As a family owned and operated business in Harpswell Maine since 1984 , we are dedicated to offering the best Maine-made Holiday wreaths to people all over the country. Hand-crafted from the freshest Balsam Fir, every one of our wreaths is made personally by founder, Pam Douglas, and her son, Sterling. Each wreath is made and delivered green, fragrant, and fresh, adding the perfect touch of holiday spirit to any home for the whole winter season. Pam’s Wreaths is now offering a new line of Seashell Wreaths. These are made with Seashells from the beaches in Harpswell Maine.
Have a look around our site for all the different styles of wreaths that we can create for your family and read Pam’s story about her beginnings in wreath making with her grandmother, along with how she continues the family tradition and business today.
We are now accepting orders now for both our Christmas wreaths and Seashell wreaths, so you can start placing your wreath orders online for your friends, family, and clients today. We ship everyday Monday through Friday for our Seashell wreaths and will begin shipping the week of Thanksgiving for our line of Christmas Wreaths.
Please note that to ensure delivery before Christmas, orders must be placed by December 15th. In addition to our standard shipped wreaths, we also offer a variety of different size wreaths, and prices for delivery in the surrounding area. Please call or email us with any questions or comments. We love hearing from you.
Thank you to everyone who purchased wreaths from us last season, we hope you all enjoyed them and we look forward to hearing from you this coming year!
Cottrell Boatbuilding
Cottrell Boatbuilding is Maine’s largest builder of small wooden boats. We build all manner of small boats for rowing and sailing. Wherries, Dinghies, Yacht Tenders, Dories and Daysailers. We also do custom boats. Whatever you are looking for. If your intention is to get on the water in a beautiful small wooden boat for rowing, sailing, exploring, or using as a yacht tender, come talk to us. We have the talent, expertise and reputation to build the perfect boat for you.
You can see and feel the quality of our workmanship. At Cottrell Boatbuilding, we use centuries old traditional methods as well as modern construction techniques. We love building traditional plank on frame boats but we realize it is not for everyone. These days most of our boats are a more modern composite construction, mainly glued lap wood epoxy. The new modern wooden boat. This modern construction method results in a very rugged, lightweight, strong hull. Less expensive and easy to maintain.
Brahm’s Mount
Brahms Mount weaves textiles with a signature American look and soft, luxurious hand. Classically beautiful, wonderfully comfortable and grounded in the authentic character and centuries-old textile tradition of Maine, our products have been capturing hearts since the company was founded in 1983.
Our blankets, throws and linen towels are woven on antique shuttle looms by local artisans in our mill in Monmouth, Maine. To achieve our vibrant colors, we use specially engineered yarns spun from the finest natural fibers and colorfast, eco-friendly dyes. The pieces come off the loom feeling clean and untreated, rich and resilient.
We’re proud to carry on Maine’s textile tradition. Proud to use machines and methods that have stood the test of time – and still produce the best quality available. But most of all, we’re proud to play a role in keeping American manufacturing alive and well.
Georgetown Pottery
Jeff Peters originally from California moved to Maine with some college friends from the University of New Mexico after finishing his third year as a ceramics student. After working at a ceramic workshop during the summer Jeff and his friend John Okie found a small log cabin for sale on a trip to Reid State Park.
Soon after the Georgetown Pottery began in 1972 in that one room log cabin on the rocky island of Georgetown on the mid coast of Maine. Soon they were making pots and having a great time. Better yet they were selling them to the people who drove by to the beach everyday. After a few years John decided he wanted to go start his own pottery shop in Wiscasset and called it Sheepscott River Pottery.
In the beginning at Georgetown everything was made with stoneware. It wasn’t until 1980 that the switch would be made to porcelain. So if any of you have some stoneware pieces consider yourself lucky, there aren’t many left. Since then the pottery shop has changed in size and shape but the idea behind the work is still the same. The one room log cabin that the pottery was started in still stands and is now a showroom. When you come visit ask for a tour and we’d love to show you around.
Rustic Workbench
We are Gary and Kay Campbell, a husband and wife team. Because of our love of nature, in 2004 we bought a handmade log cabin on a lake in a remote part of Maine. It was only a shell, no electricity, no plumbing. It took us several summers, commuting from Boston, to complete and furnish it.
Because it was a 70 mile round trip to the nearest hardware store we had to become resourceful and learn to use materials provided by nature. Tree branches became wall hooks, logs and found wood became furniture and so on. Visitors would admire our work and ask us to make similar items for them. Before long we built a web site and offered our products online. Our cabin shed became Gary’s workshop. Our dream of relocating to Maine fulltime became reality.
We now visit that cabin as often as we can from our home in rural midcoast Maine where Gary has a large heated workshop and a woodlot. Our workbench may have grown but our inspiration continues to be the woods and lakes of Maine, as well as the enduring ingenuity of rural New Englanders who craft tools and gadgets for their farms, homes and camps.
