Glass Desert cactus

A certified master gardener, Alexandra Berger Clamons of The Glass Desert enjoys translating plants into glass, like this handmade stained-glass succulent cactus.

From macrame pieces to hang on your wall and coffee mugs to sport your love of Tucson, to funky saguaro-themed lamp shades and candles that smell like Mount Lemmon, below is a list of makers that offer items for your home and kitchen.

Abate Studio — Shop ceramics including vases and bowls with various designs and colors

Aberrant Ceramics — Ceramic artwork including pottery mugs, sculptures, ornaments and incense holders

Adam Homan — All kinds of rad metal sculptures in shapes like cowboys, robots and critters

All15Designs — Find modern wall clocks, desk clocks and thermometers. Made from metal

Andrea Shemilt Kashanipour — Ceramic designer, creating items such as sculptures and dishes in shapes like cats, dinosaurs and flower garden goddesses 

Andree Richmond — Ceramic sculptures, mostly animal-themed

Apo Pottery — Handcrafted stonewares including mugs, dishes and bowls

Arizona Blossom Cellar — Handcrafted botanical candles with colorful dried florals inside. You choose the scent 

Arizona Poppy — Brick and mortar in downtown Tucson where you can shop items from lots of local artists, including prints, jewelry, clothes, home items, plants and more. 

Ārya Tārā Candles — Candles and wax melts in several scents. There's even an Arizona collection with a Mount Lemmon candle!

Becky Zimm Design — Find ball pillows and ottomans here, plus totes, pillows and prints here

Black Cat Mosaics — Check out abstract mosaic, mixed media and sculptures

Bottle Rocket Design — Candles, pet bowls, lamp shades made from concrete and repurposed glass

Burnt October — Handmade candles, melts and room sprays. Candles have fun names like "Smitten in Sedona" and "Feelin' Pine"

Busy Little Hands Shop — Kids toys and games. Find puzzles, finger puppets, crayon sets and busy boards

BYND Books — Hand-stitched journals 

The Candle Scandal — Hand-poured soy wax candles and melts

Catherine Eyde — Colorful tea towels and coffee mugs, in addition to prints, stickers and totes

Ceci Ceramics — Terracotta pots and vases, coffee mugs, dinnerware

Cicada Goods — Desert-inspired candles, with a collection inspired by memories made in the Sonoran Desert

Clay and Canvas Studio — Find pottery including coffee mugs, pots, platters and jars, all in fun colors

Color Me Tru — Find personalized crayons shaped into letters and other shapes

Crooked Tree Ceramics — Custom mosaics for your home (or in the form of a bench), plus pottery including mugs, shot glasses and ornaments

DDCo Design — Up-cycled materials turned into home items such as trays, coasters and wall hangings. Some items have lots of Tucson themes

Desert Baubles Co. — Desert-themed art, including ornaments

Di Luna Candles — Hand-poured soy candles 

Duct Tape Candii — Beautiful pressed flower art

Eastland Alley Design Co. — Hand-poured candles. Check out the Arizona collection!

Emily Cartagine — Resin crafts including coasters, sun catchers and trays. Also earrings!

EZ Muddy — Handmade ceramics in soft colors and polka dot designs 

Fire N Flux Handmade — Ceramic pottery. Cups, bowls, shakers. Also sells jewelry 

Flor sin Retoño — Handcrafted ritual brooms, bath salts and candles

Flowing Waters Soap Co. — Beautiful soap bars with desert themes and bright colors

Galeria Mitotera — Coffee mugs, candles, wall hangings and more. Find this brick and mortar in South Tucson, where you can also find jewelry, prints and more

Gerry Quotskuyva — Find Kachina dolls, bronze sculptures and prints

The Glass Desert — Stained glass art, many shaped as cacti and stuck in mini pots. Plus Tucson-themed stained glass hangings

Greyt Escape — Handmade Martingale dog collars in various colors

Happily Becoming — Handmade pottery with a Southwest style. Find magnets, ornaments, mugs, dishes, pillows and more decor

Hard Candy Woodshop — Find all kinds of wood art, such as cutting boards, keepsake boxes, plaques and coasters

Heal-Thy Sól — Candles with local botanicals and gemstones

Hex & Hew — Creators of the Army Man Project, which can turn you into a tiny green action figure. Also find stickers, prints and jewelry on the website, in addition to covers of A Little Tucson Book

Jimmy Descant — Sculptures made from found objects

Jorge Vergeli — Eclectic sculptures and up-cycled metal to display inside or outside

Kitsch Mood — The most adorable soaps and candles you may ever see, with molds made by artists in Korea

