Behold! The 6th annual Maine Gift Guide! Below we have a selection of 50 gifts under $50. A much larger selection of gifts—hundreds, actually—can be found at Maine Gift Guide, a project of Knack Factory and Might & Main. And we’ll be adding nearly 100 more next week, so stay tuned! All of these photographs […]
BEHOLD! The Maine 100 under $30 gift guide! We pulled these selections [while also adding some new additions] from the yearly Your Ultimate Maine-Made Holiday Gift Guide at the request of folks who are working on a bit of a budget. “We love the list,” you said, “But I’m probably not going to be able to […]
BEHOLD! The 2015 Maine gift guide! Using the items and shops represented here, you can find a gift for every single person / style type / price restriction represented by your friends, families and colleagues. Basically: Shop using this list exclusively as a means of supporting local craftspeople and businesses. Shop using this list because Maine […]
Here is a sampling of the neat things that the vendors who will be at PICNIC Music + Arts Festival have been known to sell. PICNIC is my very favorite Portland Summer event that I never get to go to. Last year I got married on the day it took place and this year I […]
Under the company moniker Weft & Warp Seamster, former chef and restaurant owner Erik Desjarlais is making aprons, knife rolls, beard soaps and skin lotion by hand in New Gloucester. The rolls and aprons are beautiful, rugged, and meticulously stitched, and clearly the work of a devoted craftsman. In addition, his lotion and beard soap, […]