Pemberton’s Gourmet Foods
Pemberton’s is a fine food maker located in Gray, Maine, that has been creating regional gourmet food favorites for nearly 20 years. Pemberton’s signature sauces, jams, jellies and other original creations are available for sale through Shop Pemberton’s or in select retail stores, including TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and Hannaford supermarkets. Pemberton’s is known for its commitment to small-batch, artisan recipe creation and food production. Inspired by the wholesome ingredients available from local Maine farms, Pemberton’s specializes in using natural ingredients to deliver exquisite flavor. Production in Pemberton’s 12,000 square foot facility is overseen onsite by Chef Sam Mangino, who previously served as the in-house chef for Schlotterbeck & Foss
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Funky Ware by Polly
WHO
Polly Plourde doesn’t refer to herself as an artist … she’s a glass fuser. When someone views her work and asks if she’s the artist, she typically responds “I’m the person having fun!”
In 2005 Polly decided to try her hand at glass fusing. She was unable to work out the timing of classes with the rest of her life so decided to spend the money on her first kiln and teach herself. She now owns three kilns and has a blast each day! Polly believes that her quirky style came about as the result of not being influenced by an instructor.
What inspires Polly’s creations? COLOR! Sometimes a collection of scrap glass on the worktable will catch her attention and her mind starts to whirl with the possibilities of combining the colors in a new design.
She smiles as she is creating … there is nothing better!
WHAT
What is fused glass? The process begins with fusible stained glass – basically a special type of stained glass that can withstand the high temperatures of a kiln. The design elements are cut by hand, cleaned, and then assembled. The piece then goes into the kiln and the intense heat fuses the individual pieces of glass into one. If the fused piece is going to become a dish it goes back into the kiln at a lower temperature and is placed on a mold. Over time the glass slumps into the mold, taking on its shape. That is called glass slumping.
WHERE
This fun process takes place in Polly’s glass studio in Scarborough, Maine. All raw materials are made in the USA, as is the packaging for the ornaments.
Origin®
There’s a question we’re asked quite often: Why do you do it? Why work so hard to bring back manufacturing that’s been surrendered to overseas companies? The answer is simple. Because not existing, not trying is to accept things as they are. And we can’t do that. It’s just not in us to surrender our birthright and the promise of the American Dream. Because we all know what surrender looks like. Friends and relatives who’ve had their livelihoods stripped from underneath them and sold to the lowest bidder… China. Abandoned mills, empty train yards, decaying infrastructure, and tenements gone to seed. Communities that once supported themselves and thrived with vital industry now just sad reminders of what used to be.
So we set out to bring it all back. Even when they laughed at us. Especially when they laughed. In 2011, we drew a line in the dirt. Not a narrow track but a trench raked with a boot heel. It was an act of raw emotion and perfect clarity. The near surrender of American Industry was leaving our country vulnerable, our communities gutted, and our knowledge base depleted. So we chose a different future – one where we weren’t waiting for someone else to step up. By sweat, nerve, and sheer will, we put that vision in motion with our own hands: We cleared a swath of forest in the foothills of western Maine. We built a 7,000 sq. ft. timber-frame manufacturing facility. We rescued a historic loom and gave it a second chance to craft the American Dream. And then we just kept going – building, growing, learning, improving.
It’s been 12 years of heavy lifting. Of salvaging looms and repairing machinery left to rust on the heap. Of retrofitting factories. Of seeking out a dying breed of craftsman and attaining knowledge on the verge of oblivion. Of teaching ourselves a lifetime of skills. Of building teams and best-in-class products. Of growing with the needs of our customers. And of paying a steep price for the lessons learned along the way. (We call those lessons “tuition payments.”) But we never stopped grinding, pushing ahead. We knew what we were rebuilding and what was at stake: pride, hope, and healing this bruised and battered American Dream. Today, we occupy 230K sq. ft. of manufacturing space across four facilities in two states and employ over 400 people. And we’re just getting started.
Malcore Woodturning
My name is Jed Malcore and I’ve been woodturning since 2014. What started as a hobby quickly grew to an obsession and a successful small business.
My mother was a painter, my dad was a woodworker and my grandfather was a wood carver, so I had a small understanding of art and making. I remember looking through a 3 inch thick Sears Christmas catalog and seeing a mini toy lathe and always thinking it would be a fun craft adventure, but I never had the opportunity to try it, until about 5 years ago. I was looking for a hobby and thought that I should try it. After reading and watching everything I could find on the internet about wood turning, I purchased a small lathe on craigslist. I immediately set up a shop in my garage and began experimenting, creating and making woodturnings.
My first pieces of work were crude Christmas trees and I realized I needed more help. So, threw my research, I found a woodturning club in Dixfield, Maine, where I met Kim Dailey, who began investing in me and helping me get started on the right foot. Since then, I have completed an apprenticeship through the Maine Craft Association with Kim Dailey.
Today, I spend as much time as I can in the shop (mostly in the evenings and on weekends – when not running to sporting events for my kids) and have even been able to begin passing what I’ve learned on to my kids (5 of them!)
eighteen twenty wines
We wanted to make a sophisticated wine with a product that made sense for Maine. Rhubarb grows so well here, it comes back every year, and grows like a week. It’s tartness and acidity make it a wonderful product for making a nice wine. Our wines are often mistaken for roses, pinot grigio, and sauvignon blancs – that is a true compliment.