Knotted by Kiwi — Macrame pieces, including wall art and plant hangers

La Luna Coyote — Unique planters of varying shapes and sizes (look at the circular one!), plus vases, wall art and jewelry 

Laterite Designs — Hand-sculpted statue candles

La Vida. Taprūt — Wood boards (one has a roadrunner on it!) for cutting, serving, etc. Plus bowls, dishes, napkin rings, vases and more

Lawa Ceramics — Shop ceramic bowls, planters and wall hangings

Leaf and Lumos — Shop tarot decks and deck bags

Left Hand Asylum — Find mixed media art with horror and fantasy themes. Vases, ornaments, bookmarks, journals, soap dispensers and more

Lex Gjurasic — Multimedia artist making "radically happy art"

Light of Mine Candle Supply — Wax candles in scents like spring blossoms and sugar plum

The Lost Highway Sign Company — Recycled items (especially license plates) turned into signs, tables, keychains and even robots

Lucky Fox Calligraphy — Cards and decor with calligraphy

Lynn M East Design Studio — Find gourd art, gourd containers and ornaments

Madera Ink Designs — Etched/engraved wood/stone items, such as ornaments, cutting boards and flasks

Manifesting Magic AZ — Candles with hidden crystals

Marigold Fontana Ceramics — Small-batch ceramics including jewelry dishes and mugs

Meadow Street Studio — Stained glass in the shape of mountains, saguaros and other scenery

Melissa Henshaw Ceramics — Ceramic bowls, plates, cups, mugs and plant holders

Melrose Macrame — Macrame wall hangings, some in rainbow colors. Also sells plant holders

Meranda Ceae — Crocheted stuffed animals and blankets

Mirage and Bird — Custom botanical designs and arrangements including succulents and flowers

Moon + Mystics — Find bows and head wraps for babies, plus crib sheets, quilts and swaddle blankets

Mountain Sculpture Studios — Handcrafted sculptures of mountains featuring materials like calcite, marble and jasper

Mug Wumpers — Bright, Tucson-centric coffee mugs and coasters

Native Seeds/SEARCH — Nonprofit that has a gift shop with pottery, Native crafts and basketry, in addition to jewelry, food and art prints

Nopalito Crochet — Crocheted cacti

Olivia Spankhorn — Multimedia artist with wood-burned items like baking spoons

Off the Hook Crochetin — Handmade crochet items like a tiny bumblebee and a velvet dinosaur 

Oracle Oddities Co. — "The weirder, the better," their business cards say. Find butterflies encased in vintage frames, or a lantern filled with moss and a moth

Petra Clay and Metal — Bowls, planters, mugs and more

Plant Casitas — Planters that look like houses for your indoor plants!

Pop Cycle — This brick and mortar on Fourth Avenue sells items from several makers. Home and kitchen items include nightstands, tea towels, lamp shades, ornaments, dishes, candles, coasters, wall hangings, switch plates and more

Pretty Bird Craft — Find colorful trinket trays (one shaped like a saguaro!) and handmade earrings

Q.street Collective — Resin art including an iridescent saguaro paperweight, plus phone grips, pill trays and wall hangings

QiChi — Find fan and light pull chains with all kinds of designs, plus jewelry 

Raizes — Find Mexican-inspired CBD candles. Shapes like conchas and fresas con crema 

Santa Theresa Tile Works — Tile and mosaics that include hummingbirds, rabbits, prickly pear cacti, ladybugs and more. Brick and mortar near downtown

The Serene Essentials — Candles, plus beauty items like body spray and lashes

Shannon Bordando — Desert-inspired embroidery. Find embroidery hoops with doves, cacti and more fun designs

Smells Like Dessert Candles — It's all in the name, honestly! 

Southwest Sock Friends — Sock buddies turned into snowmen and cacti

Spring + Vine — Find handmade bowls, dishes, coffee mugs and wall hangings. Spring + Vine also sells handmade soaps

Stained Glass Love — Shop handcrafted stained glass wall hangings in various designs such as hummingbirds and saguaros

StarPiks — Custom engraved guitar picks, plus jewelry

Studio Katagami — Clay art that includes cups, mugs and planters

SW Pyrography — Custom wood burning. Sells plaques and ornaments (many desert-themed), plus earrings

TheBlackCatCS — Acrylic and wood laser-cut items, such as flasks, ornaments and signs

Tracy Ann Holmes — Ceramic sculptures and handmade tiles, in addition to paintings

Two Snake Pots — Pottery and hand-painted designs on cups, mugs, bowls, vases and plates

Under The Tucson Sky — Find Cricut crafts, including water bottles, glasses and frames

Wood Notch Pens — Find handcrafted pens and other gifts such as ironwood carvings, journals and planners


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