERLY WALKER Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? When people watching, after a walk through town or sitting on the beach

What is your favourite material to work with and why? Quality paper! It can make or break a print.

What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller?

Quiet Friends Print from £6

Feeling proud to be part of a passionate community What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Designing christmas cards and making paper star garlands out of recycled paper Describe your dream Christmas day? A walk, some wine & charades

2022 Calendar £16

Spuddy Cold Card Packs from £6

Starry Nights Print from £6

It's Been Too Long Print from £9


Metal Dove Shop

ALI HOPKINS Brighton, UK When do you feel most creative? I'm a morning person so I generally follow the sun and when it's up so am I! What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? The one to one contact with the customer, being able to tailor items if needed, I love it when someone asks to "go big" on a design...the bolder the better I say!

Who are your products and makes designed to bring joy to? Nature lovers for sure and people interested in more eco friendly materials, the majority of my products are made Silver Juniper Necklace £55

from recycled metals. Crazy cat people, those who like skipping through a forest or jumping into puddles on a rainy day...all welcome!

Silver Seagull Necklace £42

Penguins Romance Necklace £42

Gold Octopus Necklace £28


Hot Fresh Bright Shop

MILLIE ATTWATER Brighton, UK What is your favourite material to work with and why? Pen on paper. Or pen on wood, pen on ceramic, anything I can write on really! I like being able to hand letter onto all sorts of materials. What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? I love that I get to sell my items all over the world and I also love the community of all the other Etsy sellers.

Beginners Calligraphy Set £27

What is your studio or working environment like? Most of my items are crafted while sitting at my dining table - my makeshift studio! I beaver away in the corner of the lounge, while looking onto the sunny garden. What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Wandering through a Christmas market with a cup of mulled wine in hand, or sitting back to back with my mum, wrapping all our presents on Christmas Eve.

Yay Framed Print £29

Personalised Decoration £5

Gin & Tonic Coaster £9

'My Favourite Things' Art £49


Jade Silver Shop

JADE SILVER Brighton, UK What's your favourite Christmas tradition? Definitely putting up the tree! I like to put on some Christmas music and have some hot chocolate or mulled wine and make an afternoon of it followed by takeaway and a Christmas movie. When do you feel most creative? I feel the most creative after taking part in events/craft fairs and spending time with other amazing creative people. It can get lonely working from home so this always fills me with inspiration and makes me want to get home and start making! What’s your favourite part of being an Etsy seller? Snowflake Pendant £30

My favourite part of being an Etsy seller is when I receive happy feedback and messages from customers. It really makes my day knowing that something I put so much care and love into creating has brought someone else joy! What is your studio or working environment like? I work from home so I have a studio room in my house. I 3D sculpt my jewellery using my computer and drawing tablet with at least one dog on my lap at all times!

Angel Heart Pendant £110

Fairy Pendant £55

Daisy Earrings £45


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