By now if you haven’t finished your shopping, then you might be just a tad on the screwed side. BUT there’s a little thing called Etsy that could possibly save your day if you still need a gift or two to throw into a shipping box. My suggestion: Email the local vendor and arrange a meeting spot – thus avoiding the shipping fees and getting to know the seller. Whenever I look on Etsy, I always first look locally just for these very reasons. Plus, it also means if I don’t like the thing I don’t have to resend it back – I can just decline right then and there and not feel obligated to keeping something I don’t want or need because the item wasn’t the true color I saw on the web, or it didn’t feel like I thought or it’s not the thing I imagined at all.
Photo courtesy of Shlomi Fish.
With that intro all said and done, I introduce to you a list of some cutey things I’ve seen on Etsy for $10 or less and all attainable in Seattle. Yes, there is such a thing as getting great gifts on the internet for cheap and lucky for you – I already did the research:
-If you were to buy a gift for Miss Aubrey (re: someone who has some fashion know-how) then you’ll throw a feathery headband in her stocking.
-For the hippie friend (re: me) these dainty mushrooms are perfect for any terrarium or backyard.
-For every kind of friend or family member, these Keep Calm posters will surely delight.
-Know someone who loves vintage stuff? Who doesn’t. SEAS and PEAS has these adorable magnets up for grabs and these Golden Girls buttons are perfect for your bestie.
-I do love me some blank notecards. While I normally buy them in bulk at SAM or Elliot Bay Bookstore, individual cards like this one and this one are so fun you just have to buy them.
-Now that Movember is over, treat your male friend, mate or Dad to some good, ol’ smelling shaving soap that isn’t Old Spice.
Have a favorite local Etsy vendor we missed? Let us know. Comment below and share their cheap goods for all to see. Who knows. They could be the next, big write up in Yay-Today!
Not cheap, but local and great quality leather goods: http://www.etsy.com/shop/moxieandoliver Check out the stockings!
Wow, those are beautiful. If they ever have a sale, let us know! Thanks for the tip, Kat.