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Pick up the perfect gift at these 53 stores you’ll find only in L.A.
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Los Angeles is one of those cities with a fantastic collection of small, independently-owned alternatives to big box stores. So, if you’re looking for a thoughtful gift for a discerning friend or loved one, you must hit Abbott Kinney, Sunset Boulevard, York, or a weekend flea market for something special.
So why not do something great and support a small business in Los Angeles this year? We have made it easy for you by compiling a list of more than 40 independent stores where you can shop for gifts in person this holiday season. As with our lists of Black-, AAPI-, Latino- and women-owned businesses, this is not meant to be a definitive list but a way to highlight small businesses in Los Angeles.
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Acorn Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock Gift Store
Packed with houseplants, ceramics and casual apparel, Erin and Laura Tanaka’s Eagle Rock store is a celebration of California indoor-outdoor living. In addition to some statement jewelry, the store features a refreshing variety of accessories that won’t break the bank: Maison Louis Marie and Plant the Box soy candles, Enzo olive oil and crystals. With Chilewich mats for the home, chic water bottles, OLO fragrances and a wide assortment of greeting cards, the store offers something for everyone.
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Alchemy Works
Playa Vista Gift Store
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Several years after opening Alchemy Works in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles, husband and wife Raan and Lindsay Parton added a showroom in Newport Beach as well as locations in Northern California. The stylish showrooms are designed to feel like a well-appointed home where vintage furnishings mix with handwoven linens by Heather Taylor Home, bedding by Morrow Soft Goods, market bags by Apolis and jewelry by many woman-owned brands. Creative director Raan Parton describes it as “a California edit on everything.” Each showroom has a unique atmosphere that reflects its neighborhood. The downtown Signal location at 821 Traction Ave. features vintage clothing, jewelry, and fine art. In contrast, the Newport Beach store has a relaxed beach feel, with bohemian dresses, sun hats, and sandals.
Burro
Venice Gift Store
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Erinn Berkson’s lifestyle store radiates an independent spirit among the many brand-name retailers on trendy Abbot Kinney Boulevard. Perhaps it’s because Berkson opened Burro, which she says takes its name from the “hard-working, loyal burro pioneering across the desert landscape carrying goods from all over,” in 1999, long before Abbot Kinney became a tourist destination.
The sunny boutique is curated to suit everyone on your gift list: Cookbooks and pretty boxes of tinned fish for foodies, games and books for kids, jewelry, hats and casual clothing for women, home goods and ladybug gardens for gardeners and fabulous stationery and cards for everyone. The store features many local brands, including Flamingo Estate, Brightland, jewelry labels Chan Luu and Victoria Cunningham Jewelry, skin-care and olive oil brand Wonder Valley.
The sunny boutique is curated to suit everyone on your gift list: Cookbooks and pretty boxes of tinned fish for foodies, games and books for kids, jewelry, hats and casual clothing for women, home goods and ladybug gardens for gardeners and fabulous stationery and cards for everyone. The store features many local brands, including Flamingo Estate, Brightland, jewelry labels Chan Luu and Victoria Cunningham Jewelry, skin-care and olive oil brand Wonder Valley.
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Cici ’n Tux
Glendale Gift Store
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A few blocks from the Americana shopping mall in Glendale, Arax Hoonanian has opened a gift shop devoted to handmade products from around the world, including many female-owned businesses. Hoonanian stocks natural skincare lines such as Real Fruit Body, plus jewelry, soaps, candles that can be re-purposed as lotion, barware and insulated backpacks you can take to the Hollywood Bowl. Hoonanian’s bespoke inclinations don’t stop with her vendors. On a recent visit, she offered to create a custom gift box from any retail items in the store.
Clover
South Pasadena Gift Store
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Clover relocated to South Pasadena in June after 17 years in Silver Lake, and now owners Nicole Lopez and Daniel Galindo are once again supporting small independent brands in their bright new shop.
During a recent trip to the store, they had pretty quilted dopp kits, premium denim from Citizens of Humanity, clothing from the Los Angeles-based brand Project Social T, a wide range of bath and body products, and coffee-table books including a number of good cookbooks.
