Shop Indie is a gift shop in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
So who are we?
We are Lisa and John. We live locally, just north of Chesterfield with our two children, Layla and Emilia.
We love music, food, walking, going to gigs and to the theatre. Lisa loves taking out her camera to photograph and draw wildlife and the local landscape. John loves adding to his growing vinyl collection and playing his guitar.
We are passionate about supporting independent designers and makers in the UK.
Why did you open Shop Indie?
We set up our own business, Altered Chic, in 2009 making a range of colourful cards & gifts. Through selling at events and online over the years, we came across lots of talented makers with some amazing products and wanted to bring them to the high street.
Why Chesterfield?
After growing up in Chesterfield – an area known for its traditional market and independents we knew that this would be a great place to open a bricks and mortar shop. After looking around for a while we were given the opportunity to take on a small space on Steeplegate, part of the Vicar Lane Shopping Centre.
What do you sell?
Our shop opened in October 2019 with products from around 40 independent makers. We now stock cards, gifts, jewellery, stationery, beauty products and food gifts from over 150 British independent makers and designers.
Who else is part of the Shop Indie team?
In Summer 2021 Natalie joined the team to help us run the shop. She works 3 days a week and keeps everything organised and running like clockwork.
Joel (who is also part of the team at Altered Chic) works occasionally in the shop – usually to free us up to do all the boring admin behind the scenes stuff.
What is next for Shop Indie?
The last 3 years have been an exciting time. So many people shopped small and locally, supporting all our makers. We’re looking forwards to creating lots of new products for the shop as well as finding more talented British makers to continue to bring you more gifts that you cannot find elsewhere on the high street.
If you are a maker you can find out some more information about our buying process here.
If you would like to visit our shop you can find all our opening hours and important information here.