Buying from local and Irish businesses

[thelegohooverer]

Would anyone be up for a thread to swap recommendations and suggestions?

I’ve been trying to buy from local shops and Irish businesses lately and I have a number of birthdays coming up soon, as well as a mid winter event that cannot be spoken about yet.

I’ll be buying mostly online. And while I’m happy to support any store that is employing locally, I’m less inclined to order from them online as that doesn’t help my local community iyswim.

I’d probably have bought a jo malone candle or a Molton Brown gift set for the upcoming birthday, I’d love a suggestion for something along those lines.

[GiveMeAllTheGin8]

Great thread

A friend of mine has set up a business recently selling 100% organic babygros , bibs and wooden teethers and things . They are in gorgeous gift boxes but I think they only have newborn sizes .
I ordered a cute panda box yesterday but haven’t received it yet!
//www.mylittlepeartree.com

I also ordered soaps from a girl who makes them herself , I think it was gubby soap?? Il have to check again , she’s on Facebook and Etsy.
Am trying to make it my mission this year to only buy Irish! ( apart from my children, they love plastic tat )

[Annonymiss123]

I heard on the radio during the week that there's a website going live next week (I think) that's like the Irish version of Amazon - Irish copmpanies only. It's //www.shopinireland.ie.

[Annonymiss123]

companies

[MindyStClaire]

Brilliant thread. We've bought a few personalised Christmas decorations over the years from www.trimthetree.ie/.

[thelegohooverer]

Mine have long outgrown the baby stuff but hipbaby have lovely organic clothes, various accessories for pregnancy and new mums and fabulous customer service. There’s a sale on too.

[Deadringer]

I have both some lovely gift sets in my local chemist, a place i would never usually think of buying christmas presents. I signed up to that website, shop in Ireland, i assume it's connected to the facebook page of the same name which is a brilliant platform for sellers/creators of Irish handmade goods.

[thelegohooverer]

Some nice Christmas gifts and decorations

[Blogdog]

Fantastic list in today’s Irish Times:

400 Irish retailers for all your Christmas shopping

[Deadringer]

Adopting an animal at Dublin Zoo for christmas presents is another way of buying irish and hopefully helping them out of their current financial crisis.

[LifeInAHamsterWheel]

The Max Benjamin Black Friday sake has started. I don't know if it's on their main page but they emailed me as I've bought from them before (many times, I love their diffusers!) So here's the link

[LadyEloise]

Thank you for the link LifeInAHamsterWheel
Sadly my favourite, Enchanted Paths is out of stock.

[Lazysundayafternoons]

Has anyone seen black Friday offers in their local sports shop/ book shop etc?
Have a few things left to get and will shop with the smaller retailers where I can.

[BuyLocal]

@OrangeGeckoWithBlackSpots I used to try to support local book shops, but the prices seem to be extraordinarily high

My friend has a little bookshop in Dromore, Co Down, and you honestly won't get better prices than hers. It's called Bridge Books and she'll take orders over the phone and social media for delivery