Our team put together a list of online shops worth your attention (and dollars). You\u2019ll score unique stuff and<\/em> know that you\u2019re helping an independent business stay afloat during these tough times. That\u2019s a win\/win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not your mama’s soap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lemonade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SoapD.jpg\")
Image by Courtney Laper Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nEver want to get clean, but also a little…dirty at the same time? These bespoke soaps from Chicago’s Soap Distillery<\/a> mimic some unconventional scents, from \u201cbeer + cigarettes\u201d to whiskey and absinthe. \u201cSmall batches,\u201d their slogan runs. \u201cNo hangovers.\u201d That’s some nice vice.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCanine streetwear & more<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
House Dogge<\/a> owner and designer Angela Medlin turned her passion project\u2014creating toys for her English bulldog Wubbi\u2014into a full-fledged, artisanal dog product brand. In other words, she\u2019s living the dream. <\/p>\n\n\n\nHeart-warming bonus alert: With each purchase from House Dogge, a percentage of sales are donated to nonprofits that are rescuing and healing sick, homeless, and neglected pups. It doesn\u2019t get much better than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jazz-inspired… candles?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lemonade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Harlemcandle.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAs their website explains, the Harlem Candle Company<\/a> is infused with a love of Harlem’s iconic 20th-century art and culture scene. How would the artistry of Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, or Langston Hughes translate into a scent? You’re about to find out. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe candles are handcrafted using a soy vegetable wax blend\u2014none of that offensive Yankee Candle junk in here\u2014and they also offer room sprays and reed diffusers. Splurge a little and you can get a swank gift set, pictured above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Kinda sorta relatively) affordable art!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lemonade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eve.jpg\")
A work by Eve Ackroyd, offered on Drawer for $400.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOriginal drawings and paintings are rarely going to be “cheap,” but Drawer<\/a> lets people with normal budgets own art\u2014and support emerging artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\nPlus, you never know which relatively unknown talent will be tomorrow’s superstar. In the site’s early days, they offered modestly priced paintings by Julie Curtiss, whose canvases are now selling for over $400,000 at auction. If you turned that kind of profit, you could almost afford art school yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheesy as hell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Imagine telling your great-great-grandfather that, someday, his descendants would be able to choose their favorite oddball cheese and have it shipped anywhere in the country, all with the click of a button. The 21st century can indeed be magical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Murray’s Cheese Bar<\/a> has been a must-visit spot for turophiles\u2014that\u2019s cheese lovers, of course\u2014for decades. Now that out-of-town visits to New York City are on pause, it\u2019s the perfect time to ship some dairy goodness to your uncle in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBy the book, buy the book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lemonade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/last-interview.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMelville House<\/a> publishes books that look great on your shelf, and also demand to be…you know…read<\/em>. They’ve got chic crime novels from around the world, an awesome interview series<\/a>, a massive bundle of perfectly designed novellas<\/a>, that omnipresent, hip totebag with a quote from ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener’<\/a>, and tons more.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCat, fancy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zz497KmiGGo\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCat Person<\/a> offers your feline friends health-conscious meal plans, plus extremely hip accessories. Looking for a gift for your hard-to-please, cat-loving graphic-designer friend? May we suggest the Mesa Bowl<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe brand is partnered with the Animal Care Centers of New York, donating their food and supplies to foster parents. And they’re also responsible for the heart-melting music video above, celebrating the joy of cat dads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh yeah, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t remind you that your cat is really, really hoping you get her Lemonade pet health insurance<\/a> this holiday season…<\/p>\n\n\n\nWood, many ways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Savannah at Savvie Studio<\/a> designs, laser cuts, and assembles all of her products in her home in Denton, Texas. Savvie offers super cute wood-crafted home decor, jewelry, air plants and planters, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDoobies for dads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lemonade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DadGrassUSE.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThese pre-rolled CBD cigarettes from Dad Grass<\/a> are legal in all 50 states, due to the teeny-tiny amount of THC included in them. You don’t have<\/em> to be a dad to enjoy them, but at least one still-trying-to-be-cool father on Team Lemonade can vouch for the relaxing awesomeness of these smokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMore art that doesn’t suck!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lemonade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bessoneamy-1024x1000.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArt world insiders are notoriously tough to impress… but an editioned work from Exhibition A<\/a> might just do the trick. Options include a social-justice-minded print from Marilyn Minter<\/a>, an artsy scarf by Amy Bessone<\/a> (pictured above), a gorgeous hand-embellished print by Riley Payne<\/a>, and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPlant nerd alert!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lemonade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tula.