Michigan Cookie Cutters

Michigan Shape Cookie Cutter with Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula The best part of these Michigan Cookie Cutters is that they have both the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan to make awesome sugar cookies! Everything from the cutting and rolling of the steel to the spot welding is all done in Northern Michigan – employing developmentally disabled adults.

The Michigan shape cookie cutter measures 6″ X 6 1/2″ with the upper and lower portions in two pieces. The Lower Peninsula measures 3.5″ x 2.25″ and the Upper Peninsula measures 4.25″ x 1.5″. It is made out of durable stainless steel and designed to replicate our great state.
Each Michigan Cookie Cutter comes complete with a recipe for sugar cookies and frosting and detailed facts about the great state of Michigan. This cookie cutter also includes recipes on the back for making “Play Dough” and Cinnamon Ornaments. The Michigan cookie cutter is also great for brownies, cheese, jello….and the kids love helping mom put them to use! Perfect for teachers and also makes a great gift for those who are homesick for Michigan.
Note: Each Michigan cookie cutter sold helps employ 7 developmentally disabled adults.

Sterling Wax Products

Manufactured in Michigan, Sterling Wax Products are specially formulated to produce a sparkling streak-free, high gloss shine with no chalky residue left behind. Sterling Wax Products can be used on:
  • Mobile vehicles of all types
  • All Marine above and below the water line
  • Outboard and Out drives
  • All glass windows and mirrors
  • Airplanes and helicopters
  • All winter sports equipment skis and sleds
  • Counter tops
  • Gun barrels and stocks
  • Vinyl graphics
  • Helmets and shields
  • Eye wear – glasses, goggles, diver masks
  • TV’s
  • Touch screen devices
  • Phones
  • And more
  • Sterling Wax products create the perfect long lasting treatment for all surfaces – painted, glass, plastics, vinyl, fiberglass, metal, counter tops, etc. The treated surface will shed water, dirt, and dust long after other brands have stopped working. All Sterling Wax Products are designed to make future cleanings less frequent and easier and helps the environment by eliminating the need for harmful soaps and detergents.

     

    Xtremetal Designs and Fabrications

    Xtremetal designs and fabricates almost anything, from the simplest shelf rack to a intricate welcome signs. Their products are made in Michigan, USA with pride and quality. The Xtremetal family has been in the sheet metal business since 1920. Now with state of the art equipment they have taken their metal fabrication shop to the extreme. Xtremetal is a plasma design, fabrication and powder coat facility for in-stock and custom projects. Xtremetals can design and fabricate just about anything. Designing and creating unique and innovative products is their passion. They take great pride in their craftsmanship, making quality USA made products and not just another import. Let us know if you would like Xtremetal to work with you to develop your ideas into a custom project. The possibilities are endless and we enjoy seeing where your ideas can lead.
    Beerstix Drink Holders
    Beerstix Drink Holders
    Condiment Trays
    Condiment Trays
    Napkin Holders
    Napkin Holders
    Paper Towel Holders
    Paper Towel Holders
    Toilet Paper Holders
    Toilet Paper Holders
    Welcome Signs
    Welcome Signs
    Wine Glass Racks
    Wine Glass Racks
    Shelves with Hooks
    Shelves with Hooks

     

    Homemade Jam & Bread from Beckeys Kountry Kitchen

    Strawberry Jam

    Buy homemade jam and bread just like Grandma used to make. The fruit jam and jelly are hand made in small batches, with the freshest fruits and finest ingredients to ensure superior quality and excellent taste. The jams are made the old fashioned way – carefully hand-stirred in open stainless steel pans to produce wonderful gourmet flavors with that homemade taste from the jam. Jam and jelly include strawberry jam, cherry jam, blackberry jam, kiwi jam, peach jam, raspberry jam, rhubarb jam, peach spice jam, and blueberry jam.
    Homemade Sweet Breads

    The homemade sweet breads are made from scratch with the freshest fruits and finest ingredients to ensure superior quality and excellent taste. The breads are made the old fashioned way with the finest fruit and baked one loaf at a time to produce wonderful gourmet flavors with that homemade taste from sweet bread. Sweet Breads include apple bread with crumb topping, banana bread, blueberry zucchini bread with crumb topping, and peach bread.
    Becky’s Kountry Kitchen is a family owned business in Blissfield, Michigan. The Beckey Family has been preserving the jam and jelly from scratch for close to 100 years. Great Grandma Beckey, a farmers wife, was always preserving the jams. That tradition is still being carried on at their restaurant – cooking up the jam and jelly one small batch at a time.
    The jam and jelly and sweet bread of Becky’s Kountry Kitchen are made in a commercial licensed kitchen.

