Rainbow Friday is a shiny, happy event that celebrates small business and adds color to your holiday shopping! Each of the businesses below crafts and creates and curates. We hope you, our neighbors, value our goods. And, when choosing how you spend your time, money and thought on gift-giving, we hope something we make meets your needs. We constructed Rainbow Friday so that you, wonderful people, can:
- Take advantage of some great sales and have a chance to win awesome things!
- Give gifts that support your community. I mean that sentence literally. When you buy from small, local shops you vote for economic health and creative wellbeing in your world.
- Stay home and enjoy your people in the days after Thanksgiving. Open your computer and shop when everyone is asleep after a rich day of play, conversation, snuggles and laughter.
Each rad business below is offering up a giveaway and a great deal.
This whole thing goes down:
Friday, November 27 – Monday, November 30. All day for four days.
*COMMENTS CLOSED*
To be entered for the giveaways, simply leave a comment on this post. 18 giveaways, 18 winners. Randomly selected. Unless you leave an epic comment and then we will just pick you. Just kidding. Winners announced on Wed, Dec 2. I will announce here under each item.
Happy Thanksgiving. If you want to respond to something in the comments, tell us what you feel thankful for today. Lots of love to you all!
1. ⇒ HYGGE COFFEE / facebook / @hygge_coffee
winner: Lori Payne!
Hygge Coffee Co. is a Montana based craft roaster dedicated to roasting exceptional specialty coffees, and highlighting the lives that surround the coffees from Seed to Cup.
DEAL: 30% off entire Coffee Collection on website. Coupon Code: RAINBOW2015WEEKEND
GIVEAWAY: A Weekly Coffee Subscription for 3 Months. Every Friday for 13 weeks we will send you One Fresh Roasted 12oz. bag of Hygge Coffee (domestic shipping included, and coffee of your choice)
2. ⇒ EARLYWOOD / facebook / @earlywooddesigns / pinterest
winner: Meagan!
Handcrafted heirloom quality kitchen utensils and cutting boards made in Red Lodge, Montana.
DEAL: 15% off all orders. Coupon code: RAINWOOD
GIVEAWAY: set of my new super fun tasting spoons! (one in each wood for a $60 value)
3. ⇒ MAMA LOVES OILS / essential oil blog
Winner: Laura z!
Mama Loves Oils is a devotion to wellness for my family, with the daily use of essential oils we’ve been a healthier/happier pack for many years. I love to share what I’ve learned from using oils, as well as what I’ve learned from other people that use oils, and I am happy to help you find the oils that work for you and yours.
DEAL: Every order placed, $50 and up, will enter you in a drawing for a free ultrasonic diffuser. All new sign-ups (spending $150 or more) will get a free reference guide.
GIVEAWAY: Peppermint oil ($29 value) smells like a candy cane, is an anti-inflammatory, aids in digestion, is a fever reducer, is great for headaches, eases congestion when inhaled, and benefits you in more ways than can fit in a sentence.
4. ⇒ SARAH’S SILKS / facebook / @sarahssilks
Winner: Becky!
We make simple, colorful playsilks and dressups for your child’s creative play.
DEAL: Use code RAINBOW for 20% off
GIVEAWAY: Giant Rainbow Silk with 2 playclips Giveaway! ($65 value)
5. ⇒ B. HANDMADE DESIGNS / facebook / @bhandmadedesigns
Winner: Rebecca!
I make comfy sewn specialities in our quaint studio outside of Helena, Montana.
DEAL: 20% off with the coupon code GIVETHANKS
GIVEAWAY: super soft O CHRISTMAS TREE flannel infinity scarf
6. ⇒ LAVE LAKE JEWELRY / facebook / @lavalakejewelry
Winner: jen!
LavaLake uniquely creates jewelry using raw metals, beautiful beads and a bit of torch work; in my little studio in Seattle.
DEAL: 20% off entire purchase with code FRIEND20
GIVEAWAY: Initial Bangle Bracelet (2)
Copper or bronze bangle to stack together, wear alone or pair with other bracelets each with a Sterling silver custom initial.
7. ⇒ LITTLE GREEN THINGS / facebook / @littlegreenthings
Winner: Whitney!
Littlegreenthings creates reclaimed wood embroidery designed for feel-good living.
DEAL: 25% off using code RAINBOW25
GIVEAWAY: This little wood embroidery wall art (a mix of reclaimed wood, yarn, embroidery floss, oil pastel and ink) measures 8” x 6” and is ready to hang with a hook on the back.
8. ⇒ THE DHARMA DOOR / facebook / pinterest / @thedharmadoorusa
Winner: Tammi Salas!
