by Maddy Zollo Rusbosin | November 25, 2024

Wrapped In Local Love: Flamingo’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Check off your holiday shopping list with Florida-made items from our 2024 Gift Guide.

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Fa-la-la-la-la, it’s the holidays in Florida! No matter how you plan to celebrate, ’tis the season to give gifts that encapsulate our state’s sunny disposition while supporting local businesses and artisans. Inside Flamingo’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide, we’ve curated 20 finds—from bar-cart essentials to stylish accessories—sure to make the holidays merry and bright. 

In Flamingo's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide find Florida's best local makers, Sunshine State gifts and independent shops.
Flamingo’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide highlights some of Florida’s best makers, Sunshine-State-inspired gifts and independent shops.

Farm to Skin

Farm to Skin

Give the gift of good skin. Inspired by its Lake County roots, this woman-owned beauty company formulates all its products, including this trio, with hand-harvested, complexion-boosting ingredients. 


Healthy Skin Trio: Organic Retinoic oil cleanser, Renewing Essence, Seeds of Today facial serum and Facial Shammy, $176

Adriana Castro

Adriana Castro

Petite in size, big on style: This python clutch with a removable horn shoulder chain checks all the boxes for accessorizing. The Miami designer’s bags, popular among the celeb set, are made to order, ensuring quality and craftsmanship. 

Alicia Mini in Python, $1,685

Margot Larkin

Margot Larkin backgammon

Has there ever been a prettier backgammon board? We think not. Artist Margot Larkin hand paints each one, like this mushroom-adorned design that’s part of her collaboration with Palm Beach’s Casa Branca x Nine Fair, making it an heirloom piece that’ll be the talk of the next game night.

Mushroom Backgammon Board, $2,500

Corkcicle

Corkcicle palmpress

Channel your inner barista with the Palmpress. The travel-friendly, portable press brews in just three minutes so you can get a serious java fix at your desk, on the road or wherever the caffeine craving strikes. 

Palmpress, $49.95

Cupcake Sushi

Cupcake Sushi mini cakes

Skip the plum pudding! Instead, wow guests with Key West’s gourmet Cupcake Sushi. Every bite-size creation has a moist cake with premium fillings rolled in chocolate. Served in a bento box with chopsticks, they’re almost too pretty to eat. 

Cupcake Sushi, $23-$850

J’da Palm Beach

Cigar Cases

While this boutique is brimming with gift-worthy clothes and accessories, a leather cigar case is a sophisticated stocking stuffer for the stogie lover in your life. Choose between four bold colorways and a single or double cigar design. 

Cigar Case,  $65-$75 

Plant the Future

Plant the future wall art

This isn’t your average plant store—it’s an international biophilic design and art movement. The Wynwood horticultural brand offers moss chandeliers, living murals, moss wall decor, like this Lightning Bolt, and so much more.

Lightning Bolt, $90-$510

Burnie

Burnie portable grill

Never struggle with building or cleaning up a campfire again. This Jacksonville company has created a single-use, all-wood, self-burning portable grill that dissolves to ash once it’s done. It’s an eco-friendly solution for tailgates, camping, backyard s’mores and more. 

Essential Burnie Grill Set, $49.99 

Meat N’ Bone

Meat 'n bone wild game delivery

A mouthwatering steak is the easiest way to spread holiday cheer. Miami’s Meat N’ Bone delivers curated gift boxes and baskets with premium meats ranging from wild boar chops to venison fillets to bison ribeyes. 

Gift boxes and baskets, Starting at $9.99

Alepel

Alepel jaguar slides

Leopard-adorned mules? Yes, please! Alepel’s crafted leather goods are brought to life with hand-painted motifs by a team of Miami artists, making each piece a work of art. 

Leopard beige slide, $245

Rifle paper co. melamine plates

Rifle Paper Co.

Winter Park’s blooming lifestyle brand is infusing florals into a new collection of melamine serveware. These playful scalloped dinner plates are durable, lightweight and the perfect addition to your next al fresco dinner party—whether it’s poolside or on the beach. 

Melamine plates, $42 for four

Chaos Fishing

Chaos fishing rod

“Your gear, your way” is the mantra of Pompano Beach’s Chaos Fishing, a haven for rods and reels, like this Chaos ECL 30-50 2PC Butt 6-ft gold rod, plus they also offer completely custom builds. 

ECL 30-50 2PC Butt 6-ft gold rod, $269.99

Nahla Artesano

Nahla Artesano napkin rings

Two Central Florida friends are behind this home decor and tabletop accessories brand. Artisanal designs, like these woven napkin rings, are handcrafted in Colombia and embody a distinct tropical-chic vibe, perfect for Sunshine State tablescapes. 

Napkin rings, $8; Basket, $95 

Engel Coolers

Engle cooler

Any Florida outdoorsman will tell you that quality gear makes all the difference. Case and point: this versatile drybox/cooler from Jupiter-based Engel Coolers. Use it to keep food and drinks cold or electronics and first aid kits dry. 

13 Quart Drybox/Cooler, $79.99

Kozuba & Sons Distillery

Kozuba & Sons Distillery Bar Box and vodka in Flamingo's holiday gift guide

Thanks to this St. Pete brand’s BarBoxes, boxed booze is back and better than ever. Each container serves more than 14 ready-to-drink, all-natural craft cocktails. Or simply give the gift of cheer with a bottle of flavored vodka. 

BarBox, Lemon Flavored Vodka, $24.99 each

Orchard Pond

Orchard pond gift box in Flamingo's holiday gift guide

Farm-to-table has never been easier thanks to this Tallahassee organic farm’s variety of holiday gift boxes, brimming with local flavors straight from their fields with products like tupelo honey and a made-from-scratch nutty granola mix. 

Holiday gift boxes, $50-$150

Naked Bar Soap Co.

In Flamingo's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide find Florida's best local makers, Sunshine State gifts and independent shops.

Besides dressing up your soap dish, each of these aromatic bars are made with all-natural ingredients, ranging from rose and lavender to oatmeal and honey, leaving skin soft, moisturized and smelling great. 

Artisan soaps, $2-$16

J.F. Haden’s Craft Liqueurs

In Flamingo's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide find Florida's best local makers, Sunshine State gifts and independent shops.

Increase the cool quotient at your next holiday soiree by adding a sweet hint of lychee to mojitos, martinis or any party beverage this season. Former Florida Gators and NFL all-pros Mike and Maurkice Pouncey created J.F. Haden’s to take the guesswork out of craft cocktails. Inspired by tropical vibes, these flavored liqueurs take at-home mixology to the next level.

Lychee Liqueur, $34.99

“Miami Cooks”

In Flamingo's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide find Florida's best local makers, Sunshine State gifts and independent shops.

Don’t feel like making a reservation? Whip up your favorite dishes in your own kitchen. Part cookbook, part insider’s guide, this collection of recipes—from Miami-based food writer Sara Liss—pays tribute to the Magic City’s vibrant culinary scene and culture with dishes straight from some of South Florida’s most famous chefs. 

“Miami Cooks” cookbook, $32.99 

Katarina Tifft Art

In Flamingo's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide find Florida's best local makers, Sunshine State gifts and independent shops.

Deck the halls with a one-of-a-kind commission from Katarina Tifft. The Florida sculptural artist is known for her intricate geometric shellscapes, which you can customize to fit your style and range in size from large statement pieces to small tabletop decor.

Pricing upon request

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