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Hannah's Klay Gift Guide
Here's a list of things we sell that I often give as gifts <3


1.
Little Pocket Tape Measure
2.
Apron
I have given our aprons as gifts to a handful of friends & I get good feedback about how comfortable they are to wear.
Once we had a customer start a gift chain of aprons - someone bought an apron for themselves, then a few days later, ordered another one as a gift, then a little while after, the person they gifted it to bought another one to gift to someone else too :)

3.
Ice Cream Cookbook
I bought an ice cream maker on Trade Me (NZ's version of eBay) earlier this year as I find it hard to get ice cream flavours that I like & got this book out from the library and read cover to cover. No where in NZ stocked it that I could find so I imported heaps of copies to sell on our website. It is so inspiring - reading about Kitty's journey to become an ice cream master made me smile a lot. I love her natural & gentle approach. The flavours are fun and interesting, but not overly sweet, sickly & silly like lots of ice cream is these days.
You do need an ice cream maker to use this book - but maybe who ever you gift this too will be inspired to find a second hand one too after reading it.
It is summer!

4.
Pouch
5.
Bookstand
6.
Klay Globe Cushion
I like gifting our cushions to friends and family with young children because I’ve seen firsthand how much they’re enjoyed by everyone. These soft, handmade cushions are perfect for cuddling, stroking, sitting on, lying down with to prop up your head while reading or watching TV. I think part of the joy in giving them to people I care about comes from knowing the care and effort that go into making them. To me, our cushions feel like lasting companions—objects people can use daily, year after year, through different phases and seasons of life. I even take mine on trips overseas, and they've been a source of comfort for me during stressful moments. There’s something uniquely soothing about the velvet ones in particular—the softness to the touch, combined with their satisfying weight. I think of them like a grown-up version of a teddy bear.

7.
Little Silver Plate
8.
Oven/ Pot Mitten
These are cute (and actually heaps more practical in my opinion) because they are sort of mini sized, but that doesn't mean they just work for mini sized hands. Why are pot holders SO big? Great gift for someone... who uses an oven... and needs to upgrade from using tea towels. Another one of those items that you don't realise how much you needed a well designed one till you have a good one!

9.
Calico Pillowcase Set
I have given these pillowcase sets to a couple of friends and I also sometimes take these travelling or with me to holiday houses (NZ has a BYO culture for bed linens!). I think they make lovely gifts because of how well made they are - we would hope pillowcases to keep for a very long time, because of how carefully detailed they are. They are finished entirely with French Seams. French seams originated in the 19th century as a way to create neat, durable, and strong finishes on garments, particularly in lightweight fabrics. They involve enclosing the raw edges of the fabric within the seam, so no fraying or raw edges are visible. This makes them especially nice because they create a clean, polished look both inside and outside the garment. They're commonly used in high-quality or delicate clothing.
So if you ever see inside them, you see this beautiful traditional seam! They also have a really deep flap too, which we designed so that your pillow inner is less likely to pop through.
I think the insides of these are even more beautiful than the outside and that is why I like to give them as gifts especially to people who appreciate handmade details.

10.
Fog Linen Tea Towel
These are honestly the best tea towels I’ve ever owned. They’re really absorbent and dry quickly. I also find them perfect for wrapping bread. Whenever I use other tea towels, I’m always reminded of how much I appreciate the Fog Linen ones. I enjoy giving them as gifts because they’re a small but useful item that I value in everyday life, and I like sharing that simple pleasure with others.



Thanks for reading my gift guide!
Please let me know if you want anything gift wrapped. I brought back some beautiful Japanese wrapping paper from Kyoto & we do gift wrapping for free. Just add a note at checkout. We also sell lovely hand screen printed cards by Tara Books, which are printed on handmade paper in their Chennai based studio.
We also sell both Physical and Digital Gift Vouchers, which are also great gifts! The physical ones were designed by the very talented Chloe Larkin who designed this beautiful new website for us (and our Palestine Fundraiser Posters!). The physical gift vouchers come inside paper glassine envelopes that we made in our workshop.
Thanks for reading my gift guide!
Please let me know if you want anything gift wrapped. I brought back some beautiful Japanese wrapping paper from Kyoto & we do gift wrapping for free. Just add a note at checkout. We also sell lovely hand screen printed cards by Tara Books, which are printed on handmade paper in their Chennai based studio.
We also sell both Physical and Digital Gift Vouchers, which are also great gifts! The physical ones were designed by the very talented Chloe Larkin who designed this beautiful new website for us (and our Palestine Fundraiser Posters!). The physical gift vouchers come inside paper glassine envelopes that we made in our workshop.