It is the mission of The Dharma Door to bring Fair Trade goods to a new marketplace, bridging the gap between ethical production and contemporary style.
DEAL: Use code RAINBOWFRIDAY for 25% off everything
GIVEAWAY: A wonderful gift for anyone on your list, our hemp string bags are sustainable, strong & stylish. Perfect to use for shopping or they look gorgeous hanging in your kitchen in between uses.
9. ⇒ STULL KNITS / facebook / @ bustullfaloadventures
Winner: Amber!
Stull Knits was created in 2009 as a way for me share my creative energy. Today, I’m a wife and mother to five amazing unschooled kiddos (ages 2-15). As a family, we’ve sold/donated/discarded almost everything we own and are fixing to live full time on our 1978 GM Buffalo Bus, we’re converting, while traveling the States. Our house recently went under contract with a set date in December to turn over the keys to the new owners. Let the adventure begin!
DEAL: $10 off your slipper order (reg $65). Coupon code: SHARETHELOVE10
GIVEAWAY: 1 pair of women’s slippers
10. ⇒ STARRY KNIGHT / facebook / @starryknightdesign
Winner: Jaim!
Handmade Leather Shoes, Moccs, and Boots for Babies and Toddlers
DEAL: use code RAINBOW20 for 20% off all purchases
GIVEAWAY: Bison Baby and Toddler Leather Shoes
11. ⇒ URBAN BABY BONNETS / facebook / @urban.baby.bonnets
Winner: Krista!
Urban Baby Bonnets makes hip, funky & totally functional sun hats for babies, kids & grown ups. All of our hats are handmade in the USA by work-at-home women who are paid a fair, living wage. Our hats are machine washable, provide discreet breastfeeding, and allow totally chemical-free sunprotection… plus, they’re super-fabulously cute!
DEAL: Special deal is free shipping on any size order during our once-a-year, humongous, super-duper, we-love-customers sale. Code is DIGME.
GIVEAWAY: skiBonnet in butterscotch or pigeons, winner chooses size!
12. ⇒ MONTANA GRRL / facebook / pinterest / @montanagrrl
Winner: Aubry Nicholson!
Montana Grrl Critter Gear offers handmade, nylon webbing free collars and other accessories for the stylish pet
DEAL: use coupon code turkeytime to save 30%
GIVEAWAY: Pups enjoy dressing up for holidays-win a Fashionable over the collar bandana with some of your favorite lines from A Christmas Story!!
13. ⇒ FARMGIRL PAINTS / @farmgirlpaints
Winner: Georgia!
We are a custom cuff shop. You pick the leather, blank and words of your choice. It’s YOUR design:)
DEAL: Our shop is currently closed and our next opening is January 19, 2016. Follow us on instagram for updates.
GIVEAWAY: Handstamped leather cuff with colorful stitching…copper blank says “let’s go anywhere”.
14. ⇒ MAMACASE PRINTS / facebook / @mamacaseprints
Winner: shelley Pederson!
I create modern, thoughtful designs for kids and screen print all tees by hand (mostly, while my kids play at my feet).
DEAL: RAINBOWFRIDAY25, good for 25% off all orders
GIVEAWAY: $25 gift card for the winner to shop to their heart’s content!
15. ⇒ ANGLE 33 WINE THERMALS / facebook / pinterest / @angle33
Winner: Tricia!
We are able to manufacture an environmentally friendly and aesthetically sophisticated product without compromising any of our values. We live and work in Missoula, Montana, not because it’s the manufacturing capital of the world or because there are great opportunities to “make it big,” but because: I want to raise my children here; there is an unmatched sense of community; and the number of fly-fishing opportunities is unrivaled.
DEAL: Buy one, get one (a $60-80 value!)
GIVEAWAY: Wine Thermal. Each handcrafted piece looks elegant and the functionality is unparalleled.
16. ⇒ PIPER & PAISLEY / facebook
Winner: Ariana Benavente!
Piper and Paisley specializes in intricately crafted handmade hats, focusing on quality materials, individual design, and superior fit.
DEAL: 15% off purchase with code RAINBOW15
GIVEAWAY: A quilted wool and leather 5-panel cap with adjustable velcro closure. Light weight, ultra comfortable, super styley, perfect.
17. ⇒ MELODY JOY DESIGNS / @melodyjoydesigns
Winner: Audrey Clark!
I love to create things with my hands that make people happy! Lots of mama bird nests for mothers who have experienced love and loss, and in the winter months, I enjoy knitting chunky cowls to keep necks happy and warm.
DEAL: 30% off all cowls; use Coupon code RainbowFriday30
GIVEAWAY: Cowl of winner’s choice!
