Over 400 independent Maine makers, shops, and artisans — shop online, ship anywhere, or find them on your next visit.
Downeast
Seaside Stones is a rock shop that specializes in handmade jewelry, cool rocks, and Bouncies from Bohemia
Midcoast
Seawicks Candle Company is an independent home decor business based in Midcoast, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Midcoast
With over 30 years at the repair bench I'm FINALLY getting my "Second Wind" and offering top quality musical instrument repairs, premium instruments and accessories through an independent shop focusing on the best products and services at a fair price.
Greater Portland
We carry original counted cross stitch patterns of lighthouses from the northeastern part of the US and Canada. In addition to our lighthouse patterns, we have feature other Maine-related themes, including puffin, moose, and chickadee patterns.
Greater Portland
S.E. Hall Furniture & Design is a single-maker wood shop located in Gray, Maine. Driven by a passion for the craft, owner and maker Steve Hall specializes in designing and creating custom pieces in partnership with clients.
Greater Portland
Se Vende offers the best collection of handmade gifts & jewelry imported from around the world. You will find classic and unique designs made with sterling silver, brass, copper, gold, enamel, stones, and more.
Kennebec Valley
Shaker Furniture of Maine is an independent home decor business based in Kennebec Valley. The Augusta workshop builds traditional Shaker-style furniture—beds, chairs, tables, dressers, and case goods—in cherry, maple, and oak using time-honored techniques. Custom orders and nationwide shipping available.
Highlands
Shaw & Tenney is an independent outdoor gear business based in Highlands, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Lakes & Mountains
Shaw Farms is an independent grocery & food business based in the Lakes & Mountains region. The South Paris family farm raises 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef, pasture-raised pork, pastured chicken, and fresh eggs from pastured hens—available as retail packages or freezer shares (quarter, half, or whole).
Midcoast
Sheepscot River Pottery is an independent home decor business based in Midcoast Maine. The women-owned, second-generation studio has handmade dinnerware and home goods from their Edgecomb and Damariscotta locations since 1974.
Midcoast
Shelter Institute is an independent outdoor gear business based in the Midcoast region. Since 1974, the Woolwich, Maine timber-framing institute has taught generations of builders—and through its online Shelter Tools shop offers heirloom-quality hand tools: timber-framing chisels, slicks, Japanese hand saws, Maine-made axes, and Peavey logging tools.
Midcoast
Shelter Institute is an independent outdoor gear business based in Midcoast Maine. The Woolwich timber-framing institution—three generations strong since 1974—runs Shelter Tools, a curated retail and online shop carrying hand-forged Swedish axes, Maine-made heirloom axes, Japanese pull saws, Peavey Manufacturing logging tools, German precision tools, and timber-framing chisels.
Greater Portland
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops is an independent books business based in Greater Portland, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Greater Portland
Sissle & Daughters is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Mary Chapman and Will Sissle's Portland cheesemonger and grocer offers cheeses, charcuterie, wine, beer, pasta, preserves, and other delectable provisions, with an original Washington Ave shop and a second cafe-and-market location on Forest Ave.
Greater Portland
SKORDO is an independent kitchen business based in Greater Portland. The Maine family-owned shop empowers home cooks with 60+ original spice blends and rubs hand-made in Brunswick, plus salts, hot sauces, cookbooks, and tableware—with locations in Portland's Old Port and Portsmouth, NH.
Kennebec Valley
A Hallowell institution for nearly 50 years on the Kennebec River, offering creative seasonal cuisine, a famous Sunday brunch, and an adjacent bakery making homemade breads and pastries.
Downeast
S.L. Wadsworth & Son is an independent specialty business based in Downeast Maine. Founded in 1818, the Eastport Water Street institution is the nation's oldest ship chandlery and Maine's oldest retail business—operated by six generations of the Wadsworth family. Two storefronts across from the Fisherman Statue combine an old-fashioned hardware store with a nautical gift shop carrying Eastport-logo merchandise, nautical reproductions, and unique themed items.
Greater Portland
A 12th-generation Knight family farm in Westbrook operating since 1720, producing fresh dairy in glass bottles, artisan cheeses through their Silvery Moon Creamery, and ice cream.
