North East Wales has everything you need to adorn your home this Christmas as well as local businesses which can provide special gifts for all your loved ones.
Now in their 14th year Loggerheads Christmas Trees are set to open this Friday on the 27th of November. They supply trees from 4 to 20 foot including Nordman, Lodgepole and Frazer firs and they all come with a promise that they will hold up long beyond Christmas Day so you can rest assured there will be no hoovering pine needles up at least until after new year! You can find out more here.
Making an Entrance is a bespoke wreath making company based in Denbighshire. Wendy has a real flair for putting colours together for all seasons and offers delivery to her customers. You can read her customers delighted reviews as well as how Wendy started her business in her lovely blog here.
So, if you are thinking of making a start on your Christmas shopping you need to look no further than our fabulous market towns which offer something a little bit different from your average high street chain shops. Wish is a lovely home goods store on the High Street, Rhuddlan, with a great facebook page to keep you updated with new stock.
Dolly the dog modelling some of her gifts from Wish.
State of Distress on St Peter’s Square in Ruthin is an intriguing furniture store which also stocks cards, crafty bits, paint your own pottery as well as being an Annie Sloan paint stockist. If you are looking for a unique piece to decorate your home why not check out some of Bernadette’s own designs and ask her for some ideas to upcycle your own furniture. Choo Choo also just off the same Square offers the best in homeware, clothing and accessories, cards and gifts and the owner Maria has adapted her business during 2020 to offer a private Facebook group for all her customers to discuss home décor and fashion.
Gifts from Wales on Castle Street in Llangollen offers lovely unique gifts and cards as well as personalised Christmas decorations and gifts. Find out about their latest products and give them a follow here. Further down the street in Llangollen is Lilly Rose Interiors which stocks candles to cushions, lamps and throws, to ceramic knobs and door stops and everything in-between but also specialising in locally made art.
If you’re looking for something that is made especially for someone, have you considered framing a special photo or buying a print of the local area as a lovely keepsake? There are a number of art and print shops as well as picture framers in North East Wales here are three for starters. Perham Prints in Rhyl offer personalised gifts and free delivery within 10 miles, Tony Griffiths is a photographer and picture framer in Vale Street, Denbigh and Ian Grant Designs is an Art Gallery with some beautiful artwork on Wellington Road, Rhyl.
We really hope we have given you some ideas for Christmas we will be feature further businesses here in the weeks leading up to the big day, in the meantime don’t forget to #lovelivelocal and support your local businesses.