CLEVELAND — You still have time to spoil mom this Mother's Day, and shop local. 3News Style Contributor Hallie Abrams visited the "What's New" set to share some unique gift ideas you can find right here in Northeast Ohio.
Address: 19275 Detroit Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
Lovely Paperie & Gifts is a gift shop and paperie featuring a variety of gifts for all important life milestones. Hallie brought a number of popular items from the shop including a Nora Fleming platter and minis, Scout Bags, a BOGG Bag, Lily Pulitzer pullover and the shop's birthstone necklace.
Address: Locations in Ohio City, Coventry, or Mentor
The Cleveland Candle Company, uses 100% soy wax for a nice slow and clean burn, and with 90% of their oils are sourced in Ohio! They have over 200 scents along our Scent Wall, and offer custom candle making every single day of the week. Their Mixologists help you narrow down to 2-4 scents to blend together, creating your own and unique custom scent. The entire process is in your hands, as you ratio and mix your chosen fragrance oils to make your unique custom scent. You can also design labels and name your custom candle. Their custom candle making prices start as low as $20, and take anywhere from 1-2 hours to dry (meaning you can pick it up the same day). Hallie showcased their Mother's Day - 4 Pack Collection is featuring 4 different 8oz scented candles with specialty labels, and their 3 piece candlesticks, which are sold in-store only.
Gem & Point is an eclectic and nature inspired jewelry line created by artist Brittany Korona. Taking strong influences from nature, Brittany incorporates a variety of organic elements into her work - deer antlers, crystals, feathers, plants and even insects are among the components you will find in her pieces.
The technique used to create Gem & Point jewelry is called electroforming, which is a metal plating process where chemicals and alchemy are used to grow copper directly onto an object. This method creates truly unique and organic feeling pieces.
Gem & Point's design vibes are eclectic, bohemian, earthy and you can always count on plenty of statement pieces in the mix.
You can currently shop the collection through her etsy shop - gemandpoint.etsy.com, or locally at The Corner in Van Aken. Gem & Point also does local shows - so follow her on instagram at @gemandpoint for updates.
Address: locations in Solon and Broadview Heights
PAINT Nail Bar is a non-toxic fume-free salon that is highly specialized in nail health and care. However, nails may be their craft, but it's the people - staff & clients - that make PAINT such a unique experience. From the retail boutique, upbeat music and complimentary mimosa, you will leave PAINT feeling like you just spent an hour with your girlfriends. PAINT is offering a special Gift Card promotion which runs May 10th-14th. Purchase a $120 gift card, but only pay $100! You can gift to someone else for Mother's Day, Graduations, Nurse or Teacher Appreciation week...or keep it on your account for yourself for future use! Hallie also showcased their Primers by PAINT, which are Paint's uniquely formulated products, and found only at PAINT Nail Bar. The products are all in line with the PAINT mission - clean & nontoxic. The naturally derived and organic ingredients are great gifts, but also perfect products to keep on hand (and foot). You can follow on instagram for more information - @PAINTCleveland and @PAINTClevelandBroadviewHeights
CookinGenie is a platform to book personal chefs instantly, making hiring a personal chef service more easy and accessible through their platform cookingenie.com, and an app launching soon. You can easily find local chefs and explore their menus, and book instantly. Each chef sets their own menus, and offer different cuisines. The service is currently available in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Hocking Hills and Lexington, Ky.
CookinGenie will shop, cook, and clean up, so mom can truly enjoy her special day. Pricing starts at $35 and up per person.
Rad Olive is an apparel line that was created for the purpose of recycling discarded clothing to create unique, one-of-a-kind, flannels and jackets for men, women and children. These items are hand, selected from thrift and resale stores for their fabric, pattern, design, and sustainability, and are all customizable. In an effort to keep as much as possible from ending up in landfills, leftover scraps of fabric are used to make hang tags and gift bags. Prices range from $45 to $125 and the collection is sold locally at City Goods.