'Tis the season for Googling "what to get my sister for Christmas" and reading through list upon list upon list of gift ideas.
I wanted to get in on the action, and create a list of very 蜜柚直播 gifts to give this holiday season (and beyond). Saguaro-shaped earrings, candles that smell like Mount Lemmon, stickers that remind you of home.
All of the listed items are made right here in 蜜柚直播, by some of our favorite artists. At the end, we'll list some additional resources 鈥 upcoming markets and brick and mortars 鈥 to spark your gift-giving inspiration even more, in case nothing on this list catches your eye.
(Also: shameless plug for #ThisIs蜜柚直播's new merch! We have 蜜柚直播-themed ornaments, shirts, mugs, hoodies and more. !)
Super detailed hand-painted hats
Robin Tenelshof, aka Little Leoni Paints, paints all of our favorite 蜜柚直播 icons on hats, denim jackets and shoes. You might find the neon sign at Pat's Chili Dogs hand-painted on a Panama hat, or maybe "A" Mountain on the top of some Vans shoes. She does custom hats, too!
Price:听The pictured hat is $100
Where to get it: . You can also follow Tenelshof on .
A disco ball that's actually shaped like a saguaro
A handmade discoguaro looking extra sparkly near a rainbow.
Dubbed discoguaros by听, these double-sided hanging saguaros are clad in mirror tiles. Tully started making them in 2020, and she now makes discoguaro earrings, too.
Price:听Depends, but available sizes are $75 and up
Where to get it:听, and in person at 蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
Earrings, earrings, earrings
Luna & Saya has many earring designs. Among them: these cute stacked saguaros.
If you're a frequent visitor to 蜜柚直播's artisan markets, you know earrings are a common find. Many artists draw inspiration from the Sonoran Desert, creating earrings shaped like saguaros. Here are some of them:
- 's stacked saguaro earrings
- 's cute saguaros in a lightbulb听
- 's glossy saguaros
- 's saguaro hoops
- 's sun-catcher saguaros
A candle that smells like Mount Lemmon
膧rya T膩r膩 makes several 蜜柚直播-inspired candles, including one that smells like Mount Lemmon.
膧rya T膩r膩 is home to hand-poured candles boasting scents like Mount Lemmon, monsoon, saguaro blossoms and prickly pear, among several other scents we love.
Price: $44 for an 8-ounce jar, $15 for a 3-ounce jar
Where to get it:听
Bonus candles: There are 蜜柚直播-themed candles at and , too.
A diffuser scent made with creosote bush
Sonoran Rosie has lots of desert-inspired products, including a monsoon diffuser scent and prickly pear lip balm.
Sonoran Rosie has a whole line of desert-inspired products, including a diffuser scent that's said to smell like monsoon, an herbal perfume made with creosote, and a prickly pear lip balm.
Price: The 2-ounce diffuser scent is $30
Where to get it: , or in person at 蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
An ABC book that takes you through 蜜柚直播's south side
Alex! Jimenez is the creator behind this seek-and-find alphabet book, which includes photos of South 蜜柚直播.
This is an alphabet book, sure, but it's also a photographic tour through 蜜柚直播's south side. Artist Alex! Jimenez photographed spots like Oasis Fruit Cones and 蜜柚直播 Palms Tinting for her book "Abecedario del Sur," asking kid readers to find letters of the alphabet in the photos.
Price: $22
Where to get it: . You can also find Jimenez's work at听蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
Bonus books: If you're looking for more 蜜柚直播-themed children's books, also check out Susan Lowell's and by Jennifer J. Stewart. Julie Originals has , too!
A lizard is riding a skateboard on these hats and shirts
How could you resist a reptile skateboarder on a hat? This cool design was made by Jos Par.
Maker Jos Par has some of the raddest designs, including this lil reptile friend skateboarding (on the shirts, the lizard is skating atop a prickly pear cactus). It's available on both hats and shirts, and there are a few other very 蜜柚直播 illustrations to choose from, too.
Price:听Hats are $20, shirts are $28
Where to get it: , and in person at听蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
Bonus clothing: If you're looking for more 蜜柚直播-centric clothing, check out ,听, , , and .
Stained glass in the shape of a cactus
A certified master gardener, Alexandra Berger Clamons of The Glass Desert enjoys translating plants into glass, like this handmade stained-glass succulent cactus.
If your gift recipient can't keep plants alive, maybe try stained glass in the shape of a plant instead 鈥 specifically, the shape of a cactus. The Glass Desert's Alexandra Berger Clamons sells potted cacti made of glass. There are saguaros, barrel cacti and blooming prickly pear.听
Price: Starting at $40
Where to get it: 听and in person at Pop Cycle,
All kinds of desert-inspired paper goods
Annotated Audrey sells prints, stickers, cards and more.
