Handmade Gifts

You didn't have to ace honors calculus to know family equals love. Whether you just said "I do" or have a full house, Steve Gerber's custom-etched ...

That little jar holding your flowers will never admit it, but it would love a makeover. Treat it, and the stems it holds, to a creative covering in...

You’ve just picked some ruby-stemmed chard and dug a few sweet beets from your veggie plot. Sure, they’re divine, but also, covered in mud. Put you...

Ode to dogs: Scruff-faced woofer and bath time grouch, if only you could keep your paws off the couch. Celebrate your pup with this sweet pillow th...

Where are you going to put that whisk you just rinsed off? We all have jars, or mugs, or "that corner of the cabinet." But what if your utensil hol...

Arra David and Anne Johnson use upcycled granite from their home state to create a rock-solid spinning caddy that won’t tip over when you give it a...

The food's about to come out and your guests are gathered around the table. Then someone realizes the salad tong's missing and the forks are nowher...

Karen and Stephen Steininger's stoneware steamer brings traditional handmade beauty to efficient microwave meal prep. Cook fresh or frozen vegetabl...

Never has spending time on healthy food preparation been so easy. All you need to make tangy, probiotic sauerkraut, for example, is shredded cabbag...

This one-minute egg cooker combines the convenience of modern technology with the timeless beauty of old-world craftsmanship. The pint-sized cerami...

It’s not easy to make something that’s both functional and beautiful. For example, your sponge is definitely useful. But beauty? Not likely. Fortun...

Roasted garlic. Is. Everything. You can spread it on bread, mix it with veggies, add it to soups, eat it straight—there’s no getting enough of that...

Keep rogue kernels from ruining your batch of popcorn with this innovative bowl designed by ceramicist Catherine Smith. Featuring a clever, colande...

“Seeds of love and friendship grow into beautiful blooms.” And the outlines of real flowers make this a beautiful bowl. Ceramicist Neena Jhaveri fo...

Bread is back, baby! To be honest, most of us think it never left. Make your favorite loaf feel welcome with these pretty dipping bowls from potter...

Grandma's hand-me-down bowls—cracks and all—appeal to the vintage romantic in you. But the epicurean in you will fall in culinary love with Bruce L...

If this soup crock could talk, it would say “Shhh. Everything’s OK, friend. I got you.” Master potter Tony Holman makes his crock deep and wide so ...

When someone makes you a special dinner or bakes your favorite treat, you can almost taste the love. Give back a helping of that delicious feeling ...

Dinosaur researchers have a fascinating new extinction theory: Perhaps our reptilian friends ran out of cereal and milk? These handmade earthenware...

Can't go out to eat? Recreate the fine dining experience at home with these elegant tableside serving pieces. Skilled woodworkers craft each bowl w...

To find a flurry of pretty dragonflies, a bunch of happy bees, or a beautiful blue wildflower patch: get to a woodland glade. Or sip from one of th...