Featured Artist

Jane's and Aubrie's candles will be at the Hwy K location with Janet's Jewels.  

Murray Lane Candles are made with 100 percent non-toxic soy wax.   


"We love candles and we thought it would be fun to make some as gifts. Once we started to research how to do this, we, like many people, did not realize how toxic most candles are! So we made a few using soy wax which smoke less when burned than paraffin wax candles leaving less soot residue in your home. We gave them as gifts and people loved them!"


We expanded and discovered how fun it is to experiment with the scents . . . . and now we hope to share that with everyone!

  I have been in the food industry since I was a teenager. Until about 10-12 years ago I was actually terrified of baking because of the precision that's involved with baking recipes. So, I decided to teach myself to bake and I fell in love with it.  

Jennie is the owner of Mill Street Cafe in North Lake.  This is a NEW stop offering a little bit of everything from Coffee to Ice Cream. 

Mill Street Cafe offers a full menu of coffee and espresso drinks as well as teas and fresh fruit smoothies. Our full menu is available all day everyday and includes things like baked oatmeal, breakfast sandwiches, creative lunch sandwiches, salads, and soup from The Soup Market. Our bakery is baked fresh in house daily. The bakery case is stocked with cookies, scones, muffins, and much more!  Check out Facebook for more details:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61556658428020

I absolutely love creating with all aspects of food. From growing it, cooking, or baking with it. Creating unique but familiar recipes is so exciting for me. 

How long have you been in the food business?  I have been in the food industry since I was a teenager. Until about 10-12 years ago I was actually terrified of baking because of the precision that's involved with baking recipes. So, I decided to teach myself to bake and I fell in love with it.

How did you get started in your craft/art?  I have always had an interest in cooking and sharing food with people. I started cooking at a young age and my passion grew from there. 

What sets Mill Street Cafe apart?  When I came up with the concept of Mill Street cafe I wanted to create a space where people could gather for wholesome scratch made food and drinks. While also creating an inviting homey feel. A place where you feel like you’re visiting family everytime you stop in. 

  Antler baskets plus Elk and Moose sculptures 

 Ten Years.

 I took a class from an Oneida artist who in turn, gave me the complete secret to antler basketry. 

My son and I comprise the team of Antlerbasketry.com.  We creatively advanced the basketry art to include elk and moose sculptures. This includes designing and executing unique art work not seen in typical art shows and juried events.  Art buyers have a wide selection to consider for purchase.  Most responses from buyers are, "I have never seen anything like this!"

I make honey. 

  I started in 1979 

  In 1979 I was having a conversation with my father when he retired and he said to me, "I am thinking about setting up a beehive.". I thought to myself, "Where did that idea come from?" I couldn't afford a greenhouse but I could afford a beehive and wanted to encourage him in his plans for retirement. So in preparation for Christmas I ordered through the mail the components for a beehive, a smoker, a hive tool, and a protective jacket. I assembled the components and painted the hive. In the Spring I ordered 3 pounds of bees. As soon as the bees arrived at the local post office I immediately received a phone call. "Would please come immediately and pick up your package of bees!" I did. I installed them the same day into the hive. My father was quite taken with the whole set up and would visit the hive every day. Until,... the day a bee flew out of the hive and stung my father right between the eyes. He still had a temper and told  me in no uncertain words he was done with the bees, "Take the hive back!" So I did and that Fall I harvested 55 pounds of surplus honey. And I wondered, "What do I do with all this honey?"  I gave it to family, friends, and neighbors. I was hooked on honey bees. Since 1979, depending on where we have lived, I have not always kept honey bees, but have done so for a number of years and this Fall I harvested over a  half ton of surplus honey from my hives. This is my spectacular story of how I became a keeper of honey bees. 

  I draw with pen and color with markers on sketch paper. 

3 years

    During the pandemic, I heard a voice in my heart that told me to draw again, which is something I haven't done since middle school....so I bought a sketchbook and pens, and the first thing I drew was a chubby chickadee. My grandpa nicknamed me Heather Feather a very long time ago, and birds have always been my favorite animal. That was the start of Little Birdie Buddies. 

   I am not a trained artist and did not study art beyond classes in elementary school. I believe these birds have been trapped inside me (for who knows how long!) and I know that part of my purpose is to spread joy one bird at a time.  

  I am a blacksmith and proprietor of Rustic Anvil Forge LLC in Hartford, WI.   My main medium is hot rolled steel forging in both bituminous coal and natural gas.

 I have been learning the craft of blacksmithing since October 16th, 2016. First through class instructions, You Tube videos, and finally mentorship with a master blacksmith from Sun Prairie, WI. I work out of a shop in Hartford and spend much of the summer doing pro bono work to share my craft with other people. It turned from a fascination to a hobby to a financial livelihood. 

   I love hobbies that are a bit out of the ordinary and somewhat expensive. If I am not designing model railroad sets, then I am saving the planet raising bees, and now I have become the local blacksmith in an art that transcends the imagination and makes things that are useful.  

 My craft transcends time itself. I can hammer out crosses from the 12th century crusades or make useful items for everyday household wares. Metal, like many other mediums is only governed by one's imagination and creativity. Inside each bar of steel is something useful waiting to come out, and it is not always what you first intended it to be.