     

    Must-Read Books

    For some people, nothing will replace a book in their hand – not a Kindle, not a Nook, not an Ipad, or the smartest phone ever invented! Reading a book is a great escape and takes us to places we may never get to in any other way.
    We may read for entertainment, to pass the time, to visit other worlds, to expand our sense of what is possible. We hunt for treasure, rarely satisfied, but seeking new things to which we can aspire, clues and answers to what our lives are meant to be. At best, perhaps, we read to challenge ourselves and to be changed.
    Air Pirates Book authored by Brian Chase
    Chase takes his readers on a journey across the world of crime, visiting Amazonia in the middle of the Colombian civil war, and trekking through other countries as well, to show how individuals smuggle drugs into the United States. His book exposes the lies he says are perpetrated by governments in the war on drugs. He also explores the death of cocaine kingpin and leader of the Medellin cartel Pablo Escobar who the U.S. government claimed they had killed in 1993. When interviewed by agents from both the Department of Justice and the CIA over this issue in 1997, they were allowed to ask Chase just one ‘yes or no’ question according to the agreement given by his attorneys. The question was simple, to the point and Chase quoted it word for word: “Is Pablo Escobar still alive?” Read more about the Air Pirates book and the author Brian Chase, along with excerpts of the book.

    There are 508 Stars in the Sky Book authored by Marky Allen
    There are 508 Stars in the Sky Book is a fun and delightful story of two little girls who set out on a backyard adventure to answer one of natures great wonders: How many stars are in the sky? Jane and her cousin Madison are two young girls who embark on a backyard adventure as they try to answer the night sky’s greatest challenge — numbering the stars in the sky. Karen Fulton’s artwork fully complements Marky Allen’s gentle and entertaining picture-book story. There Are 508 Stars In The Sky is enthusiastically recommended reading for any child who has ever gazed with wonder at the stars in the heavens and wondered the same thing as Jane and Madison! Read more about the There are 508 Stars in the Sky book and about the author Marky Allen.

    So why read with the Internet, Twitter, Facebook, smart phones, and the television droning in the background all day and half the night?
    • Reading, unlike passive forms of absorbing stories, is an act of creation. You form images in your mind.
    • You control the pace. You pick up the book when you want to read, and you stop whenever you want. You start reading exactly where you want when you return to the book.
    • Reading tones your mind in the same way as exercise tones your muscles.
    • A book makes an excellent companion on a plane, bus, or train. It’s entertaining, quiet, and small enough to fit in your bag or briefcase.
    • You can write in a book. You can underline words that seem to speak to your life.
    • Because you invest part of yourself in actively reading a worthwhile book, it becomes part of your life and part of you.
    • A book is a gift from a writer. Why? Because an author thought long enough and deeply enough to write a whole book about some fascinating topic. He or she didn’t simply tweet about it or speak off the cuff on a TV interview. A book represents somebody’s heartfelt work. Accept the gift, and you will be richer for it.
    Buy your gift of a book now! Air Pirates Book and There are 508 Stars in the Sky on sale now.

     

    Organic Aromatherapy Products

    Organic Aromatherapy products utilizing the wisdom of Mother Nature to support your natural ability to heal and maintain wellness. Some of the health benefits from using these premium organic essential oils are:
    • aid relaxation
    • purify the air
    • ease cold or flu symptoms
    • soothe the sinus
    • support good digestive health
    • relieve stiff aching muscles and joints
    • repel insects
    • promote an even flow of energy
    • support for the female hormone system
    • relieve migraines, stress and tension headaches
    • assist compassionate healing
    • removal of excess toxins
    Acne Eraser
    Acne Eraser
    Essential Oils for Simple Scents
    Essential Oils
    Lavender Yoga Mat Cleaner
    Yoga Mat Cleaner
    Aromatherapy Rollon
    Aromatherapy Rollon
    Aromatherapy Samples
    Aromatherapy Samples
    Lavender Bath Bags
    Lavender Bath Bags
    Lavender Dream Pillow
    Lavender Dream Pillow
    Simple Scents Complete Kit
    Simple Scents Complete Kit

     

    Benjamin Twiggs Cherry Products

    Benjamin Twiggs Cherry Products
    Benjamin Twiggs cherry products began in 1966 using only the finest, local ingredients. Gourmet cherry products include jams, jelly, preserves, butters, ice cream toppings, salsa, bbq sauce, mustard, trail mix, cherry bing tea, and sour patches. As legend has it…

