Disabled Owned Small Business Christmas Gift Guide

Welcome to The World in My Words Disabled Owned Small Business Gift Guide!

I am excited to share these nine small businesses with you all. Shopping local and with small businesses is something that has been encouraged a lot more over the last few years and this year in particular.

There are many small businesses created by chronically ill/disabled people, whether they’ve chosen to start a small business or needed to due to limited employment options. I love to support small businesses for a multitude of reasons including ethical and environmental but being able to support the Disabled Community is very important to me.

Many of these small business owners do so much to normalise disability and advocacy whether you see this specifically in their business or behind the scenes which along with their fantastic talent and business is another reason to support them.

Without further ado…

Kitty Strand Designs

I’m a professional artist & disability advocate. I use my work to spread joy and colour. I love how art has the power to connect people and allow us all to feel seen & loved. Whether its a gift for yourself or someone you love, there’s everything from sausage rolls, hot dogs and disability art.

You can shop Kitty’s designs here on Etsy.

You can also support her by following her social media channels:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook

Chr0nically Cute Shop

Chr0nically Cute Shop is run by two sisters! We promote body positivity and inclusivity for ALL bodies. We create handmade items including embroidery and watercolour such as bookmarks, hand embroidered tote, clutch and makeup bags. We design all our products ourselves and we hope you will join us in promoting all types of sexy bods.

A folded canvas bag. It has a pair of hairy legs in red high heal shoes embroidered on it. There's a black lipstick, red petals and red threat on and around the bag for decoration.

Visit Chr0nically Cute Shop here on Etsy.

A folded canvas bag with an embroidered hand holding a flag with the bisexual flag of blue, purple, pink on the end.

Follow Chr0nically Cute Shop on Instagram.

Bron’s Vegan Brownies

Hi I’m Bron, head baker and chief product developer and I run Bron’s Vegan Brownies with the support of my Mum Elaine who managed the businesses on my behalf due to the popularity of our bakes.

Eleven small baking trays stack decoratively around and on top of another. You can see blondies and brownies in each tray. Some decorated with cherries and icing. Some chocolate with chocolate chips. Others with lotus biscuits, bourdon biscuits, party rings or oreos on top.

We began in January 2019 after a couple of years of experimenting to find the perfect brownie recipe. Everyone of our flavours was repeatedly tested on our lovely volunteers. We are now also able to offer blondies and cookies along with special editions and seasonal boxes.

All our boxes are designed to fit through your letter box so you never miss a delivery.

Two small boxes of 6 brownies. There are a mixture of brownies in each box including blondies, oreo, jammie dodgers, peanuts, lotus and party rings. Above between the boxes is a thank you note with a doodle design.

We also donate £1 from every box of 6 full size brownies/blondies to Action for M.E. a charity which hopes to “tackle ignorance, injustice and neglect for people whose lives have been stolen by M.E.”

You can purchase a box of brownies for yourself or a loved one here.

You can follow Brons shop on social media too:
Instagram
Facebook

The Flow Angel

My name is Angel and I’m an abstract fluid artist based in the central Florida area. I love experimenting with different pouring styles, techniques and color palettes. If you have an idea or inspiration for a piece, I’d be happy to help bring the vision to life. While I am by no means a Picasso level professional, I take pride in my work as I continue to learn and explore this wonderful world of art.

A collage style photo with four spaces. The top left is of a abstract flow art piece in red tones. The top right is a abstract flow art piece in blue, green, yellow, orange and red. The bottom left a abstract flow art piece in three or four different tones of pink and white. The bottom right a abstract flow art piece in different tone blues, green/brown and white, this piece is focus in the centre from one diagonal to the other.

You can purchase one of Angel’s creation through her Instagram page here.

Craft Corner by Naomi

Hi I’m Naomi. I enjoy being creative and will give most things a try from crochet, decoupage, jewellery making to printmaking. I have a little shop on Etsy which allows me to keep creating things. If there’s something in my shop that you don’t see, I welcome a message to see if what you’re looking for is something that I can create for you. I also sell medical related stickers or your planner, calendar or diary including appointment stickers, reminders and stickers to help you keep track of your health and wellbeing.

