We love a peculiar Pete or Penny in our lives because they simply make gift shopping that bit more exciting. Now, we can simply make our lives easy b getting them a voucher or we can really lean into the problem of it all and go scouring.
Tea Ceremony
There is nothing quite as indulgent as a tea ceremony especially in one’s private parlour, it is a time for one’s own self, time taken for self care and reflective moments or simply shutting the world out for some downtime. It is such a particular gift and very few people are averse to tea. With these staples you are putting on the ceremony for them.
A Good Morning
A rare find that may or may not involve the price tag. Replicating Europe’s, particularly, France’s cafe culture these special match boxes have been handcrafted to evoke nostalgia and a particular memory.
A Good Morning
A good morning routine involves a slowness to start and an indulgence in making one’s morning brew like a pour over coffee, that first perfect cup to set us up for the day.
Art Print
When in doubt buy them some art and not any random piece a la Live, Love, Laugh but something especial and unique from an artist they are less inclined to have heard about but whose work will carry the test of time. Studio Museum Harlem has a few of those artist knocking about and who knows, if you’re lucky you might find the one off piece at the right price.
Gullah Recipes
I have been obsessed with the Gullah culture for a while now, having seen an episode of High on The Hog on Netflix. This goes beyond food, it is about culture and our wider stories.
These are the people that leave you scrambling until the very last minute, running ragged in the West End because nothing online works. Some years its all done two weeks before Christmas and other days, its till the last second of the clock’s strike. If none of these works a voucher for an all you can eat buffet just might because ya know, we all gotta eat.