Belle and the team have been hard at work carefully developing and selecting items that make for thoughtful, unique and thoroughly enjoyable gift buying – and we get to do it all without stepping foot inside a mall. Win, win!

But what did I choose? I'm glad you asked. Here's the run-down of what my nearest and dearest will be unwrapping on the 25th...

$20 gift for out-of-town friends - our BRAND NEW (and totally postable) little book of Otautahi Christchurch.

There's a Bill Hammond fan in the family so this was a no-brainer - a t-shirt and puzzle.

My fairy god-children are getting our much-loved and multi award-winning kids' art activity book, ART-TASTIC .

After many sun-drenched family days at Taylors Mistake, this will be a treasured gift.

Secret Santa – Art Oracles! Picasso, Pollock, Kahlo and other great artists offer advice on your decision-making. 

Perfect for a cat-loving friend, one of our Eileen Mayo tea towels  

And for $3.90 who can go past a Gallery builder’s pencil?

Not to mention a few sparkly things that fell into the bag for myself!

Next stop — wrapping and getting them under my otherwise neglected Christmas tree.

Ngā mihi maioha mō te Tau Hou