If you want Santa Barbara to have wonderful independent shops, you need to support them. So this holiday season—and year-round, really—make an effort to spend your money here. I’ve done some advance work, picking out possible gift items at The Shopkeepers in the Funk Zone and Garde in Summerland. First up, The Shopkeepers:
Turquoise ring by Waxing Poetic ($125), the raison d’être for the Shopkeepers boutique.
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Vintage My Buddy metal toolbox ($50).
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A plant named Jerry Garcia ($35) from Ojai Plant Works. Keith Richards was also available when I was at the store.
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The USB Lighter Company rechargeable candle lighter ($30): no butane required.
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Sexy Wildfox sweatshirt ($128). There are pants, too.
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Sugarfina “green juice” gummy bears ($7).
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And now, Garde:
Everybody needs a fluffy owl ($45-$95).
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Bella Freud dog sweater ($515).
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Tennen’s brass agave basin incense burner ($125) comes in a nifty wooden box.
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Photographer Mark Segal’s Cheetah book ($120), about the coolest cat of them all.
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A heart with soul: Shahla Friberg silver pendant ($1,600).
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Previously:
••• Part 1: Gear and The Blue Door
••• Part 2: Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Mate Gallery
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