Get a locavore jump on the holiday season! TABLE believes in the shop local movement for four reasons. First, when you buy local, you support our local economy.
This helps create jobs, boosts local investment in our streetscapes, and builds greater economic resilience.
Second, you will get better, more personal service than Amazon could ever deliver. Our shopkeepers know you. They see you when you’re out to dinner. They wave to you at the grocery. And, they know what’s important to you. All of that comes into play every time you enter their spaces.
Third, you will find a host of special and unique products. Outfox the algorithms that direct your online buying with fresh, original choices! Look for the unique, the unusual, the handmade: all of the things you won’t find in big-box stores.
Fourth, it’s healthier for the planet, and for you! All those blue delivery vans and their cardboard boxes take an environmental toll. Reduce the carbon emissions and packaging waste…and get your steps in by walking around town. You’ll feel better, and you’ll know you’ve done just a little for our the planet as wella s for our community.
Gifts for the Home in New Mexico
Weems Gallery
Born in the Netherlands and raised in Germany, Monique Belitz now calls northern New Mexico home. Influenced by medieval manuscripts and 16th century Dutch paintings, Belitz infuses her work with storytelling like the piece Searching for the Way – a visual tale of the journey of getting older.
Las Cosas Cooking Shoppe
Handcrafted in Portugal, these nested stoneware bowls are inspired by vintage French pottery. All of the pieces in the Poterie range are hand-finished, giving them a unique character. Safe for oven, microwave, and freezer.
Pennysmiths Paper
Taking inspiration from Navajo and Spanish silversmiths, this hand-tooled Milagro keepsake box showcases the beauty of tradition and vintage craftsmanship. Inlaid with soft velvet and adorned with hearts, this rustic box will keep all your treasures safe.
Wild Life
The House of Lyria creates pillows and drapes that are timeless and breathtakingly original. Instead of chemical dyes, they look to organic materials such as coffee, tea, and ash, and natural fibers like wool, cotton, and linen to create pieces that are utterly unique.
Three Roots
These smart-looking boxes feature a basket-weave pattern made by juxtaposing pieces of grained wood alongside sleek black composite. The interior of each is covered in white linen.
Taylor Garrett Whiskey
Albuquerque-based Taylor Garrett is creating novel bourbon and rye whiskey based on an “accelerated” aging technique. Their pre-made “Old Fashioned” cocktail takes away the stress of being an expert mixologist. Serve over ice with an orange twist and a cherry.
The Ark, Neighbour Moderne
We’ve teamed up aromatic smudge sticks from The Ark with a selection of handmade and glazed ceramics from Neighbour Moderne. The ceramics are from a Louisiana-based artist who is inspired by the clean lines of mid-century modern design paired with the raw, earthiness of clay. Each piece is unique and perfect as a gift or for holiday entertaining.
Mostly by Nature
Light up your table with the Cats & Jasmine candle holders from Mostly by Nature. They’re cast and forged in iron and come in a set of three.
Detours
These hand-painted bowls are decorated in bold geometric designs with scalloped edges. From Morocco, these ceramics come in different shapes, sizes, and designs. Perfect for creating an elegant table for holiday entertaining.
David Naylor Interiors
These knock-out vases are from Morocco and draw on an age-old tradition of combining metal with ceramics. Each piece is different with some wrapped in wire while others feature embossed metal that circles the lip. Available in a sunny ochre or Granny Smith apple green.
Los Poblanos
Find the perfect pause this holiday season with a warming mug of Lavender Earl Grey tea from Los Poblanos. It’s a full-bodied black tea with invigorating notes of Italian bergamot, organic orange peel, soothing lavender, and fair- trade Indian vanilla bean. It’s the perfect way to start your day, especially when served in a hefty mug from Mexico’s Arte Ventosa.
Temple
Add some color to teatime with this teapot crafted from high-quality borosilicate glass. Offered in three color combinations, each one available with matching cups. The teapot has a removable tea filter and is heat-resistant so you can brew your favorite loose-leaf teas with ease.
Santa Maria Provisions
A Chinese proverb says, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” In that spirit is thise acorn vase that allows you to observe an acorn seed as it matures and forms roots. Truly a gift for today, tomorrow, and twenty years from now.
Detours
Two retired mathematicians have made it their mission to help a small community in Guatemala. The proceeds from the colorful napkins they create help fund computer technology for the residents, making this a gift that is equal parts beautiful and beneficial.
J Douglas
Add a touch of glitter to your home with these decorative bottles with sculptural stoppers. They beg to be displayed in groups of three or more and bring a welcome note of glitz and glamor to your room.
The Collective
Elevate your cocktail hour with this black leather shagreen ice bucket. It has a removable stainless steel ice container and sports a sturdy leather handle for easy portability. The brass accent on the lid gives this ice bucket a modern and contemporary feel.
La Luz Lighting
Inspired by the sea anemone, the Anemone circular LED pendant light is suspended from four cables that feed the bristles with light. You can adjust the light so your room can be as brightly – or softly – lit as you like. One of the many captivating lighting solutions at La Luz Lighting.
Pfeifer Studio
The Molinillo cocktail table from Pfeifer is a piece that combines the very best of tradition with modern design. Inspired by details you find in Mexican wooden whisks, the table has an eye-catching turned base that gives it both texture and visual interest. Offered in four finishes.
