Meet Your Makers
When you shop at the HoliGAY Makers Market, you're directly supporting the work of these LGBTQ+ community members, whether they are artists, or artisans, local small business owners, farmers, or community organizers — or all of the above!
Scroll down to learn more about each vendor (or click on their photo to view their website).
Scroll down to learn more about each vendor (or click on their photo to view their website).
Spread the Queer Cheer!
Support these local LGBTQ+ makers and doers and get in the holiday spirit at the 3rd Annual HoliGAY Fair Makers Market & Campfire Social!
Our 30 vendors have something for everyone on your gift list.
Our 30 vendors have something for everyone on your gift list.
Eat, drink & be merry! |
Don gay apparel! |
Deck the halls! |
EATS & DRINKS
Throwback Brewery
Mount Cabot Maple
Chella |
Nestled in the northern White Mountains, queer sugarmakers on Mount Cabot produce organic, wood-fired, hydro-powered, gourmet maple syrup, dry sugar, maple cream, and other specialties you won’t find anywhere else.
Preorder at mountcabotmaple.com and select Dec 2 Pickup at Holigay! Limited Edition Rye Barrel Aged Maple Syrup is going fast! Get yours this holiday season before stock runs out. |
Teatotaller
Emmett
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Emmett likely won't be able to join us at the HoliGAY Fair this year, but for the best possible reason: The Teatotaller team is opening up their new Dover location this month!
In the meantime, visit Teatotaller in Concord or shop teas online at chaicurious.com! |
NOK VINO
APPAREL & ACESSORIES
t-shirts, jewelery & more to don!
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Shapeshifters
Lionel Loveless
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Maker of one-of-a-kind Dapper bowties and accessories from upcycled materials. Based here on the New Hampshire Seacoast and also owner of The Collector's Eye in Stratham and Route 1 Antiques in Hampton Falls.
You can see some of my Sartorial magic on Instagram and Facebook (@OfficiallyKnottedBowties) Pre-orders can be made at [email protected]. |
Secondhand Jewels By Q
Reproductive Freedom Fund of NH
Autumn
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RFFNH (reprofundnh.com) supports our community, especially the most marginalized, by providing direct financial support for abortion services.
They will have a selection of reproductive rights merch for sale, including original designs like "Hex the Cis-tem" on t-shirts, pins, mugs, tote bags, throw pillows and more. |
Deviant Kicks
Lu
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Deviant Kicks is here to bring your creative desires to life by designing, painting, and customizing your kicks. Deviant Kicks is operated by Lu Butterfield-Ferrell, a queer and non-binary artist/educator who lives in the seacoast of NH. For this HOLIGAY Fair, Deviant Kicks will have some pre-made custom painted shoes available, in addition to other homemade/designed goods like hand painted ornaments, t-shirts, tote bags, decorative signs etc. Because custom kicks are so specific to an individual (size/design/style) Lu will be taking orders and offering gift cards to give your loved ones so they can make their specific requests.
IG: @deviant_kicks Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/deviantkicks |
Route 6 Designs
Gordon & Paul
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Route 6 Designs (route6designs.com) sells a wide range of apparel and accessories, including their "Live Out Loud" collection. They will have Pride t-shirts and a limited edition Pride tank top on sale at the event!
Route 6 Designs is a company built in 2022 on a lifelong dream with a mission to "provide high-quality items with a minimalistic design aesthetic that would entice us to pull out the wallet and buy it." |
THINGS TO READ
fiction, comics, zines & more!
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J.L. Long, Author
Julian (J. L.)
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Julian (J. L.) Long lives in Rochester, NH with his spouse, three cats, and crushing student loan debt. He has the hugest possible writer crush on Shirley Jackson, and his fictional boyfriend is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.
He will be selling his novels and a collection of short stories. Books can also be purchased online at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jllongwrites. Both paperback and ebook versions are available. All books will be discounted to only $10 per book for the Holigay event! |
Hypomanic Creations
Ezra
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I will primarily be selling prints of my art and poetry zines. Thematically, you can expect vibrant color, queer joy, and trans futurism
Preorders via Instagram (@hypomaniccreations). |
Janelle
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Janelle co-founded Affirming Spaces Project, a non-profit org. which provides training to businesses and organizations on gender-inclusive practices. Since launching in 2021, ASP has trained over 70 groups.
Janelle will be talking about ASP's work and fundraising to help support the program. For sale will be some stickers, notebooks, and pencils. |
Author Ocean
Ocean
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I'm an author published under the name "Ocean" (oceanldy.com), which is what I'm also known by in the Portsmouth community where I live. I have published novels in a variety of lesfic genres, including romance, urban fantasy, and action thrillers.
Ocean will be signing books and will have books for sale at Throwback. And paperback books will be discounted at the event! Books are also available from Amazon. |
ART (etc.)
original works, prints, greeting cards, stickers, crochet ornaments, zines & more!
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Affirming Spaces Project
Janelle
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Janelle co-founded Affirming Spaces Project, a non-profit org. which provides training to businesses and organizations on gender-inclusive practices. Since launching in 2021, ASP has trained over 70 groups.
Janelle will be talking about ASP's work and fundraising to help support the program. For sale will be some stickers, notebooks, and pencils. |
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Hypomanic Creations
Ezra
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I will primarily be selling prints of my art and poetry zines. Thematically, you can expect vibrant color, queer joy, and trans futurism.
