Happy Holidays from the #CallunaCrew! The holiday season is all about sharing love with friends and family. We are grateful to live in the beautiful communities in and around Boulder and Denver, Colorado and are thrilled to highlight some of our favorite businesses as a part of our Calluna Events Holiday Gift Guide! We hope you can find special gift ideas to surprise the ones you love this year!
Thank you to the amazing businesses who participated and happy holidays to all!
Enjoy! Xo, Calluna
“Artifact Uprising® is a Colorado-based company that creates premium quality customizable photo goods for your digital photos. Driven by the belief that everyone has a story to tell, the company is known for elevated design and thoughtfully sourced materials.”
This holiday – record stories. Artifact Uprising’s simplified take on the classic scrapbook album, The Stories We Tell is a dedicated place to keep your stories close — whether about travel, family, or the everyday. Its timeless design, quality materials, and array of special compartments will let your experiences, and pieces to remember them, last for generations.
Featured Item: The Stories We Tell – Scrapbook Album (from $119) – Note: In order to get gifts in time for Christmas Eve, orders need to be placed by Tuesday 12/17 when shipping with Fed Ex Ground. More details here.
Located at Tennyson Berkeley – 4301 Tennyson St. Denver, CO 80212 & at Dairy Block – 1825 Blake St. Ste. 120, Denver, CO 80202
“Sarah O. Jewelry is Denver’s destination for custom engagement rings and unique diamond and gemstone jewelry. Visit us at one of our two locations on Tennyson Street in the historic Berkeley neighborhood and Downtown at the Dairy Block.”
Featured Item: Stack rings in rose, white, and yellow gold (Starting at $180)
3360 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205
“Proof Wine & Spirits is a neighborhood shop in the Denver RiNo district, featuring a thoughtful selection of wines, beer and spirits. Proof’s mission is to support smaller, family-owned wineries using responsible farming and production practices. The owners are passionate about wine education, sustainable and biodynamic wines, and promoting talented winemakers from all over the world.”
If you’re looking to stock up for holiday parties, visit Proof to check out their selection of large format wines. Bubbles pair well with basically any dish and are perfect for celebrating the holidays. The bigger bottles, or magnums, age slower than traditional sizes, offer exceptional value, are more durable and make great centerpieces on a dining room table!
Featured Item: Large Format Wines
“Miller Lane Mercantile opened in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood in February 2019. Born out of the idea of celebrating “simple goods for slow living”, owner Calli Swofford curates beautiful yet practical pieces for the everyday with a focus on quality and design. From kitchenwares to home decor, pottery, apothecary goods, accessories, and more, she feels strongly that the days are more enjoyable when you surround yourself with what you love. Step inside the cozy, 1940’s brick storefront and be inspired by unique items sourced from cities like Brooklyn, Austin, Portland, L.A., and beyond. The shop also proudly shares its support of female-founded businesses, with about 70% percent of the brands being women-owned.”
1738 Pearl St, Boulder, CO
“Frasca is the creation of Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey and Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson. Their shared passion for Friulano cuisine and fine wine is reflected in the exquisitely prepared fare and a comprehensive wine list boasting over 200 varieties.”
This holiday, a date night at Frasca would make a perfect gift! This year, Frasca received the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Service. They are also celebrating their 15th Anniversary! A highlight offered only from 12/4 – 12/30 (excluding Christmas Eve), is their Truffle Tasting Menu – a luxurious 7 course tasting experience. There is an optional wine pairing to go along with it. They also offer a 4-course menu called our Quattro Piatti Menu. During the month of December, Frasca also layers in some extra luxurious ingredients to celebrate the season. This menu offers 3 – 5 options per course for $130 per person.
Featured Item: Truffle Tasting Menu ($275)
222 Milwaukee St. Denver, CO 80206
“Urban elegance defines Cherry Creek. And now, The Jacquard gives you the perfect home base for exploring all its charmingly independent boutiques, galleries, and restaurants. Celebrate life’s best moments with style. Do business with ease. Enjoy contemporary yet comfortable accommodations. And indulge in the best of downtown Denver—less than a 15 minute drive away—and the Rocky Mountains just beyond the city. Those beautiful mountain views are as close as our rooftop pool—enhanced all the more with a handcrafted cocktail at our rooftop bar.”
Featured Item: Staycation in Style – includes breakfast for 2 guests at Narrative, 1 split bottle of Veuve Clicquot, valet parking, and late checkout at 2PM ($299) – Also be sure to check out their amazing New Years Eve event!
2660 Canyon Blvd. A-16, Boulder, CO 80302
True Bloom’s 2019 Holiday Gift Certificate is the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one, and is good for any spa service. True Bloom Spa’s plant-powered, you-centered treatments have a personalized, holistic approach that is all about the guest and their unique needs. Gift certificates can be purchased for up to $1000 online or in-store.
Featured Item: Gift certificate
2015 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO
“Todd Reed is an American artisanal luxury jewelry company renowned for creating works of art using recycled metals and sustainably-sourced raw and fancy-cut diamonds. Todd Reed creations are all one-of-a-kind, hand-forged and finished by master jewelers in the Boulder, CO studio. Todd Reed creates an alchemy of precious metals and stones that merge rugged natural beauty with refined sculptural elegance – Raw Elegance. It is a vision that fuses the iconoclastic spirit of an artist, the unwavering, hand-made ethos of an artisan, and the sustainable methods of a modern-day steward.”
Featured Items:
- Engagement Ring, Stacking Bands, Mens Band – featuring fancy cut, brilliant cut diamonds, and raw diamond cubes set in palladium
- Necklaces – featuring fancy cut diamonds set in your choice of metals
- Cuffs – featuring brilliant cut diamonds set in your choice of metals
All available in yellow gold, silver, palladium, rose gold – price upon request
Feature Image
Photo from Miller Lane Mercantile