When you look through Annotated Audrey's website, there's a good chance you'll want one of everything. Audrey De La Cruz makes cards for every occasion, plus prints, stickers and ornaments. There are plenty of prints and cards flaunting our beautiful desert scenery, cards with an illustration of a saguaro wearing a Santa hat, and even "AZ Connections" prints, connecting your 蜜柚直播 self to your loved ones across the country.听
Price: Cards start at $3.99. Prints start at $11.99.
Where to get it: , and in person at听Pop Cycle,听
Handcrafted soap made with desert plants
The Oro Ind铆gena soap is a favorite among customers of Flowing Waters Soap Co.
makes bars of soap with traditional plant knowledge that has been passed down through generations of Yoeme matriarchs. Bracamonte uses plants like creosote bush, aloe vera and nopales to make the soap.听
Price: $12
Where to get it: , and in person at Galeria Mitotera,听
Bonus soaps: You can try other scents at Artemesia Soaps, Salts & Scrubs, located at ; or through or
A bolo tie with a desert critter
Heliotrope Metal is known for its metal jewelry, often sporting desert critters and cacti.
Spring Winders is the designer and metalsmith behind the masterpieces at Heliotrope Metal. You'll be able to find bolo ties, cufflinks and jewelry (bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings), sporting desert critters like javelinas, bats, snakes and tortoises. There are also bolo ties for the University of 蜜柚直播, and rings that simply have "蜜柚直播" sprawled across.
Price: Bolo ties start at $60
Where to get it: . In person at Pop Cycle,听; and 蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
Basically anything from Cactus Clouds Art
Find lots of 蜜柚直播-centric gifts by Cactus Clouds Art. Among them: stickers, prints, tote bags, shirts and more.
Serena Rios McRae makes tees, totes, stickers, keychains, prints and pins 鈥 many of which center 蜜柚直播. There's this hilarious "dry heat" sticker, plus beautiful watercolor prints that remind us to stand tall. She also makes a deck of 52 cards that feature "affirmations moms actually need." And recently, she's been intertwining Pok茅mon with 蜜柚直播, like Blastoise on the Tapat铆o logo.
Price: Stickers start at $3, prints start at $14
Where to get it: Fourth Avenue Street Fair, Dec. 9-11. You can also find creations at 蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
Retro-style prints of 蜜柚直播 icons
Vintage-style 蜜柚直播 cards created by RetroTrek.
What started as luggage tags has since blossomed into prints, postcards, magnets, journals and dish towels. You'll find RetroTrek Gifts' imagery of the 蜜柚直播 Inn, El Corral, El Con Mall and Lucky Wishbone.听
Price: Postcards start at $1.75, prints start at $12, luggage tags start at $3.95
Where to get it: , or in person at听.
Spicy versions of your loved one's favorite candy
Spicy Skittlez at Tanna's Botannas, 4426 S. Sixth Ave.听听
is known for their candies coated in a 20-spice blend, plus adorable keychain rim dips. Candies range from Skittles and Gushers to Peach Rings and gummy bears. I know of at least one person who would approve of this gift: our very own reporter Elvia Verdugo, who 鉂わ笍s spicy candy.
Price: Starts at $5
Where to get it: or in person at Tanna's location, 听Candies can also be found at stores around 蜜柚直播, see the .
Bonus candy: also sells spicy candies at several locations around town.听
Put together a bundle of seeds to plant
Pictured is Native Seeds/SEARCH鈥檚 conservation center.
Local nonprofit Native Seeds/SEARCH sells all kinds of seeds, perfect for your garden-loving friend. There's a monsoon collection that includes poppies, arugula and lemon basil, plus seeds for the Three Sisters (corn, beans and squash). The mission of Native Seeds/SEARCH is to "conserve and promote the arid-adapted crop diversity of the Southwest in support of sustainable farming and food security."
Price: Starts at $3.95
Where to get it: .
Possibly the most desert snow globe you'll ever see
Run to Why I Love Where I Live this holiday season for a saguaro snow globe!
Why I Love Where I Live is a complete hub for all things 蜜柚直播. There are shirts, stickers, books, candles and truly an endless amount of gift ideas. One of our favorite items in their shop this holiday season, though, are the snow globes that center our favorite saguaro giants.
Price: $36
Where to get it: Why I Love Where I Live in the MSA Annex, 听You can also purchase it .
Hang wildlife ornaments on the tree this year
Aall Forms of Life has a number of ornaments this holiday season, including this one of a baby javelina.
