The ShOptimist: Last-Minute Christmas Stocking Stuffers

Christmas is three days in front of us, and if you haven't completed your shopping, then it's time to get a move on it!

At this eleventh hour, you can take comfort in knowing you don't have to go far: There are a bevy of small businesses right here in Bed-Stuy with a wide variety of great, affordable items that would be perfect as small gifts or stocking stuffers.

Bed-Stuy Patch knows you're busy, so we've done the window shopping for you, keeping in mind three important qualities: utility, affordability and irresistibility. 

This week, we're featuring items from the shops of TAMA (Tompkins Avenue Merchants Association). We've asked the merchants at the following stores to give us their suggested pick for a great holiday gift or stocking stuffers:

• Calabash Boutique

Be a ShOptimist, and support local Bed-Stuy businesses.