Greater Portland
Our spa offers a communal environment to gather with friends, or curtains to keep your visit more private.
Greater Portland
SoPo Seafood is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. They source fish from Maine's working waterfront and ship fresh fillets, oysters, smoked seafood, and curated gift boxes nationwide.
Greater Portland
South Street Linen is an independent clothing & accessories business based in Greater Portland, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Southern Maine Coast
At Spaces Kennebunkport you can find and inspired collection of stylish gifts and home furnishings. I have searched near and far to find fresh, refined and uncommon items that compliment a variety of decorating styles and aesthetic sensibilities.
Greater Portland
Speckled Ax Wood Roasted Coffee is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The Congress Street roaster fires its vintage Petroncini with Maine-grown hardwood, shipping single-origin and blended beans nationwide.
Greater Portland
Spiraldance Breathwork incorporates the best of cutting-edge research on trauma healing and stress reduction, combined with mindfulness-based awareness techniques, to profoundly shift our limiting breath patterns and improve our life.
Midcoast
Springer's Jewelers is an independent jewelry business based in Midcoast Maine. The Bath Front Street fixture has been a downtown destination for fine jewelry, watches, custom design, and exceptional service for generations.
Greater Portland
Springer’s Jewelers is a coastal New England family-owned chain of jewelry stores that provides high-quality fine jewelry to thousands of New England patrons and visitors.
Greater Portland
Portland's beloved artisanal bakery on Commercial Street since 1995, hand-crafting traditional French baguettes, pain au chocolat, and pastries using locally sourced organic ingredients.
Greater Portland
Star Cousins is an independent clothing & accessories business based in Midcoast, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Southern Maine Coast
Biddeford-based manufacturer of high-performance climbing, rescue, and arborist ropes, braiding millions of meters of life-safety rope in Maine since 1992.
Southern Maine Coast
Maine's beloved specialty food brand since 1991, headquartered at a flagship campus in York with a Company Store, Café, and Cooking School, plus stores in Kittery and Portland.
Greater Portland
Strong Arm Bindery is a bookbinding and letterpress studio located in the West End of Portland, Maine. We specialize in the design and production of very well-made books and printed matter.
Midcoast
Studio 89 is an independent home decor business based in Midcoast Maine. The small coastal workshop handcrafts modern wood furniture using traditional woodworking techniques, natural finishes, and one-of-a-kind live-edge pieces, with custom design and made-to-order collection items.
Greater Portland
Style Candles is an independent home decor business based in Greater Portland. The Maine candle maker hand-pours soy ring candles in small batches—each large candle reveals a real ring valued between $10 and $1,000 hidden inside as it burns.
Midcoast
Sugar Tools is an independent Maine business based in Greater Portland. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Southern Maine Coast
Suger is an independent clothing & accessories business based in Southern Maine Coast, Maine. Visit them in Maine or learn more about what they offer.
Midcoast
Surroundings is an independent home decor business based in Midcoast Maine. The downtown Camden shop offers beautiful goods for the home and table—thoughtfully curated gifts, vintage finds, and art that make it a must-visit destination in Camden's lively downtown shopping district.
Downeast
Suzanne Anderson creates her enamel jewelry in a wooded lakeside studio in Maine. It’s the perfect place to become immersed in creative work.
Downeast
Swallowfield is a little shop in Northeast Harbor, Maine filled with letterpress cards and paper goods, curated gifts, puzzles, contemporary jewelry, art supplies, housewares, pottery, books, and fine and functional art.
Midcoast
Sweetgrass Farm Winery & Distillery is an independent grocery & food business based in Midcoast Maine. The family-run Union estate makes fruit wines, gins, and Back River craft spirits using Maine fruit.
Greater Portland
In our cafe, we offer a simple, traditional menu of seasonal espresso and drip coffees, tea & pastries, and retail bags of coffee to enjoy at home.
