From athletic gear and artwork to household items and toys, many local retailers offer gift options that will support small businesses. Use this guide to find the perfect item for friends, family or colleagues and be inspired by local offerings this holiday season. This guide is not a comprehensive showcase, but it is an idea of gifts that are offered in locally owned retail stores in Round Rock, Pflugerville and Hutto.
For the Athlete
Fleet Feet Sports: Garmin sports watches
Fleet Feet Sports offers a variety of Garmin watches.[/caption]Garmin sports watches can track performance while the wearer runs, cycles or golfs. The Forerunner 920XT can be used while in the water and measures swim distance, pace and stroke type. Garmin Connect allows users to wirelessly save data to an online portal.
Fleet Feet Sports offers a range of sports gear, including footwear, apparel, accessories, and nutritional products from brands such as Adidas, New Balance, Nike and PowerGel.
Price: $130-$500
3750 Gattis School Road, Ste. 500, Round Rock
512-218-8786
www.fleetfeetroundrock.com
For the Hobbyist
Game Craze: Funko Pops!
Funko Pops! feature popular characters from comic books and movies.[/caption]Funko Pops! toys are a series of bobble heads featuring characters from popular movies, TV shows and comic books.
Game Craze sells collectibles and provides a space for customers to play games. The store is offering holiday camps Dec. 21-23 and Dec. 28-30.
Price: $9.99 and up
202 Farley St., Hutto
512-642-9401
www.gamecrazehutto.com
For the Creative
Creative Brick Builders: Lego sets and pieces
Creative Brick Builders sells Lego sets and minifigs.[/caption]The Round Rock business offers vintage and collectible Lego sets; minifigs, which are Lego people; and parts. The business has more than 1,200 Lego products in stock including complete sets, both new and used.
Creative Brick Builders offers camps, classes and workshops based around Lego bricks. It also buys and sells Lego products.
Price: $3.99 and up
220 Sundance Parkway, Ste. 300, Round Rock
512-388-9003
www.creativebrickbuilders.com
For the Pet Lover
Imaginations: Pet portrait
Imaginations offers custom pet portraits.[/caption]The Pflugerville-based business offers individualized, hand-painted portraits. The artist works from photos provided by the pet owner to create the painting, which may take about a week. Portraits can be of any pet. Portraits of children are also available.
Imaginations offers a range of art works and classes.
Price: $175
301 W. Pecan St., Pflugerville
512-251-5329
For the Decorator
Wink boutique: Custom-engraved cutting boards
Wink Boutique offers custom cutting boards.[/caption]Custom-engraved cutting boards can display messages, names, dates or events. The business also offers custom-engraved wine glasses as well as monogramming.
Wink Boutique offers a range of gifts, jewelry, accessories and home decor.
Price: $39.95
403 W. Pecan St., Pflugerville
512-990-0008
www.winkboutiquetx.com
For the Sports Fan
Creative Touch: Yeti Rambler 10 oz. Lowball
The Yeti Rambler is made of stainless steel.[/caption]The Yeti Rambler 10 oz. Lowball has a double-wall vacuum insulation that keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold longer than standard mugs or cocktail glasses. The Lowball was designed to never shatter on impact or leave rings on furniture because of its stainless steel construction.
Creative Touch in downtown Hutto carries gifts, decorations, jewelry, handbags and candles. Candy Corner, which shares a space and management, offers candy and sweets.
Price: $24.99
103 East St., Hutto
512-759-1088
www.creativetouch-designandgifts.com
For the Homesteader
Gaddy’s: Chicken coops
Gaddy’s in Pflugerville offers chicken coops.[/caption]The Pflugerville-based nursery and feed store sells chicken coops measuring about 6 feet by 2 feet, which is big enough for about four chickens. A hatch on the back allows for easy access to collect eggs without opening the coop. A hole on the floor allows the chickens to graze on grass. The coop can be picked up and moved easily.
Gaddy’s is a feed store and nursery that sells a variety of plants, hardware and products relating to animals and gardens.
Price: $339.99-$369.99
403 FM 685, Pflugerville
512-251-4428
www.gaddys.com
For the Artist
Art by the Glass Studio: Art parties
Art by the Glass Studio is offering a discount on art parties in December.[/caption]Private art parties feature the supplies participants need to start painting, including easels and canvas. Participants can choose from a gallery on the website or can ask for a custom stencil with two days’ notice. Throughout December Art by the Glass Studio is running a special in which painting parties are $30 per person, with a minimum of five people, whereas usually they are $35 per person with a minimum of eight.
Price: $30/painter (through December)
512-763-5045
www.artbytheglassstudio.com
