REDS Winter Market Gift Guide
Rural Scotland is bursting with talent, creativity and innovation, and we at REDS want everyone to know about it! This festive season we’re highlighting just a few of the many and unique and varied items available to buy as gifts from our listed small businesses — from Shetland to Skye, Moray to East Lothian.
Browse the below products and search #REDSruralmarket on social media to support these amazing rural businesses:
From Orkney
Britt Harcus is a freelance illustrator who was born and brought up in Orkney. After studying in Dublin she returned to her roots to begin her artistic career. Her work represents good cheer and energy and aims to be upbeat and memorable for the viewer. As a farmer’s daughter Britt is very proud of her upbringing and has a great love for the outdoors.
Britt also has an online shop where you can view/buy her originals, books, prints, mugs, calendars, prints and tea-towels.
SKARA Home is a collaboration of award-winning designers, all based in Orkney, offering modern homewares based on an ancient landscape.
SKARA is proud to work with an environmental ethos. As the team says, “These islands have never stood still and neither do we.” Their products are inspired by the constant yet ephemeral qualities of nature. Shop their collections here.
Special offer: Place an order during the Winter Market and type 'REDS' in the Order Notes for an extra Orcadian treat!
Orkneyology tells the stories of Orkney and its inhabitants, suggests little-known places to explore and gives insights into everyday life in Orkney.
Visit their ‘curiously delightful online gift shop’ and choose items from Orkneyology's eclectic themed collections: Orkney Islands; Scotland; Viking; Fairytale & Folklore and Island Time. Shop here.
Curly Sunami is an online store based in Orkney that provides curly hair care products and accessories that are all eco-friendly and plastic free.
Find a mix of shampoo and conditioner bars, cleansers and conditioners, hair oils and stylers that will love your curls as much as you do here.
From Shetland
Austin Taylor is a Shetland photographer focussed on creating images that capture Shetland's emotion, drama, and colour; through its wildlife, landscape, people, and events.
His shop offers a range of festive gifts all based on his beautiful Shetland photography, including calendars, Christmas cards, jigsaws, mugs, and a great range of mounted, framed and canvas prints. Take a look here.
From Skye
Celtic Beeswax Candles offer pure and natural candles handmade on the Isle of Skye from the finest quality raw Scottish Beeswax. Sustainable and eco-friendly, they are naturally honey scented. Shop here.
Special offer: Apply RED10 at checkout during the Winter Market for a discount!
From the Cairngorms, Highland and Moray
Angus Grant is an artist and craftsman, whose paintings and ceramics are influenced by the beautiful Cairngorms National Park. He makes candles in his handmade pots also decorates ceramic mugs with his illustrations of Scottish wildlife.
His latest range features Scottish wildlife drawn with tea stains — inspired by a lesson he taught to his secondary pupils during lockdown. Shop his unique products here.
Angels’ Nectar Scotch Whisky is inspired by the Angels’ share, the traditional name given to the whisky lost to evaporation during maturation. By selecting the finest casks, Angels’ Nectar offers a series of limited edition whiskies which showcase contrasting styles of Scotch Whisky.
The Angels' Nectar Blended Malt Scotch Whisky - Original has been blended from a selection of Highland and Speyside malts and is sweet and fruity with no smoke.
The Angels' Nectar Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky - Cairngorms Editions, are a series of traditional Speyside single casks bottled in partnership with the Cairngorms Trust to support environmental and community projects in the Cairngorms National Park.
Explore the whisky collection here.
Angel’s Nectar accepts the REDS Gift Card
Wilder Waves provides clothing made from organic cotton from sustainable resources and is committed to ethical practices, with 2% of all sales donated to marine conservation charity Ocean Generation. Browse the collection here.
Shop on the day of the Winter Market for an exclusive REDS offer!
Wilder Waves accepts the REDS Gift Card
From Fife
House of Bluebell is a ladies clothing and accessories provider that aims to bring comfort, style and luxury to its clients, allowing them to feel confident in their busy lives. Each piece is made and hand-finished exclusively in Scotland, producing investment pieces at an accessible price.
Timeless designs, exceptional quality and personal care lie at the heart of the label. All ranges are available in standard sizes or can be tailored specifically to each lady’s individual requirements. View the range here.
From East Lothian
Seilich, run by botanist Sally Gouldstone, grow native Scottish plant species within a wildflower meadow. These plants are used as a basis for all their products; from room mists, moisturisers and cleansers to herbal teas.
Their Christmas Room Mists are freshly distilled from Scots pine branches, tangerine peel and spices — a sure fire way to add the festive spirit to any home! Shop here.
Seilich accepts the REDS Gift Card
From Perthshire
Lena Mittun's 'One of a Kind' (OOAK) handmade textile art products focus on bringing the 'outdoors indoors', so that even on days when we can't go outside we can feel the beauty of nature in our lives.