18. ⇒ NOTEWORTHY PAPER AND PRESS / facebook / pinterest
Winner: jaime stathis!
Noteworthy Paper & Press is a contemporary stationery boutique founded to share our love of hand-crafted paper goods and gifts.
DEAL: DIG20 for 20% off your entire purchase
GIVEAWAY: A boxed set of 8 snowflake pattern letterpress cards and a matching wooden snowflake ornament! The cards are hand-drawn and letterpress printed at Noteworthy Paper & Press in Missoula, Montana on bright white 100% archival cotton paper with coordinating white envelopes.
19. ⇒ ALPINE BABY CO. / facebook / @alpinebabyco
Winner: Bethany!
Inspired by nature, tested by Wild Ones. Home of the Original Knee-Patch Adventure Legging.
DEAL: Take 20% off your ENTIRE purchase using code “ALPINEBLACK” at checkout
GIVEAWAY: Our 100% Organic, knee patch leggings are handmade in Whitefish MT. They feature a no-fold elastic waistband, and professionally serged seams.
20. ⇒ DIG THIS CHICK / facebook / @digthischick
Winner: Amber!
DEAL: 20% off everything. Use code RAINBOWFRIDAY. Free international shipping on orders over $100.
GIVEAWAY: Foodie Gift Set! Includes one classic dish towel, a wool coozie set and café apron. All with the geographical appliqué of your choice. Value: $91.
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I am thankful for family who are friends AND friends who are family….xo
What an amazing giveaway! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Thankful for this moment; for family, friends, my dog snoozing on my lap, hot coffee, leftover rutabagas and no desire to leave the house today.
What a wonderful giveaway. Thanks for supporting small businesses 😉
Thanks for all you do!
Great idea! Thanks for the info on all the cute stuff!
I am thankful for you and all the amazing Rainbow Friday specials you are offering to all of us!!
Love this! And have shopped several of these shops!!! All great! Crossing my fingers for a win! 😉
Wow, this giveaway is pretty freaking fantastic. I hope to win something, but just in case I don’t I’ll curse the sites for possible purchases;)
So cool!! love all the items.
This put a huge smile on my face today, because last year, I made a new friend via Rainbow Friday. I’m so thankful for Tammi Salas, who I ordered from last year, then reached out to about a collaboration and a friendship developed from there. I adore her and her heart, and am thankful for Rainbow Friday for “introducing” us via your blog. Off to place my order! All the best to you and yours this Thanksgiving. ❤️????
Wow there are some wonderfully talented folks out there! Thank you for sharing these deals with us. God bless you and yours.
Everything is so beautiful. Happy Rainbow Friday!
First year of no Black Friday shopping so I love, love the idea of Tainbow Friday! ❤️ Thanks for advertising these great small businesses!
What a fun giveaway! Love all the items!
I am thankful for family and friends and being able to pursue my dreams.
I would love to win! I love supporting small businesses!
I’m thankful for a wonderfully creative God who makes wonderfully creative people. 🙂
What a great ensemble of amazing artists! Would love any of these gifts!
I’m pretty thankful our new foursome lives in such a great place surrounded by awesome families and sweet local businesses 🙂
Thankful for all the “makers” out there! I will be shopping these artists for sure!
Nici, thank you for gathering all these wonderful artisans into one spot and bringing them into my living room on this sunny day after Thanksgiving!
Thank you for the chance! Exciting!
All of this is just so good! Thank-you!
Happy Rainbow Friday! Love all the items!
What a great idea. Thank you for thinking of a lovely way to promote small business and time with family for the holidays. You all rock!
What a great giveaway?! So proud to support small businesses!!! Have a Happy Thanksgiving weekend!!!
I’m thankful for the creativity of small business owners providing great alternatives for gifts
Awesome giveaway. Happy Rainbow Friday!????
Love this idea! Lots of great gift ideas!
i feel thankful for the ability to feed and nourish my family with healthy whole foods.
What a great collective of hand made goods.
Praising the Lord for He is faithful In the midst of a husband fighting brain cancer and a daughter walking through her own personal battle , my God still Saves!! Choosing Joy and Giving Thanks!
Thankful for the sounds of a pile of cousins playing together, the adults talking over coffee in the other room & taking a moment to myself snuggled in bed reading & soaking it all in. Full heart, happy day ahead. And thankful for you Nici & including us in the Rainbow! ????????????
xo
Kate
I am thankful for friends, family, pets, and good food!
I love all of these items and this idea! So thankful this season for faithful friends across the miles.
Thank you! I loved finding new MT shops to support!
Thankful for makers like you who share your talents, love and wit with the world.
