Nikon professional nature photographer for the past 12 years. Formerly ESPN/NBC sports announcer from 1977 to 2013. I find inspiration simply by being immersed in nature, where I feel most at home! Plus, Moose love me….
Small Farma Wellness
Posted by Brooke Gassel & filed under .
Small Farma Wellness provides unique and handmade CBD (and CBD-free) products with a focus on holistic health and herbalism. With bath bombs, lollipops, tinctures and creams, we hope to encourage people to build a relationship with the natural healing powers of plants and to be uplifted and supported in their health journeys. Whether you seek support for stress, pain, or more we are here to help you find a product and an approach that works best for you while always maintaining a positive and playful attitude towards our health and well-being.
We are passionate about plant medicine in general, because it can help attend to a great societal need for emotional and physical healing. After feeling exasperated with conventional approaches to chronic health issues, we want to share this gentle and natural approach with others.
Gifford’s Ice Cream
Posted by Lindsay Gifford & filed under .
Today, Gifford’s sells 1.7 million gallons of ice cream each year and serves more than one million cones each summer from five family-owned and operated stands. The company offers 100 unique ice cream flavors, frozen yogurts, sherbets, and sorbets. The ice cream can be found in grocery stores, independent ice cream shops, colleges, universities and restaurants all the way from Maine to the Mid Atlantic, to the Mid-West and as far West as Nevada.
When you have five generations of ice cream making history behind every flavor, it’s no wonder that Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream has received its share of national and international awards. But perhaps most importantly, Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream brings you back to those carefree days when your only worry was how many more days until summer. It’s why we like to say our ice cream is a vacation from the every day.
Becoming Jewelry
Posted by Tracey Graves & filed under .
Tracey Graves has developed a deep appreciation for the things that matter most. From an early age, she had a unique perspective on life as the daughter of a funeral director. As she got older, this view of the world shaped her desire to always find meaning in the little things.
In 2007, as the busy mother of two young daughters, Tracey began making jewelry as a way to channel her self-expression. A self-taught designer, she loved the challenge of figuring out how to create what was in her head. Inspired by her reading and the people and places around her, Tracey’s creations were more than just pieces of jewelry. They were personal mementos infused with meaning.
In 2012, she began working full-time on the business. She launched her first wholesale line, and started working with shops around New England, creating pieces to serve as reminders of special places. Soon after, Becoming opened its first shop and studio in Kennebunk, Maine, while continuing to grow its wholesale line. Today, Becoming offers multiple collections, each piece crafted by hand in Maine.
Becoming is about small things with big meaning: a word that becomes a mantra, a place you wish to remember, a gentle nudge to pick you up, a deep breath, a person you hold in your heart, a date you’ll never forget. It’s about celebrating both the everyday moments and the milestones, a gift to give yourself or someone you love. A Becoming piece is a reminder to find joy in the little things, an invitation to pay attention. Becoming is finding center, coming home, pursuing adventure. Becoming is where you’ve been and where you’re going. Becoming is what you are.
Dean’s Sweets
Posted by Dean Bingham & filed under .
Dean Bingham of Dean’s Sweets began his truffle making career years ago as a somewhat casual, somewhat serious sideline. As an accomplished architect for decades, his fine sense of aesthetics and high standards made truffle-making an irresistible pursuit. With the art of chocolate-making, Dean applies his design talents in the selection of the highest quality ingredients. And because each is hand-dipped, he creates a unique piece of art with each truffle, always attentive to proportion, texture, hue, and above all, taste. From the very beginning, Dean witnessed a consistent pattern of “wow” and delight whenever anyone bit into one of his truffles.
Encouraged by these fans of chocolate, Dean’s Sweets officially opened for business in 2004. Though the business is more “serious” now, the truffles haven’t changed – they are still individually hand-dipped and exceptional!
Herbal Revolution
Posted by Katheryn Langelier & filed under .
Welcome! My name is Katheryn Langelier and I’m the founder, formulator of Herbal Revolution. Herbal Revolution has been inspired by the resiliency and tenaciousness of plants. The tender green sprouts of a dandelion plants that rise up, breaking through the asphalt of the sidewalk, this is where the heart of Herbal Revolution lies.
