Our Favorite Spots for One-Stop Shopping (Christmas Style)
Looking for a place to shop for everyone on your list this year? Ever thought that you should make more of an effort to shop locally? Here’s a short list to get you started on the right track. The following stores are as local as it gets, selling New Hampshire-made products and supporting local artisans, brewers, winemakers and more.
Hannah Grimes Marketplace
Keene
This spot is home to over 250 local artisans and artists, including painters and sculptors, woodworkers, glass blowers, potters, textile artists, local brewers and vintners, soap makers, basket weavers, jewelers, candle makers, beekeepers, local farmers and gardeners, and many other one-of-a-kind artisans.
Manchester Craft Market
Manchester
Shop from over 200 New England area makers in-store where “happiness is handmade.” If you are short on time, check out their website for a handpicked selection that is available for in-store pickup.
League of NH Craftsmen
Gallery locations in Center Sandwich, Concord, Hooksett, Littleton, Meredith, Nashua and North Conway
Visit any of the seven League galleries around the state for contemporary and traditional fine crafts including jewelry, pottery, blown glass, fiber arts, photography and more. Each gallery is distinct in its décor and inventory, and offers its own exciting destination shopping experience.
Locally Handmade
Locations in Salem, Nashua, Merrimack and Kittery, ME
With four locations around southern New Hampshire, each of these shops provides you with an everyday craft fair experience for local community members to shop and sell their unique homemade goods. As owner Eva says, “Support local, keep it local and live local.”
NH Made
Portsmouth
This nonprofit fosters the power of shopping local as a one-stop-shop for supporting small businesses, makers and artisans who make the Granite State so livable. The neighborhood store sells wooden bowls, handmade goods, food items and more.
WREN Local Works Marketplace
Bethlehem
The Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network (WREN) Local Works Marketplace on Main Street in Bethlehem features the work of more than 90 local member artists. They carry natural bath and beauty products, fine art prints, local books, pottery, spice blends, greeting cards, home décor and much more. In addition to the marketplace, make sure to visit the Gallery at WREN, also located on Main Street.