What an amazing collection of local gifts. Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity!
I’m thankful for my little bread business that I run from home. It has made a difference for my family monetarily, and I get to be home with my kids creating!
I love supporting small businesses. Thanks for introducing me to some new companies. I’m off to shop. Thank you for the coupons! Happy holidays!????
Thanks for doing this! Shopping small is always so rewarding. And all of these featured shops? Oh my, incredible. I live in a small city north of Seattle called Everett. Our downtown has this awesome small community feel and I can’t wait to support our businesses tomorrow.
What a great idea for a giveaway!
Thankful for things that make me laugh so hard I cry.
So much talent in one place! Thankful for all the creativity and for today’s sunshine!
I’m thankful to have a husband that encourages me on to be creative.
Thankful for my snuggle bed, yo!!!
Awesome! I am thankful for my health.
I’m thankful for creativity! Thanks for sharing such this lovely (and easy) giveaway.
Grateful for extended family 🙂
Amazing! Thankful for so many little and big blessings of family and community.
Today I am thankful for large quantities of coffee! 😉 Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!! 😀
I’m so grateful that I love in a community that supports the arts and encourages small biz!!!
Yay! Yes please! Grateful for my first thanksgiving with my husband this year 🙂
I’m thankful for a healthy little one that joined our family this fall and for calling Montana home. Nowhere else I’ve lived have I felt the importance of keeping my money local and supporting my community. I’ve purchased things from Alpinebabyco, Starry Night Design, and Farmgirlpaints – these other shops sound great! (And I love your tomato pie recipe, Digthischick ;)).
Lots of fun products!
So thankful for our many blessings this past year but can’t beat the twin baby girls! My heart is so full this holiday season ❤️
Thankful for love.
Thankful for early mornings that, this week, include long dog walks and coffee in the quiet before a house full of people wake (instead of the usual lunch packing and backpack shuffle). Thanks!
So fun, Rainbow Friday is the way to go. Thanks For putting this together and also to all the shops who are participating.
Rainbows are always better than black darkness. Thanks for spreading color and cheer!
Love Rainbow Friday! xo
I absolutely love the thought behind rainbow Friday and all the products featured. Fits perfectly with my goal of mindful purchasing.
Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
wow. What a showcase of some great talent! would love to support y’all… but realistically, I will share and hope that my friends can help out! Thank you for working so hard on wonderful products!
Great gift ideas! Happy Holidays!
Everything looks great and I love shopping local – Made in Montana is something I look for in farmers markets, local businesses and grocery stores. Happy Thanksgiving weekend with family and loved ones! I am thankful my family is here with me this weekend. (except when they all go to the Griz game without me tomorrow!) (too cold for me.)
I am grateful for my beautiful Montana mountains and for your gear that helps me show my love and pride in great style!! Keep up the awesome work!
This is great! Would love to win those slippers!
Our house is full of love right now, and we are all still in our jammies. Thank you for creating Rainbow Friday ♡.
These are great businesses, can’t wait to do some shopping! And see who wins the giveaways. 😉
I’m beyond thankful this Rainbow Friday for getting to spend every moment I possibly can before my dad passed away
Ahhh I dislike autocorrect…*passes not passed
I love your rainbow Friday! Great shops and products! Happy thanksgiving!!
I’m grateful for our Missoula family whose love for us transcends genetics!
I’m thankful for my family!
Thanks ful for time spent with family this thanksgiving!
This collection of giveaways are so beautiful!!
I always try to purchase at least 1 Christmas present for each family member from a small business. Supporting small businesses in Montana is super important to me!
Thanks for giving us access to this fantastic list! It’s the best one-stop Christmas shopping!
Thankful for giveaways like this that highlight such wonderful small businesses! I now have 20 new open tabs on my browser – eep! Thankful for new babies in my circle to celebrate – just ordered 3 onesies for new babies from your shop, Nici! Thankful that I went for a jog/shuffle this morning with my biggest little in the fresh air, and now I feel in a better place. Less anxious, happier, more balanced, and ready to snuggle in for Calzone/Movie Night with my family tonight!
How fun browsing all these shops! Feeling thankful for my healthy family and joy filled life!
Love all of these shops!!
Thankful for opportunities to support businesses like these instead of joining the chaos of Black Friday!
This is so great! I was just talking with my folks about how Northern Maine is becoming completely economically depressed due to the closing of most of the industries. People are going to have to get so creative about how they make a living. Supporting high-quality makers like this is one way to help our whole country. Thanks for introducing them to all of us! Happy Rainbow Friday!
So many beautiful things, made with thoughtfulness!
Thank you. I love your blog. Does the lack of recent posts mean you are busy working on your book? (one can hope!).
