buy craft; local – Supporters
We would like to acknowledge everyone working to support and develop the craft industry. Building any community or industry takes many different types of community members; from craft organizations, educational institutions, governments, volunteers, retailers, collectors and of course the hardworking craftspeople who share their love of making objects, for us to enjoy!
Founding Supporters
- Craft Alliance ~ Alliance métiers d’arts
- Atlantic Craft Trade Show
- Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design
- Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council
- New Brunswick Crafts Council
- New Brunswick College of Craft & Design
- Artisan PEI
- PEI Crafts Council
- Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador
- Anna Templeton Centre for Craft, Art & Design
- Nova Scotia Communities, Culture & Heritage
- Nova Scotia Business Inc.
- New Brunswick Tourism, Heritage & Culture
- Innovation PEI
- Newfoundland & Labrador Innovation, Business & Rural Development
Community Organizations
- Sara Cummins, Metal Arts Guild of Canada
- Megan Goos, reMAKEable crafting resource & show organizer
- Deanne Hiscock, Port Union – Lt.Catalina Women’s Institute
- Joan Kane, Bonaventure English Harbour DA
- Cindy Kingwell, Prescott Group
- Heather Knight, New Germany & Area Arts & Crafts Association
- Janice Krikbright, Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society
- Rusti Michael, The Event Parlor
Craft Lovers or Collectors
- Charlotte Burhoe, Charlotte Sabrina Jayne Events
Craft Retailers
- Brian Allaway, Acadian Maple Products Limited
- Judy Anderson, NONIA
- Pat Bennett, Marquis of Dufferin Seaside Inn
- Dora Boudreau, Atlantic Pewter & Glass
- D Lynne Bowland, Fireball Gallery
- Helen Burry, Pins n’ Needles
- Cindy Christie, The Butchers Daughter Gift Shoppe
- Charles Cody, The Newfoundland Shop
- Linda Colllier, Fortune Head Interpretation Center
- Cindy Cousineau, PEI Island Made
- Tracey Cummings, Celtic Sisters Gifts
- Karen Daigle, River Valley Fine Crafts
- Marilyn Dicks, Placentia West Craft Committee
- Rachel Dionne, Glass Roots Inc.
- Sarah Eastwood, Nova Scotia Makers Market
- Holly Gould Ferris, The Tourist Trap Shoppe-Café-Guest House
- Trudy Gallagher, Bejewel Gallery
- Rosemary Gatherall, Gatherall’s Boat Tours Ltd.
- Heather Gerry, The Jade Butterfly
- Rhoda Gillet, Bras d’Or Lakes Inn
- Marty Gray, Johnson GEO Centre
- Caroline Gregg, Rocaro Alpacas
- Battle Harbour, Battle Harbour Historic Trust Inc.
- Grant Haverstock, FireHouse Ironworks
- Jacqui Hunter, Java Jack’s
- Irene Hurley, Cashel’s Cove Crafts
- Joan Kane, Trinity Crafts
- Trevor Little, 3NP
- Darryl MacLeod, MacLeod of Cape Breton Distinctive Jewellery
- Shannon Merrifield, Handworks Gallery
- Michael Morris, At Sign of the Whale
- Clarisa Niks, Oh! Brothers
- Debra O’Connor, Daylilies
- Shawn Orne, Craft Retailers
- Susan Shalala, Queens County Heritage, NB
- Mary Lee/Shelley Tamtom/Claire Palmer, Cordelia’s Artisan Boutique
- Mary L. Penney, Moulder of Dreams Inc.
- Arlene Rice, Details, Past & Present
- Susan Richard, House of Dogs
- Marcela Rosemberg, Marcela Rosemberg Glass Studio Inc.
- Jana Saunders, Amos Pewter
- Stephanie Semple, Chutney Creek Boutique & Kitchen on the Square
- Wendy Smith, Glass Artisans Studio & Gallery
- Denise Sooley, OceanArtPewter Canada Ltd.
- Tracy Tappin, The Made in Nova Scotia Store
- Arline Vincent, Maples Gallery
- Bill Watters, Northern Watters Knitwear.com
- Phyllis Weir, Herbie’s Olde Shoppe
- John Welling, Botinicals Gift Shop Inc.
- Linda Yates, King’s Point Pottery Gallery & Gifts
Craftspeople
- Natalie Austin, Natalie Jewellery
- Karin Bach, An Artist’s Garden
- Valentine Bachmann, Pixilated Puffin Design
- Emily Best, Emily’s Gem Crafts
- Gayle Bird, Gayle Bird Designs
- Laura Breisacher, Labrador Trading Company
- Glenn Brown, Great Canadian Windchime Co.
