Spirit of the Forest

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!!💜 thank you to everyone for another wonderful year…your support means so much to us!! We look forward to seeing what 2024 has in store for us.


Candle- Peppermint Bark

Last sauna bucket available at Chaltrek Work & Play Outdoors- 404 Balmoral Street. Open until 5:30 today and Saturday and Sunday 10-3. Also, only one gnome left, some signs and more. Chaltrek is a fantastic outdoor store…go and check it out! Shop local this holiday season if you can. Happy Holidays everyone!!💜

Looking for some last minute gifts? We have a wonderful display set up at Chaltrek Work & Play Outdoors- 404 Balmoral Street. Stop in and see what this fantastic store has to offer.

We’re excited to offer another chance to purchase one of these fantastic Great Lakes Trading Company t-shirts before Christmas. They will be available this weekend at Little Shop at 381 Melbourne Road. Hosted by and
You’ll also find a few of our trees and mushrooms! Come out Saturday or Sunday and say hi! Open 11-4pm.

Head on down to Chaltrek Work & Play Outdoors- 404 Balmoral Street. If you missed us at Craft Revival, you can find our display there restocked with all of your favourites! We have 2 gnomes left. Chaltrek is a wonderful store to do your Christmas shopping for the outdoor enthusiast in your life. Slide through all the pictures to see just a few things they have to offer…including snowshoes!!! Hours are Monday to Friday 10-5:30, Saturdays 10-3.

Thank you Thunder Bay for once again showing your love of all things local! What a fantastic day! It was so fun being able to connect with you all again. We’re so appreciative of your continued support through the years.💜
Thank you to the amazing Kara, Heather, Maelyn and the whole team, the volunteers and everyone else who contributes in making Craft Revival the festive event of the season!💜
And of course we’d like to say a heartfelt thanks to Jerry and everyone
You’re all so wonderful and welcoming. The best hosts with such yummy drinks and food!💜
Now it’s time to relax and unwind…

TODAY IS THE DAY!! Craft Revival is here and we’ll be set up until 4pm! Come grab a coffee, breakfast, lunch or even a treat and check out all the talented artists here and all the locations. Great day to get some Christmas shopping done and support local artists and small businesses!! Even treat yourself to a few things too! Happy shopping!!💜

This is a gorgeous one-of-a-kind vase that will be available this Sunday at Craft Revival. A beautiful heavy glass vase with a wood turned on the lathe top. Let your imagination run wild with how to use this beauty. Fill the glass vase with sea glass, or sand, glass marbles, potpourri, mini lights to name a few. Also can put various flower arrangements even live flowers since it can be filled with water. Find us at Bojans Cafe on Sunday November 26th, 10-4.

Spirit of the Forest!!✨I love these sweet little trees…so magical! You will find them Sunday November 26th from 10-4. We will be set up
But for those who may not want to wait that long…you may find a few of them in Little Shop this Saturday November 18th 11-4. See 3rd picture for info. This is a and collaboration. Don’t want to miss out on this!!

GREAT NEWS!!

We are absolutely thrilled to share a new product that has been in the works for the last year!! Under our Spirit of the Forest name we offer a line of apparel called Great Lakes Trading Company!!! The vision of this came to Jari during a family road trip last summer. A lot of talking and planning ensued over the last year. We are so proud of this family collaboration in bringing this forth!! The concept of this design is Jari’s and our very talented son Isaak then used his savvy skills to recreate it on the computer and figure out the details of the font and adding the Great Lakes, etc. Looks incredible!! Then our brilliant daughter Emma whom you all know as Wild Badger stepped in to do her magic!! From the transparency work, prepping the screen and then silk screening each shirt…magic!! We couldn’t have done it without our beautiful kids and we are so grateful for them…thank you Emma and Isaak for all your help!💜💜💜💜
So if you’ve read this far, thank you😬
We are launching these fantastic bamboo and organic cotton t-shirts (sizes S-3XL) Sunday November 26th, 10-4!!
Come find us set up in the wonderful and cozy

2 WEEKS until Craft Revival!! Returning are the much loved gnomes. Here are just a few that will be available and we have something new as well…these gorgeous wood turned on the lathe trees!! We will have a variety of these available too. The countdown is on!

We’re back at Craft Revival!!! We haven’t been set up since 2019!!! We’re excited to see you all again! We’re getting busy in the workshop prepping for
We will have these delightful mushrooms available and so much more. Get ready Thunder Bay to do some serious holiday shopping with over 200+ amazing artists!!

short video by one of the wonderful artists attending our Country Roads Autumn Market.

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RESTOCK!!!!

We have restocked at Chaltrek Work & Play Outdoors…404 Balmoral Street. We have a display set up there with some of your favourite treasures! We even made some more mushrooms since we sold out last weekend! We are so grateful to Joanne for having us there💜 it’s a wonderful store for the outdoor enthusiast! Go and check it out! Open today until 3, closed Sundays and open again Monday to Friday 10-5:30!

Today was the 4th annual and it did not disappoint!! What a fantastic day! We are forever grateful to all you fine folks who came out and showed your love and support to us and bought a ticket which also supports a local charity! THANK YOU!😍 and it wouldn’t be the magical market everyone has come to love without all you beautiful artists and your hard work!! We appreciate you and truly enjoy getting to spend the day with you here. Our hearts are full!!💜💜💜💜

Hey everyone! The market is fast approaching…if you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, head to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fourth-annual-country-roads-autumn-market-tickets-689687262167?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl to get yours

head to the l!nk in our b!o to grab yours! 🍂✨

Beauty day to enjoy a pop and fire.

Wow!! Thank you so much to all you wonderful Thunder Bay folks who voted for us!!💜

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!! Looking forward to all that 2023 has to offer🥰💜

Need a last minute Christmas gift? These 5 beautiful sauna buckets are up for preorder $95 each. They will be ready for pick up just in time for Christmas next weekend. DM us and once we receive an etransfer it’s yours!!☺️

Happy Sunday everyone!! I know we’ve been quiet and absent from the craft show scene this year. We needed to take a break from it all this holiday season. BUT don’t forget we have our display of products set up at the wonderful Chaltrek - 404 Balmoral Street!! Open until 3 pm today!! We were able to have a very small restock of the delightful gnomes! So if you were hoping to get one, now is your chance! They won’t be restocked! Also, if you want to get a pair of traditional wood snowshoes, hurry down because they have been discontinued and once they’re gone, that’s it!! So stop in today and shop local!!

We’re overwhelmed from all the love, support and kind words we received yesterday. We’re so grateful to all the vendors who joined us and helped make this market such a big success. We truly loved having you here. And to all you lovely people who took the time to buy a ticket and support a local charity, to coming out and showing so much love and support to all of us local artists. We appreciate you all so much!! Thank you!!💜

Country Roads Autumn Market is tomorrow!! Have you got your tickets yet? We still have some available for the afternoon time slots! All proceeds from ticket sales goes to Good Food Box Thunder Bay!
We’ve got the shop all ready for you and there will be 20+ artists selling their most beautiful creations. Come on out and shop local!!✨🍂

Busy getting these sauna buckets ready for the
Sunday September 18th…get your tickets for this sweet little country market!!🍂✨