The boutique has something to suit every budget as well as everybody — something Galindo said they have tried to do from Day One, from housewares to jewelry and with a section dedicated to children.
During a recent trip to the store, they had pretty quilted dopp kits, premium denim from Citizens of Humanity, clothing from the Los Angeles-based brand Project Social T, a wide range of bath and body products, and coffee-table books including a number of good cookbooks.
The boutique has something to suit every budget as well as everybody — something Galindo said they have tried to do from Day One, from housewares to jewelry and with a section dedicated to children.
Dekor
Atwater Village Gift Store
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Swedish-born interior designer Isabelle Dahlin’s showrooms in Atwater Village and Ojai are filled with vintage furnishings, colorful Turkish kilims and pillows, candles, clothing and jewelry and her own line of custom furniture. Shop for gifts at her second location in Ojai at 105 S. Montgomery St.
D.L. Rhein
Palms Gift Store
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D.L. Rhein, which opened in 2006, is the brainchild of Deborah Rhein, who began by crafting unique accessories at home. She expanded over the years into full-scale design and retail. “I love collecting and hunting for beautiful objects,” Rhein says, “old, new, antique and vintage.” For more than 10 years the store has been stocked with a varied mix of hostess gifts, jewelry and furniture, with a special focus now on serving ware and home products. During the holidays, the store features a wide variety of fun ornaments that depict people from RBG to AOC and David Bowie.
Flowerboy Project
Venice Gift Store
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With Flowerboy Project, which is equal parts coffeehouse, florist and gift shop, partners Sean Knibb and Stella Shirinda have created an intriguing space that offers a feel-good mix for all the senses. On Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, the concept cafe and flower shop offers apparel, jewelry, Venice Organics chocolate, home decor and apothecary items alongside fresh-cut and dried floral arrangements. The cafe serves hot and cold coffee drinks, plus a few specialty drinks such as the Dirty Rose Girl (rose latte) and Lavender Boy (lavender latte), served with flowers on top. Custom flower arrangements are offered at prices ranging from $90 to $175.
Open daily, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open daily, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
General Store
Venice Gift Store
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Since 2012, this Venice boutique has been a local favorite for its focus on local artists and makers. You’ll find ceramics by Victoria Morris, Heather Levine and Mt. Washington Pottery, tie-dyed socks and handwoven napkins from All Roads Studio in Joshua Tree, Bodha Vibration Perfume Oil, Wonder Valley body products, morel-shaped candles from Happy Organics. Everything here feels special, from one of a kind vintage jewelry and clothing and books to Annie Raysse’s dotted ceramic mugs, super-soft cashmere sweaters and beanies, wooden cutting boards and baskets.
The Give Store
Hollywood Gift Store
The Give Store is an indie boutique that offers handmade goods, ceramics, fragrances and incense from France, Japan and Mexico. In addition to housewares and gifts, the store stocks a variety of houseplants, succulents and planters. The store also offers gift boxes comprising popular items from the store.
Gold Bug Pasadena
Pasadena Gift Store
Shop for quirky one-of-a-kind collectibles — fossils, trilobite specimens, framed butterflies, and more — at this family-run store inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe short story “The Gold Bug,” in which an enchanted gold scarab beetle leads the way to buried pirates’ treasure. Located in a bustling shopping district in Old Town Pasadena, Gold Bug features works by more than 100 artists, including botanical prints, contemporary jewelry and odd collectibles. Described by owners Stacey Coleman, his wife Shelley Kimball, and daughter Theodora Coleman as “a contemporary cabinet of curiosities,” the store’s offerings range from handmade lighting by Altadena artist Evan Chambers costing thousands of dollars to giant squid and butterfly punch-out puzzle kits made of birch plywood and mini bejeweled crowns that start at $15.
