It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas if the crammed carparks and general sense of panic are anything to go by. Free yourself from the frenzy and adopt a more leisurely pace for your Christmas shopping at the Gold Coast Arts Christmas Market this Saturday December 16. Browse more than 50 stalls that are brimming with unique and meaningful gifts for everyone on your list. Whether you’re looking for something special for your sister/mother/significant other, Clive Street will have them looking sharp with its range of ethically produced clothing and accessories, Lumen + Luxe will have their home smelling dreamy with its micro-batch, hand-poured soy candles and for the little people in your life, Young Squad will kit them out with some seriously cute kidswear. Even the fur babies are catered for with Bonnie & Baxter’s luxury handmade pet accessories. For the impossible-to-buy-for ladies who have everything, check out done by daisy and Hazel and Herb, they’re guaranteed to have something great.

Still not convinced? There will be hands-on workshops, live entertainment and even a food precinct featuring the likes of The Roaming Pig, Badboys Doughnuts, IndiMex and plenty more to quell your cravings.

Avoiding the shopping centre carpark, finding a meaningful gift for your loved ones and supporting local makers and doers in the process? That’s what we call having your cake and eating it too. Speaking of, there will definitely be cake.

Image credit: Hazel and Herb, Lumen + Luxe and done by daisy.