Cool stuff!
It’s okay, you can just go ahead and announce me as the winner 🙂
Thankful for giveaways like these that highlight wonderful small businesses – now I have 20 new open tabs in my browser 🙂 Thankful for new babies in my circle – just purchased 3 onesies for 3 fresh babies from your shop, Nici! Thankful for going for a jog/shuffle this morning with my biggest little, showing her we have strong legs. Now I feel in a better place, less anxious, more balanced, and ready to snuggle in with my family for Calzone/Movie Night!
I love these makers and this Rainbow Friday deal. It’s such a fun way for me to support Montana from Idaho. Today I’m thankful for the very special Black Friday shopping we did at our local humane society adopting a baby kitten as an early Christmas gift for our three children. Xo
I am thankful for great alternatives to Black Friday, talented makers like those in Rainbow Friday, a brisk and bracing hike with my loves, and hot tea with pecan pie!
thankful that I homeschooled little ones and spent so much time with them, now I am enjoying their little ones. Would love that spoon set for days when gramma makes homemade soup with the grandbabies. But even if not, keep doing what your doing it is so worth it looking back. Enjoy your day:)
I’m thankful for a family that is graceful beyond measure!
So glad people are creating their hearts out. We need more of that.
This year I’m thankful for my 3 week old little girl. She’s made me a better person in the few short weeks she’s been earth side. I can’t wait to spend many more years being thankful for her existence.
Thankful for snow on the ground and skis in my hand. Let the winter games begin!
Shopping small today! Love these!
I am filled to the brim with gratitude for the incredible, strong, generous, wise, hilarious women in my world. Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway, Nici!
I am thankful for my parents visit and hard work helping us tear out a fence this week.
i love rainbow friday! thanks for another great list of small businesses. i’m checking out all the websites now. 🙂
happy thanksgiving weekend to you & your fam, nici!
xo
Thankful and grateful for my family and friends; they are my network of strength and inspiration. They make me love fiercely and selflessly.
I am so grateful that this rainbow post is what I find on Black Friday; supporting small businesses. Thank you Nici.
Jennifer
I’m very thankful for the love of my life and that we have the same passion for adventure.
Woo Hoo!! Love it all!
So many very beautiful items!! I’m thankful for balmy temps in New England so far this year – and motivation and health to run and enjoy it while it lasts! Also I am thankful for all my people – family and friends who are so dear to me in unique ways – I get the fullest feeling when I think about it!
Today I’m thankful for this alternative to Black Friday, and for all you do to support these great makers!
Wow, so many beautiful handmade items!
Thankful for family and friends. I am also thankful for friends who help you heal emotionally.
Wow! So many great giveaways and deals for this rainbow Friday. I may take advantage of some of these deals. Winning would be fun too!
So wonderful! Thank you!
So very thankful for my daughters. I couldn’t imagine my life without them!
LOVE love love the bison baby leather shoes !!!
So thankful for my family, the delicious feast we shared, the snow outside, and our new home with a fireplace to warm up by! Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Hooray for Rainbow Friday! So grateful for love and laughter, and especially for my toddler son, who makes sure every day is filled to the brim with both.
Oh so lovely! I want all the things! (Particularly those spoons and baby pants…but really, all the things!)
I am thankful for every breath, every smile and every last hug! I hope you and your sweet family had a great Thanksgiving.
Jaim
We’re starting a kitchen reno in 2 weeks (eek! Not looking forward to living kitchen-less, but SO looking forward to the new kitchen!), and I’m itching to see a reveal of yours! We’re doing concrete and wood counters too. How are you liking the concrete?
In this moment I am thankful for these offerings….all of these handmade goods have such beauty with such heart. I love to support local people.
I’m so thankful for creative ideas and artists everywhere!
So many goodies so little time!
I am so very thankful for family and airplanes!!! I Love Rainbow Friday so much, since I was unable to be a participating shop I have to get in on these giveaways and discounts!!! Thanks for hosting Nici!!! And thank you to all the shops!!! YAY SMALL BIZ!
So many cute items! Lots of great gifts here!
Amazing stuff! I have not heard of most of these makers and am excited to peruse their sites. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
I’m thankful for my beautiful son, he lights up my life!
It is wonderful seeing so many people sharing their “gift”.
I am thankful for my twin girls. Who push me, challenge me and make me strive to be a strong female example in their lives. I love them to the moon and back 🙂
I’m grateful for people who are keeping craftsmanship alive and well. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Thankful for moving home to Minnesota this year, not having to drive 8 hours each way from Chicago to see the ones we love most.
Wow! What an awesome assemblage! Thanks for the chance!
