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Holiday Gifts

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Find Last-Minute Gifts in New Baltimore, Chesterfield

If you still have holiday shopping to do, try these local stores that are scheduled to be open on Christmas Eve.

Looking for last-minute holiday gifts? Try browsing around one of these stores scheduled to be open Christmas Eve in New Baltimore and Chesterfield Township. Have you purchased any gifts at stores around town, or do you have any last-minute gift ideas of your own? Tell us in the comments.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Michigan-Made 'Art-is-in Market' Plans November Opening at Partridge Creek

Art-is-in Market features a gallery of original art created exclusively by Michigan artists.

Known for its Michigan-made merchandise, one of the most diverse collections of local art is moving to Clinton Township this week with the opening of Art-is-in Market at The Mall at Partridge Creek. Opening the first Art-is-in Market in 2005, owner Debbie La Pratt said she has been nothing short of amazed by the reception customers have given the store’s Livonia and Novi locations over the past seven years. “We were going to only be open for two months,” La Pratt said of the first location in Laurel Park Place Mall. “We were pretty bare bones. There were 35 artists’ (works). We had a cash box and a manual MasterCard machine. We did very well and the customers were ecstatic. When we said we were going to be closing the doors in January, …

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