Buy Small, Independent & Handmade
A celebration of small creators with big ideas and their glorious mess that comes with making things by hand. These makers aren’t about trends or algorithms, they’re about joy, frogs and glue guns. If you like your art with fingerprints and personality, this list is for you.
Unique Animal Sculptures by Kim Slate
Unique Animal Sculptures by Kim Slate
Mischief + Elegance = 👌
A Portland-based artist and animator, Kim creates sculptures that feel like they’ve stepped out of a beautifully strange storybook. Each piece balances play and poise. Charming, mysterious and often mid-scheme. Her creatures don’t just sit still; they plot.
Dog Nose Rings by Kathryn Reid
Dog Nose Rings by Kathryn Reid
Endless portable booping
Working from her family farm on the North Coast of Ireland, Kathryn turns dog noses into delicate silver rings. Each piece is a tiny tribute to loyal companions everywhere: handcrafted, heartfelt and designed to make you smile every time you look down.
Animal-Shaped Crossbody Bags by Madison Moore
Animal-Shaped Crossbody Bags by Madison Moore
The many hands of a maker
Illustrator, ceramicist, writer, sewist, natural dyer, gardener, quilter — Madison Moore is the definition of creative abundance. Her sewing patterns and handmade pieces radiate curiosity and joy, stitched and shaped with purpose. Every design feels like an invitation to slow down and make something beautiful just because you can.
Leather Goods by PoKit (The Parchment Leather)
Leather Goods by PoKit (The Parchment Leather)
Sea creatures brought to functional life with leather (does that count as surf and turf?)
From a small studio in Toronto, PoKit handcrafts leather goods with extraordinary care — each stitch precise, each finish intentional. Sea-life glasses cases, wallets, and accessories that feel like heirlooms in waiting. Handmade luxury without the noise.
Automata by Amedeo Capelli
Automata by Amedeo Capelli
Whimsy brought to life
Amedeo crafts hand-carved wooden automata from found materials, each one humming with life and nostalgia. Based in Italy, he builds tiny machines that make you smile, ponder and occasionally question physics. A little crank of joy for the mechanically curious.
Porcelain Sea Creatures by Siobhian Raymond
Porcelain Sea Creatures by Siobhian Raymond
Tiny realms of light and wonder
Working from London, Siobhian shapes porcelain into glowing nightlights, anglerfish, and mushroom-tangled miniature worlds. Her work feels like something discovered, not made. It's soft, luminous and alive with quiet magic. The kind of thing you'd tell your kids 'do not touch' but inside you're itching to do exactly that.
Furniture by Kamber Carroll
Furniture by Kamber Carroll
Ice cream sandwiches you can sit on (we assume)
From Salt Lake City, Kamber builds furniture that looks like it wandered out of a dream. Think giant pancakes, paper planes and ice cream sandwich tables. Playful, sculptural, and impossible not to grin at. Proof that good design can also be dessert... or the other way around.
Sardine Tea Spoons by Maria Di Domenico
Sardine Tea Spoons by Maria Di Domenico
Ceramics with a splash of sea charm
Based in Seattle, Maria creates small-batch ceramics that balance beauty with humour. Her sardine tea spoons steal the show: equal parts practical and poetic. Each piece feels like it’s been scooped straight from a coastal dream and glazed with personality.
Cat Paintings by Hannah Sotiroff
Cat Paintings by Hannah Sotiroff
Yawning (or are they screaming?) cats - Enough said!
Hannah paints cats the way poets write love letters: tenderly, with just enough mischief. Her work captures every whisker and eye-roll, turning everyday felines into works of art. The site might be quiet now, but the cuteness speaks volumes.
Frog Oil Paintings by Samuel Popovich
Frog Oil Paintings by Samuel Popovich
Maximum frog cuteness with epic lore
Oil paintings that turn frogs into icons. Samuel Popovich paints with warmth, humour and a touch of melancholy. Each amphibian not surprisingly looking wiser than the average human. His originals and prints capture the small quiet moments where art meets personality… and hops away grinning.
Go follow them, say hi and fall down a handmade rabbit hole. Every piece you see here started with an idea, two hands (we assume), and a lot of heart.

