Shop Des Moines: A Locally Sourced Holiday Guide

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Welcome to shopDSM2015

Des Moines Moms Blog is passionate about connecting moms to each other and our community, and we are thrilled to be debuting our very first mom-approved Des Moines holiday gift guide. We know how easy and convenient it can be to shop from the comfort of your couch in your yoga pants, but this year we’d like to keep those dollars local. The purpose of this guide is to encourage you to consider supporting our very own community by spending your holiday dollars locally this season.

We are honored to be highlighting a few of Des Moines very own stores and merchants! And guess what? YOU have the chance to WIN the featured gifts highlighted in this guide. Make sure you are following us on Facebook because starting Sunday, November 22 , we will be announcing daily Flash Giveaways with EVERY featured gift in this guide. (Giveaways will begin at 9 am, and winners will be selected at 9 pm that same day. Winners will have 24 hours to claim their prize.)

{Disclosure :: #shopDSM2015 is a paid advertising opportunity. Everything is DMMB tested and approved!}

Now onto our favorite local merchants this holiday season!

Lift Cyclewear

Lift Cyclewear

Lift Cyclewear

About : Lift Cyclewear is a line of women’s specific cycling apparel that’s as comfortable off the bike as it is on. Their mission is to motivate women to aspire to their higher selves by showing them how to live a healthy lifestyle, and encouraging them to fight through the low spots along their journey (and look good doing it).

Lift Cyclewear focuses on three elements in their apparel:
·      Fit: true to size, in a range of silhouettes to complement any body
·      Fashion: no one should ever know you ride a bike if you’re not on it
·      Functionality: covert, but packed with performance

Featured Gift : The Blouson Tank is equal parts comfy and cute. Created with luxuriously soft performance fabric and a sweat-proof zippered back pocket, it’s perfect for transitioning off your bike to drinks with friends (valued at $56. We will be giving away this tank in violet).

Perfect Gift for : That active woman who wants to look great while getting her sweat on!

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Barnboards & Salvage

BarnBoards

Barnboards & Salvage

About : Barnboards & Salvage takes things left for trash and turns them into new, beautiful décor. They love creating new items. Their favorite supplies to work with are old barnwood and pallets.

They revitalize old furniture so it’s the focal point in any room. Barnboards & Salvage loves Iowa, so they incorporate state outlines and maps into their signs and furniture.

They have something for everyone on your Christmas list: homemade headbands, burp cloths, clutches, man cave signs, décor and furniture for any room, and Christmas décor to make a house festive. They even have homemade catnip toys for the kitties in your life!

Featured Gift : Iowa HOME sign

Perfect Gift for : This sign is perfect for anyone who is proud of their home state!

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Wanderlust Fashion

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Wanderlust Fashion

About : Wanderlust Fashion is a boutique in the East Village (510 E Locust Street, Suite 108 Des Moines) filled with women’s clothing, kids clothing, home decor, hand painted art, and locally made soaps and body balm. They have an industrial urban look with both wear-to-work and casual clothing that you can’t find anywhere else. It’s fashion for wherever life takes you.

Featured Gift : Have your choice of items with a $50 gift card to Wanderlust!

Perfect Gift for : This gift card is a great gift for everyone as Wanderlust has something that will interest everyone!

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Vom Fass

Vom Fass

Vom Fass

About : VOM FASS Des Moines is the shopping destination of choice for those seeking the world’s best tasting experience. They offer robust extra virgin olive oils, nut & seed oils to an impressive collection of flavorful fruit balsamic vinegars —and you will have an inkling of the fun when you taste your way through the shop. They also offer an amazing selection of single-malt Whiskies, Brandies, as well as tempting liqueurs and wines.

VOM FASS is the perfect choice for gifts in every price range for everyone on your list. They can fill your individual holiday stockings or larger business orders. VOM FASS is located in the Shops at Roosevelt 833 42nd St.

Featured Gift : Three, bright, delicious flavors come together to form the Jamaica gift set. Includes Mango Balsamic, Chili Oil & Styrian Pumpkinseed Oil in wooden gift box (valued at $50.99).

Perfect Gift for : This delicious gift set is perfect for the foodie in your life!

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The Style Bar Boutique

Style Bar Boutique

The Style Bar Boutique

About : The Style Bar Boutique offers on trend, quality women’s clothing at affordable prices. Their mission is to offer stylish clothes that women can wear everyday and not go broke to look amazing. They carry casual and dressy clothes so you can wear their clothes out running errands, to work, or a night out. The owner, Jami, is happy to help with personal styling. Whether it’s for everyday wear or for family photos, Jami can help you look great. You can shop online or in person at 2732 SE Delaware Ave #150, Ankeny (by Old Chicago). They make looking fashionable easy!

Featured Gift : Your choice of items with a $50 gift card to The Style Bar Boutique

Perfect Gift for : Any stylish lady who loves to shop!

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Chalkboard Love Door Hangers

Chalkboard Love

Chalkboard Love Door Hangers

About : Amy, of Chalkboard Love Door Hangers, has been a professional artist for almost 20 years.  She and her husband, Brian, have exhibited in art festivals and run their website www.amywoodthomas.com. In February of 2013, she was asked to make a teacher gift.  She wanted something personalized for the teacher and had the idea to make a door hanger that she could write messages to her students.  Brian cut two hearts out in their backyard, one for the teacher and one for Amy.  Friends from Amy’s Bible study started ordering them from her front door and Chalkboard Love was born.

Featured Gift : A gorgeous, festive holly berry Christmas wreath handpainted by Amy herself. This wreath will brighten up even the gloomiest of doors (valued at $45)!

Perfect Gift for : This would be a perfect gift for a teacher, a friend or any hard to shop for person who has access to a door!

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Trades of Hope

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Trades of Hope

About : Trades of Hope is a Christian business with a heart for women around the world in need of an opportunity. Katie Darby, a Trades of Hope Compassionate Entrepreneur, is passionate about spreading the word about a business making the world a better place. The women who create the pieces are real people with real needs.  They are women who love their children, but who, through no fault of their own, have not been able to feed and clothe those children.

Trades of Hope works through fair trade organizations, ensuring that artisans are paid fair wages, which gives them the opportunity to improve their living conditions and provide for their families.  Through this work, women are being rescued from the sex trade, sweatshops, slums, and extreme poverty.  Shop with a purpose this Christmas season!

Featured Gift : The Inspirational Earrings. These are crafted in Mumbai by women who are being empowered to be self-reliant (valued at $20).

Perfect Gift for : The woman needing the perfect go-to accessory and wants earrings light enough to be comfortable all day, every day.

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MiniJoops

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MiniJoops

About : MiniJoops is an online children’s apparel shop that is committed to providing you and your sons and daughters with high-quality items made by unique brands. You will find that the store is filled with kids fashion clothing and kids boutique clothes. They are the ideal place to buy special occasion attire and everyday fashion clothes for kids. Your children will become instant fashion plates when you dress them in outfits from MiniJoops! They work tirelessly to select pieces that are both stylish and versatile for childhood. Whether your kids are off to school, camp, the beach, or a holiday season gathering, they will look and feel amazing in MiniJoops threads.

Featured Gift : $50 gift card

Perfect Gift for : The mom or kiddos looking for high-quality and fashionable threads!

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 Be sure to check our Facebook page DAILY starting Nov. 22 for a chance to win the featured gifts you see in this gift guide!

Disclosure :: shopDSM2015 is a paid advertising opportunity. That said, we sourced each and every gift included in this shopping guide and included only our favorite local ideas, companies and products. If it is in this guide, it is DMMB tested and approved.