Gift Ideas
Bitches Bearing Gifts
April 11, 2023
So… you need to buy a gift? Why not support an Australian woman’s business?. It’ll feel doubly good!
I asked the 10,000 members of Australian Facebook group “Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine” to send me their best group gift ideas from their businesses. Here are some beauties. Share them to show your support!
A New Look?
MARNIE PERLSTEIN – PERSONAL SHOPPER, SYDNEY.
A voucher for a fashion stylist.
Shifting people out of fashion ruts and saving them BIG $, by teaching them about well curated capsule wardrobes and selecting only what actually suits their body shape.
She also speaks to corporate groups about dressing for success in the work place.
e: [email protected]
p: 0403 055 113
HarlowStore
HarlowStore is an Australian-made fashion brand, that gives women sized 12-24 premium fashionable, limited-edition pieces that suit their personality. From great fitting denim to a super sexy wrap dress. For women not afraid to make a statement & stand out in the crowd #styleatanysize
w: www.harlowstore.com
e: [email protected]
p: +61 0466890279
Apps to Make Gifting Easier
GroupTogether.com
The easy way to collect money for a group gift. No more hassling or getting left short!
Set up a collection in minutes and they do the rest – the reminders, the collecting, the group card and then they transfer the money to your bank account to buy the perfect gift. Friends chip in online, add a message and pic to the card and it’s done!
Started by two Sydney mums who were sick of all the waste associated with kids’ party gifts. To make it feel even better, the organiser can choose to donate a portion of the gift pool to charity. Yay!
w:www.GroupTogether.com
e: [email protected]
A New Experience
The Urban Winery, Sydney
Group together for a blend-your-own wine experience, a masterclass or go all-out and buy your own barrel.
Urban Winery Sydney is located just 12km from the Sydney CBD and involves a 2-hour blending class with winemaker Alex Retief. Starting with a winery tour and an overview of the winemaking process, the fun then begins. Using a range of barrel samples, the group will learn about different characteristics of grape varieties, and which tend to pair well together. Split into small teams, the group will do their own blends, with a charcuterie platter on hand to learn a little about wine and food matching as well. Alex is on hand to judge the best blend – it can be as competitive as you like!
w: http://urbanwinerysydney.com.au/
e: http://urbanwinerysydney.com.au/contact/
p: 0400 650 530
2-hour blending and masterclasses are priced at $150pp, min 5 people. Located at 6.01, Precinct 75, 75 Mary Street, St Peter’s.
Stylish Hampers
Boxable
Boxable creates unique, personalised gift-boxes – it makes giving thoughtful presents easy. Items are hand selected and delivered to the recipient, all making you look like a very good friend indeed!
w: www.boxable.com.au
e: [email protected]
p: 0423 441 819
Red Rhubarb
Need a beautiful gift? Then this is the business for you. Nicki and Nicole are the creative team behind Red Rhubarb. Both West Brisbane girls, they met socially and recognised a gap in the Brisbane market for tailored, stylish gifts and, as such, Red Rhubarb was born.
Inspired by beautiful things, they have created a collection of carefully selected gifts that are sure to impress – even the fussiest of people!
They specialise in Premium Gift Business. Gift sets and also tailor made gifts for individuals or businesses. Specialising in Corporates and events.
w: www.redrhubarb.com.au
e: [email protected]
p: +61 (0) 411245810
Catwalk Gifts
Tanya and Amanda run an online boutique, focusing on pampering and maternity gift ideas for corporate groups gifting new parents. As corporate HR professionals themselves, they feel strongly about the quality of the inclusions in their gift boxes, so have developed solid relationships with prominent and strong brands.
w: www.catwalkbump.com.au
e: [email protected]
p: 0402 523 814
The Sugar Free Box
Each month, Steph Taylor packs a selection of delicious, low-sugar health foods, along with plenty of recipes, into a beautiful box and send it to your door. Her Mini Box gift subscriptions start at $70 and our Jumbo Box gift subscriptions start at $114 (both for a 3-month plan).
w: www.thesugarfreebox.com
e: [email protected]
p: 0451 020 301
Luxurious Accessories?