Niman Fine Art
Have your own piece of northern New Mexico sky with Summer Night by artist Dan Namingha. He says of this acrylic on canvas work, “Summer Night is a painting inspired by the brilliant moonlight we’ve had during the summer of 2025 in New Mexico.”
Barton’s Bloom Boutique
Yes, Barton’s is home to sublime floral arrangements, but they also have a nifty gift selection. Example: this whimsical ceramic ‘person,’ decorated with colorful fungi and flowers. Adorn its ‘head’ with an air plant and you have a gift that is sure to bring a smile to someone’s face.
Kay Contemporary
Artist Diana Stetson has worked in collage, printmaking, and painting. Now she combines all three, typically starting with an abstract work in acrylic, adding on a graphic layer, and often a collage of vintage papers, before she finishes by painting more realistically in oil.
Blue Rain Gallery
Glass artist Ira Lujan (Taos/Ohkay Owingeh) is known for blending traditional Pueblo themes with contemporary glassblowing techniques. Under his apprenticeship with Tony Jojola (Isleta), he discovered that he could express Indigenous stories and imagery through the beauty of glass, such as Leaf Glass Pottery, a piece that echoes traditional pottery.
Luna and Luz
These square plates come with different hand-painted and whimsical images like a sitting dog or dancing cat, replete with details gleaned from Mexican culture. The perfect plates for a dazzling dinner party.
RioBravo Fine Art
Shop local this year for your holiday gifts. The creative and dedicated shopkeepers who bring light and life to our city’s many shopping districts will be grateful to you…and so will the lucky people on your list. They, too, will appreciate that your gesture of love went beyond the click of an internet button to include a thoughtful hunt for just the right treasures. Let’s keep love for family, friends, and community at the center of the season.
Sarabande Home
Bring festive charm to your table with these footed Rialto glasses. Hand-finished by skilled artisans in Turkey, these glasses feature a stylish design that blends beautifully into holiday décor. Perfect for toasting at a cheerful gathering or savoring a cozy night by the fire.
Array Home
Skilled artisans in Zimbabwe create large ‘garlic’ baskets made from ilala palm grasses. Each one is unique with its own organic shape and fluid undulations and subtle variations in color and tone within the grass fibers.
Santa Fe School of Cooking
Black clay wares from Colombia can be used on both the stovetop and in the oven. That means this Hen Pot from Chamba isn’t just functional – it’s a whimsical and artistic tribute to cooking the perfect chicken for Sunday Supper. Visit Santa Fe School of Cooking and their online marketplace for more from Chamba.
Santa Maria Provisions
California-based Mistral soaps are inspired by the classic soaps you find traveling in the south of France. They’re made with organic shea butter and olive oil to be gentle on your skin. Wrapped in marbled paper, they make a thoughtful gift.
Albuquerque Museum Store
This stackable white porcelain mortar with a maple pestle, crafted in Japan, is designed to grind small amounts of spices and herbs with ease and elegance.
Seth Anderson
On the border of Colombia and Panama lies the Darien Rainforest where indigenous artists handweave these baskets. The geometric pattern is borrowed from archetypal motifs from the tribe’s creation stories. Each basket sale supports artists and their families, preserves tradition, and sustains the local economy.
Maison Smith
Handcrafted in Kenya from sustainably sourced Ankole-Watusi horn, these charming tea lights radiate a soft, warm glow – just the thing on a dark winter day or night. The subtle perforations let the light shimmer through, showcasing the horn’s natural beauty.
Living Threads
Master potter José García Antonio works in natural terracotta, red Oaxacan clay. Each piece is hand-built and carved with details that make his work come alive. His pieces are unglazed, allowing the natural clay surface and texture to shine. This terracotta horse is a perfect example of the work of this revered potter whose “hands that see” bring beauty to life in clay, despite his blindness.
Pandora’s
Based in Horezu, Romania, Maria Stefanescu uses clay and glaze colors that come from the surrounding hillsides and are extracted and processed by a local cooperative of artisans. Horezu pottery has been formally recognized by UNESCO for its critical expression of Romanian cultural heritage.
Purple Adobe Lavender Farm
Set in the Chama River Valley, Purple Adobe Lavender Farm enjoys the terrain, sandy alluvial soil, and high altitude that lavender loves. The result is a finer, sweeter grade of lavender that they turn into bath and beauty products or sell by the bunch so you can create your own sachets, potpourri, or soap.
Artful Tea
Long a symbol of peace, hope, and longevity, the ginkgo leaf is the inspiration for this beautifully crafted spoon. Made from stainless steel with a warm gold finish, it’s the perfect teaspoon to pair with a cup of Artful Tea’s tamarind lychee tea – a light and fruity green tea made with tamarind leaves, lychee, and white willow bark.
Alhambra Soul Inspired Living
Seeing Light by artist Pamela Cuming resonates both emotionally and with vibrant color. Now based in Taos, her works reflect a deep inner world informed by decades in performance and creative exploration. The self-taught artist has this to say about her art: “I attempt to keep freshness, emotion, rawness, imperfection, and vibrancy in my work.”
Story by Nika Patterson, Bill Smith, Natassja Santistevan, and Julia Platt Leonard
Principal Photography by Tira Howard
Sponsored by Ricky Allen – Tara Earley Real Estate Group
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