This holiday season I’m so excited to be sharing my new short book of poetry, Revolution of Becoming. 24 poems bound together into this zine, pay what you can on a sliding scale $4-8. It’s a perfect gift especially if you are in a queer relationship. Spend a winter evening with your love reading poetry together and imagine the world you will create. Preorders via Instagram (@hypomaniccreations). |
FetsMetali Art
Stefania
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Always looking for an artsy outlet. This year it happens in little wooden gift tags and toolbox magnets. Look forward to sharing :)
Hand drawn wood gift tags. Toolbox magnets. Kid make table… gift tags and clay bird ornaments. Half price blanks and sparkly gel pens on site, to draw your own gift tags if you like :) |
Lovering Health Center
Ilysa & Emma
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Lovering Health Center is an independent sexual health clinic in Greenland, NH!
At the Holigay Fair they’ll be selling crochet vulva ornaments, holiday greeting cards designed by staff, stickers, and other bits and baubles! |
Ilysa & Emma
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Lovering Health Center is an independent sexual health clinic in Greenland, NH!
At the Holigay Fair they’ll be selling crochet vulva ornaments, holiday greeting cards designed by staff, stickers, and other bits and baubles! |
Ilysa & Emma
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Lovering Health Center is an independent sexual health clinic in Greenland, NH!
At the Holigay Fair they’ll be selling crochet vulva ornaments, holiday greeting cards designed by staff, stickers, and other bits and baubles! |
Second Story Miniatures
Claire Garand
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Claire will have miniatures and greeting cards for sale and will be displaying her mini witch market stall!
Claire’s miniature work has been displayed at the Newmarket Millspace and her specialties are custom 3D prints and restorations. She is also a passionate greeting card creator (and sender). |
HANDCRAFTED GIFTABLE GOODS
woodwork, pottery, fused glass & handmade slimes, candles, fidgets, etc.
Nubble Light Candle
Greg Clements
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Born and raised on the coast of Belfast, Maine. After stints in Boston and Manhattan, I've been lucky enough to now call Kittery my home. I've developed my craft of candle-making over years of trial and error to create the best Maine-made candles.
Place an order on nubblelightcandle.com and make a note that you will pick up at HoliGAY. Holigay Fair special: Buy 3 candles for $40 at the event! |
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Earthforms Pottery
Connie
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Ceramic artist from the NH seacoast creating wheel thrown and hand built work in porcelain and stoneware.
See examples of work on Instagram at @earthformspottery. Fundraiser for Seacoast Outright. Proceeds of my sales for specific items will be donated. |
Jrlslime
Julius Lorentz
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Jrlslime is a New Hampshire based slime shop run by Julius Lorentz (he/they) that sells high-quality, handmade slimes.
Julius' slimes have a variety of colors, textures, and scents, and with names like “Fire & Ice,” “Sunset Ice Cream,” and “Autumn Leaves,” his slimes have an imaginative touch. Slime is great for relaxation, stimming, dexterity, and is enjoyable for people of all ages. Slime is a great gift for the holidays as well. I will have a few Christmas-themed slimes. Tester slimes will be available at table for people to test out and play with. Message through Etsy or Instagram (@jrlslime) to reserve an item. We accept cash, credit card, or payment through Venmo or Cashapp. |
Naisies Glass
PK & Naisie
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Handmade fused glass made with Pride by women glass artists. An array of jewelry and HoliGay goodies. No two are alike.
Order online at naisiesglass.com and we will bring item or deliver it to the Holigay Fair. We will have free Pride dog bandanas at our table! |
The Outboard
Cecilia
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I made a handful of these rainbow fidgets from old bike chains. I'll also have some handknit hats my friend made last year and a selection of like-new thrifted books by queer authors. All proceeds go to funding the Outboard newsletter and the annual Holigay Fair event!
Preorder fidgets for $10 each via Venmo (@TheOutboard) & pick up at the Holigay Fair! |
HOLIGAY ALUMNI
these folks won't be at the market this year...but you can still find them online!
ISABELLA ROTMAN
Isabella
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Isabella Rotman is a cartoonist and illustrator from Maine. Her art is usually about the ocean, women, crushing loneliness, people in the woods, or sex. Isabella mostly self-publishes mini-comics, some of which are narrative and some of which are educational. Much of her work is centered around sex education, witchcraft, and a connection to nature.
She will be selling tarot or nature-themed sticker sets, pins, patches, and bandanas, comic books and zines, and her tarot deck This Might Hurt Tarot. |
SHAPESHIFTERS
Eli
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Shapeshifters sells soft, comfortable and effective chest binders in every size, color, print and cut possible. We have 40 sizes to sell and will be taking custom orders as well.
Sign up for our mailing list at HoliGAY and we will enter you into a drawing for a free chest binder! We will give away one binder for every two we sell at the fair. Plus, everything on our rack will be one-of-a-kind custom prints.
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Teatotaller
Emmett
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Emmett likely won't be able to join us at the HoliGAY Fair this year, but for the best possible reason: The Teatotaller team is opening up their new Dover location this month!
In the meantime, visit Teatotaller in Concord or shop teas online at chaicurious.com! |
Patti & The Pop TARTS
Haley Searcy Art
MoxieSauce
Officially Knotted Bowties
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