Artisan Shopping at Its Best on 1000 Markets

The Succulent Wife’s Marketplace on 1000 Markets proposes an all-seasons, all-occasions (nearly!) gift guide featuring the work of wonderfully talented artisans. 1000 Markets is a recently launched online marketplace that connects artisan shops with appreciative shoppers. Here, HANDMADE is the operative word for products in dozens of categories. Please come in to see our picks for truly beautiful, original and meaningful gift ideas.

The Succulent Wife is privileged to have her own 1000Markets Marketplace in which she can frolic and hand-select beautiful handmade goods that she is quite certain her audience will love.  But, let us state straightaway that this is a pure labor of love. The Succulent Wife receives no compensation for featuring these artisans. Instead, the rewards come from being able to showcase the work of these talented artists, designers and creators of all sorts so that others may discover them as well. For more instinctive shopping, we have sorted our gift-worthy marketplace in the following collections:

Gifts for children: If you are anything like the Succulent Wife, you will be looking to avoid any licensed merchandise type of gift and go for something with a keepsake value. Our 1000 Markets selection of children’s gift ideas for the little ones includes a wonderful array of handmade, thoughtful, memory-box worthy gifts.

Gifts for Her: Wife, girlfriend, daughter, BFF, aunt, favorite teacher or neighbor, the Succulent Wife has assembled her 1000 Markets favorite picks of items that would make fabulous gifts for the woman who is being celebrated at the moment. From token to I-went-all-out gifts, you will most definitely find something thoughtful and beautiful in this list.

Gifts for Him: Men are so much harder to buy for. The Succulent Wife has scoured the 1000 Markets pages to offer you her favorite picks of thoughtful, beautiful and most oftentimes practical gift ideas for the guy of the moment. The fact that these items are handmade just makes them even more meaningful.

Gifts for the Home: The Succulent Wife has hand-picked the items in this Home Collection with consideration only for what would make a perfect wedding, hostess or new home gift. You will, bien sûr, be find all sorts of decorative items that you will crave for your own abode.

Gifts for the Soul: For all her exuberance, The Succulent Wife loves to find a few moments to pause, reflect and meditate. Here, she has assembled gift ideas of a spiritual and soulful nature that would inspire us to find our inner peace, inner self, inner beauty, inner greatness… so that we can then project it all beautifully back onto our world to make it a lovelier, more harmonious place. Namasté!

Gifts for the Young & Hip: The Succulent Wife has created this gift guide to provide gift ideas for teens and young adults. This group is usually always difficult to buy for (unless you go for the uninspired and overused gift card!). That was only until this gift guide came along, one where you will find lots of perfect, fun and cool gift ideas for that group. Hip. Yeah.

Of course, there are thousands of gorgeous and creative pieces that are featured in 1000 Market’s other markets. Have fun exploring and do let us know what treasures you have found.