Boutiques in Colorado That Accept New Brands

I Heart Denver Store

Downtown gift shop and artist incubator (since 2011) carrying products from 200+ Colorado artists, designers and creative businesses, plus Denver- and Colorado-themed gifts.

Heads up: Colorado-based artists, designers and creative businesses only.

Fern and Skye

South Broadway shop selling its own wildflower-and-wanderlust art line plus goods by 60+ local makers.

Heads up: Colorado-based makers only, who make or design their own goods (no curators) and can restock in person or ship.

MCA Denver Shop

Museum of Contemporary Art Denver's shop, embracing the weird, the art and originality, with inclusivity, diversity, art and community as core values. No museum admission needed to shop.

Heads up: They look for local makers and small businesses whose brands support their values.

Tattered Cover

Denver's best-known independent bookstore, with several locations around the metro.

Heads up: Their site names the Local Author Consignment Program but gives no requirements or terms; ask by email.

West Side Books & Curios

Small Highland bookstore and curio shop that hosts local author events.

Heads up: Zero tolerance for generative AI (text or cover).

Denver Book Society

Two-floor independent bookstore, bar and cafe in Capitol Hill.

Heads up: Paid program: consignment requires booking a paid author event.

Curate: A Local Mercantile

Local-vendor mercantile (since 2013) with 100+ local small businesses each in their own space; trained staff do all selling.

Heads up: Currently on a waitlist for space.

Makers Market

Mall storefront (since 2010) for 150+ local vendors, with trained sales staff, open 7 days a week.

Heads up: All stores are currently full; new applicants go on a waitlist.

Show of Hands

Cherry Creek gift gallery (their 'Happy Place') showing work by artists.

Heads up: Submissions aren't reviewed during the holiday season (November and December).

XO Gift Co

Wheat Ridge gift shop of handcrafted, local and one-of-a-kind gifts: jewelry, stationery, self-care, local delicacies, Colorado items and baby goods.

Kilgore Books & Comics

Capitol Hill used bookstore and indie comics/zine shop next to Wax Trax, which also publishes comics and the Kilgore Quarterly zine.

Heads up: Artists handle their own follow-up on sales and restocking.

Wax Trax Records

Long-running Denver record store that sells Colorado artists' releases on consignment and lists them in its online store.

Heads up: For Colorado musicians' releases only.

Second Star to the Right

Independent children's bookstore on Old South Pearl with storytimes and book clubs.

Heads up: Colorado authors/illustrators only.

the LOCAL

Colorado-goods marketplace connecting shoppers with Colorado artisans, farmers, chefs and ranchers.

Heads up: Locally created Colorado goods only.

Adorne Artisan Jewelry & Goods

Golden jewelry studio-shop where Sarah DeAngelo makes hand-stamped silver jewelry in house, alongside other artisan goods.

Boulder Bookstore

Downtown Boulder's large independent bookstore (since 1973) with a Local Author display and consignment program.

Heads up: Colorado authors only.

Bliss

Locally owned Pearl Street gift and home accent boutique that loves local artisans.

Not accepting right now. Artisan submissions are closed.

Boulder Fastframe

Frame shop with a wall for local artists' exhibits on a rotating two-month schedule, plus showcase events.

Heads up: An exhibit, not ongoing shelf space: at least 8 pieces, framed and ready to hang, delivered within three days of opening.

The New Local

Artist-founded, women-led nonprofit gallery exhibiting about 90 local women and non-binary creators, with workshops and studios.

Not accepting right now. The Term VIII call closed July 31, 2026; no date for the next call is given.