On the Cover:Nicholasville’s Trawick & Martin specializes in luxury gift items crafted by artisans around the world. Each of their items comes with a story card describing the product’s uniqueness. The stunning cast-metal ornaments that grace our cover have a quite a story to tell.

The 9/11 Trees of Life Ornament Set ($115), made of hand patinaed bronze with matte silver plate and enamel highlights, features leaves cast from three different trees located at the 9/11 Memorial site in New York City: a Swamp White Oak tree; a Sweet Gum tree and; the “survivor tree” —a Callery pear—which was

nursed back to health after being discovered in the rubble of the fallen World Trade Center towers and now stands 35-feet tall at the memorial site. A portion of artist Michael Michaud’s proceeds are dedicated to 9/11 memorial sites and museums. 800-506-9775, trawickandmartin.com

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Works of art created by Kentucky’s talented craftspeople can be found all around the world thanks to the many stores, museums and shops that sell Kentucky Crafted products. Now, those businesses can be designated as official Kentucky Crafted Retailers as part of a new program launched by the Kentucky Arts Council. Since its inception this summer, the program has designated nearly two dozen retailers in not only the Commonwealth, but in Indiana and Ohio, as well.

“The Kentucky Crafted Retailer initiative was started to increase the awareness of the Kentucky Crafted brand and lend support to retailers who carry Kentucky Crafted merchandise,” says Emily Moses, the communications director for the Kentucky Arts Council.

Throughout this shopping guide, we profile several Kentucky Crafted Retailer-designated shops and provide contact information on page 24 for the remaining retailers. For more information about the program, visit artscouncil.ky.gov.

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Kentucky Monthly is all about celebrating this wonderful state we call home. In this, the season of celebration and giving, what better way to demonstrate your Bluegrass State pride and unity than by supporting Kentucky retailers, artisans and producers? We hope the shops and products featured throughout this guide will inspire you to have a Merry Kentucky Christmas, a Happy Kentucky Hanukkah, a Kentucky-inspired Kwanzaa or a jolly Kentucky Festivus. Whichever holiday you choose to observe, we hope it fills you and yours with joy.

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Gallery Store at the Yeiser For decades, the Yeiser Art Center

in Paducah has brought to western Kentucky some of the world’s finest works of art including paintings, sculpture and other visual arts

collections. Visitors now can purchase unique items at the center’s Gallery Store. Not only can visitors take home unique objects from national craftspeople and artists,

but as a member of the Kentucky Crafted Retailers program, the store also sells items made by local artisans.

The Yeiser Art Center is open Tuesdays through Saturdays.

This is no ordinary scented candle! Five acclaimed international perfumers collaborated to develop the indulgent scents featured in the Thompson Ferrier candle collection. This Vanilla Noir candle ($55) will fill your home with nuances of vanilla pods, mandarin orange, pineapple leaf, sandalwood, rose and nutmeg. 800-506-9775, trawickandmartin.com

200 Broadway St.Paducah270-442-2453theyeiser.org

The craft of glassblowing has been practiced by the Müller-Blech family since the 1500s. The Twelve Days of Christmas ornament set ($195) from the family’s Inge-Glas workshop in Germany includes meticulously crafted representations of each verse in the popular Christmas carol—right down to the partridge in a pear tree. 800-506-9775, trawickandmartin.com

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These pieces of edible art from Ghyslain Chocolat des Beaux Arts may look too beautiful to eat, but trust us: it would be a Christmas crime not to indulge. Holiday chocolates gift boxes start at $12. 866-449-7524, ghyslain.com See page 15 of our December/January issue for a chocolate mousse recipe from Chef Ghyslain Maurais.

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David Appalachian CraftsSince all merchandise at David Appalachian Crafts is

handmade by those living in and around the city of David, one thing is for certain: items are one of a kind. A nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving traditional mountain crafts, David Appalachian Crafts sells everything from homemade quilts, wood crafts and pottery to ornaments, jewelry and music—all to

help keep members of the community on their feet during rough times.

“Our mission is to help local crafters and Appalachian crafters to further their sales,” says Sister Ruth Ann, who helps operate the craft shop. “Pottery is one of our top sellers, along with wood items.

We do our wholesale with the fabric items and the painted gourds. We also carry Kentucky Proud items, such as jellies, sauces, honey and relishes. These are also good sellers for us.”

Gallery on the SquareFor two decades, Gallery on the Square has sold

original artwork and handcrafted items made by regional artists, and offered community outreach services such as classes, custom framing, event rentals and even a bridal registry.

The gallery, located in the heart of Franklin’s antique district, stems from a nonprofit organization operated by the Simpson County Guild of Artists and Craftsmen.

Available for purchase are paintings, handcrafted dolls, glassworks, pottery, fiber arts and jewelry.