Thankful for the mountains that offered adventure for our family!
I’m so thankful for a chance to breathe and reconnect after some of the most stressful few months of my life…two week countdown until I can drink up the family time with a fuller sense of peace.
What a fantastic introduction to some very cool shops! Thank you!
Thankful for pine trees and cousins today! A great combo for fun! Great shops!
Thankful for family, friends, food, and fresh air!
I love that creativity is starting to flourish again through small businesses in this mega-corporation age. Thank you for this awesome giveaway!
Love everything here, and love supporting small businesses!
I am thankful for my two beautiful children, who teach me so much every day.
What a great giveaway! We’re shopping small & giving to small charities in this season, and I feel grateful for all we have.
So many beautiful giveaways! I am thankful for the 15 family members that were at my house for Thanksgiving. Especially the 7 little, noisy, cute, fun cousins!
Such amazing talent represented! Thanks for sharing the shops; some I had never heard of!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wow! So many nice things to look at. Thanks for gathering these into this post as I have found several that I had not know about before.
Nici, you amaze me!! Thank you for being a wonderful promoter for these local small businesses!!
Rainbow Friday indeed! Look at all these pretties! So very thankful for my people, including the darling little nursling latched on as I type this one-handed on my phone. 🙂
Thankful for mountains, blue skies, sunshine, family, friends and an awesome community!
WOW, so many beautiful items that have such TLC woven into them!! Thanks for this post.
I’m thankful for friends and family. They make this season truly wonderful.
Thankful for a growing business and a growing family!
I came to shop your custom state products, and am now thankful for this introduction to so many other wonderful businesses that I’d love to give my business to.
Amazing products…so much respect for the blood, sweat, and tears all of these fine crafts-people pour into their products!
Love shopping homemade! Beautiful items. Thanks for sharing!
Love this, love your blog! Happiest of holidays to you and your family.
Love this time of year and look forward to shopping and being shopped locally!
So excited to give DIG coosies for a Christmas gift this year! I love all the companies you have featured and have bought from some of these – and ones suggested in years past too! Thank you!!
There’s such great stuff here! I wonder if contributors can win something too 😉
Love the wholesome life you share with us! I’m a repeat Everlywood Design customer! Can’t get enough of the functionality and beauty these items bring to my kitchen! I just ordered the Fall dish cloth set and my gardening apron! I appreciate your great discount offering!
Hooray small businesses!
What an amazing collection of handmade goods for a giveaway! Thank you for the opportunity to win.
What a great idea! I must order some of these wonderful items!
I love this idea and the name Rainbow Friday!
super cute items!
thanks for featuring them!
I am so thankful for the blessings of family and friends. And for snow in our forecast. And for hilarious husbands and rad kids. And for a roof over my head, food in my pantry, and the ability to pick out a special gift for loved ones! Thank you for introducing me to some new shops!
I am thankful for family and friends, including you Nici (for sharing all you do!!), and for your wonderful holiday giveaways.
My mind is blown by this post! All of these goods are amazing. My holiday shopping is done. Boom!
I’m thankful for my family, friends, health, and good fortune. Wishing everyone another happy and healthy year ahead!
just got home from dinner with my friends. so thankful for our kids running in circles around the living room, the laughter, the stories. we have been through joys and sorrows.
Lots of great gift ideas!
Looks great! I’m thankful for my family and the roof over my head.
I’m thankful for all this amazing creativity and generosity. I’ve been amazed at how many great businesses are hosting giveaways! (Haven’t won anything yet but hoping)
I’m thankful for my warm home, my dear children, and my husband. I’m thankful for the people who support our shop. I’m thankful for all our friends!
What a lovely giveaway and a lovely sentiment! Support small businesses!
Thankful for my two sons, who keep the sun shining in my life!
I’m so impressed by the warmth, creativity and generosity of all the artists and craftsfolks here. Thankful for opportunity to shop and give and keep the love of this holiday going till the next and the next and the next.
I am thankful for my family, friends and pets. I’d be very thankful if I won one of these prizes, too! There are some really cool, unusual prizes to be had here! Thank you!
I am thankful for my beautiful family God has blessed me with!
Thankful for sunshine and sparkly snow. Thankful for friends and family near and far. Thankful for chubby little boy feet.
Ah, one stop holiday shopping! Thank you!
this is lovely! we had a long talk on a long run this morning about mindful giving and this fits right in.
