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Women-Owned Finds: Home Decor, Accessories & Gifts Made by Women
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items Objects with a story - colorful home decor, jewelry, clothes, paper goods and small treasures from women-owned brands and independent makers. Things with personality, things made by actual humans, and a few things I absolutely did not need until I sa...
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Home Decor
Accessories & Jewelry
Clothes
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Home Decor
Colorful home decor from women-owned brands and independent makers - mirrors, lighting, textiles and objects that make a room considerably less beige.
A mirror that has apparently decided being rectangular was far too conventional. Cow print, wavy edges and enough personality to make the rest of the wall reconsider its choices.
Cow Print Wavy Mirror, Hand-Painted Clay Retro Decor
For rooms suffering from an entirely unnecessary shortage of pink, orange and curves. Technically a mirror; functionally a small piece of cheerful chaos.
Pink & Orange Marbling Wavy Mirror
Because apparently even cutlery can have a postmodern phase. Strange, graphic and exactly the sort of object people will ask about before they ask how you are.
Oversized Checkerboard Cutlery Mirror Set
One from my shop. Cherries, pink, red and enough pop-art energy to rescue a wall that has been behaving far too sensibly.
Cherry Bomb – Retro Pop Art in Pink and Red Art Board Print
A remarkably unnecessary improvement to something you touch every day. Which, now that I think about it, is a fairly good argument for buying it.
Red & Pink Retro Wavy Light Switch Cover
For the four photos where everyone somehow looks better than in the other forty-seven. A tiny analogue monument to the lost art of the photo booth.
Photo Booth Strip Magnetic Frame - Monochrome Checkerboard
For containing brushes, pens, plants or whatever small objects are currently staging a takeover of the desk. Useful storage that does not look like office storage.
Makeup Brush Pot, Storage Pot, Vanity Tidy, Makeup Organiser, Skincare & Bathroom Storage, Plant based, 3D Printed, Home Organisation
One of mine - for a sofa that could use a face, a vase and slightly fewer opinions about matching cushions.
Abstract Face and Vase Illustration – Modern Folk Portrait Art Pillow
The kind of lamp that makes you start mentally redesigning a room you were perfectly happy with five minutes ago. Handmade, sculptural and dangerous to anyone with an interiors Pinterest board.
Pendant Ceramic Lamp, Hanging Lampshade, Handmade Design, Contemporary Artwork Creation, Unique Light Fixture Gift
One from my shop. For people who would like their wall clock to provide both the time and an unnecessarily accurate assessment of how life is going.
Under Control (Mostly) Clock
Small object, disproportionate amount of personality. I like the sculptural shape, the burnt-ochre color and the fact that a candle suddenly looks like a design decision.
Burnt Ochre Eco-Resin Taper Candle Holder: Original Handmade Design
A table setting that makes an ordinary meal look as though someone planned it. Woven texture, strong pattern and much more interesting than another anonymous placemat.
Placemat, Handmade charger plate, Decorative placemat, Table napkin, Woven table setting, Zapotec charger plate.
Bread deserves better than the plastic bag it arrived in. Apparently it deserves a beautifully knotted basket. I am willing to accept this.
Oval Bread Basket with Knots
The dangerous category of household object where you buy one because it is practical and then realize you suddenly care quite a lot about tea towels.
Hand dyed Organic cotton Kitchen Towel dyed dye hand, washed tea towel pack Eco dyed dish towel Minimalist Homeware eco Gift Set of 1 or2
Storage for people who want to hide clutter without pretending storage itself has to be boring. The charcoal ombré is the part that got me.
Handwoven Round Charcoal Ombre Curls Basket, Appalachian Creatives Collective
Fruit, linen and slightly imperfect block printing - the quickest route I know from “we’re eating dinner” to “apparently we have a tablescape.”
linen dinner napkins. fruit bowl. hand block printed. placemats / tea towel. blue and red. boho home. hostess or housewarming gift.
For a plant that has quietly decided the pot is no longer enough. Bright, architectural and just odd enough to make the corner interesting.
Postmodern 3D Printed Plant Stand – Colorful Apartment Decor, 8"
For anyone who believes making matcha should be a little ceremony, not just another caffeine emergency. A beautifully glazed ceramic bowl with a matching whisk holder and bamboo tools, made for slower mornings and very green drinks. The ombré finish ...