Olivia Graham Cashmere
Olivia Graham makes beautiful cashmere and wool blankets and wraps. Her merino wool blankets are really special. She’s been selling them for years!
She uses wool yarns from a German company called Biella. They have a breeding program for Merino Wool with our farmers in Victoria, Australia and it is their wool we use to knit our blankets.
This wool is incredibly soft and fine (no prickle factor). She knits the blankets in a double faced knit structure which not only gives the two reversible sides/colourways, but also give the blanket better wear and durability (has tested many a time by siblings fighting with said blanket over who gets to use it).
Olivia has offered 15% off all the wraps / merino wool blankets. Just enter the promo code GROUPTOGETHER
w:http://oliviagrahamcashmere.com/
p: +61 401 864 405
Bon Voyage by Kif Collection
Is this the ultimate, luxurious traveller’s companion? Woven from exquisite Mongolian A grade cashmere, it comprises a generous wrap, socks and eye mask all in a silk lined pouch. Whether on the plane, in the car or just snoozing on the couch, BON VOYAGE by KIF Collection is so very practical and a superb gift. At RRP $540 – what a fabulous group gift idea!
Posy Robes
Super soft robes with a perfect drape to compliment women all shapes and sizes. Ideal for bridesmaids, mums and mothers to be.
Bag Trader
Bag Trader is all about simple designs, classic shapes and styles – all the while keeping functionality at its heart. Sometimes it’s the simple things that really are the best.
w: www.bagtrader.com.au
e: [email protected]
p: 0417 976 803
Ethical Leather Goods
Issara
Issara works with artisans to produce premium, ethically-handcrafted leather goods and have been featured on Forbes, The Fashion Journal and more. Their focus is on crafting minimalist, highly functional pieces from premium materials (i.e. full grain leather from the same tanneries supplying luxury Italian brands). They’re a social business and work with 46 artisans across Indonesia and India who are paid 3x minimum wage, receive health insurance and are enrolled in an interest-yielding savings plan.
w: http://issara.co/
e: [email protected]
p: +44 7497 111 215
Stylish Homewares
HART: LDN Home Decor
Tiffany Benn’s HART: LDN Home Decor is an online homewares store specialising in Australian-designed products. They stock over 1,500 beautiful homewares, including the best selling Knot Cushion! Perfect for those who have everything.
w: www.hartldn.com
e: [email protected]
p: 0406 911 378
Gifts for Babies and Toddlers
Squirrel Story
Squirrel Story designs and curates versatile and fashionable kids apparel for ages of 6 months to 4 years. We are inspired to showcase simple and fun patterns to be easily paired or layered as weather calls. Squirrel Story boasts three major categories: tops & outerwear, dresses, and bottoms.
Cassie's Custom Swirl Art
Cassie is a very talented Sydney preschooler who paints custom swirl art for clients all around Australia and internationally.
Cassie has featured on national television, international online sites such as Bored Panda, Hungarian magazine Femina, Design You Trust and more. Her art has been even been actioned to raise money for several charities.
w: http://www.cassieswirls.com/
e: http://www.cassieswirls.com/#!contact/csrl
p: 0451 020 301
Gift Cards
Prezzee
Prezzee is designed to make Gift Cards fun, instant and most of all–eezzee! No more waiting for plastic cards to arrive by snail mail, no more delivery fees and definitely no more forgotten Gift Cards. Shop from our great range of Australian retailers and send a new e-gift card to someone special today with a personalised greeting card via email.
Gift cards can be purchased via the website or the App. The main benefit to download the App is the wallet feature so as consumers have their gift cards on them at all times for convenience when they want to use them. Another great feature is the re-gift cards which allows you to send on cards to others, e.g if your husband is at the store that you want to redeem your card at you can instantly re-gift to him and it will appear in his phone/email.w: https://www.prezzee.com.au/
e: [email protected]
p: 02 9093 2777
Otherworldly Gifts
Cassandra Tyndall Astrology
Astrology as a personalised tool for self discovery and can pave the way to clarity, wisdom and benefit. Cassandra is an astrologer, writer and teacher based in Brisbane but consultations can be done for anyone over the world via Skype!
