King & North Chocolate facebook.com/kingandnorth “Chocolate is so fun. It has such a sense of fun attached to it,” says Jesse Gallant. “From the moment you’re a kid and you try it the first time, it’s something that’s so exciting and playful.” Gallant is the owner of a small-batch chocolate business called King & North, […]
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Ment shines bright this weekend
For Rachel Blair-Johns, owner of Dartmouth’s Ment Jewellery, a piece begins to take shape long before she begins molding metal in her home studio. Her minimalist architectural collars, studs and midi-rings rest in her imagination first, next to childhood memories and visions of Incan empires. “I’ve always been inspired by ruins. As a little girl, […]
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Tracey & Joan’s Angels bring diversity to Christmas decorations
Tracey Jones-Grant wants her home to be decorated with ornaments that reflect her as a person of African descent, but such things can be difficult to find in stores. After seeing the steep prices of Africentric angel tree-toppers online, Jones-Grant decided to create her own and about two years ago, she started making them. She […]
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Drifter Goods’ leather bomb
Your hard earned cash should be treated with respect—that stuff doesn’t grow on trees, you know. Drifter Goods, a locally-made line of leather goods, is all about handling important things with care, making coin pouches, card holders, passport holders, coffee sleeves by hand, from very beautiful leather. Josiah Stevens is the guy behind the handy […]
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Pop go the Crafters
There’s a lot to love about any Halifax Crafters event. More than a lot. So much talent, so much creativity, so much stuff you’ll want to buy for yourself (or if you’re less-selfish than I, for someone else). The Crafters’ markets help us ring in the spring and winter every year with massive fairs, but […]
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Cocoa and Honey, I’m home
Cocoa and Honey’s Heather Oliveira calls these babies Sea Turtles, but you might call them little clusters of heaven on earth. Oliveira’s been making organic, fair-trade small-batch chocolates, candied nuts and sauces in Halifax for two years, using local ingredients as much as she can and using preservatives absolutely never. These dark-chocolate-dipped, caramel-dunked, toasted pecans […]
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Next Halifax Crafters Market, September 12-13
The Halifax Crafters Art Harvest is happening Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13th, from 11am-5pm at the North St Church, 5657 North, which will coincide with Go North!, the north end studio and gallery tour (on the Saturday). Admission is free.