Greenwood Shop
Studio City Gift Store
Situated on a bustling retail strip in Studio City in what longtime locals will remember as Mark’s Tropical Fish, Greenwood Shop offers a nice mix of plants along with ceramics, hand poured candles and incense, home decor and apothecary items by local makers. “My goal is to provide unique gifts for yourself and others,” says owner Kate Nelson. “My focus is on home goods, including one-of-a-kind locally made pottery, jewelry (much of which is created by Southern California women designers such as Maddalena Bearzi, Margaret Solow and Lili T.), apothecary and more. We also have a very extensive collection of ornaments for the holidays.” Keep an eye on the store’s Instagram account for a block party and holiday sale hosted with some of the other businesses on the street. In addition to houseplants, which are available for local delivery via Door Dash and Uber Eats, the store also offers custom succulent planters.
Household by Nickey Kehoe
Fairfax Gift Store
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Interior designers Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe’s Household showroom, located next door to their home furnishings store, offers pottery, candles, plants, locally made apothecary items, books and the brand’s signature bedding and pillows.
House of Intuition
Echo Park Gift Store
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You can’t help but smile when you walk into Marlene Vargas and Alex Naranjo’s longtime metaphysical store and are greeted by a sign that reads, “Your Intuition Led You Here.” Even the most cynical gift recipient will find it hard to resist a manifestation candle or a specialized energy box for their zodiac sign. You’ll also find organic essential oil kits, crystals and candles.
There are additional locations in L.A. County: 7449 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood; 14520 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks; and 5018 E. 2nd St., Long Beach.
There are additional locations in L.A. County: 7449 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood; 14520 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks; and 5018 E. 2nd St., Long Beach.
The House of Woo
Downtown L.A. Retail
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In the Arts District across the street from Hauser & Wirth art gallery, Staci Woo and Mike Badt’s gift shop and studio offers clothing and home goods produced in their workroom in the back. The husband-and-wife’s Uplifters Ranch, a California lifestyle clothing line that includes baseball caps, cozy unisex sweats and T-shirts, has a California beach vibe. Additionally, the designers stock napkins, matching sets, including pajamas and other clothing items. On a recent visit to the downtown L.A. shop, gifts by local makers filled the storefront, including woven cabana pouches in colorful strips, crystals, apothecary goods, straw beach hats and jewelry. Keep in mind that many items, such as sweatshirts and t-shirts can be personalized for holiday gift giving.
Huset
Venice Gift Store
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With an emphasis on Scandinavian design, Huset stocks colorful textiles from tea towels to throw blankets, home decor including glassware and cutting boards, jewelry, clothing and kids’ items by more than 60 designers.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, there’s always the self-serve Swedish candy and savory snacks.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, there’s always the self-serve Swedish candy and savory snacks.
Late Sunday Afternoon
Venice Gift Store
All the scarves, ascots, pocket squares, and bandanas in this Venice store are handcrafted from locally sourced dead-stock fabrics and are knotted and blessed. The store also offers home goods, books, hats and hoodies, baby blankets, candles, jewelry and custom requests. “Our vision is that through the scarves we remind each other to take a moment each day to bless ourselves and to speak kinder to ourselves,” says head of operations and growth Deanna Jubran .”It’s a message we are working to spread with each and every one of our guests.”
LA Homefarm
Glassell Park Gift Store
At their Glassell Park neighborhood grocery and farmer’s market called LA Homefarm, Lauri Kranz and Dean Kuipers offer everything from high-end gifts to organic produce, pantry items, flowers from local growers and wine.
Shopping is fun here, whether you’re looking for art, truffle oil, handcrafted ceramics by local potters or one-of-a-kind vintage goods. If you can’t decide on a gift, Kranz and the staff are incredibly helpful at creating custom gift baskets that will leave their recipients swooning or, in my friend’s case, with happy tears.
Shopping is fun here, whether you’re looking for art, truffle oil, handcrafted ceramics by local potters or one-of-a-kind vintage goods. If you can’t decide on a gift, Kranz and the staff are incredibly helpful at creating custom gift baskets that will leave their recipients swooning or, in my friend’s case, with happy tears.
Lake
Silver Lake Gift Store
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This high-end clothing store offers beautiful bohemian pieces by independent brands such as Xirena, Apiece Apart and Toit Volant, and many gift items are available on shelves and tables throughout the space. In addition to jewelry by Los Angeles-based Jennie Kwon, be sure to check out the back room where the store stocks apothecary goods by Circular Living and Living Libations, robes by Block Shop Textiles and gifts for kids.
