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The Holy Donut started in founder Leigh Kellis’s apartment kitchen, driven by a simple goal: make a donut with ingredients she felt good sharing with her daughter. After countless test batches (and a lot of peeled potatoes), her Maine potato donuts quickly caught on when she began selling to local coffee shops.
Built with the support of family from day one, The Holy Donut opened its first Portland shop in 2012 and has grown thoughtfully ever since. Today, we operate multiple locations, a commissary kitchen, and employ more than 120 team members- still making our Maine potato donuts from scratch, using high quality ingredients, and staying true to the values that started it all.
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Like what you see? Be sure to ask your favorite retail shops to visit our wholesale store at Faire so you can find more of my work closer to home.
Brown Fox Printing creates a line of cards, stickers, ornaments and more, featuring the work of artist Melissa Pelletier-Provencher. Our products reflect the love we have for nature and the state of Maine… and they are all dreamed up in our home studio in southern Maine.
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I’m an artist based in Harpswell, Maine, though my journey began in Rhode Island. For years, Maine called to me—the slower pace, rugged coastline, and deep sense of place. In 2017, I made the move, and I still vividly remember driving over the Piscataqua River Bridge for the first time as a resident. I felt an immediate sense of certainty and relief—a quiet knowing that I was home.
I had often painted in my spare time, but my relationship with art shifted in 2023 after experiencing a tech layoff. During a period of uncertainty, painting became a grounding practice and a way to process change. Returning to familiar scenery—the coastlines, quiet moments, and everyday views around me—helped me reconnect with a sense of stability and purpose. What began as a personal creative outlet gradually evolved into a more intentional body of work.
Maine’s natural beauty and strong sense of community continue to shape my perspective as an artist. I’m especially inspired by the shared appreciation for this place, and by the culture of support for local makers who create with care, patience, and authenticity.
My work is guided less by a desire to document what I see and more by a desire to express how a moment feels. Painting allows me to slow down and reflect, and through that process I aim to translate stillness, simplicity, and connection into visual form. At its core, my practice is about connection—to place, to memory, and to others through shared experience.
I offer original acrylic paintings, fine art prints, notecards, and more.
Wholesale options available.
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I come from a non-agricultural background, but growing up my grandparents Barbara & Earl Jones welcomed me to help out at their farm once a week. Those early experiences sparked a love for working outdoors. I went on to study Biology at the University of New Brunswick in Canada, where I focused many of my projects on goats. During a botany lab, I learned how to make soap, which unexpectedly became a turning point for me.
Around that time, I truly fell in love with goats—their personalities, quirks, and charm. After graduating, I started my own small herd at my grandparents’ farm and began milking goats to make soap. A few years later, we worked toward obtaining our Maine State Raw Milk License, allowing us to sell raw milk directly from the farm. Today, we continue to grow our small business, with plans to open our own creamery in 2027.
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Heiwa Tofu was founded in 2008 with a vision of crafting locally and regionally sourced ingredients into wholesome, nourishing foods. Today, we produce over 500,000 pounds of organic tofu per year all made from Maine and Northeast grown soybeans. Heiwa fans love the uniquely firm and tender texture that doesn’t need to be pressed and the mild soybean flavor that most other brands lack. Our super-premium tofu can be found at Hannaford’s and Whole Foods Markets throughout the northeast, as well as specialty, natural and independent food stores, farm stands, restaurants, colleges, hospitals, and other institutions throughout the region. Heiwa employees 12 people and recently added 5000 square feet to their Rockport facility with the hopes of expanding their production and feeding more people nutritious, high quality, plant-based protein. Stop by to check it out and pick up a bag of one of the best kept secrets in the area – 5 packages of tofu 2nds (mostly just slightly irregular shapes) for $10!
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Our goal at the New Shaker Studio is to build reproductions of Shaker furniture and woodenware using the same design, construction techniques, and wood species used in the original furniture and woodenware. Our wood comes from Maine suppliers and the majority of our product uses maple (hard, soft, curly, birds eye, or ambrosia), birch, or pine.
“The Book of Shaker Furniture” by John Kassay and “The American Shakers and Their Furniture” by John Shea serve as our key reference sources although we also have access to over 30 books that detail Shaker furniture. To the degree that we can, we try to copy it exactly as it is defined in these books.
The simplicity and functionality of Shaker furniture allow it to fit most any type of decor. Our “bottom line” is that our furniture and woodenware will serve a purpose now and continue to fulfill that purpose well into the future.
We want our furniture and woodenware to last forever.
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I grew up barefoot in my grandmother’s gardens, a wanderer among flowers, herbs, and the quiet magic of growing things. Those early years taught me to pay attention—to texture, scent, seasons, and the way beauty can exist without asking to be noticed. Long before I ever thought of myself as a maker, my hands were already learning the language of the natural landscape. I have always been a creative, working for many years as a journalist and writer, shaping stories and listening closely to the lives unfolding around me. Folklore, especially the stories carried by plants, places, and seasons, has long influenced how I see and understand meaning.
