BIPOC Holiday Shopping Guide: Where to Find Unique Gifts for Your Community, by the Community

The holiday season is the perfect time to discover and support BIPOC-owned businesses that enrich our community with creativity and innovation. This guide highlights an array of vendors, holiday markets, and brick-and-mortar stores where meaningful gifts await everyone on your list. From handcrafted jewelry to gourmet culinary delights, these entrepreneurs offer products that reflect the rich traditions, talents, and stories of the community. Shopping BIPOC puts purchasing power behind purpose — it uplifts communities, celebrates cultural heritage, and drives local economic growth. Supporting these entrepreneurs contributes to a stronger community and honors the remarkable stories and talents behind each gift.

Read on for a selection of local and BIPOC-owned businesses with outstanding gift ideas, as well as holiday pop-up markets.

Unique Finds From BIPOC Creators

Fix Hot Sauce, a family- and friend-owned hot sauce company, offers all-natural sauces crafted with chiles that highlight authentic Southeast Asian flavor. After a trip home to Vietnam reignited their passion for what farm-fresh, non-processed ingredients bring to food, the Huynh family turned a cherished recipe into a gourmet staple that captures their culinary heritage. Now, they offer multiple sauces, which make great stocking stuffers, or you can put multiple together in a gift basket for your boss. 

Products: Signature Sriracha, Lemongrass Sriracha, Habanero Ginger Sriracha, Chili Pepper Sauce, and Hot Hoisin Sauce.

Where to Find: Available online and at Whole Foods.

Live Plants Are Life offers a line of products designed to help indoor and outdoor plants flourish, from grow-your-own herb kits to all-natural fertilizer and insecticide, all crafted by a plant mom who understands the needs of botanical babies. It also carries dried flowers encased in resin, including this eyelash holder. Perfect for seasoned plant parents or beginners, Live Plants Are Life ensures a green thumb for everyone. 

Products: Grow-your-own-herbs kits, plant fertilizer, insecticide, and dried flowers in resin.

Where to Find: Available online.

With holiday-scented candles, like "festive af" or "let it snow (somewhere else)," Noir Lux is a gifter's paradise. Candles come in varying sizes and scents sure to delight any nose. And for those who'd like an array of aromas, pick up a Discovery Set, which includes six 2-ounce mini candles with four "Smells Like Seattle" options. Or, gift a "pour your own candle session" for an experience-based present.

Products: Handmade Soy Candles in fun scents, like "fallin' for you" and "very demure."

Where to Find: Available online or at the Candle Bar, 3020 Warren Place.

Rebekah, the owner of Onyx + Petal, grew up in a large family where luxury was a rarity, but her father placed importance on enjoying simple comforts. As an adult, she designed a line of self-care products around the idea of "simple little luxuries." Inspired by nature, the products are made with ethically sourced, plant-based ingredients. With skin care, body care, and hair care, it carries products for head-to-toe wellness. The Basil Hair & Scalp Bundle pairs its Basil Hair Drip and Basil Gua Sha Comb for a thoughtful gift!

Products: Full line of luxury wellness products, oils, soaks, and masks.

Where to Find: Available online and at select pop-up markets.

Valerie Madison Jewelry is built on the idea that jewelry has the power "to carry stories and forge connections across generations." Each piece is crafted with that in mind. While it's a little too late to get a custom order done for the holidays, it offers tons of ready-to-ship items, like these adorable XO Chain Stud earrings. Or, stop by its Madrona store to peruse in person.

Products: Full line of jewelry for every occasion.

Where to Find: Available online and in store at 1422 34th Ave.

WeRise Wine, a wine retailer with a soon-to-open downtown wine bar, is blazing trails in the wine industry by highlighting underrepresented winemakers. Buy from its online bottle shop, or give the gift of a membership to its wine club, which features three levels: Sassy, Sexy, and Sophisticated. Whether selecting a single standout bottle for a holiday dinner or curating a selection for the entire year, each purchase helps increase representation in the wine industry.

Products: Large selection of vintages from BIPOC winemakers.

Where to Find: Available online and soon at its wine bar at 1913 2nd Ave.

Holiday Markets Highlighting Culture

Dec. 14, 12–7 p.m.
The Opera Center, 363 Mercer St.

Intentionalist, ARTE NOIR, and Wa Na Wari have combined forces with the Seattle Opera to curate a one-of-a-kind market showcasing the area's Black artisans and Black-owned small businesses. With dozens of vendors and their offerings, including chocolates, holistic wellness, jewelry, and tons of artwork, this market is a chance to grab gifts for multiple people on your list. Be sure to stop by neighboring Seattle Center's free Winterfest celebration to catch Greater Works choir performing gospel favorites.

Dec. 14, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center, 4705 West Marginal Way SW

Duwamish Longhouse is hosting a one-day holiday event featuring local Indigenous artists and makers. Textiles, jewelry, art, and more will be available from dozens of vendors, making this a great opportunity to support the ingenuity of local tribal traditions.

Dec. 14, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Centilia Cultural Center, 1660 S. Roberto Maestas Festival St.

The South End Public Market is hosting a pop-up Winter Art Fair at Centilia Cultural Center to share the talents of local crafters and artists. Easily accessible by transit, this event is a chance to connect with the creative heart of the South End by shopping small.

Dec. 14–15, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
55 University St.

Tidelands is an Indigenous-owned art gallery, creative space, and boutique downtown. Join Tidelands for a pop-up holiday bazaar featuring offerings from local Indigenous artists, like jewelry from Copper Canoe Woman and clothing from Urban Native Era.

Year-Round Brick-and-Mortar Shopping Gems

1406 1st Ave.

An art and lifestyle brand from the Snoqualmie tribe, Eighth Generation's flagship store is located downtown near Pike Place Market. The store offers a collection of products made by Snoqualmie artists that include soaps, kitchenware, stationery, and much more. Stop in for a chance to invest in Native entrepreneurship while giving an intentional gift, like one of its wool blankets.

2301 E. Union Street, Suite H

The retail shop at Arte Noir gallery celebrates the creativity that comes from the city's Black artists and makers. The shelves are stocked with items for the whole family, including coloring books for kids, recipe books for cooks, luxurious body butter for aunties, and so much more. While there, check out the current exhibit in the gallery, "The Women, The Paper, and The Light" from George Jennings.

2008 1st Ave.

Visit Crystal Lounge to discover meaningful gifts that blend beauty with energy. Conveniently located downtown, the lounge offers a serene space to shop for crystals and grab drinks. Explore an extensive selection of crystals as well as stones, jewelry, tarot decks, singing bowls, and books, making it a one-stop shop for meaningful shopping.

17824 1st Ave S, Burien, WA 98166

Lucite Jungle, a new shop in Burien, offers a selection of new and secondhand items, such as home décor, clothing, and gifts. Emphasizing sustainable sourcing and upcycling, owner Kindle Shaw collects items that range from quirky to classy to ensure unique finds for every shopper. Enjoy a 10% discount by mentioning its website!