Love the gift ideas! Last year I won a wood art piece from Little Green Things and I find it very uplifting! 🙂 Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I’m so grateful for you! When I started reading your blog back in 2008 (I think you had two blogs at the time, right?), I just knew I wanted a little bit of what you had and shared so selflessly with the world…a purpose. Over the years, I followed along on your journeys through motherhood, marriage, gardening, home renovations and your work-life balancing act. You were like a beacon that was keeping me centered and tethered to this tumultuous ride I was on in my own life. You were a weekly reminder (oh, how i looked forward to hump day nuggets!) for me to stay on the course – in life; in motherhood; in creating my own joy.
When I finally met you, I was so nervous and jumbled up with emotions. You were (and are) so real and such a sensitive, caring soul. Your corkscrew curls + piercing blue eyes pulled me into your world and I felt genuinely seen by you and ignited to live a more authentic life. All of my hunches about you were confirmed in an instant – you were the real deal, a keeper.
And because of you, I met a few other women who have rocked my world and opened me up to more truth-telling + finding my very own purpose through art, writing and owning the motherhood I initially felt ill-suited for. And by being such a light in my life, without even know it, you helped me navigate my way to the 10 months of sobriety I am owning right now! I want more + guess what? I’m going to get it and I’ll have strength + clarity to boot!
Your writing and the community of makers you prop up and support here on your blog is so awesome. I’ve worn my Stull Knits slippers for years and I just ordered another pair today! My Earlywood spatulas are used daily AND my digthischick Alaska t-shirt dress is a weekly regular in my wardrobe routine. I felt privileged to be part of your Rainbow Friday sale last year + I look forward to ramping up my own line of goods and joining in the fun next year. I love how our lives have collided + feel so inspired by your kindness. I’m paying it forward with others I’ve met through your blog (Jess Townes! she now writes for Mamalode!) and I can see the beauty in the connection you’ve created over the years and love playing a part of the domino effect of kindness one person can start.
Thank you for being so open and honest about your life, Nici. You have touched me in ways that you will never fully know + I’m pleased as punch for all of your successes.
XO
My son received his hoodie as a gift last Christmas and wore it all the time, he some how lost it at school last year and was very upset. I am using this RAINBOWFRIDAY sale to buy him a new one for Christmas this year! Thanks!!! We love your products!
Thankful for wee little ones, snow, and change. What a beautiful selection of giveaways! Yippee for Rainbow Friday!
I am thankful for crisp fall weather, great friends, and a partner who is endlessly supportive of all my wild and crazy dreams.
So thankful for a few days of gorgeous weather with all my family and seven kids under seven who played happily together for two days!
These are SO Great!! 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
Awesome! Thankful the boiler is now fixed – we have heat! 😉
I feel super thankful for other mama friends who really get it and really get me. Don’t know what I’d do without them. XOXO. Thanks for compiling all these awesome makers, mama-maker.
These giveaways are INCREDIBLE! They make me want to pour HAGGE COFFEE in the French press and stir it with an EARLYWOOD SPOON while popping some of MAMA’s oils into the diffuser and contemplating some silks for my bedroom #becausewhynot? Tossing on a B. HANDMADE DESIGN SCARF and a few LAVA LAKE bangles for #varsitycoffeedrinking while admiring my LITTLE GREEN THINGS wall art because, heck yes WE ARE ALL HERE TO SHINE.
On my way out THE DHARMA DOOR with a hemp string bag I almost forgot to take off my STULL KNITS slippers that are so comfortable, and continue dreaming that some day STARRY KNIGHT will make mocs in my size. Speaking of dreaming, I’m enjoying winter but look forward to needing an URBAN BABY BONNET (in an adult size) to protect me from the summer sun though I suppose I could give it to a little friend or Luckydog, though he can wear his own MONTANA GRRL CRITTER GEAR. Those FARMGIRL PAINTS cuffs look fun…I’d need a dozen to say everything I need to…but in the meantime there’s something about MAMACASE PRINTS and WINE THERMALS that seems like a natural pairing, and thank goodness for PIPER & PAISLEY hats for when we’ve been too clever with too much wine and hair is not a priority, but we still want to appear to have some style and a MELODY JOY cowl #becausecozycanbecute.
#morecoffeeplease while writing notes on NOTEWORTHY PAPER & PRESS snowflake cards and knowing exactly who I want to send the ALPINE BABY leggings to because #leggingsdon’tlie. the DIG THIS CHICK wool coozies have to be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen; everyone I know is getting these as gifts for the rest of time and a little bit beyond.
Fun giveaway and intro to local businesses! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thankful for wonderful family and friends near and far…and thankful for Facetime, so I can see the faces and smiles of the ones who are far away 🙂 Rainbow Friday is such an awesome tradition- thanks for sharing the talents of so many!
so thankful for my health, my relationships with those i love, my new house, the universe, everyday joys, rainbow friday – the list could go on!!!