It’s easy to make a day of it on this stretch of Silver Lake Boulevard, with Now Voyager and Müsh across the street, OK down the block and Botanica Restaurant and Market next door.
It’s easy to make a day of it on this stretch of Silver Lake Boulevard, with Now Voyager and Müsh across the street, OK down the block and Botanica Restaurant and Market next door.
Lost & Found
Hollywood Gift Store
Owner Jamie Rosenthal opened Lost & Found in 2000 as a single storefront on Yucca Street in Hollywood. Now, she has six storefronts and a Santa Monica showroom that offers men’s and women’s clothing, home goods, accessories and children’s clothes and furniture from around the world. Currently open by appointment. Santa Monica showroom is located at 2230 Main Street. (310) 450-9565 for clothing; (310) 450-9782 for home goods.
Luca
Highland Park Gift Store
In an effort to create a nontoxic, sustainable alternative to commercial drugstores, Judith Goldstein opened what she describes as “a clean grocery store,” filled with nontoxic nail polish, skincare, pet goods and house cleaning products. Many of the independent low-waste brands, such as Fat and the Moon, Yassi’s Butta and 123 Farm are based in L.A. and California.
In 2026, Luca opened a second location at 3608 Edenhurst Ave., in Atwater Village.
In 2026, Luca opened a second location at 3608 Edenhurst Ave., in Atwater Village.
Marz
South Pasadena Gift Store
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Jasa Cocke’s South Pasadena gift shop is stocked with unusual items, including books, candles, papers, hand-milled French soaps, textiles from India, baby accessories, games, toys and vintage finds. Located on a charming stretch of specialty stores along Mission Street in South Pasadena, treat yourself to an espresso at Two Kids Coffee, a few doors down, to fortify you while you shop.
Maude Woods
Pasadena Gift Store
Carrie Davich’s Pasadena store focuses on home goods, but you’ll also find a mix of one-of-a-kind antiques, new furnishings and unique décor. The selection includes pillows, throws, kitchen and bath items, candles and vintage jewelry. During the holidays, the store features lots of festive decorations and offers free gift wrapping.
Merchant
Santa Monica Vintage store
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Walking into Merchant in Santa Monica is like walking into an artist’s enclave packed with vintage furniture, antiques, contemporary ceramics and art.
“I wanted it to look like a house,” says co-owner Denise Portmans, who runs the store, along with an Atwater Village location, with her artist daughter Sara Marlowe Hall. “I like things that are a little unusual.”
The stores pay tribute to Portmans’ mother, who was an artist and ceramicist. Inside, you’ll find Midcentury Modern furniture, vintage Moroccan rugs, contemporary ceramics from Paris and Italy, and pieces by local artists like Heather Rosenman and All Roads Studio. When I visited the Atwater Village location recently, the selection included ceramics by Raina Lee and Katie Thompson, vintage lamps and rugs, jewelry and original art. Around the holidays, Marlowe Hall said she likes to offer artworks for under $200. “I want everyone to be able to walk out of here with something,” she said.
The second showroom, Merchant Modern East, is at 3127 Glendale Blvd. in Atwater Village.
“I wanted it to look like a house,” says co-owner Denise Portmans, who runs the store, along with an Atwater Village location, with her artist daughter Sara Marlowe Hall. “I like things that are a little unusual.”
The stores pay tribute to Portmans’ mother, who was an artist and ceramicist. Inside, you’ll find Midcentury Modern furniture, vintage Moroccan rugs, contemporary ceramics from Paris and Italy, and pieces by local artists like Heather Rosenman and All Roads Studio. When I visited the Atwater Village location recently, the selection included ceramics by Raina Lee and Katie Thompson, vintage lamps and rugs, jewelry and original art. Around the holidays, Marlowe Hall said she likes to offer artworks for under $200. “I want everyone to be able to walk out of here with something,” she said.