6369 Highway 404 David606-886-2377davidappalachiancrafts.com

110 North Main St. Franklin 270-586-8055 galleryonthesquare.org

The “Fleur-de-Cure” ornament ($55) is the ninth edition of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Christopher Radko ornament series. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the ornament will benefit the M. Krista Loyd Resource Center at Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center. 502-584-6383, kdf.org

Spread holiday cheer and good fortune with the Lucky Kentucky ornament! Designed exclusively for Kentucky Monthly by Phoenix Creative Metal of Salvisa, the handcrafted, steel ornament features our state silhouette cradled inside a horseshoe. 888-329-0053, kentuckymonthly.com

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The Kentucky Arts Council

The Kentucky Arts Council invites you to give creatively and shop locally this holiday season. Within the pages of our Holiday Gift Guide, find unique items crafted by Kentucky artisans and sold at Kentucky Crafted Retailer locations near you. For more information about the work of these Kentucky artists, retailers and more than 500 others, visit the Kentucky Art section of the arts council website at artscouncil.ky.gov.

Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year. Visit us and discover the best in Kentucky art at Kentucky Crafted: The Market on March 2-3, 2013, at the Lexington Convention Center.

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The unique design of this pyramid shaped wristlet purse ($42) from Cattywumpus Bags not only is stylish, but also is practical as it provides ample space for carrying all the essentials. Fiber artist Amanda Clark’s bags are available in a variety of styles and fabulously fun patterns. cattywumpusbags.com

Gary Cooper of Cumberland County creates his heirloom-quality pieces from native, American hardwoods. Assorted boxes range in price from $40-$500. etsy.com/shop/cooperswoodstudio

Louisville artist Caroline Zama of Star Bird Pottery creates vibrantly colored earthenware pottery art, including platters, pitchers, mugs and these adorable birds, which are available in various sizes and colors. starbirdpottery.com

True KentuckyLeon Howlett says his True Kentucky shop in

Glendale lives up to its name completely and has done so for more than two decades. “Everything in our store is made in Kentucky,” Howlett says. “It’s the only store of its kind in our region.”

While the store carries merchandise from about 300 Kentucky artists and craftspeople, Howlett does single out a few items that would make great gifts this holiday season, such as jewelry, baskets, soaps, lotions, pottery, fiber

art, candy and even books. Among the books is The Kentucky Bourbon Experience, a beautiful coffee table book written and photographed by Howlett, who says it is the only book of its kind in the world.

452 East Main St.Glendale270-369-7850truekentucky.com

Handmade felted hats and woven scarves by Fleece and Flax, from $127, at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea.

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Center at Berea: 1. Colorful porcelain bowls by Wayne Bates, from $43. 2. Hand-crafted wooden children’s toys, from $2.45. 3. Brightly colored roosters by folk artists Lonnie and Twyla Money, from $25.

Kentucky Artisan CenterHome to one of the largest

collections of Kentucky-made, handcrafted items, the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea features in its 25,000-square-foot facility the creations of more than 600 artists. Jams and jewelry, baskets and books, scarves and soaps, pottery and paintings and close to everything in between can be purchased at the center.

Located just off Interstate 75, the center celebrated its 2 millionth visitor this past May. As a result of its central location, officials are also on hand to give tourists information regarding travel, directions and local destination sites.

The center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and features annual special exhibitions, a sales gallery and gift shop with fine art and crafts, and demonstrations every Saturday by Kentucky artisans.

Visitors and tourists also can sit back and enjoy Kentucky fare at the center’s café and grill, which offers daily lunch specials.

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Gallery JanjobeThe brainchild of six Louisville artists, Gallery Janjobe has made a name

for itself by offering art that can’t be found anywhere else in the city. In fact, it’s their mission to “offer art with attitude.”

Situated in the Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center, the gallery features a plethora of items made by both national artists and Kentucky craftspeople, including items such as colorful socks, earrings, Louisville Cardinals pendants, blown glass and other distinctive creations.

Gallery Janjobe also offers a bridal registry, art classes in various media, special exhibits, one-man and group shows. Those who can’t make the trip to Louisville can shop Gallery Janjobe’s online store.

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Cincinnati gallery holds a Kentucky Crafted Retailer designation—but not to owner Diane Christian Budd. “We feature 100% handmade, American crafts, with a focus on local artists,” she says. “Since we’re just 5 miles north of the

Ohio-Kentucky border, many of our Kentucky artists we show and sell are local to us!”

Open seven days a week, the gallery

regularly refreshes its merchandise, which includes items from more than 150 artists. “Our sales of the different media are pretty varied, and change through the seasons,” Budd says. “Pottery and clay works are always strong sellers—especially bowls, platters, mugs, tiles and other serving pieces. More often than not, jewelry is our strongest seller.”

