There's no better time to support local makers, designers, and shops than at the holidays.
From essential gear for adventure-seekers to beautiful clothes for fashionistas and what may be the most perfect dog poop bags in existence, our 2025 Gift Guide is stocked with 41 choices to fit everyone on your list, whatever budget you're working with.
Happy holidays from the 7x7 team.
Style + Beauty Gifts to Glow Up Their Holiday
Buying for an eco-conscious, fashion-obsessed loved one? Cozy up to a Reimagined Blanket ($350–$1250) from When Simon Met Ralph. Each hand-felted piece is a one-of-a-kind that starts with a sourced blanket transformed with sustainable garments and/or fragments of clothing worked into the design. You can’t get much warmer—or chicer—than with these fashion-meets-function pieces by Simon Ungless and Jody Niederkhor.
// Shop online at whensimonmetralph.com; some pieces are available in store at The Gardener: 836 Fourth St. (Berkeley)
Foodie Gifts in Every Flavor
Brucato Spirits' newest amaro bottling, Fields ($45), is a blend of artichoke leaf, red beet, rhubarb root, fenugreek seed, dill weed, and coriander macerated in California grape brandy and aged in toasted oak barrels. Bitter in the best possible way, drink it straight, over ice, or in a cocktail.
// Shop in house at Bar Brucato, 275 S. Van Ness Ave. (Mission) or online at brucatospirits.com
Purr-fect Gifts for Kids + Pets
The Foggy Dog is for the stylish Bay Area pup. From personalized bandanas and bows (seasonal or otherwise) to leashes, harnesses, beds, and toys, this shop has everything a dog could dream of in prints and fabrics that you will love, too. For a festive holiday option that’ll keep their pup warm, try the Holly Bobble Dog Sweater ($60).
// Shop online at thefoggydog.com
Adventure-Ready Gifts
Part of the beautiful and extensive Wildsam Field Guide series, Big Trees of California ($24) will take them on a greenery-filled journey through the state’s most majestic parks. Stories, interviews, and itineraries are all included in this big-tree deep dive, with an emphasis on ecology and geography. The 4 x 6.5-inch book, printed in the U.S., is small enough to fit into a back pocket.
// Shop online at shop.wildsam.com.