Midcoast
Colorful Contemporary Blown Glass: 2000 sq foot Gallery & Studio in Mid-Coast Maine. With 30 years experience Terrill & Charlie Jenkins create Unique Playful Functional Glassware. Known for Original, elegant design and rich, imaginative use of vibrant color, Tandem Glass creates limited editions of functional and sculptural work.
Greater Portland
Established in 2011, Taproot Magazine is an ad-free, independent print publication celebrating food, farm, family, and craft.
Greater Portland
Teafarers is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Formerly Dobra Tea Maine, the Portland tea company sources unique single-origin teas, signature blends, and tea ware from small farmers worldwide in partnership with Dobra US/Prague.
Greater Portland
Handmade bows and bandanas for you and your furry friends
Kennebec Valley
Tea Maineia is an independent grocery & food business based in Kennebec Valley. After 11 years of running a Winterport storefront, this family-owned mom & pop shop now sells single-origin teas from around the world plus their signature Maine Wild Blueberry blend online.
Greater Portland
Designed, tested, and assembled in Scarborough, Tekto crafts purpose-built tactical knives — specializing in out-the-front automatic blades for outdoor adventurers and demanding professionals.
Downeast
Tempest in a Teapot is an independent grocery & food business based Downeast. Sisters Tammy Blake and Rebecca Emerson hand-blend gourmet loose-leaf teas with Maine-grown blueberries, cranberries, mint, and apples at their Stonington and Cushing blending houses.
Midcoast
The Green Store is an independent home decor business based in Midcoast Maine. The 22-year-old Belfast Main Street shop specializes in reclaimed clothing, gifts, and home goods—everything is recycled, all-natural, or sustainable. Carries organic body products from brands like Jason alongside BPA-free kids' toys.
Highlands
The Rock & Art Shop is an independent art & music business with locations across Maine. Founded by the Sohns family in Ellsworth in 2007 and expanded to Bangor and Bar Harbor, the shop celebrates natural history, art, and community—offering jewelry, curious plants, fossils, taxidermy, locally made art, and gifts from over 20 Maine artists.
Midcoast
The Smiling Cow is an independent specialty business based in Midcoast Maine. The Camden Main Street fixture has been a downtown institution since 1940—packed with gifts, souvenirs, fudge, books, cards, tote bags, home decor, jewelry, and clothing. Dogs are welcome (and always get a biscuit). The little back porch overlooking the harbor is a destination in itself.
Midcoast
The Wine Seller is an independent grocery & food business based in Midcoast Maine. The downtown Rockland Main Street shop offers a thoughtfully curated selection of wines and gourmet cheeses—a destination for pairings, gift bottles, and the discerning palate.
Midcoast
In 2017, Michelle Lee Provençal launched Thirdlee & Co. as a home for her newly developed needle-felted designs. Thirdlee & Co. continues to grow and in 2020 will encompass a range of original handcrafted designs as well as a curated vintage & found décor collection.
Midcoast
Thirty Acres Farm grows more than 100,000 pounds of the crops that become the sauerkraut, ruby kraut, kimchi, gingered carrots, hot sauces and sour dill pickles produced each year.
Greater Portland
Thos. Moser is an independent home decor business based in Greater Portland. Founded by Tom Moser in 1972, this iconic New Gloucester workshop handcrafts heirloom American hardwood furniture using traditional joinery. Each piece is signed by the individual craftsperson and guaranteed for life.
Greater Portland
Three of Strong Spirits is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The Portland distillery makes small-batch rum and craft spirits with online merchandise and ready-to-drink cocktails.
Greater Portland
Tidal Living, established in 2019, creates coconut wax candles and health/beauty products in Freeport, Maine.
Southern Maine Coast
At Time & Tide Coffee, we believe that everyone deserves to drink the best. We are passionate about sourcing the best coffee and thoughtfully roasting it to bring out its flavor.
Midcoast
Our mission is to create a farming system in which all parts complement each other and to connect people with food that nourishes the body and soul while being grown and raised in the most humane and sustainable way that we know how.
Highlands
We offer a European Art-Deco style space to rent. We also host an array of different events ourselves! Rotating art gallery, musical guests, workshops and community events.
Lakes & Mountains
Handmade contemporary enamel jewelry made by me in my studio in Maine.