One way to give the spirit of Maine to family and friends is to buy a gift from one of the Maine-owned companies that belong to Maine Made. These are locally made gifts, often hand-crafted, from some of the state’s finest artists, artisans, and craftspeople. There’s a high level of workmanship and a similar level of creativity.

Start with Lobster Buoy Birdhouse Co., which makes lobster buoy birdhouses, suet feeders, buoys, planters, and ornaments designed to resemble vintage buoys that lobstermen used in the early 1900s to identify their traps.  Shaw & Tenney makes exquisite hand-crafted wooden oars and paddles.

Kennedy & Company produces a variety of practical leather goods. Sportsmen love the fly rods from the Maine Fly Company, while Sea Bags is a renowned maker of bags made from recycled sails.

Handmade copper weathervanes are what you’ll find at Bar Harbor Weathervanes, while Winterstick Snowboards are based in the Carrbassett Valley near Sugarloaf.