Category Archives: Jewelry & Gifts

Absolute Michigan’s Mondo Valentine’s Day Rundown

Ginny, You Are My Shining Star by docksidepress We have compiled an extensive list of Valentine’s Day Events, Gift Ideas, Getaways & Dating Ideas, Giveaways and Parties for Singles, Couples & Kids. With Absolute Michigan’s Mondo Valentine’s Day Rundown you have no excuse in not charting out a stellar V-Day. Just scroll through this seemingly [...]

Michigifts: Out of many, we are one poster

Photographer and Absolute Michigan contributor Anne Savage created this amazing poster of President-elect Barack Obama composed of photos of people from Obama’s rallies. The image of this poster is featured in the latest Time magazine feature titled Barack Obama on Flickr (full 2 page spread!) – congratulations to Anne! Here’s one of her panoramas of [...]

Michigifts: Pewabic Pottery – Detroit, MI

Pewabic Pottery -Detroit by DetroitDerek Pewabic Pottery is a living treasure and offers visitors an exciting glimpse of a little known part of American history. Founded in 1903 during the Arts & Crafts Movement, Pewabic is nationally renowned for its tile and pottery in unique glazes. Today it is a non profit ceramic art education [...]

Takin it to the streets Thursday

As noted – with 50% more stuffed animals – this morning on Michigan in Pictures, the Big Three are returning to DC today to make their pitch. You can follow along live on C-SPAN beginning at 10 AM. We’ll feature up another holiday gift idea later. Until then, here’s a look at one holiday shopping [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day, Michigan!

The photo above is georgia | graffiti alley 2 by nicole, finder of Georgia the duck and founder of the detroit ducks & beyond group on Flickr are getting into the spirit Clouds, leaves and even the deer are getting into the holiday spirit and you can also check out the Valentine slideshow in the [...]

Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan’s shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you’re probably going to have to finish up offline. Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with [...]

Shop Michigan: Birdseye Maple Photo Albums from Birdseye-Connection

You spent the whole summer taking great photos, now it’s time to organize them. The front and back covers of these beautiful photo albums are made of highly polished bird’s eye maple from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, bound together with a walnut binder. Nature’s Way Woodworking is a small family owned business in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula [...]

Shop Michigan: Mackinac Bridge 50th Anniversary Posters from MDOT

The Michigan Department of Transportation is selling four beautiful Mackinac Bridge 50th Anniversary Posters. To celebrate The Mighty Mac’s 50th anniversary, artists have designed four posters, each with different views of The Mackinac Bridge. Each poster costs $4.00 and are all well worth the price – get yours soon as there are only limited quantities [...]

Shop Michigan: Petoskey Wide Bracelet Top from Becky Thatcher Designs

The Petoskey Wide Bracelet Top features Michigan’s state stone set in sterling silver. It is designed to fit their sterling silver wide bracelet base. Becky Thatcher explains the bracelet top concept: Most often, the phenomenons which occur in nature are my inspirations, but sometimes a different technical presentation is needed. In 1991, the idea of [...]

Shop Michigan: UP Copper License Plate from Copperland

The UP Copper License Plate is a beautiful copper plate that’s perfect for letting them know where you’re from … or want to be. Copperland is located in Lake Linden, Michigan (Houghton County) and is operated by the Gariepy family. Founder Jake Gariepy worked twenty-eight years as a furnace operator for the Calumet & Hecla [...]