    The Legend of Benjamin Twiggs

    It was the early 1700s in Kent, England. Like many families, the Twiggs family dreamed of the New World. Master Benjamin, the youngest of the Twiggs clan, listened with wonder to his father’s stories of the incredible land that awaited them. Gathering their meager belongings and some crates of cherry pits they hoped to plant, the family embarked on the long voyage overseas.
    While en route, a terrible storm overcame the ship. A towering wave hurled everyone overboard. Benjamin, grabbing a crate of cherry pits, hung on for dear life. Alone and orphaned, he arrived in the New World.
    Without a shilling to his name, Benjamin traveled the countryside. He went from farm to farm, town to town, working for food and shelter. One glorious spring day, he arrived in the “Land of the Sweetwater Seas”: Traverse City.
    Here at last, Benjamin found the perfect place to make his family’s dream take root. Rolling hills. Warming sunshine. And cool winds off the water. Here Benjamin planted the cherry pits that had been his constant reminder of home.
    His efforts were soon rewarded with a plentiful crop of luscious red cherries. Word soon spread about the wonderfully tart and tasty fruit. Benjamin happily shared his knowledge (and seedlings) with local farmers. In time, Traverse City blossomed to become the Cherry Capital of the World.
    Today, the legend of Benjamin Twiggs lives on through the gourmet cherry products that carry his name.
    Cherry Berry Trail Mix
    Cherry Berry Trail Mix
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    Sour Cherry Patches
    Sour Cherry Patches
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    Cherry Salsa
    Cherry Salsa
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    Cherry BBQ Sauce
    Cherry BBQ Sauce
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    Cherry Honey Mustard
    Cherry Honey Mustard
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    Ice Cream Toppings
    Ice Cream Toppings
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    Cherry Jams
    Cherry Jams
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    Cherry Preserves
    Cherry Preserves
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    Cherry Butter
    Cherry Butters
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    Cherry Jelly
    Cherry Jelly
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    Pets

    Give your pet the best! Products for and about our furry friends. Many will provide a sentimental journey you can hold onto to relive precious memories with your pet for a lifetime.
    If having trouble deciding on a gift for someone who “has everything” – give their precious pet a gift instead!

     

    Wine Theme Accessories & Gifts

    Rocks and Flowers – A Beautiful Combination Inspires Unique Gift Items

    Lapidary and Flower Art Gardens Natural treasures of the Michigan landscape are the raw materials for Chuck and Pat Lightfoot’s Lapidary and Flower Art
    The delicate and often ephemeral beauty of flowers grown in Michigan, as well as hard, enduring rocks and minerals found in our State, are the inspiration for their creations.
    Chuck and Pat Lightfoot, who live in Caro, Michigan, are rock hounds, always on the look-out for a pretty stone wherever their travels take them. Being dedicated Michiganders, they’ve specialized in rocks and minerals found in our own Great Lakes State.
    Now, they’re not only collectors, but accomplished lapidarists – craftspeople who cut and polish stones. The beautiful results are then used in the creation of a variety of distinctive personal and gift items, such as keepsake boxes, nightlights, wine stoppers, keychains, magnets, pocket knives and a unique Michigan plaque.
    Petoskey Stone is one of their most popular materials. The distinctive 3.5 million-year-old fossil coral is readily recognized as a natural product of Michigan, and is showcased in many of the Lightfoot’s creations. They’ve even incorporated Petoskey Stone into their handcrafted greeting cards!
    Other stones they frequently use are Kona Dolomite, a pink to red stone found near Marquette, which contains Stromatolites, 2.1 billion year old algae. Another is Verde Antique Marble, a green stone with gray veins which comes from the Ropes Gold Mine near Ishpeming. The now-closed mine was the only producing gold mine in Michigan.
    Copper, which was mined extensively in the Western U.P.’s “Copper Country” during the 1800’s and 1900’s, is incorporated into the Lightfoots’ Michigan plaque. Nuggets from the Keewanaw Peninsula symbolize the Mackinac Bridge between the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
    Lapidary and Flower Art Gardens Flower gardening is another keen interest of the Lightfoots. Their two-acre yard includes 14 flower gardens featuring mostly perennials such as lilies, roses, and butterfly bushes. To enjoy her hobby year ’round, Pat began pressing flowers and adding them to a variety of items such as greeting cards. Her creations, which Michigan-Made.com sells in sets of four, make a beautiful background for memorable messages to family and friends – whether they reside in Michigan, or anywhere else around the world!