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWith plants, apparel, planters, and more, Tula Plants & Design<\/a> is dedicated to sourcing the most hard-to-find and extraordinary plant species, while also educating their patrons how to best care for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWant to score a haworthia kikuhigasa<\/em> or a tylecodon buchholzianus<\/em> for less than $30? You don’t even to have to pretend to know how to pronounce any of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSomething for everyone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ever want to get clean, but also a little…dirty at the same time? These bespoke soaps from Chicago’s Soap Distillery<\/a> mimic some unconventional scents, from \u201cbeer + cigarettes\u201d to whiskey and absinthe. \u201cSmall batches,\u201d their slogan runs. \u201cNo hangovers.\u201d That’s some nice vice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n House Dogge<\/a> owner and designer Angela Medlin turned her passion project\u2014creating toys for her English bulldog Wubbi\u2014into a full-fledged, artisanal dog product brand. In other words, she\u2019s living the dream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Heart-warming bonus alert: With each purchase from House Dogge, a percentage of sales are donated to nonprofits that are rescuing and healing sick, homeless, and neglected pups. It doesn\u2019t get much better than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As their website explains, the Harlem Candle Company<\/a> is infused with a love of Harlem’s iconic 20th-century art and culture scene. How would the artistry of Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, or Langston Hughes translate into a scent? You’re about to find out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The candles are handcrafted using a soy vegetable wax blend\u2014none of that offensive Yankee Candle junk in here\u2014and they also offer room sprays and reed diffusers. Splurge a little and you can get a swank gift set, pictured above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Original drawings and paintings are rarely going to be “cheap,” but Drawer<\/a> lets people with normal budgets own art\u2014and support emerging artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus, you never know which relatively unknown talent will be tomorrow’s superstar. In the site’s early days, they offered modestly priced paintings by Julie Curtiss, whose canvases are now selling for over $400,000 at auction. If you turned that kind of profit, you could almost afford art school yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine telling your great-great-grandfather that, someday, his descendants would be able to choose their favorite oddball cheese and have it shipped anywhere in the country, all with the click of a button. The 21st century can indeed be magical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Murray’s Cheese Bar<\/a> has been a must-visit spot for turophiles\u2014that\u2019s cheese lovers, of course\u2014for decades. Now that out-of-town visits to New York City are on pause, it\u2019s the perfect time to ship some dairy goodness to your uncle in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Melville House<\/a> publishes books that look great on your shelf, and also demand to be…you know…read<\/em>. They’ve got chic crime novels from around the world, an awesome interview series<\/a>, a massive bundle of perfectly designed novellas<\/a>, that omnipresent, hip totebag with a quote from ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener’<\/a>, and tons more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cat Person<\/a> offers your feline friends health-conscious meal plans, plus extremely hip accessories. Looking for a gift for your hard-to-please, cat-loving graphic-designer friend? May we suggest the Mesa Bowl<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n The brand is partnered with the Animal Care Centers of New York, donating their food and supplies to foster parents. And they’re also responsible for the heart-melting music video above, celebrating the joy of cat dads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh yeah, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t remind you that your cat is really, really hoping you get her Lemonade pet health insurance<\/a> this holiday season…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Savannah at Savvie Studio<\/a> designs, laser cuts, and assembles all of her products in her home in Denton, Texas. Savvie offers super cute wood-crafted home decor, jewelry, air plants and planters, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These pre-rolled CBD cigarettes from Dad Grass<\/a> are legal in all 50 states, due to the teeny-tiny amount of THC included in them. You don’t have<\/em> to be a dad to enjoy them, but at least one still-trying-to-be-cool father on Team Lemonade can vouch for the relaxing awesomeness of these smokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Art world insiders are notoriously tough to impress… but an editioned work from Exhibition A<\/a> might just do the trick. Options include a social-justice-minded print from Marilyn Minter<\/a>, an artsy scarf by Amy Bessone<\/a> (pictured above), a gorgeous hand-embellished print by Riley Payne<\/a>, and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With plants, apparel, planters, and more, Tula Plants & Design<\/a> is dedicated to sourcing the most hard-to-find and extraordinary plant species, while also educating their patrons how to best care for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to score a haworthia kikuhigasa<\/em> or a tylecodon buchholzianus<\/em> for less than $30? You don’t even to have to pretend to know how to pronounce any of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCanine streetwear & more<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Jazz-inspired… candles?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n(Kinda sorta relatively) affordable art!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Cheesy as hell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
By the book, buy the book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCat, fancy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Wood, many ways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Doobies for dads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMore art that doesn’t suck!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPlant nerd alert!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSomething for everyone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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