Open since 2006, the gallery also gives artists the opportunity to showcase and promote their work through indigenous’ in-gallery events such as trunk shows, artists’ demonstrations and fundraisers. Most are free and open to the public.

Self-taught master wood turner Lonnie Combs of Louisville uses Kentucky hardwoods to create his one-of-a-kind, presentation-grade peppermills (mean price is $89). 502-551-4338, topchefpeppermills.com

1860 Mellwood Ave. Louisville502-899-9293galleryjanjobe.com

2010 Madison Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio513-321-3750indigenouscraft.com

This gorgeous designer apron (special reduced price of $119.99) from Nicholasville’s Trawick & Martin gives the “hostess with the mostess” a stylish upgrade. The luxurious, French satin apron is hand-stitched and embellished with dazzling Swarovski crystals. Additional colors and styles are available. 800-506-9775, trawickandmartin.com

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Paul and Kaye Brown are doing something extraordinary, something unheard of. They are living a sustainable life in the middle of Louisville—yes, the Commonwealth’s largest city—and making a darn-fine living off of it.

And they can thank bees.“I started brewing honey wines

and I started raising the bees because I couldn’t afford the honey,” says Paul,

who had been a home remodeler for years before he began to dabble in homemade mead-making in the 1990s. “The [bees]wax was a by-product. We started having children and started making our own soaps because one of them had reactions to the commercial soaps.”

That led the Browns to look at labels more closely and begin changing their lifestyle. Utilizing the

various small plots of land they own across the city, they began growing their own food, raising their own

chickens and even planting a full orchard.“I’ve just not depended on the stores anymore,”

Paul says. “We try not to eat out. We do most of our cooking at the house. We home school … I haven’t touched a house in a year and a half.”

While remodeling their family’s way of life, the Browns began selling their homemade soaps at high school craft shows. Then they took a stab at farmers markets. Their inventory now consists of not only soaps and honey, but also lotions, shaving creams and brushes, oils and lip balms.

Fido and Flicka deserve all-natural bath products, too! Harrodsburg-based Sassa Bella offers a line of canine and equine shampoos and skin care products to keep your pets’ coats pretty. (Sassa Bella also has a great line of body care products for humans.) 859-940-8660, sassabellabodycare.com

Body care that’s the bee’s kneesEarthy Browns Natural Products

502-777-5293, earthybrowns.com Products are also available at more than 20 Louisville locations including A Taste of Kentucky and Rainbow Blossom Natural Food Markets.

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Images from any of Jane Ward Kehrt’s exquisite watercolor paintings can be made into 5"x7" notecards ($10 for a package of six) or, if you prefer, the artist can mat your chosen image to fit a 5"x7" ($10) or 8"x10" ($20) frame. fineartbykehrtofky.com

This tumbled marble ornament ($12.99) featuring our state bird is the third in a series of annual, collectible ornaments from Kentucky Monthly. 888-329-0053, kentuckymonthly.com

ArtiqueArtique features so many unique,

high-end crafts that two stores are needed to showcase and sell the works. Owner Mike Stotman says his venture has lasted 33 years for two reasons: “We combine working with extremely talented artists and helping them find and create products that will sell in the marketplace.”

This artist-retailer partnership has led to a “breadth of inventory”

that reaches upwards of 23,000 items from more than 1,000 artists. Of all that inventory, Stotman says

jewelry is the most popular. With a wide range “from funky to fine,” nearly 300 jewelers use Stotman’s store and expertise to sell their creations.

Two Lexington locations: 410 West Vine St. 859-233-1774

161 Lexington Green Circle859-272-8802artiquegallery.com Our state bird is artistically interpreted and on

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A Taste of KentuckyWhen you step into one of A Taste of Kentucky’s

three retail locations or browse its online store, you’ll feel like you’ve hit the Kentucky products mother lode! Celebrating its 30th year in business, A Taste of Kentucky provides a fount of gift-giving options—everything from crafts and books to tableware and food items—for anyone looking to share a bit of Bluegrass State cheer this holiday season.

Owner and founder John Hassmann says sweets are big sellers this time of year, including Kern’s Kitchen’s

Derby Pie; Kentucky Bourbon Barrel cakes; bourbon candies from Maker’s Mark, Woodford Reserve and Rebecca Ruth; Bauer’s Modjeskas; and Mom Blakeman’s creamed pull candy. And of course, A Taste of Kentucky sells “lots and lots gift baskets.”