The second showroom, Merchant Modern East, is at 3127 Glendale Blvd. in Atwater Village.
Midland Shop
Culver City Gift Store
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Paige Appel and Kelly Harris’ boutique spotlights local designers, including bags by Agnes Baddoo, casual clothes by Rachel Craven, jewelry by Maya Brenner, organic skincare products by Salt and Stone and hair products by La Tierra Sagrada. There is also a dedicated kids’ section. On Dec. 7-8, 2024, the store will host its third annual holiday market at the Revery, offering unique goods from local makers.
Müsh
Silver Lake Gift Store
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Michelle van der Heijden’s small shop is filled with great gift ideas, including cookbooks, vintage jewelry, crystals and ceramics. She also offers vintage furniture online and has recently added a few vintage clothing pieces, which you can check out on the sidewalk. The shop is just a short walk from L&E Oyster Bar, Le Mill Coffee, Besito and Botanica, making it easy to grab a bite before or after you shop.
NicSon Mercantile
Highland Park Gift Store
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In York Boulevard’s hip shopping district, NicSon Mercantile is part retail store, part design studio built on the Sonny Boy brand. It’s a great place to pick up limited-edition merchandise for the creative soul in your life. The store stocks art, clothing, jewelry, home goods and greeting cards by local brands Estevan Oriol, Mike Giant, Tristan Eaton, Risk Rock, Gustavo Rimada, Lizz Lopez, Spitfire Girl, Bandits and P.F. Candle Co.
Now Voyager
Silver Lake Gift Store
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At her cozy Silver Lake store, Now Voyager, Los Angeles interior designer Wendy Haworth offers pillows, vintage ceramics, home decor and ceramics that she and designer Michael Towey throw in a ceramics studio behind the shop. Haworth plans to use her Silver Lake Boulevard space as a design studio and gift shop, with an ever-changing inventory of vintage pieces, art and accessories. It’s open by appointment.
OK
West Hollywood Gift Store
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Larry Schaffer’s lifestyle store, now in several locations, offers a wide range of gifts spanning handmade jewelry and books to Heather Rosenman ceramics, barware and decorative housewares. On a recent visit, Schaffer’s keen eye for unique gifts, such as the pot holders and $10 milagros hearts made from fabric scraps by Christina Kim’s Dosa, were on display. In a nice touch, the store offers pre-wrapped grab and go gifts during the holidays.
Other locations are at 1716 Silver Lake Blvd. in Silver Lake and 2413 Main St. in Santa Monica.
Other locations are at 1716 Silver Lake Blvd. in Silver Lake and 2413 Main St. in Santa Monica.
Phoebe Peacock
Burbank Gift Store
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The parasols hanging from the ceiling at Jennifer Hardaway’s charming Burbank gift shop are your first indication that you will find something fun and unexpected inside. Hardway offers a wide variety of goods including her own line of KleanSpa perfume and body products (you can even book a session and create your custom scent based on your personal selections), vintage glassware, candles, incense and home decor. On a recent visit, the store featured an entire wall devoted to tea, including specialty looseleaf types, vintage tea cups, honey sticks and other tea-themed gifts.
Poketo
Santa Monica Gift Store
Founded in 2003 by husband-and-wife team Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung, the design accessories and housewares brand has grown from a small startup into a mainstay of the Los Angeles creative community. Shop for colorful paper planners and notebooks, clothes and housewares, jewelry and desk accessories. There is also a location at Row DTLA, 777 S. Alameda St. #174
DTLA. (213) 372 - 5686
DTLA. (213) 372 - 5686
Prelude & Dawn
Highland Park Gift Store
Alison Ables’ Highland Park boutique, named for a jazzy song by the English drummer and composer Basil Kirchin, includes unique handmade candles by Esh, Via Wax and Le Feu de L’Eau, fanny packs and towels by local brand Baggu. Located on a bustling stretch of Figueroa, the store also features a selection of vintage and secondhand clothing.
