WE’RE ALL IN NEED OF A LITTLE PRETTY

As I write this, I’m sitting in my living room with my beloved ritual cup of coffee on a rainy autumn morning when the news of what is happening in our communities, our country and globally is so bleak. But as I look around the home I’ve created and have raised my family in, I find beauty and joy in abundance. 

While certainly my family and friends are the true treasures in my life, I do admit to coveting all the little things I’ve collected over the years – some during my own childhood and adult years, others passed down from my parents, crafted by my kids or given to me by friends. All are thoughtfully placed around my home where I can capture a bit of joy from them every day. They each hold a memory of a place or a person or a moment in my life. Some might consider all these things clutter or stuff, but I count them as my treasures.

While I can’t envisage that the things I make can have the same level of meaning in someone’s home, should you be looking to add something pretty as a gift for someone you care about, I hope you’ll consider something I make here at Pretty Flours.

I’d love to see you at one of my Holiday events:

OPEN STUDIO POP-IN
Pretty Flours Studio, 45 Fleetwood Street, Portland, ME
Come visit me in my home studio. See where I work and play and peruse my full line of handmade goods. I’ll have some seconds and samples for sale as well as a table set up for you to print your own holiday gift tags using my hand carved stamps (no charge, just come play!). Should you like, you and I can wrap and ship from here any purchases you make.
OPEN STUDIO DATES
Saturday 11/29  Open 10-2 (Small Business Saturday)  
Saturday 12/20  Open 10-3
Sunday 12/21    Open 10-3

ART ON THE HILL
East End School, 195 North Street, Portland
Each year, the Society for East End Arts coordinates a spectacular show of local artists. Held at East End Elementary School in Portland, people from through the region consider this the annual “can’t miss” holiday shopping opportunity. Ten years of showing my work at this event, it is always a great show for me.
ART ON THE HILL DATES
Friday 12/5  Open 6-9 PM
Saturday 12/6. Open 10AM-5PM
Sunday 12/7. Open 11AM-4PM

PRETTYFLOURS.COM

Of course, you can always shop right here on the website. We suggest ordering by December 8 for delivery in time for the start of Hanukah and by December 16 for delivery before Christmas.

You can also purchase my work at one of the over 70 stores around the country that carry my products.
I’m grateful to each of them and hope you will support your community’s small businesses by, whenever possible, shopping locally wherever you live.