TenTwelveDesigns on Etsy

Etsy can be a fun place to shop for rare or personal and one of-a-kind-gifts for anyone. Shoppers can also feel good about shopping small considering many of the shops are small businesses, vintage pieces or handmade out of the seller’s home. One such small business is TenTwelveDesigns out of Hoboken, N.J.

TenTwelveDesigns specialize in life event gifts from weddings, engagements and wedding parties to baby announcements and anniversaries. Each gift is personal and creative, like the custom wine bottle labels for baby announcements or the unique, personalized, handmade ways to ask someone to be a bridesmaid, groomsman and everything in between.

The shop also sells hand-drawn city grid maps with coordinates for $28. Custom map art of where a couple met, married and lived together for $38, art for the baby’s room for $18 and personalized wine tags for $6.

The shop owner is creative and can curate special invitations, cards and much more depending on what the buyer wants and needs. Styles range from whimsical to vintage to masculine and classic; purchasers can request custom jobs making each gift special no matter what the happy life event.

Shopping small from Etsy can have all of the benefits of giving a personalized and thoughtful gift without actually doing the crafting yourself.