Prism Boutique
Long Beach Gift Store
Since opening her boutique in the historic Belmont Heights area of Long Beach in 2013, Dayna Mance has promoted independently owned small businesses. The store carries modern clothing, accessories and home products from local designers such as Salt and Stone, Lisa Says Gah and Paradigm Design, which is based in Long Beach. She also has a range of vintage clothing obtained in Los Angeles for the person on your gift list who enjoys thrifting.
Pygmy Hippo Shoppe
Fairfax Gift Store
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Founded in 2010, Pygmy Hippo is an irreverent boutique where you can shop for “Nude and Naughty” gift sets, zodiac and magic-minded items, vintage collectibles and rare books and zines. On a recent visit, we spotted a Raymond Chandler Map of Los Angeles, vintage hand-painted ashtrays from the 1940’s and Viewmaster reels alongside “Mystery Bags” for $18 filled with a mix of new and vintage items (not appropriate for children) and a surplus of fun greeting cards and jewelry.
Retreat
Pasadena Gift Store
At her warm and inviting Pasadena boutique, Diane Staples encourages visitors to shop and try on all the jewelry they’d like with no obligation or pressure. Her specialty store focuses on artisanal goods that you won’t find elsewhere. On a recent visit to the Holly Street store, unique gifts included handcrafted monster soap that shrinks until you find a monster at the end, Mercury Retrograde kits, handstamped vintage silver-plated spoons and reliquary boxes made of copper.
Also located at 950 Mission St. in South Pasadena.
Also located at 950 Mission St. in South Pasadena.
Rolling Greens
Culver City Drought-tolerant plants
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This flagship garden and home design store in Culver City covers 2 acres and features a wide range of indoor and outdoor plants, succulents, planters and home decor. Owners Greg Salmeri and Laurie Resnick search the globe for unique home and garden items and offer an Arrangement Bar where shoppers can make their own personalized arrangements. The store becomes especially festive during the holidays, with glittering decorated trees, topiaries, wreaths — both real and faux — and a large selection of unique ornaments, holiday decorations, and specialty gifts.
Also at 7505 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles
Also at 7505 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles
Rustic Charm & Petals
San Pedro Gift Store
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Sandy DeJesus’ charming boutique in downtown San Pedro is inspired by the family-owned flea markets and boutiques she frequented as a youth in El Paso and Juárez, Mexico, with her grandmother.
DeJesus offers a fine selection of jewelry and home goods alongside ceramics, apparel, candles and San Pedro-themed merchandise. In addition to floral arrangements, she also offers a three-month-long flower subscription.
DeJesus offers a fine selection of jewelry and home goods alongside ceramics, apparel, candles and San Pedro-themed merchandise. In addition to floral arrangements, she also offers a three-month-long flower subscription.
Shout and About
Echo Park Gift Store
Tamara and Russell Houghten’s tiny Echo Park store is an urban oasis jam-packed with gifts by local brands and independent makers as well as Compartes chocolates, kids goods and jewelry. Always a reliable source for terrific greeting cards, the store also stocks a selection of stunning potted plants.
Soap Plant/Wacko
Los Feliz Gift Store
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Since 1971, Billy Shire’s gift shop on Hollywood Boulevard has been a beloved part of the community, offering an eclectic range of pop-culture ephemera (Iggy Pop action figures), novelties (beetles in resin), housewares (colorful oil cloth) and gifts (hedgehog nail brushes). Parts bookstore, soap shop, art gallery and gift shop, the 6,500 square foot store features light-hearted inventory, from Yayoi Kusama puzzles to toilet lights and Mini Twister with finger socks games, that will put a smile on your face as you shop.
Spitfire Girl
Los Feliz Gift Store
Kristin Scott’s long-standing store is a haven for unique gifts, from mystical ritual kits to handcrafted fragrances and home goods with a humorous edge (heart lamps and turn-of-the-century-inspired embroidered pillows). Scott also offers a diverse range of custom gift boxes, from the Great Outdoors to the Witches’ Spell. It’s a great place to shop for stocking stuffers like True Crime Trivia, Emergency Eyebrows, or tiny Tarot decks and enamel pins, as well as unique cards and gifts for kids. If you’re shopping for someone hard to please, Scott’s store offers a variety of options. (Gift wrapping too).