- Glenis Bowser, Gain’s Creek Bear Studio
- Gwen Buchanan, DESIDERATUM Art Jewelry
- Elizabeth Burtt
- Wilma Butts, Arashi – art to wear
- June Cable, The Wizard of Felt
- Diane Campbell
- Laura Cole, Random Pieces Glassworks
- Lynda Constantine, Constantine Designs
- Sandi Corbin, Blueberry Bay Photos
- Andrea Cottrell, Third Street Handcrafters
- Sara Cummins, Sara Cummins Designs
- Janet Davis, Norton’s Cove Studio Inc.
- Anna Decoste, Land and Sea Jewelry
- Curtis Dionne, Glass Roots Inc.
- Ingo & julie Doetsch, Raven Glass Studio
- Michelle Doucette, MKL Jewelry Designs
- Christina Dove, Dove Pottery
- Jena & Kyle Dudley, BoBoChild
- Bethany Dugas, Felting Fish Designs
- Judy Dunlop, Fabled Children’s Wear
- Peter Eastwood, Eastwood Pottery
- Bridget Fauser, Organikx Jewellery
- Paula Flood, Newfoundland Original Hooked Rugs
- Pam Frail, PJ Crow Designs
- Ange Fuller, East Coast Candles
- Trudy Gallagher, Bejewel by Trudy Gallagher Ltd.
- Candy Gallant, Crooked Barn Pottery/Sweet & Sour Pottery
- Mike Gallant, In the Heart of the Country Furnishings
- Sheila Gallant, PC Woodworking
- Heather Gionet, Heather Made It!
- Sonia Harrod, Third Street Handcrafters
- Beth Hatt, Granite Town Farms
- David Hayashida, King’s Point Pottery Gallery
- Lori Herod, Coast & Country Crafts
- Donna Hiebert, Donna Hiebert Design
- Deanne Hiscock, Deanne’s Crafts
- Sara Hodder, SECH DESIGN
- Lyndsay Hubley, LouLouBell Handmade
- Nancy Hunt, The Master’s Pieces
- Andrea Hurley, Hurley/Fergus Photography
- Wendy Jack, The Neck’s Best Thing
- Liona Jollota, Kreative Knits Originals
- Joan Kane, Ewe Design
- Donna Keenan, The Soap Drawer
- Heather Knight, Heather Knight Clothing & Gifts
- Eleanor Kure, Artburn Inc.
- Leslie Kwiatkowski & Josh Dyment, PEI Smoke-Fired Pottery
- Rita Laidlaw, Sea Glass Designs
- Karen LeBlanc, Loominations
- Tracy LeBlanc, Tracy’s Wood n’ Things
- Christine LeGrow, Spindrift
- Cindy & Darryl Lentz, Right Off The Batt Pottery
- Linda Lewis, Baynoddy
- Christie Lyn, lynphotos
- Arlene MacAusland, Twisted Knickers Inc.
- Les MacLeod, The Woodwright Woodcrafts
- Shari MacLeod, Shari MacLeod Studio
- Marg MacNeil, Caper Glass Creations
- Dallas J Manicom, Abounding Treasures
- Urve Manuel, A Stone’s Throw Glass Studio
- Karen Martel, Dragon Wind Chimes
- Erin McArthur & Mike Gillan , Northeastern Folk Art
- Michael Morris, Sign of the Whale NS Craft & Art Gallery
- Julie Murphy, Folky Dolky
- Michelle Newcombe, Michique Handbags
- Lisa Nishi, Lisa Nishi Couture
- Shawn Orne, Niyan Arts
- Christy Orne, Purple Turnip Creations
- Janet Peter, Designs by Janet
- Nancy Postma, Postma Pottery Limited
- Connie Publicover, Snap’s Drops
- Bonnie Reeves, ‘n Vogue
- Gail Rhyno, A Maritime Girl
- Susan Robertson, Susan Robertson Pottery
- Julie & Peter Rosvall, Formed Stone Designs Inc.
- Brent Rourke, The Barn in Bloomfield
- Colette Samson, Image Glass
- Carla Sampson, Apple n’ Spice Soap Crafting
- Andrea Sharpe, Karlande Designs
- Shanty Slater, Make Olympia
- Laurie Swim, Art Quilt Publishing Corp
- Susan Lee Stephen, Susan Lee Studios
- Judy Tait, Albert County Clay Co.
- Tracy Tappin, Nature’s Natural Solutions
- Alexis Templeton, Alexis Templeton Studio
- Kathy Tidswell, Kathy Tidswell Fibre Art
- Amy Tonning, Legacy Lane Fiber Mill
- Brian Townsend, TownsEnd Studio & Gallery
- Denise Uebele, Philomena – Fashion Art
- Tara Bryan, Walking Bird Press
- Ria Wallace, Ria’s Collectables
- Lisa Walsh, Indigena
- John Welling, Botinicals Studio/Metal Flowers
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