Thankful for loving family and friends! 🙂 Hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I’m thankful for bloggers who always inspire me! Love this idea.
Love giving and receiving locally made gifts for Christmas. This year thankful for a loving husband and a healthy pregnancy so far (19 weeks! almost halfway there, eep!). Also thankful to live in a beautiful state and a lovely community. And of course, thankful for inspirational bloggers like yourself. 🙂
What an awesome, awesome give away!
thankful for my tribe, who is keeping me afloat during an especially emotional holiday season.
Ohhhhh! What wonderful gift ideas. I’m thankful for family, cozy scarves, a warm house, sweet friends, the passing of my morning sickness, and new babes to look forward too!
I am thankful for this lovely life that I have been given! I’m blessed with a husband that believes in marriage and 4 beautiful girls!
I am grateful for the national health service here in England.
Wonderful and so generous! Happy holidays!
Thanks for your writing, your wisdom, your being you, Nici! And for sharing it with us through these screens of ours. Grateful for it!
What an inspiring collection!
Love this! Supporting local is the best!
I am grateful for mom makers and bloggers like you, people who keep it real instead of sugar coating this crazy thing called life. Not every day is perfect, and when you’ve got a creative temperament, home life is certainly not always ‘put together’; something so easy to forget when scrolling through social media and mom blogs. But not you. Even on the bad days, you remind me that the beauty isn’t in the perfect, rather, it’s in the every day, good/bad, big/small moments and everything inbetween. It’s about scrapping plans to create with your kids, make a mud pie, sew a cape, go for a hike instead of doing dishes. So, thank you for sparking both my creative and mama spirit candles when they’re sputtering out. Bring on the hand and homemade love! Xo
Eternally grateful for my family, our health, the love we share as a community here in Missoula and Montana! Love love love all of these local businesses!!
So thankful for you and makers like you who share your amazing talents with the world!
Thankful for you and makers like you for sharing your amazing talents with the world!
So many lovely things! Thanks for the chance.
How awesome! All these shops are so fantastic, I may just need to make some purchases if I don’t win ????
Loving all these handmade items!!
Oh Nici. You are such a blessing! I’ve been feeling stressed , like I need to buy buy buy today. I couldn’t find anything I really needed, but I feel good about purchasing a few gifts from these awesome local companies! In general I remind myself to not buy what I don’t need, but when it is time to purchase some gifts I feel great about these!
I am thankful for all of my experiences this past year- good and bad.
Thankful for all the makers out there! And thank you for this wonderful giveaway!
What an amazing gift to know so many wonderful talented people! Thanks for sharing the love!
This is fantastic!!!
I’m so HAPPY!
Love all of these. Ummm..could Alpine baby make some leggings in my size? they look so cozy! Thankful for creative souls locally and out there in the cyber universe that help make my Christmas shopping feel a little less “grabby”
Commenting … love ya!
Thanks for putting this together!
Today I am thankful for my spirited boy who wants to do everything by himself but still likes to curl up into my chest and stomach and snuggle in for the long haul. These snuggles are everything.
I’m thankful I have the time to read your words these days. I’m coveting the tasting spoons and your wool coozies!! Happy winter!
So thankful for so many things. And so in love with these beautiful handmades!
What a great give away! Thankful for family and friends!
Yay, I’m not too late to enter! What a rad collection of makers, and giver away-ers! Thank you for the awesome deals on your beautiful wares.
Supporting local craftspeople is almost as joyful as growing food and riding bikes. In fact, they all make my life feel more alive.
Thank you!
So many beautiful things! Id love to win!
Grateful for this amazing opportunity!! Thank you for sharing your beautiful life, knowledge & the chance to enjoy & love one of these amazing products!! Such an inspiration ❤️
What talented artists all around us! Great work!
Love your writing and photos. Such a cool selection of artists!
I’m thankful for family and good health. I’m also thankful for the opportunity to follow along with your journey of life:) Your pictures and blogs make me happy!
You guys are all the coolest. I would love to start my own business someday. You are all an inspiration!
Simply thankful for today.
I’m thankful for this year of unbelievable opportunity our family has been given!
What talent!
I am so thankful to live in such a fantastic community that not only supports local businesses, but also supports the arts. Missoula has given me such a wonderful opportunity to perform, and has validated my desicion to pursue performing arts in my future! Thank you Missoula!!!
I’m thankful for your wonderful handmades that make it easy to finish Christmas shopping for my loved ones. Who wouldn’t want to receive these unique and special treasures?!
So thankful for friends and family this year XOXO
So many beautiful things by some of my favorite artists! Amazing giveaway! cheers!