'Tis the season for gifting ornaments. Aall Forms of Life is headed by scientific illustrator and wildlife biologist Nathalie Aall. That means her drawings are accurate 鈥 and still super cute. In her Etsy shop, you'll find ornaments, notecards, prints and even a puzzle.
Price: Ornaments are $10, prints are $12
Where to get it: 听or in person at Pop Cycle,听;听and听蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
For the person who loves pan dulce
Taco Bout Crafting has adorable clay earrings, including these ones of conchas.听
Yes, those ARE little clay conchas. Taco Bout Crafting sells these ones, plus another set that are CONCHAS SHAPED AS HEARTS. She also has earrings shaped as cochitos, both as dangles and studs.听
Price: Studs are $10, dangles start at $12
Where to get it: , or in person at Galeria Mitotera,听
A very holographic saguaro paper weight
Watch now: Local maker Q.street Collective makes iridescent saguaro-shaped paperweights.
After experimenting with resin crafts in 2018, Q.street Collective was born. There's a whole "desert vibes" collection that features a beautiful iridescent saguaro-shaped paper weight, plus pill trays and phone grips.
Price: The iridescent paper weight is $48
Where to get it: .
Save your place with these desert-inspired bookmarks
Get the book lovers in your life a bookmark from Lil' Desert Doodles.
Lil' Desert Doodles is just that 鈥 lil desert doodles. Find them printed on bookmarks, greeting cards and tiny pins. The maker behind the shop, Hailey Dukart, calls herself an honorary desert rat and is inspired by the Sonoran Desert.
Price: Bookmarks are $5. A four-pack of cards is $15.
Where to get it: 听or in person at听蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
Very 蜜柚直播 tea towels
You can find 蜜柚直播-centric tea towels, stickers, prints and earrings from Juju & Moxie.
You may have seen Juju & Moxie at local markets. If you have, you've probably also seen the hordes of people crowding around maker听Rachel Rausch's holographic stickers and explicit tea towels. When the towels aren't quoting pop culture or saying something sassy, they're an ode to 蜜柚直播. A sunrise scene, sketches of saguaros, and the outlines of our neon signs. Juju & Moxie also has prints and postcards (on the back, you can fill out a听thermometer to tell your recipient how dang hot it is here).
Price: Tea towels are $14
Where to get it: , or in person at Pop Cycle,听
A pocket tee where the pocket is actually shaped like 蜜柚直播
Qmulative makes pocket tees 鈥 except the pockets are shaped like 蜜柚直播!听
Pocket tees are fine and dandy, but what if the pocket was shaped like the Grand Canyon state? That's what maker Qmulative does, sewing 蜜柚直播-shaped pockets onto T-shirts. The pockets themselves are uniquely 蜜柚直播, too, with fabrics showing zoomed-up saguaros or one with baby saguaros tucked into some canyons.听
Price: Starting at $30
Where to get it: , or in person at听Why I Love Where I Live in the MSA Annex,听; and Pop Cycle,听
Gift cards to your favorite places
Cruz, a 10-year-old mountain lion, sticks out its tongue while sunbathing on a ledge inside its enclosure inside the Mountain Woodland exhibit at the 蜜柚直播-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road.
When in doubt, get a听gift card or membership to a local spot. Here are some very 蜜柚直播 places to consider:
- , $71.10 for individuals.
- , $40 per car.
- Gift cards to .
- Gift cards to .
- Gift card to .
- Restaurants like 听and offer gift cards.
Upcoming markets
Cheryl D鈥橝mico, right, and her mother, Gert Sims, take in some art during the Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair in 2019.
Below are upcoming markets happening throughout 蜜柚直播, in which some of the above makers may be in attendance.听
- 听鈥 Friday-Sunday, Dec. 9-11, 10 a.m. to dusk. Hundreds of local and national artists at this popular biannual event along North Fourth Avenue.
- 听鈥 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Galeria Mitotera, 听Featuring eight makers.
- 听鈥 Friday-Sunday, Dec. 16-18 in the Mercado District, , with more than 60 makers. The market is 5-9 p.m. Friday (which also includes karaoke, cookie decorating and more holiday festivities), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Brick and mortars for 蜜柚直播-themed gifts
Creative Kind has endless gift options, including desert stocking stuffers sorted by recipient and a (pictured).
Looking for more 蜜柚直播-themed items? Here are some in-person shops.
- 蜜柚直播 Poppy,听
- Chingona 蜜柚直播,
- Creative Kind,
- Galeria Mitotera,听
- Pop Cycle,听
- Sabino Canyon's Visitor Center, .
- Tiny Town Gallery,听
- Why I Love Where I Live,听MSA Annex,听.