A collage style image on a white background. In the bottom left blue and white graphic which reads visit my Etsy shop. There are five other photos of appointment reminder stickers and crocheted items.

Shop Naomi’s Craft Corner here.

This Thing They Call Recovery

“Ethically and sustainably created clothing and homeware designed for the chronically sick, by the chronically sick.”

I wanted to create pieces that help open up conversations on health and ill-health in an approachable manner. Too many health related products are bland and grey, but not here! We deserve nice things too. Brighten a room with the new range of colourful art prints, perfect for injecting some disabled joy into your space!

A dark green fabric background with multiple colourful prints laying on top. Some prints of abstract shapes and colours. Others include messages of equality and disability.

– 100% FSC certified recycled paper

– Plastic-free packaging

– Powered by wind and solar

– 30 designs all available in A5, A4 and A3 (£12, £18, £25)

Shop This Thing They Call Recovery Prints here.

You can also follow Jenny’s work on Instagram.

PauseButton Creations

I started my business when my mom first got diagnosed with breast cancer. I was about 16 and my dad recently left the family. At the same age, I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and also had to have major surgery to get an organ removed. My mom was working two jobs, so I wanted to start something on the side to help raise money.

A canvas of abstract flow arts with blue, black, gold colours is being held up so you can see the blue sky and trees behind it.

Art is an amazing way to help me release stress and trauma. I have also written a book that is available on my site called The Views Are Worth It: Photography and Poetry Collection’ which has poems and photographs from when I was a teenager. I’ve had my business through college! I hope to one day go to graduate school to help others who suffer with bipolar disorder.

A wooden bench with leaves on it. On top sits two books stacked on top of each other. They are blue showing a picture of a lake, the mountains and is titled the views are worth it.

Shop PauseButton Creations here.

Follow Annie’s creations on social media:
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter

Peo Prints

I’m Zo and I’m a 23 year old chronically ill digital artist, a couple of months ago I took the plunge in trying to make something of myself from my bed and started selling prints and stickers I created!

A black tissue paper background with a blue card on top. on the blue card is a background of different coloured doughnuts with then three large nails on top with doughnuts for shells. Sat on top of the card at the top is three smaller snails made out of doughnuts as stickers, and then at the bottom is 3 large snails made out of doughnuts as stickers.

Zo sells her creations here through Depop or through her social media channels:
Facebook
Twitter

Hot Wheels and Glue Guns

Hot Wheels and Glue Guns shop is full of gifts made with paper, fabric and lots of love. Everything is handmade by Michelle, a disabled crafter in her studio based in Louisville, KY.

Shop Hot Wheels and Glue Guns here.

You can also follow Michelle’s shop on social media:
Instagram
Facebook

Cute by Miranda

My name is Miranda and I have two Chronic Illnesses that prevent me from always having enough energy to go out and about. I like to keep myself busy and doing something creative has been helping me.

An open hand with key rings hooked over their index finger and middle finger. The first key ring is an M in white and pink ombre with gold leaf. The second is a C in white with gold leaf. The third is a B in pink and white ombre with gold leaf.

I have started to make personalised keyrings and I am now selling them on my very own little shop on Etsy.

A table top with three key rings on. There is an S, I and O in pink blue ombre.

At the moment I have two varieties, I make coloured ones now these can be single colour or two colours together. I also make clear ones with glitter in, again you can pick one or two colours to go in your keyrings.

Shop Cute by Miranda here.

I hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know these small businesses as much as I have.

I do believe that there is an element of privilege that comes with supporting small or local businesses in terms of cost however, this is for good reason and these are the types of companies I wish to support.

Whether making a purchase from one of these small businesses or any small business it costs nothing to follow them on social media or share them on yours.

If you purchase from any of these small businesses for yourself, a lockdown pick me up gift or as part of your Christmas shopping I would love to hear your thoughts and I know they would too.

Kitty Strand Designs

Chr0nically Cute Shop

Bron’s Vegan Brownies

The Flow Angel

Craft Corner by Naomi

This Thing They Call Recovery

PauseButton Creations

Peo Prints

Hot Wheels and Glue Guns

Cute by Miranda

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