gift ideas from asian and asian american brands, makers + businesses
golden gift guide
2025
we're back with our fourth edition with over 50+ ideas from asian and asian american-owned businessesabout
the golden gift guide is an interactive guide with gift ideas from asian american small businesses, makers, and creators you can support year-round.
this year’s guide showcases a variety of businesses, makers, entrepreneurs and artists across the country.
but, as always, this guide is only helpful when we all share and engage with it.we want to help connect more small businesses to more opportunities and make it easier to discover and collaborate.
we hope that this guide serves as a step forward in bringing our communities even closer together.
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away from her day job, athena “theenie” lei moonlights as a freelance illustrator and animator. she has been illustrating for as long as she can remember. these days her favorite subjects are food, people and wimmelbilders.
art and beauty can come from anywhere, or anyone, and demands no detail be spared. even those fine and minute. when not creating new art, theenie can be found snuggling her beloved dog, running miles, watching movies, or pursuing all the espresso across southern california’s cafes.