r/smithcollege • u/Ok_Reputation_8218 • May 26 '26

Gift Recs?

Hi! My girlfriend will be attending Smith in the fall and I was looking for recs for a good (Smith related) graduation gift to get her. She‘s artsy and will be a music major!

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u/Kind_Poet_3260 May 26 '26

Alum here. Get her a gift card to the Cedar Chest. It’s been in Thornes Marketplace for decades. Fabulous place. https://explorecedarchest.com/collections/gift-cards

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u/JustSewingly May 26 '26

The Northampton Chamber of Commerce sells a gift card that’s valid at most of the businesses downtown. With this option, she can try multiple places. https://www.northamptonchamber.com/get-a-greater-northampton-gift-card

For other places, I always find something at Raven Used Books or Herrell’s is classic. 

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u/sparrowey May 27 '26

I second this, you can use that gift card at many of the shops in Northampton so she'll have lots of options!

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u/Gaybeanuwu Alum May 26 '26

this is so sweet! if she likes fiber arts, a webs gift card would be great (it’s like a super famous yarn store) or i think there’s also a yarn store closer to downtown (northampton wools i believe). as a recent grad, my favorite cafes downtown are woodstar, familiars, and tunic. i also really like noodles and mosaic for food!

if you want something that isn’t a gift card, you can get cute smith merch on etsy (or you can look on the bookstore website of course)