Alluring Robot Helps out Santa's Elves this Christmas

Karen and her Robot Army have been working hard to help Santa and his elves this season making lots of presents for the good little girls and boys! Karen's shop, Alluring Robot features upcycled...recycled...often discarded items in her jewelry that she re-imagines into wearable art. Karen's Alluring Robots are friendly and would love a visit from you at this year's Merry Mart.

Brickbourne

Christina McCleary from Brickbourne makes pottery, sculptures, and jewelry. Her pottery includes mugs, cups, bowls, and plates in a wide range of colors and surface treatments.

All Brickbourne pottery is reduction-fired stoneware that is food, microwave, and dishwasher safe. Her ceramic sculptures are abstracted figures that are fired with Reduction, Raku, and Saggars processes. Brickbourne's jewelry incorporates glass beads and ceramic pendants in necklaces and earrings. Come visit Christina and buy on of a kind, unique hand crafted gifts Sunday, December 2nd at Merry Mart.

Natural Beauty from Becca & Mars

Becca & Mars uses 100% natural ingredients; no chemicals, sodium lauryl sulfate, parabens or fragrance oils. Their products are hand-crafted in small batches; therefore, they deliver the freshest quality products.

Becca & Mars products not only smell good, but have a relaxing and nurturing quality. Erica from Becca & Mars has a love of using aromatherapy. Her passion for citrus and herbal scents marry beautifully to create natural bath and body products that smell great, feel great and don’t cost an arm and a leg! Plus, who doesn't love getting relaxing bath and beauty products in their stocking!

Laurie Flannery Jewelry

Artist and Jewelry Designer Laurie Flannery delights in adornment of the body, using metal as her primary material. 

Inspired by the interplay of shapes, space and proportion, and often directed by the material itself, each piece is handcrafted in her Baltimore studio. A variety of fabrication techniques are used, as well as a variety of materials. Primarily constructed from silver, copper and bronze, additional materials may include steel, string, rubber, pearls or shells.

Mothermade Knows the Best Presents!

Shop Mother Made for presents and help a local non-profit! Mother Made Baltimore is a social enterprise in which low-income women make and sell custom designed, environmentally friendly products as a means to empowerment.

The mission of Mother Made is to promote the independence of low-income women by providing experience with entrepreneurship in an emotionally supportive environment. They make hand-dyed napkins, scarves, and home decor, as well and re-usable produce bags and tote bags. All of the products are made in Baltimore by a group of women who operate the business cooperatively while developing new skills and leadership. Come by Merry Mart, December the 2nd and help support local organizations and crafters like Mother Made!

Colorful Creations from Gayla Lee

Color is in this year and what better way to wear it than to buy a colorful and unique piece of glass jewelry from Gayla Lee at Merry Mart this year.

Gayla Lee's jewelry is not only colorful but it has a focus on patterns and geometry. Gayla hand makes her bright jewelry using glassblowing, kiln-forming and cold-working techniques.

Just for Fun

Get into the holiday spirit and purchase some handmade ornaments from Just for Fun. Visit Mary Kay from Just for Fun Merry Mart on Sunday, December 2nd.  Just for Fun creates soldered pendants and ornaments using a variety of beautiful papers and stain glass. They assemble their pendants, solder them including hardware and decorative beads to make them one of kind creations.