Gift Guide BY DAMAINE VONADA
Get Hosed Apparel, Helena
C McDonough Designs, Rutland
Using retired turnout gear obtained from fire departments, former firefighter Jay Ernsberger and his wife, Staci, design and make everything from toiletry bags to backpacks. Although the couple operates Get Hosed out of their garage, boutiques as far away as Australia and Chile carry customer favorites such as their rugged Chief’s Tote and Jet Setter carry-on bag. 419-552-1006; www.gethosedapparel.com
Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative member Carol McDonough is an award-winning ceramist who creates nature-inspired pottery and sculpture at her farm-based studio. Although her leafy Greenman and Greenwoman are her signature garden items, she also does darling wood sprites, colorful owls and turtles, a fanciful frog that doubles as a key hider, and innovative EZ Clean bird feeders that resemble Victorian houses. 740-742-2546; www.cmcddesigns.com
Hemisphere Coffee Roasters, Mechanicsburg
Doscher’s Candy Co., Newtown
For Paul and Grace Kurtz, Hemisphere Coffee Roasters is both a business and a way to help coffeegrowing communities throughout the world. They import beans directly from farmers, and Paul, a certified Coffee Quality Institute grader, oversees roasting at their Mechanicsburg facility. In addition to Hemisphere’s flagship Nicaragua and Thailand coffees, the company makes flavorful Jamaican Me Crazy and Pumpkin Pie Spice. 937-834-3230; www.hemispherecoffeeroasters.com
Started in 1871 by a fellow with the fitting first name Claus, Doscher’s is the nation’s oldest candy cane manufacturer, rolling, kneading, and striping candy canes that still are handmade and cooked in copper kettles according to Claus’ original recipe. Doscher’s peppermint candy canes are a Christmas classic, but the company also makes merry-and-bright-looking canes in assorted fruit flavors. 513-381-8656; www.doscherscandies.com
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