7 Christmas gifts for beach lovers who wish they lived by the seaside
I absolutely love the beach and the seaside, everything about it inspires me and is a big influence in my work. This has ranged from more abstract pieces to tufted beach scenes. All these hand tufted pieces are perfect for everyone who loves the sea side I even have a few tufted seascapes so you can find your favourite beach tufted in a tactile textile piece. Or you can bring the seaside to your home floor with a tufted beach inspired rug.
Here are a few beach inspired gifts that would be great for beach lovers or as a reminder of a loved ones favourite beach or holiday spot.
Tufted seascape Christmas gift for the person in your life who loves Devon and the quintessential english seaside
Have you ever explored the area between Ilfracobe and Woolacombe?
There is a little beach called Lee is great to explore when the tide is out. We walked around the corner over some rocks and found a more secluded beach full of shingle rocks and the most beautiful views.
This tufted wall hanging is inspired by the views we saw there, they were breathtaking and atmospheric as we were dodging rain showers by hiding under the cliffs.
The warm sand colour works perfectly against the grey blues of the sea and sky and would work well with any decor. This would be an amazing xmas gift for those who hold Devon close to their heart.
2. Think back to the summer holidays with the St Michaels Mount tufted wall hanging Christmas gift.
St Michaels mount is one of our favourite place to visit in Cornwall, there is a giant causeway to walk out to the castle, at low tide it is the way to get across and at high tide it is totally covered with water. We like to wait around and walk back along the path when the tide is coming back in, it feels like you are walking on water out in the middle of the ocean. It is very fun, the island is also well worth a look too, the gardens are full of wonderful spikey almost Mediterranean plants.
This representation of the island and causeway is a great reminder of a fun day out at the beach. The light summery colours will add a bit of omph to your home decor. The go to gift for those who love to holiday in Cornwall.
3. The Zenor tufted seascape wall hanging, the perfect Christmas gift for the Cornwall clifftop rambler
Have you heard about the mermaid of Zenor? Ledgend has it she lured the … We found the beach she was said to be lurring him to and noticed there was a note in the sand.
We found an over grown path and struggled through bracken and bramble to get down to the beach. We were totally alone and the waves were huge and crashing.
This tufted wall art was inspired by the beautiful crocosmia growing on the hillside down. The brilliant green leaves and folliage next to the piercing warm orange flowers compared to the grey sky and blue sea was so spectacular and so evocative fo this part of Cornwall.
This would be a fantastic Christmas gift for those in your life who love to walk and be outdoors, a great reminder of some of their favourite rambles.
4. The Nanjizzle tufted seascape, a great xmas gift for the Cornwall explorers.
This tufted wall hanging is inspired by the walk over to the Nanjizzle beach, the aquamarie turquoise water next to the yellow and purple heather is so amazing to see.
What a fantastic walk over to a lovely beach, its a long long walk, the first time we went down we were climbing up cliffs next to the beautiful turquoise seas from the Porthgwarra beach cove. The second time we walked from Sennen to Lands End then over to Nanjizzle, we walked past the shipwreck in between the two which is super fun to look at.
When you get to the beach there is the iconic rock formation and pool, and I even spotted a start fish there!
This is the Christmas gift for the person in your life who love clifftop beach walks and exploring the countryside by the beach.
5. The Christmas gift for the beach lover who stacks pebbles at the beach, the Cott Valley tufted wall hanging.
This beach is full of large pebbles and boulders, whenever we visit we see lots of pebble and rock towers, I just love seeing them balancing next to the large waves crashing. There is something so calming but also sinister listening to the huge waves on the pebble pulling them back into the sea.
We have spent many a sunset watching seals bobbing around in the water below.
This tactile wall hanging is inspire by the stone balancing and the beach on a more cloudy day. The mottle effect of the tufting works really well with the pebble effect.
This would be a fantastic xmas gift for that person who always builds a pebble tower at the beach reminding them of one of their favourite holidays.
6. The xmas gift for those people who love beach combing, the Seaglass tufted rug.
Bring the beach to your living room floor with the seaglass tufted rug. This medium sized rug is the perfect seaside alternative to a more plain rug. There a small flecks of seaglass and pebbles mixed with a mottled sand background.
Apart from a bit of swimming and bodyboarding one of my favourite things to do at the beach is beach coming and looking for sea glass. I like to take a small jar with me and aim to fill it with treasures. It’s addicitive and I just cant help myself when walking along spotting the colourful jewels in the sand.
This rug would go well in any beach lovers house, reminding them everyday of their favourite place. A great thoughtful gift for that special person in your life who is obsessed with the sea.
7. Gift the beach with the Seaweed tufted rug this Christmas.
The sea weed rug is inspired by what is left on the beach at low tide after a storm, lots of seaweed, stones and even a mermaids purse. The rocks and stones add depth to the abstracted seaweed shape pattern.
I have so many photos of beautiful shapes and colours of sea weeds found washed up on the shores.
This medium to large rug is tufted with such a lovely alternative neutral colour pallette, I think it perfectly sets the scene for a stormy beach day and takes me back to memories of fun days exploring the sea side.
This is a lovely gift for the seaside lover in your life.
All of these handmade tufted pieces would be a great Christmas gift for someone who loves to visit the beach weather that be swimming in the sea, eating ice cream on the beach or long walks along the sea front.
These tufted pieces of home decor will add a tactile element to your home and a bit of personality to your walls. Why not gift a seaside tufted wall hanging or rug this xmas and bring the beach into your loved ones home.