Stark Studio
Silver Lake Gift Store
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Stark Studio, a Silver Lake place specializing in face and body services like waxing, has a delightful gift shop in front that offers goods from mostly local makers. The selection of apothecary items, jewelry, kids’ items and accessories includes Los Angeles-based brands Wild Yonder Botanicals, Maya Brenner, Carrie Hoffman, Kin & Kind and Maptote.
Sumi’s
Los Feliz Gift Store
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Store owner Sumi Siegel’s warm and inviting gift shop, in Los Feliz Village since 2014, specializes in handmade and small-production goods that are ethically made. Stop by Sumi’s after catching a movie at the Los Feliz 3 or shopping at Skylight Books or one of Vermont Avenue’s many independent stores, and you’ll find jewelry, cards, ceramics and original artworks, including Polaroids of neighborhood dogs. Bonus: Store staff have been known to pass out dog treats.
Tansy
Burbank Plant Shop
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In addition to plants, Tansy owners Shawna Christian and Colette Fowler offer bohemian home goods with flair: colorful fair-trade garlands, plants, metal bells, mobiles, pom-poms and suncatchers. “It’s all about color, plants and fabrics,” says Christian. “I am trying to perfect the art of being insanely creative without being claustrophobic.”
Tansy also hosts various community events, from sound baths to educational workshops on rose care. It recently added Brenden Davis-Ortiz’s Kaleido Coffee trailer, which serves Stereoscope coffee and Spirit Tea from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday on the patio outside the plant store. In addition to exotic brews such as banana joie and toasted hazelnut lattes, the coffee cart serves pastries. If you stop by for coffee before the store opens, don’t worry — you can still enjoy the California native plants and succulents on the patio while sitting at one of the picnic tables.
Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Tansy also hosts various community events, from sound baths to educational workshops on rose care. It recently added Brenden Davis-Ortiz’s Kaleido Coffee trailer, which serves Stereoscope coffee and Spirit Tea from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday on the patio outside the plant store. In addition to exotic brews such as banana joie and toasted hazelnut lattes, the coffee cart serves pastries. If you stop by for coffee before the store opens, don’t worry — you can still enjoy the California native plants and succulents on the patio while sitting at one of the picnic tables.
Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Tesoro
Beverly Hills Gift Store
Replete with artist-made decor objects, hand-crafted bath essentials and out-of-the-box gift ideas for the person who has everything, Tara Riceberg’s shop also offers gifts for babies, kids, and pets and in-house, hand-painted wrapping paper.
Tortoise General Store
Venice Gift Store
Keiko and Taku Shinomoto opened Tortoise General Store in 2003 with a “slow and steady” design philosophy. The Mar Vista showroom offers a curated selection of timeless Japanese home goods, including Hasami Porcelain tableware, hinoki essentials, tea kettles, and colorful 100% cotton Tenugui cloths. The store also offers apparel by Los Angeles-based Prospective Flow, as well as vintage pottery, and has recently started offering natural wines from Japan.
Twig and Willow
Long Beach Gift Store
Karen Quimby Lobo opened Twig & Willow in 2009 in the Belmont Heights neighborhood of Long Beach and later opened a second location in Bixby Knolls. Expect boho apparel, rare bath and body products, cult fragrances, home decor, handmade leather, accessories, baby items, and handmade jewelry by more than 60 local artists. Also at 4130 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, (562) 424-8944.
Wildflora
Studio City Plant Shop
This full-service florist shop offers houseplants, succulents and tillandsia and aeriums, along with home decor such as pillows and candles. You can also build your own gift box from a wide assortment of products including candles, candies, books and floral arrangements.
Yolk
Silver Lake Gift Store
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This tiny independent design store in the heart of Silver Lake’s Sunset Junction specializes in home decor, toys and apparel for kids, and gifts by local brands such as P.F. Candle and Boy Smells. Toys and home goods include Marimekko designs, Calico Critters toys, coffee table books and witty salt and pepper shakers.
Also at 3191 Glendale Blvd., Atwater Village.
Also at 3191 Glendale Blvd., Atwater Village.
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