Every object in our catalog begins in a studio — a kiln in Marrakech, a loom in Oaxaca, a glassworks on Murano. Things Festive was founded on a simple belief: that the things we set on our tables and hang on our walls carry the fingerprints of the people who made them. Here are 380+ of those people, and the stories behind the work.
We open our 2025 maker dossier with three independent studios whose work we have carried for at least three seasons — chosen because each represents a different way of making that we believe belongs on a festively set table.
Italy · Murano
"My grandfather taught me that an ornament should feel heavier than it looks — the weight of the tradition in the glass. Every piece I blow carries his hands."
Japan · Kyoto
"The kiln decides which piece survives. My role is to listen — to the clay, to the flame, and to the season. A celebration deserves a vessel that has listened."
Portugal · Lisbon
"Every thread I weave is a decision a machine could make in a second. I choose to make it slowly, because the table at your wedding deserves a cloth someone chose."
"Curated" is the most overused word in our industry. Here is what we mean by it: every maker on Things Festive has been visited (or, since 2020, video-walked through their studio by our editorial team) and reviewed against a written seven-step framework. We publish the framework because we want you to hold us to it.
A short way into the catalog by the material that draws you. Each discipline links to a curated page with every maker and every SKU we carry within it.
Ornaments, stemware, and votives from Murano, Bohemia, and a small workshop outside Mexico City.
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Table linen, runners, napkins, and wall hangings from heritage looms across Portugal, Oaxaca, and Greece.
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Wood-fired serveware, slip-trailed vases, and porcelain ornaments from 18 countries on five continents.
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Hand-turned candleholders, carved serving boards, and heirloom ornament hooks from Vermont, Bali, and Tyrol.
Browse the discipline →Plus 40+ additional disciplines — from beeswax chandlery to paper-cutting to recycled-glass blowing. See the full discipline index →
A celebration is a place where the things on the table matter. A factory can make something that looks correct — but it cannot make something that has been thought about, slowly, by one pair of hands. That is what we are trying to keep alive.
A short walk across the 27 countries represented on the site — each tile is a real studio, photographed by our editorial team on location between 2022 and 2024.
