Christmas gifts: here is our selection of ideas for offering 100% Toulouse products

• Up-cycled jewelry from Carole & Co

Carole Clapès makes elegant, light and minimalist jewelry from scraps of leather under the Carole & Co brand that she created on December 17, 2019, just before Covid. Based in Argoulets, north of Toulouse. This is where she imagines her earrings, barrettes, bracelets, brooches… sold for around €25. This Sunday, she will be at the Confidential Address (18 rue de la Bourse). For last minute purchases, it is possible to order on its website and collect the jewelry at 27 chemin de Cassaing.

• A chocolate shower gel

The cosmetics company MKL Green Nature based in Escalquens near Toulouse is reissuing its limited edition of chocolatine-scented shower gel for Christmas 2024! Thanks to 100% internalized production, the SME manages to offer a very low price (€6.9 per one-liter pump bottle) for this product sold in pharmacies and parapharmacies. A nod to the ancient conflict between pain au chocolat and chocolatine, this is the perfect gift for Parisian friends or family!

• The small Up & Bo table lamps

Géraldine Viala founded her brand Up & Bo two and a half years ago, in Blagnac. From recovering globes from old antique chandeliers that she likes to dismantle and reassemble, she creates new small lamps “more beautiful and more adapted to our uses”. Each of its unique pieces. This Sunday, a large selection of table lamps will be on sale at the Confidential Address (18 rue de la Bourse). From €59.

• Espadrilles in the colors of the Stadium

To complete the Stade Toulouse supporter's outfit, Payote, the creator of espadrilles made in Occitanie, has just released new official espadrilles in the colors of the Rouge et Noir, “celebrating the spirit of rugby with a refined design”, indicates the brand. Made from natural rope lined with rubber, “these models ensure lasting comfort”, indicates the label from Perpignan, which has a boutique on rue des Tourneurs, in the heart of Toulouse. If the fur-lined espadrilles are €55, the mules are €49.90. The classic Stade Toulousain espadrille is €39.90. With socks, it can replace the now sock slide in winter.

• A vegetable terrarium from Atelier Eyssart

Rue Rémusat, Pierre Eyssartier, a Toulouse artisan, offers the ideal gift to enhance your decoration. In glass jars, the Toulouse man makes elegant plant terrariums that require almost no maintenance! Plants supply themselves with water through an ingenious natural process. At night, the carbon dioxide they release forms water on the glass wall of the terrarium and supplies it with water for the day. With a lifespan of at least 10 years, Atelier Eyssart's terrariums are fully customizable: the types of plants, the color of the soil, the moss, or even the Toulouse bricks. Prices range from €25 to €350 for the largest glass vases.

• Floaty, anti-wrinkle tee shirts

After the anti-drowning t-shirt for children, Thibaut Choulet and Philippe Rouvier, creators of Floatee, launched the model for adults. Based in Labège in premises of 300 m², the company has already sold 12,000 anti-drowning t-shirts. The unit price of the children's version of Floatee is €149, with the possibility of purchasing the textile part for €59 when the child grows up. The rechargeable adult version costs €199.

• The Chocolates of Line Choc

Line Thébault has just opened its chocolate bar, Line Choc, at 6 rue de la Trinité, in the heart of Toulouse. It offers artisanal chocolates, made from quality ethical cocoa and local ingredients. As a nod to Toulouse, she makes Chocolat'in: small chocolate chocolatines, garnished with a homemade praline heart, made from crushed dried fruits and a touch of honey. Available in boxes of 6, 12 or 18 pieces, from €16.50. Open this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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• Baptiste Beaulieu's latest book

“All silences do not make the same noise”, is the title of the latest book by Toulouse-based Baptiste Beaulieu. In this work, the doctor, writer, husband and father puts his guts on the table to discuss his long-painful, heavy, exhausting journey as a homosexual. A book to put in everyone's hands.

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• Stylish Adrenagliss t-shirts

Brothers Alban and Maxime Gardès have relocated the production of their t-shirts and sweatshirts to Toulouse, with the Adrenagliss brand. They produce on demand, so have very little stock, but the store at 4 rue Rodin, Saint-Cyprien district, will be open Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. These t-shirts are made from organic cotton produced in Europe, and sewn in the Toulouse workshop-boutique.

• A Blue treatment set by Nature

Purifying, soothing and protective, the virtues of the pastel leaf are at the heart of Bleu par Nature® cosmetics. Repairing balm, moisturizing serum, gentle soap, Pastel Bonheur box, Radiance of light box… are all gift ideas on sale at the SPA Bleu par Nature® Terre de Pastel in Labège (open this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and at the Boudoir Bleu par Nature®, 6 rue de Rémusat in Toulouse (open this Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

• Arekusu black stoneware ceramics

For 12 years, designer Alexandra Pourcellié has been making unique pieces in black sandstone in Toulouse, vases adorned with a ring, candlesticks. Each piece is a story in itself, an ode to the beauty of imperfection and refined simplicity. The Arekusu collection is notably on sale at the Biso store, 18 rue des Couteliers, in Toulouse. Open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and every Sunday in December.

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It is sometimes difficult to show a city in one image… Marcel Travel Posters takes up this challenge with its series of posters and art deco posters dedicated to Toulouse the “City of Violets”. In the form of a mosaic-style city map, an original illustration representing the picturesque Rue du Taur or the quays of La Daurade, the Toulouse city is immortalized in its best light. With a great eye for detail, this collection of Toulouse posters revisits the most typical places of the capital of Occitania, infusing them with a unique personality.

Urban art aims to be free and accessible to all by taking place in public spaces, with or without authorization. It is from this idea that the Layup exhibition in Toulouse was born, namely to highlight recognized artists and emerging artists, but also to break down the barriers between art and the public, in order to desecrate the art gallery. art so that all social categories and all ages can access it. Layup aims to be a place of life in addition to an art exhibition, a real annual meeting to promote local and international talents around original and creative programming. Reproductions of works between €10 and €750 can be ordered on the website.

Do you want to offer tickets for a show or concert, but are you afraid of getting too involved in choosing an artist and a specific date? The Bikini has the solution. The emblematic Toulouse night hall offers gift vouchers for sale, which can be used for all concerts on sale at the ticket office. They are worth €10, €20, or €50. Rap, pop, electro… the person to whom you offer them will then have the choice among the eclectic programming of the place. Youssoupha will notably be on the Bikini stage on January 22, 2025, The Libertines on February 19, and Orange Blossom on March 15.