Focus On: Shizzle Design, LLC
Shizzle Design started when Andrade wanted to progress from creating the garden chairs and mosaic pots she was selling at a friend’s greenhouse to a more profitable and sustaining venture.
Focus On: Half Mile Handmade
Half Mile Handmade in Bay City sounds like my kind of place. Representing over 150 artisans -- 80% of them from Michigan...
Focus On: Great Lakes Bath & Body
As so many businesses do, Great Lakes Bath & Body (GLBB) in downtown Traverse City started off as a hobby and gradually grew into a “real thing.” Lynn Rodenroth had been dealing with sensitive skin for years...
Focus On: Grange Hall Pottery
Artist Sue Bolt is a local Charlevoix legend. For 60-plus years, Sue and her husband Russ have been creating one-of-a-kind art in their studio, Grange Hall Pottery, just a few miles south of Charlevoix.
Focus On: Bygone Basics Culinary School
Located within Amanda’s Bequest Bed and Breakfast, Bygone Basics Culinary School in Montague is bringing back old-style cooking traditions through heirloom culinary lessons. Chef Valerie Hanson along with...
Focus On: Wise Owl Chalk Synthesis Paint
Three years ago, Karen Chouinard was looking for a safe paint that could replace the toxic paint she had used for a DIY project. After spending over $150 on paint and paint products to do one table, then reading the long list of cautions on the can, she was frustrated
Focus On: The Jerky Joint
The Jerky Joint, located in the Frankenmuth Riverplace Shops, is the home of what is likely Michigan’s largest selection of jerky. With over 300 varieties of meats and flavors, I challenge you to...
Focus On: Food for Thought
Strawberry Basil Preserves, Wild Blueberry Merlot Preserves, and Blueberry Lavender Preserves...unique names for preserves, right? Maybe, but wait until you try them. These are some...
Focus On: Otis Pottery
Otis Pottery is a mainstay in the art community of East Jordan - and to think it came to be because of an ad in a magazine read on the other side of the world almost 29 years ago!
Focus On: Dwellings, Inc.
After spending six hours at an appointment to select one couch for a client...