If I know of an order that makes items I try to buy from them and get gifts. The more they are supported the better.
Here’s the blog article
Handmade Gifts by Nuns and Monks | A Nun's Life Ministry
Here’s the list (pasted from article…links are in the article.)
All Good Things - ceramic tiles, soaps and lotions, original cards and prints, peace cranes, prayer pillows, and more
Artaura - original artwork available on mugs, t-shirts, posters, necklaces, prints, and more
Brigittine Monks’ Gourmet Confections - fudge and truffles
Cloister Shoppe - Seignadou Soaps, lip balms, candles, books, and more
For Heaven’s Sake and Simply Divine Bakery - sisters’ crafts, books, religious items, baked goods, and more
Gethsemani Farms - fruitcake, fudge, and cheese plus an Abbey Gift Shop with religious items, art, and more
Holy Spirit Monastery Gifts - food items, religious items, and more
Monastery Candy - caramel candies, chocolate-coated caramels, mint candies, chocolate hazelnut candies, truffles, and caramel sauce
Monastery Creations - candles, art, music, soap, and more
Monastery Fruitcake - fruitcake, truffles, and creamed honey
Monastery Greetings - food and drink items, books, CDs, cards, pet items, and more from a variety of abbeys, convents, monasteries, and hermitages; some popular items not found elsewhere:
Trappist Preserves
Praylines
Chimay Trappist Ale
Monks’ Bread - bread, spreads, soups, coffee, sauces, dressings, baked goods, mugs, and more
Mystic Monk Coffee - coffee, tea, drinkware, and more
New Skete - cheese cakes and other food items, greeting cards, music, iconography, pet items, and more
NunBetter Chocolates and Custom Gift Baskets - chocolates and gift baskets
Our Lady of the Angels - Monastery Country Cheese
Prayerfully Popped - popcorn, fudge, and gifts
The Printery House - greeting cards, icons, holy cards, religious gifts, and more
Redemptoristine Sisters, Dublin - candles, altar bread
Redwoods Monastery - Monastery Creamed Honey, greeting cards
Ruah Media - videos, screen savers, DVDs, and CDs
Saint Meinrad Archabbey Gift Shop - prayer cards, rosaries, mugs, books, soaps, crosses, and more
Sinsinawa Bakery - Mound Bread and other breads, rolls, and fruitcake
Sisters of Carmel - religious goods including custom rosaries using the “build a custom rosary” page
Sophia Center - clay art, including Hearthstones
Subiaco Abbey - Monk Sauce and other food items, religious products, calligraphy, wood carvings, and more
Texas Nuns - Nonnavita soap
Trappistine Quality Candy - candy and fudge as well as monastic products such as CDs, original icons and Chinese brush paintings, woolen throws, cards, and more