Herbal Revolution provides high quality, herbal teas, tonics and elixirs, all hand crafted in small batches. Herbal Revolution is based in beautiful mid-coast Maine where I wild gather herbs in a sustainable way from the coast, fields and forests.
I raise non GMO, pesticide and chemical free herbs on our certified organic farm and ethically wild gather from pristine places in the state of Maine. I offer great respect to the plants that I work with and supplement with other local organically-raised herbs when needed.
Herbal Revolution products are made in small batches to ensure the integrity and quality of the herbs that are being used. Every step in the process is taken with great care and respect infusing the herbs and the products with positive intentions of health and wellness.
Lupine Knits
Posted by Margaret Masessa & filed under .
Located in central Maine, Lupine Knits is a locally owned custom knitting business which offers a variety of hats, mittens, sweaters, and socks. I love to knit, but more importantly I LOVE TO KNIT!! I knit custom knit hats, custom knit mittens and custom knit socks using unique textiles.
After moving to Maine in 1988 and having children in 1989, 1990 and 1995, my goal was to stay home and raise a family. I learned about knitting machines and contract knitting, and then started my own knitting business, Made Especially For You.
The winters in Maine are challenging at times, so knitting was a way to relax and regroup. The more I knitted for other businesses, the more I wanted to design and knit for myself. Over the years I have sold machines and given knitting classes and working at house parties where you could custom design your own garments. I now only knit for my business, and sell at the The Lupine Cottage in Belfast, ME and through my website.
The Lupine Cottage is my dream, and I spend a lot of my time there. I have a machine at the shop that allows me to produce, demonstrate, and teach what I do.
Allysun
Posted by Allysun West & filed under .
As an Eleven year old, I started experiencing blood vessels popping underneath my skin on my legs and only my legs. This condition usually lasts for up to 6 months and then goes away but it has now been 12 years of increasing breakouts and pain without much avail. I had been to every doctor and tried many different approaches to figure out what could be happening and how to solve it without much success. I was on pharmaceutical drugs for years and once I realized they were only covering up the problem, I stopped taking them and set out to find a way that would actually heal the problem. Life keeps going though, so once I was in college at Massart in Boston I discovered my love for textiles and fibers. In school we only used chemical dyes and I immediately noticed my body did not like them, so I started asking about natural dyes and was recommended some books to read and was offered more support when I moved back to the woods of Maine and transferred to The Maine College of Art my sophomore year. From then on, I have only used plants to color my textiles. Once I began that exploration is when my medical approach started to shift to more natural and herbal practices. It wasn’t until 2016 when I thought I stumbled upon a new discovery when I realized that the plants I’m using to dye clothes with can also be used to heal us, thus the healing garment was born! Although, I am proud of my intuition for connecting to this truth, healing with clothing has been practiced in Ayurvedic medicine for 5000 years but this healing alternative is the one thing I have found the most success with. The process of creating them brings me much peace, harmony, and health as well.
Jacobson Glass Studio
Posted by David Jacobson & filed under .
Accomplished glassblower, David Jacobson has been honing his craft for over 26 years. Trained in the Venetian Style of glassblowing, which incorporates elegant shapes, rich colors and masterful techniques, David creates brightly colored functional objects as well as one-of-a-kind sculptures.
New York native, Jacobson fell in love with glass blowing while at university. After graduating, he created a life as a professional cartoonist with the intention to return to his glass blowing passion when the time was right. His cartoons have appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and was nationally syndicated by United Media.
After a 17 year hiatus from his first love, David re-entered the glass world while he continued his successful career as a nationally known cartoonist. Taking weekend glass classes in Brooklyn relit the fire of exploration in his most favorite medium. He began to show work around the country with the Murrini technique that he had mastered in his return to glass.
David moved to Maine in 2003 to pursue his life long dream of becoming a full time glassblower. David has continued to expand his craft learning from other world wide masters. His work can be found in major collections, galleries, and shops around the country. David offers classes and private instruction at his beautiful home-studio in Montville, Maine.
indigotwin
Posted by Kirsten Arndt & filed under .
Hi! I am Kirsten from small town Maine. I use both polymer clay and paper clay to sculpt my unique, one of a kind folk art pieces. I am often inspired by holidays and nature. I love to create sculptures in a fun whimsical folk art style. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Maine in 1998, and a Masters Degree in Education in 2010. I currently teach art at a local high school.