If you’re looking for gift ideas for the year ahead and want to choose Canadian, here are a few examples of items by Canadian artisans and entrepreneurs.
We have plenty of new stock on order due to arrive in coming weeks and months ~ keep watching our social feeds and newsletters for updates. We appreciate your engagement more than you know!
Happy planning!
~ Brenda
Avant-Garden’s Great Canadian Shopping List
| Beer glasses, ON (Artech Studios) |
| Bird feeders, ON (PYP designs) |
| Bird houses, ON (Salt Box Shoppe, PYP designs) |
| Concrete garden sculptures, ON (Rosebank Studios) |
| Cooling ties, BC (Practical Design) |
| Craft items, NS (Genius Premium Craft sewing kits, Hook, Line and Tinker embroidery kits), BC (Studiostone Soapstone carving kits) |
| Fused glass ornaments and birds, ON (Kathy Evans Steers) |
| Garden weeding tools, Garden Bandit and Telesco-Weeder, BC (Landmark Innovations) |
| Garden hats BC (DCP designs), ON (Puffin Gear, Mad Cap hats, Tilley) |
| Glass coasters, ON (Henni Originals) |
| Glass orbs and hearts, ON (Kitras Art Glass) |
| Goat milk soap, ON (Crosswind Farm) |
| Greeting cards, NS (Sarah Duggan), ON (Cori Lee Marvin, Mark Nadjiwan, Patricia Gray, Keepsake Studio, Out on a Whim) |
| Hand woven dishcloths, SK (Scarlett Dahlia Artistry) |
| Jewellery, ON (A Slice of the North, Isabelyn Designs) |
| Metal garden art, BC (Anvil Island Design, Ruggid Coast), ON (Murals in Metal, Dog Bite Steel, Metallic Evolution) |
| Pewter, NS (Amos Pewter, Basic Spirit), ON (Watson Pewter) |
| Pottery, ON (Richard Mund) ON |
| Pottery mugs and trays, SK (Susan Robertson Pottery) |
| Pottery mugs, ON (Cathy Allen) |
| Soy wax candles, ON (Primrose Lane) |
| Switch plate covers, ON (All Fired Up!) |
| Wind chimes, NS (Foxbrae Windchimes), PEI (Island Winds) |
| Wooden ornaments, NS (Wood Designs by Arbour) |