This 2024 holiday season, find the perfect gift at one of Bellingham and Whatcom County's unique shops. Make your family and friends’ holidays bright with a perfectly picked local gift.
Take the guesswork out of gift-giving this year with Whatcom's Local Gift Guide! Thanks to Sustainable Connections, this directory features more than 100 locally owned businesses in Whatcom County and is the perfect way to find holiday gifts for everyone when you visit. The Gift Guide is sorted by gift type or budget making it easy to explore gift ideas for friends and family.
Holiday shopping doesn't have to be a hassle. Head to one of these holiday markets, craft shows, or bazaars in and around Bellingham and Whatcom County and make a fun outing of it! Many of these markets feature locally made goods, from artwork and crafts to jewelry, clothing, food items, and more. Happy shopping!
The Whatcom Think Local First Gift Card is a community-based digital gift card that makes it fun and easy to spend locally! It can be purchased at thinklocalfirst.org and used at participating local merchants throughout Whatcom County like Hotel Leo, Semiahmoo Resort, Stemma Brewing, and MORE.
A museum membership to Whatcom Museum or SPARK Museum is the perfect gift for someone who loves learning. Both memberships come with unlimited admission and additional perks. You can also purchase gifts and swag from their gift shops.
The film-lovers (and popcorn-lovers) in your life will be ecstatic to get a membership to the Pickford Film Center.
Celebrate all things Bellingham this holiday season with the Bellinghamopoly board game, produced by the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce. [Also available for online ordering through Village Books and Paper Dreams.]
Bellinghams' beloved indie bookstore offers every genre of book under the sun, plus an inventory of used books that you can buy at a discount. The bookstore is also a great place to look for gifts like journals, calendars, planners, games, and more.
Attached to Village Books is Paper Dreams, a large gift store filled with fun knickknacks for the home, quality paper products, and kitchen items. You'll also find lunch boxes, loose leaf teas, gourmet fudge, soaps, Washington state souvenirs, toys, snuggly hats and slippers, and so much more.
You can also explore their second location on Front St in Lynden.
[Photo by Peter James Gallery]
Spend $50 in Fairhaven Village and get entered to win a prize!
Pick up a SHOP LOCAL Card at the Fairhaven Visitor Kiosk (inside Finnegan's Alley - 1106 Harris) or the Peoples Bank inside Haggen.
Fill out as many cards as you want for a chance to win weekly prizes! $50 per card - shop and dine at your favorite village businesses. Have your cashier initial or stamp a star for every $5 spent, completed cards can be dropped off at the same locations as pick up (Visitor Kiosk & Peoples Bank).
A card will be drawn on the following dates: 12/5, 12/12, 12/19 & 1/2.
GREAT LOCAL PRIZES...
Cards will be available through November 30-January 1st (or until they run out). *Some rules and exceptions will apply
