Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 6. A spring maple seed becomes a work of art when dangling in sterling silver from this necklace ($125).Twigs and Heather, Nahant, MA 781-405-2569; twigsandheather.com Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe
5. Maine natives (and sisters) Megan and Moria Flynn link circles of many shapes and sizes in their multihoop chain necklace ($128). M. Flynn Accessories, Boston, MA 617-292-0079; mflynnjewelry.com
4. Paying homage to Nantucket’s celebrated scrimshaw craft, these bug cuffs ($170 each) are made of hand-painted and finished resin. Jessica Kagan Cushman Studio, Redding, CT 203-938-7441; jessicacushman.com
3. Made-to-order rings ($95-$125) and cuffs ($250-$350) are cast in sterling silver from collected birch bark. Twigs and Heather, Nahant, MA 781-405-2569; twigsandheather.com
1. Diamonds set in 18-karat gold bezel refine the intentionally rough edges of these twig band rings, available in a variety of widths ($625-$2,000). Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME 207-276-5000; shawjewelry.com
Welcome to the May 2009 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. It’s Not Easy Being a Genealogist in New England For instance, how could you tell if a child happened to be illegitimate? Well, there are […]
Almost twenty years ago, I started putting on art shows to raise money for my church. The church, known as the Community Church of Harrisville and Chesham, is actually two churches, a Baptist church and a Congregational church both in the same town and unable to survive on their own. As a result, many years […]
In the 20th century, skillful, exacting imitation of appearances tended to fall from artistic grace as photography displaced painting as the medium of likeness. Henri Matisse, in helping to liberate painting from a mere description of reality, is famous for having said, “L’exactitude n’est pas la v
New England jewelry makers find inspiration in organic shapes and the great outdoors. The result is outstanding pieces that mimic the natural forms of twigs, feathers, birch bark, maple seeds, branches, and bees. View these natural beauties: Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe
Reid State Park is a natural wonder unto itself, containing not only rocky tidepools, beaches, dunes, and salt marshes, but also a tidal lagoon. The first great thing about the lagoon in Reid State Park is that the waters there tend to be at least 10 to 15 degrees warmer than the numbing flow of […]
If you’ve ever survived a serious encounter with mosquitoes or blackflies, you know that the experience can wreak havoc with your sanity. (One June, one old-time Mainer explained to me that “a lotta people go nuts because of the blackflies. You wouldn’t be the first.”) The only people who might understand fly-ridden angst better than […]
This wedding story is for anyone getting married. It begins decades ago with two teenage high school student-athletes.
