If you are looking for thoughtfully handmade gifts or items for your home, please check out…read moreChestnut & Fig. The owner, Brigitta, is an absolute dream to work with and can create a personalized gift for any occasion! She recently created several gorgeous succulent arrangements for me to send as housewarming gifts. Not only did she create a unique and customized arrangement for each of my clients, she packaged and shipped them (one to the East Coast) and they arrived in perfect condition. Both recipients raved about the wonderfully unique gift! Looking forward to my next order!

Beautifully and well curated marketplace that offers an all-around wonderful shopping experience…read more Even the items for sale are amazing--crafted by incredible artisans.

I love this market! I have participated in it both as a vendor and a customer. Every time there are…read moreunique items and I always always find great gifts and have a fun time shopping. The atmosphere is so rad-- great music and food vendors too. My whole family loves coming--kids and husband too! As a seller, I loved working with Elise. She is super organized and her booth prices are fair. I've sold both inside and outside and it has been my most lucrative market each year I participate. Grab your girlfriends and go! Or take your whole family. Seriously, you'll be glad you did.

We are HUGE fans of Durden art. We go to the Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival every year just to buy a…read morenew creation. We are brought owners of 6 paintings. We have one of the Marvel clothes line pictures, the princess clothesline with Elsa, Monsters inc, Toy Story, Pluto (bad dog) and owl "where's Waldo"? We can't wait to go back this year!!!

The Durden Art studio/gallery is really something special. Its a bit hard to find since its…read moreactually integrated as part of Seven Degrees, the wedding and special events venue. The artist actually lives upstairs and actively paints and sells work downstairs. The space is always open during Laguna Beach Art Walk (first Thursday of each month) which is when I first discovered it. Michael Phillips is truly an Idiot Jenius just like his business card says. Michael is very approachable and happy to talk about his art. His paintings are hand drawn and painted, without the use of computer design aides, so his work is really unique. The best part is that each painting has a secret message! The paintings tell stories and usually have some social relevance. One of my favorites is Michael's take on a famous Norman Rockwell painting called "New Kids in the Neighborhood" that was about racism in the 1950's. The Durden version, "Moving Stars," has Starwars kids meeting up with Star Trek kids! Its a totally new take on how kids can play nice despite their differences ;) I also love the superhero clothesline piece. The secret words are the Batman theme song, "Dunna, dunna, dunna, dunna!" Its such a great idea to have the costumes hanging and make people test their trivia. There are several versions of the clotheslines, princesses, villains, female fashion icons, sports heroes, tough guys in movies and even a musicians version called "One Love." Michael doesn't do commission work any more since he's busy branching out into t-shirts and continuously making new work to keep up with his fans at the Sawdust Festival every Summer. So his original paintings sell really fast. The studio gallery has giclee reproductions for sale (he only makes 50 of each painting). You can also get paper prints ($25 or 2 for $40) both framed and unframed (5x7" frames are only $20). The greeting cards are hilarious! One of my favorites is the princess clothesline birthday card that reads: May your pumpkins always have wheels, your mice have GPS, your frogs be tall and handsome, and your watch remain forever at eleven Wishing you a bipity bobity birthday Happy Birthday Princess SO CREATIVE!!! But, the best find were the jigsaw puzzles!!! Such a great idea to take awesome colorful images and make them into something the whole family can enjoy. (99 pieces for $25 and 1000 pieces for $40) I think its remarkable that his prices are so reasonable especially for being an artist in Laguna Beach. Most of all, I love that he makes art for people of all ages. I'm going to love cartoons forever and his pop-art cartoon illustrations are just too good. You can see what's new from Durden Art on Facebook or Etsy but I think its so much more meaningful to meet and purchase from the artist in person.

This is a very cute multicultural, children's clothing store, accessories, Very cute children's…read moretoys. They only opened up the store six months ago, and they don't even have a sign yet for the front door, it's still being made they informed me. Prices seemed reasonable. if my kids were younger, I would surely go here to purchase new outfits. Actually, I think I have a friend who's gonna have a baby shower soon.

Owner is lovely and so sweet! Absolutely love their candles…read more We also own a candle company in Hawaii & California for many years and their quality is also amazing. Excellent hot and cold throw!! Highly recommend!! 5+ stars.

Tina is the owner and she's so cute. working hard on making…read moreall their candles in store to bring fresh safe scents to all homes and offices

Haus of Metal has been the best addition to our little neighborhood! It has become the go-to shop…read morefor the most beautiful gifts (and frequently sneaking in beautiful things for myself as well)! Not only is everything so beautifully selected and curated, the owner is truly incredible and today made me SO proud to be a customer and now I will continue to be a loyal customer. She had no idea we were having a rough day and I mentioned we had a beautiful book that includes my son's name from her store and without hesitation she ran over and gifted him the matching blanket to accompany the book. Who does that?! My eyes started to water and I was blown away by the kindness of this small business owner! It's the things like her incredibly generous gesture that keep people coming back. Do yourself a favor and stop by ASAP. It's the best!

Nice place with cool gifts. And I went in to get a gift wrapped. It's a service if you purchase…read morefrom them but the gentleman gladly did so and I was willing to pay for the service yet he wanted nothing so all I can do is go in there a support them during this difficult time and show them the kindness back and make a purchase. Thank you kind sir.

Ever wonder what happened to the invisible ink markers we had as kids? Seems they found a new…read morelease on life on the shelves of the Gift Chateau not far from their collection of Mad Libs. In fact our inner 6 year olds, mischievous teenagers, and even party crazed frat boys should be able to find something here with their collection of Godly and not so holy gifts. Invisible ink, beer pong stuff, rubber balls, putty, redneck drinking gifts, cards, boomerangs. Its quite eclectic and probably a real gem.

I bought the most beautiful, unique, one of kind pieces of artwork that I have seen in a very long…read moretime! Spectacular!...... This gift shop is amazing and full of one of kind/unique gifts that you can ever find. Love, love love this place!

A beautiful, unique, variety of gifts and merchandise. You will find the perfect item for that…read morecertain person. The owner is very nice, professional, and patient. This is one place to visit.