These fanciful, handpainted Jingle Juice wineglasses ($29.99 each) by Louisville artist Gail Corso are sure to amp up your holiday merry-making. Available only from A Taste of Kentucky. 800-444-0552, atasteofkentucky.com

Three Louisville locations: Aegon Center400 W. Market Street(502) 566-4554

Mall St. Matthews5000 Shelbyville Road502-895-2733

Village Square in Middletown11800 Shelbyville Road502-244-3355atasteofkentucky.com Looking for a gift that makes a statement? If that statement

is: “Our state is awesome and delicious” then look no further than A Taste of Kentucky’s Kentucky Sampler Basket ($57). It’s filled with many of the store’s most popular items, such as Bauer’s Modjeskas, a Derby Pie Tart from Kern’s Kitchen, Ale-8-One, Kentucky BourbonQ barbecue sauce and more. They even throw in a dirty, old horseshoe from Churchill Downs for luck!

Let Kyle Meadows’ hammered dulcimer and Tisa McGraw’s Celtic harp create the perfect musical backdrop for your holiday celebrations. Their CD Comfort and Joy – Music for the Winter Holidays ($15) features 12 traditional songs and carols. kylemeadows.com

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Louisville Stoneware, one of the oldest stoneware companies in the United States, has been creating pottery art for nearly two centuries. Kentucky Monthly has partnered with the renowned artisans of Louisville Stoneware to create a beautiful line of handcrafted, functional stoneware pottery. The exclusive damask pattern design, available only from Kentucky Monthly, incorporates the fleur-de-lis and our state flower, the goldenrod.

1. The 8x8-inch square baking dish ($60) is perfect for casseroles and brownies; 2. We can’t prove it, but we think coffee, tea and cocoa taste better sipped from this sturdy and stylish mug ($26); 3. Keep your vino chilled in the wine cooler with saucer ($75). It also makes a stunning receptacle for holiday flower arrangements; 4. You can sip cocktails from this darling julep cup ($20) or use it as a small vase or penholder; 5. Uses for this 14-inch square serving tray ($75) are limited only by your imagination. Also available: Long rectangular serving tray ($50) and small square bowl ($22). 888-329-0053, kentuckymonthly.com

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Kentucky Proud MarketThe Kentucky Proud Market is a 5,000-square-foot space

devoted to specialty foods and beverages, gifts and artwork. Add the store’s cyber presence to its bricks-and-mortar-location and you have a seemingly endless array of Kentucky gift-giving options. Everything from jewelry to jams, popcorn to pet treats, and socks

to salsa can be found here—it’s enough to make a Kentuckian, well, proud.

Sharma and David Klee of Georgetown use their family’s more than 100-year-old recipe to elevate a standard condiment into something special: Grandma Carolyn’s Ketchup ($6.50 at kentuckyproudmarket.com). Your meatloaf and French fries will never be the same! grandmacarolynsketchup.com

The Shops at Lexington Center410 West Vine Street, Suite 220859-455-3342kentuckyproudmarket.com

More Kentucky Crafted Retailers to Explore:

Amerson Farms130 McClelland Circle, Georgetown502-863-3799, amersonfarms.com

Completely Kentucky237 W. Broadway, Frankfort 502-223-5240, completelykentucky.com

Damselfly Gallery126 E. Main Street, Midway 859-846-9963, damselflygallery.com

Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop/Coffee Tree Books 159 E. Main Street, Morehead 606-784-9877, 606-784-8364fuzzyduckcoffeeshop.com, coffeetreebooks.com

Judy Geagley by Hand546 Garrad Road, Tollesboro 606-798-3901, judygeagleybyhand.com

Kaviar Forge & Gallery1718 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville 502-561-0377, craigkaviar.com

Kentucky Market House115-117 S. Public Square, Greensburg 270-932-2412, kymarkethouse.com

Locust Grove Museum Store561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville 502-897-9845, locustgrove.org

Moss Hill Bath + Body Collection1201 Story Avenue, Suite 111, Louisville 502-365-3405, mosshill.net

Rough River Dam State Park450 Lodge Road, Falls of Rough 270-257-2311 or 800-325-1713, parks.ky.gov

Shoppes at Otter Creek5165 Old Mill Road, Brandenburg 270-941-0400

The Meadows Pottery Studio and Gallery2186 Woodlawn Road, Bardstown 502-460-0456, meadowspottery.com

This rustic and robust cutting board ($49.99) from Tony Davis’ Studio 300 possesses an extra shot of Kentucky heritage: it’s fashioned from a reclaimed bourbon barrel. Also from the recycled barrels comes Bourbon Barrel Grillin Char ($6.99 a bag), which adds an oaky-bourbony essence to grilled meats, veggies and—one of Davis’ favorites—pineapple.

Boards and Grillin Char can be purchased at Liquor Barn stores across Kentucky. Or stop by the studio, which is located in Lexington’s distillery district. kentuckyknows.com

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