Years ago, I began dabbling in pressed-flower jewelry. Life carried me in other directions for a time, but after the loss of my son, Adam, I found my way back to making with my hands. Returning to this work became a way to slow down, to breathe, and to create something tangible when words were no longer enough. My inspiration comes from memory, from grief and love intertwined, from folklore, and from the landscapes and seasons of Maine. I work without formal training, guided instead by intuition, patience, and a deep respect for natural materials. What I create is shaped by a lifetime of wandering gardens and stories, and by a belief that handmade objects can hold comfort, meaning, and remembrance… small acts of beauty made to endure.
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I’m a Maine maker creating hand-painted/illustrated stickers and other artisan made goods. I draw every design by hand, inspired by the mountains, salty air, and pine needles. My stickers are designed to actually survive the adventure–UV Resistant, waterproof, scratch proof, and dishwasher safe.
Everything is dreamed up and drawn by hand here in Maine, then printed in NY with premium vinyl to ensure durability. The perfect souvenir and keepsake for a Maine adventure!
I also make cards, candles, hand-painted hats, and whatever else feeds my creativity at the time. Whatever I create, my goal is always the same: to give people a small piece of art that feels like home, adventure, or comfort that they can take with them.
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Samantha Gaudette is a functional potter crafting a curated collection of practical, handbuilt stoneware pottery in Limington, Maine. In 2023 during introductory handbuilding courses with ceramicists Lori Watts and Anne Willett at Portland Pottery, Samantha discovered a profound sense of grounded creativity in clay and launched Winterberry Clay, a home studio-based pottery business shortly thereafter.
A defining characteristic of Samantha’s work is the exclusive use of handbuilding techniques, a venerable method of pottery making predating the potter’s wheel. Samantha particularly favors slab building, which involves the rolling of clay into uniform slabs, the precise cutting of templates, and the deliberate joining of edges to form each unique shape.
From the Artist:
“I savor the small, simple moments in life – watching the steam rising from my first cup of coffee in the morning, the earthy smell permeating after an unexpected rain shower, the hissing sound of snow as it falls during a storm. As such, my handbuilt pottery explores the intersection of the organic and the minimal. Each piece is intentionally understated, allowing the inherent beauty of the clay and the subtle nuances of form to speak for themselves. Rooted in function, these objects are designed for everyday use, bringing a touch of handcrafted warmth to daily rituals.
Color plays a vital role, as I often draw inspiration from both the muted and vibrant hues found in the natural world around me. I strive to capture a sense of quiet movement in the gentle curves and subtle asymmetries, hinting at the fluidity of the natural world. The texture of the clay, sometimes smooth and sometimes intentionally rough, adds a tactile dimension, inviting touch and connection.
Ultimately, these pieces are imbued with a sense of joy. I feel the process of creation, from shaping the raw earth to witnessing the transformation in the kiln, fills each object with an energy that feels alive. There is a playful element in the slight imperfections and the intuitive shaping: a reminder of the human hand that brought them into being. It is my hope that the pieces I make today will be enjoyed for many years to come.”
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When we first visited Maine, I was so excited to make a gift basket for family and friends back home that included all things Maine. One of the items I wanted to include was a blueberry soap. Afterall, I had blueberry muffin mix, blueberry syrup, a blueberry candle – it would perfectly round out the assortment. Every blueberry soap I found smelled amazing, BUT had an ingredient list that read like a science experiment. Needless to say, I didn’t include a soap in my basket. It seems that if you care about what you put on your body and the ingredients you use, your options are very limited. So, when we ended up buying a farm in Maine and making soap with the fresh milk from our goats, I went on a mission. My mission was and is to provide bath and body products that smell amazing AND have ingredients you can pronounce. Ingredients that not only make wonderfully nourishing products that are beneficial for our bodies and the world we live in, but products that are also beautiful and bring joy to our senses. Our products use herbs and clays like chlorella algae, kaolin & bentonite clay, and indigo to produce beautiful colors that also have healing benefits for our skin. While we do use essential oils and herbs in many of our products, we also include paraben and phthalate free fragrance oils. These more natural oils allow us to make a Wild Maine Blueberry line so that other health conscience consumers can finally have a blueberry soap to include in their gift basket!
Misty Mountain Farm is women owned and operated by my daughter and myself. We own 40 chickens and 20 goats. Our animals have names and are our pets. We use our farm and our products to help bring awareness that animals should be treated with the love and respect they deserve. Our company has also committed to being palm free because we believe that environmental decisions also impact the lives of animals. We are a holistic farm that uses herbs for healing both ourselves and our animals and hopefully others as well!