Rustic Ombre Ceramic Matcha Bowl Set, Hand-Glazed Chawan with Chasen Holder, Matcha Gift Set, Japanese Gift Set, Gift for her
Accessories & Jewelry
Statement jewelry, bags and small accessories from women-owned brands and independent makers - the things that do most of the work when the rest of the outfit is behaving itself.
For the outfit that was perfectly fine until this bracelet made it look intentional. Mint green, geometric and just enough architecture for one wrist.
Hexagon Bracelet - Mint Green
The sort of bag that turns “where did you get that?” into part of the evening. Small, colorful, handmade and considerably more interesting than another sensible black purse.
Handmade Multicoloured Beaded Bag | Handmade Wooden Bead Purse | African Inspired Crossbody | Statement Festival Bag | Artisan Small Handbag
One from my shop. For carrying books, groceries and the occasional refusal to explain yourself. The message does most of the talking.
Don’t Look Back – Dark Street Art Graphic with Bold Message Tote Bag
One from my shop. Because if a phone case has to follow you everywhere, it may as well have an opinion.
Voice to Be Heard - Hip Hop iPhone Case
For days when the outfit needs exactly one interesting thing and you have decided it should be hanging from your ears. Texture, clay, a little gold - done.
Texture, Stamped, Handmade, Polymer Clay Earrings, Gold Plated, Stainless Steel, Lisa, Everyday wear, gift
One from my shop. Shakespeare, but she gets the scarf. Literary enough for book people, graphic enough for everyone else, and useful long after the conversation turns existential.
She Hamlet Scarf
Magenta, teal, turquoise and absolutely no interest in being neutral. The earrings for when the rest of the outfit has agreed to behave itself.
Silkscreen Polymer Clay Earrings: Magenta, Teal, and Turquoise Statement Jewelry
One from my shop. Cats, folk-art energy and a perfectly unnecessary amount of personality for something mostly hidden inside shoes. Exactly why I like them.
Abstract Cat Illustration with Folk Vase Motif – Modern Boho Art Print Socks
Clothes
Clothes from women-owned brands and independent designers, plus a few pieces from my own shop - wearable, slightly strange and not interested in disappearing into the background.
The kind of linen top that makes getting dressed look more considered than it actually was. Easy, slightly artistic and exactly the sort of thing that gets better when it looks a little lived in.
Bonnard linen top 1
Medusa, eye contact and exactly the amount of warning a T-shirt should reasonably be expected to provide.
Look me in the eye. Fitted Scoop T-Shirt
The blouse for people who would quite happily dress as if they had just stepped out of an old novel - provided the novel included pockets, comfortable linen and modern plumbing.
Linen Victorian blouse with puff sleeves - loose fit Dark Academia shirt - cottagecore clothing
Part record collection, part surreal eyeball, part excuse to wear something that clearly has no interest in being subtle.
Music Eye Vinyl Art – Retro Graphic Record Design A-Line Dress
Send her your ordinary jeans. Get back trousers that have clearly had a more interesting life than you have. Upcycled, custom and gloriously unnecessary.
Custom Lace Flare Jeans Send In Your Denim Upcycled Bell Bottom Pants Handmade Bohemian Outfit Reworked Denim Statement Boho Festival Wear
One from my shop. A woman, a flamingo and absolutely no obligation to explain the relationship between them. Which is probably why I like it.
Collage with woman and flamingo Relaxed T-Shirt
Linen, except someone refused to leave it beige. Hand-dyed, loose, slightly unpredictable and much closer to wearable art than to a sensible summer basic.
Hand-Dyed Oversized Linen Tunic: Asymmetrical Kimono Cardigan
Discover More: Women-Owned Brands & Female Founders
Free directories, founder stories and places to discover more women-owned brands - because sometimes the best find is the one you weren’t actually looking for.
Want to keep looking? This directory does the ownership homework for you - browse certified women-owned brands by category and discover everything from home goods to gifts and accessories.
Women Owned Directory - Women Owned
For falling into the “I had no idea this was female-founded” rabbit hole. Search by category, founder or brand and discover plenty of names beyond the usual gift-guide suspects.
FemBase
Because the object is usually only half the story. Meet the women building the businesses behind the products - and hear how those ideas became something real.
Women Who Own It - Women Owned