Shop Small This Christmas 🎅 Luneta’s Christmas Market dates and Last Shipping Dates info
It’s that time of the year again when everyone is rushing to buy gifts for their loved ones (or treats for themselves)! I’d love to see you in one of my Christmas markets if you’re in London for the next month, as I’m literally doing at least one day of Christmas markets per week between now and December 18th 😊
Christmas markets are an excellent opportunity to support small businesses, get a personalized customer experience and obviously, get a super special gift!
Why should we support small businesses?
As Amanda from The Clothershorse podcast says (my favourite podcast, excellent if you like politics, sustainability and fashion!), small business is the future. Huge companies will always prioritize profits over people (it’s all about generating value for shareholders), and because they’re so big, it’s hard for them to make changes towards being more sustainable and ethical. Amanda uses a great analogy: A small business changing is as easy as turning a bike; for a big company to change, it’s like trying to turn a cruise ship.
When you shop small, you’re supporting the businesses that are trying to be more ethical and sustainable and helping them grow (not to mention that you’ll be getting a unique and beautiful product). Why would you give your money to the huge and unethical businesses that aren’t even trying to do the right thing?? It’s only by not shopping from them that they’ll try to improve.
3 FREE ways to support small businesses
Engage with us in social media
Liking and saving posts, leaving a nice comment, sharing small businesses’ posts on your stories - these are all free ways to help small businesses grow! When someone publishes a post, the amount of initial engagement it gets informs to how many more the algorithm should show the post to, so by engaging with a post you’re telling Instagram/TikTok “hey, this content is cool. Do show it to more people”.
Recommend small businesses to your friends and family
Be an influencer within your own circle! Did you find out about a brand that your friend Katy would love? Do share it with them! Is your friend Brian into sustainable fashion? Why not tell them about Luneta and how we make all our jewellery with upcycled vintage beads 👀 Having your (yes, I’m talking to you!) seal of approval helps other people trust small brands too.
Write reviews for items you’ve previously purchased
You know how you read all the Amazon reviews for a product before buying it? Most people expect all businesses to have this review feature too, but it just looks silly if there are only 2 reviews for someone’s whole website (yes, I’m talking about my own website 🤣). Obviously the small business owner will say their products are great, but having indifferent people confirming that is such a confidence and trust booster.
Luneta’s London Christmas Market Dates
✨ Lower Stable Street Market
Thu - Sun, Nov 24-27
Thu/Fri: 12pm - 7pm
Sat/Sun: 11am - 6pm
📍Lower Stable Street, N1C 4DR
✨ E5 Makers Market
Sunday, December 4
11am - 4pm
📍 396 Mentmore Terrace, E8 3PH
✨ Lower Stable Street Market
Thu - Sun, Dec 8-11
Thu/Fri: 12pm - 7pm
Sat/Sun: 11am - 6pm
📍 Lower Stable Street, N1C 4DR
✨ Crafty Fox Market
Sunday, December 18
11am - 5pm
📍 Mercato Metropolitano, SE1 6DR
Hope to see you in one of these! ❤️
Luneta’s Last Shipping Dates (in time for Christmas delivery)
***UPDATE***: the last day for the UK is now December 16th.
Don’t forget we’re offering a complimentary vintage Christmas gift-wrapping on jewellery orders until Christmas 😊
Oops, I missed the deadline….
No problemo! You can buy them a Luneta gift card and the recipient will be even more grateful to be able to choose their own gift ✨ During checkout, you can choose if you’d like the gift card to be sent straight to the recipient via email or to your email, so that you can send it to them.
Thank you, as always, for supporting my small business ❤️ It really means the world to me and that meme that “everytime you buy something from a small business, they do a little dance” is totally true in my case! Browse all the sustainable handmade jewellery and other original vintage bits I have available for sale over at the shop ❤️