Shopping

1 & 2. For a coastal Yuletide vibe, set Rockport-dipped tapers in seaglass shades in beach-stone holders crafted in Eliot. $17 for 10 six-inch tapers. danicacandles.com; Funky Rock Designs candle holders, $28 each. shop.downeast.com.

3. Camden artist Antonia Munroe’s hand-stenciled linen tablecloth takes inspiration from Indian block prints and the midcoast’s seaside palette. $495. antoniatextiles.com.

4. Give your fern or jade plant a pretty perch with Elizabeth Benotti’s Eliot-made hanging porcelain planter. $68. elizabethbenotti.com.

5. Replace just about every hand tool in the garden shed with Pownal blacksmith Nicholas Wicks Moreau’s serrated stainless-steel Hori Hori knife. $75. wicksforge.com.

6. Ellsworth’s Stephanie Hare experiments with fibers to create handmade paper with a subtly woven surface that’s satisfying to write on. From $15 for 10 sheets/envelopes. sharestudios.me.

7. Corral tabletop piles, or serve tea, with Lauren Beveridge’s Lincolnville-made cotton-rope trays accented with removable Baltic-birch bases and shiny copper handles. From $125. scoutandbean.com.

8. Create florist-level arrangements with Portlander Mimi Olins’s stoneware vase. The secret? A removable “frog” that styles stems just so. $85. softsetceramics.com.

9. South Portland’s Molly Holmberg Brown calls on her geography studies to create luminous monoprints of the Maine coast. Customize with a house or boat in a special spot. $125 for a 10-by-10-inch print. mollymaps.com.

10. Ghanian Adinkra symbols of security, unity, and endurance embellish colorful laser-cut felt coasters by Westbrook’s Ebenezer Akakpo. $10 each. shopmainecraft.com.

11. Artist Derek Keenan turns twigs from his Oakland property into colored pencils fit for fairies. $20 for 10. shopmainecraft.com.

12. Give a kid’s room some love with Lynn Holaday’s appliquéd linen bunting, stitched in Yarmouth. $32. handiworkportland.com.

13. Phippsburg’s Isabel Stearns felts her woodland mobile’s adornments with Maine wool colored with dyes made from her own plants. $118. etsy.com/shop/thefeltedacorns.

14. South Portland artist Hannah Coleman incorporated vintage-fabric patterns and quilt-block letters into her vibrant alphabet print. $36. heritagehousequilts.com.

15. China woodworker Al Mather’s whimsical hand-painted tops put a colorful spin on an old-timey favorite. $16.50. shopmainecraft.com.

16. Hope educator Heather Schultz’s curvy pine puzzle stacks up to reveal a snow-capped Katahdin in its autumnal glory (thanks to non-toxic stains). $43. shop.downeast.com.

17. With handles and a base stitched from waterproof recycled fishermen’s bibs, this sturdy canvas tote, by Portland’s Rugged Seas, stands up to kids — and puddles. $150. swansislandcompany.com.

18. Yarmouth’s Dash Masland renders Casco Bay’s Halfway Rock islet, a popular seal hangout, in soft colors and simple shapes on this cotton quilt. From $275. smithsgeneral.com.

19. Newcastle seamstress Katrina Kelley’s elegant linen aprons are beloved by caterers and restaurant servers, including the staff at Freedom’s The Lost Kitchen. $120. amphitritestudio.com.

20. A special cake deserves a handsome server like metalsmith Erica Moody’s, forged from steel and brass in Waldoboro. $130. ericamoody.com. 

21. Kari Economou left a business career to make swirly plant-based soaps, such as these peppermint- and-rosemary bars, in her Kittery kitchen. $8 each. vedafrancis.com. 

22. Rockland’s Nina Devenney prints her paintings of monarchs from her grandmother’s vintage field guides on hand-dyed cotton tea towels. $24 each. wildrosiemaine.com.

23. Scarborough ceramicist Hannah Hazel’s quest for the perfect cereal bowl led her to create generously sized, tapered vessels that fit nicely in your hand. $35 each. ceramicaco.com. 

24. Kennebunkport’s Michelle Rose designs these mod half-glazed mugs and Ellsworth ceramicist Anna Woolf brings them to life. $38 each. minkahome.com. 

25. In his Brunswick Carved Wooden Spoons workshop, Jason Weymouth crafts shapely utensils (with rests) from ash, walnut, and maple, plus chopsticks, cheese boards, and more. $48/set. carvedwoodenspoons.com.

26. Sue Clark clear-coats and gilds her Maine-sourced oyster-shell salt and pepper cellars in her Raymond studio. $30 each. shop.downeast.com.