Business owner Greta combines several art and textile techniques in her creative process, including eco dyeing, fabric printing, free motion and hand embroidery, to produce high quality pieces of art and products to treasure.
Jenny Charles makes ceramics that have attitude and individuality, inspired by life itself. She predominantly uses a white firing clay, as it is sympathetic to the glaze and the marks made. A variety of methods of construction are used, often combining different techniques on the same piece.
The interaction between the elements and man on the shaping of the landscape is at the heart of Jenny’s inspiration. Shop her collection here or on Perthshire Artisans.
Jenny Charles and Perthshire Artisans accept the REDS Gift Card
Fenwick Candles is an independent chandler based in beautiful Perthshire where they make a range of highly scented unique candles and wax melts designed to fragrance your home with beautiful scents inspired by nature. Shop here.
Felicity Martin is a writer and photographer who specialises in travel, outdoor activities and nature, especially walking, woods and wilder places. She has explored, written about and photographed Scotland from the Mull of Galloway to the Stacks of Duncansby, and in the process has acquired a detailed understanding of the country’s rural places and their landscapes, wildlife and culture.
Felicity is the author of four guidebooks to Perthshire Big Tree Country, each containing 12 walks, which are available from her publishing imprint, Catkin Press. Browse them here and order by emailing info@catkinpress.com
Sheila Roberts is an artist printmaker who works in the traditional way with a metal plate, wax and acid to create fine, detailed, intricate prints. Sheila gathers natural materials from her garden, antique lace and feathers to impress into the wax, gradually building up the plate until the image is complete. These are individually inked and hand printed in a limited edition.
Sheila’s hand-printed limited edition etchings make unique and affordable gifts. Shop here or on Perthshire Artisans.
Sheila Roberts and Perthshire Artisans accept the REDS Gift Card
Inez Jenkins is a jewellery maker whose obsession with colour led her to work with dichroic glass, creating unique pieces which make for very special gifts.
Dichroic glass is a specialist glass which displays two different colours by undergoing a colour change when it either refracts and reflects the light. Discovering new combinations is a constant source of inspiration to Inez, continually capturing her interest and fuelling her passion for this magical material.
Inez’s work is available from Perthshire Artisans here.
Perthshire Artisans accepts the REDS Gift Card
Creative Catalyst Scotland offer stylish & very practical upcycled coffee shopping bags and products designed and created by young people, who they support into creative careers.
A social enterprise, all sales support funding opportunities for young people to develop their skills and abilities in creative careers. Shop with them here.
Sunflower Signs specialises in creating custom decals. Whether it's a business logo onto a van or sunshine decals onto a campervan, business hours on shop windows, security decals, a mug printed with your favourite photograph and quotation, or a personalised t-shirt print, the same attention to detail and friendly service applies.
Get custom designed t-shirts, mugs, vinyl decals and more in their shop here.
Shonagh Moore is an artisan making wire wrapped genuine gemstone jewellery and window/wall hangings inspired by the Scottish landscape.
Her work includes both everyday and statement pieces, featuring natural stones and wire work, designed to lift your spirits, with every item individual in nature.
Shop with Shonagh by going to her website or on Perthshire Artisans.
Perthshire Artisans accepts the REDS Gift Card.
Charlotte Flower creates handmade wild flavoured chocolates, with range of chocolate products available, including bars, thins and filled chocolates.
Charlotte also hosts tastings, foraging walks and chocolate making workshops.
The shop has been especially in demand this year and limited stock is available, so shop today here.
Katy Galbraith is an artist who uses the medium of mosaic to express her creativity. Her sustainable practice is both inspired by and incorporates any number of recycled and salvaged materials, including china and glass.
Katy’s mosaic artworks can be both decorative or functional, all created through her passion to encompass her strong eco/zero waste ethics within her practice.
You can shop here for Katy’s smaller items here and on Perthshire Artisans for larger statement pieces. Katy also accepts commissions, which you can find out about here.
Perthshire Artisans accepts the REDS Gift Card.
Spiral Crystals is an online shop selling hand-picked crystals charged in nature, incense, candles, flower essences, essential oils and more.
Their ethically sourced crystals are hand mined by small local companies rather than big businesses so that the money goes back to the local communities and the mining has a minimal impact on the environment.
Shop here and get up to 20% off all crystals & incense.
Perthshire Artisans is the place to discover the best individually crafted pieces and creative services from across Perthshire in Scotland. They are committed to showcasing the diverse range of disciplines and practices of the artisan community in the area.
From small beginnings they now have over 30 unique Artisans on the platform, who create everything from jewellery to paintings, textiles to candles, woodwork to glassware, and everything in between. Shop here.
Perthshire Artisans accepts the REDS Gift Card.
You can continue to shop with these and more REDS businesses after the market has ended, and the event hashtag #REDSruralmarket will remain browsable on social media.
If you’d like to give the gift of choice you can purchase a REDS gift card and see even more options for where it can be spent here.