Small Business Gift Guide 2025

This post may have been better timed for a Friday so you could spend the weekend exploring local shops, but nonetheless, today's Gift Guide is all about supporting small businesses through your holiday purchases.

Did you know that at bookshop.org, you can support your local booksellers through your online purchases?

A few of my favorite gift ideas come from small businesses here in the Midwest: 1canoe2 and Posie Pots.

• This mini desk calendar comes in a variety of themes - plants, butterflies, "forever young," dogs, and National Parks. There's something for everyone.

• Posie Pots is a woman owned and black owned business producing self-watering plant pots in a variety of colors and styles. I received one as a gift, and it's the perfect blend of form and function.

Socks are for everyone, and Le Bon Shoppe has so many to choose from! I was shopping at a local small business and found this pair that looks great with trousers and loafers.

If you've got a golfer in the family, Seamas Golf has so many special items--like this wool club cover.

Golden Coil is unique among planner options, allowing you to design the components, order, and even style of blank pages. They have a Black Friday special going on now, and your gift will be ready to start 2026 off in style!

And don't forget the local pizzerias, coffee shops, restaurants, bakeries and more from which you can purchase gift cards for your family and friends!