There’s an Aloha Nectar Maui Trunk Show at Montage Kapalua Bay on Tuesday, August 28th. Here’s a great Maui-made shopping opportunity to attend in Kapalua. The trunk show will feature chic island-inspired jewelry that’s handcrafted with seashells, semiprecious stones, exclusive kekai sea glass, and Tahitian pearls. Free. 9am-2pm. Montage Kapalua Bay, (1 Bay Dr., Kapalua); 808-665-8282; […]
Hui Holidays at Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center
Hui Holidays will be at Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center from Monday, Nov. 20 until Sunday, Dec. 24. This is one of Maui’s best holiday shopping showcases, and will feature a magical display of on-of-a-kind handmade Maui gifts like ceramic pieces, glass art, paintings, ornaments, beauty products and more. 9am-4pm. Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center, […]
Top 100 Best Shop Local Gifts on Maui: Holiday Gift Guide
This Gift Giving Season give the gifts that keep giving, to our local economy. MauiTime has scoured the island for great gifts that you can buy from locally owned shops and local artisans. Do you love online shopping? Our local merchants are also online, many of our local goods and services are availabler online too. […]
Maui Gifts from the Bee Keepers – Handmade Maui Honey
The sweetest gift Maui has to give is a little jar of liquid gold. It’s cool, because you let the bees do all the hard work. Maui has a great selection of honey so buying local is easy! Look for different flavors like Kiawe, wild flower and Noni. Hawaiian Moons, 2411 S. Kihei Rd.; 808-875-4356 […]
Condiment Revolution: Hot handmade Gifts on Maui
Little spicy bottles of flavor sensations will stoke out your foodie friends and keep well under the tree. Maui has lots of great folks making amazing condiment blends. Like Backyard Juice, which is a chili pepper water shoyu blend–just what your steak ordered. Ah Fooks Supermarket, 65 W Ka‘ahumanu Ave., Kahului, 808-877-3308 Tamura’s Fine Wine […]
Maui Preserved Vanilla Is The New Chocolate
Just when you thought vanilla was boring, Maui Preserved has found a way to make it exotic. There’s a lot you can say for a flavor that can go in coffee, dessert or on your rice. The versatility of vanilla will surprise you. Mauipreserved.com Alive and Well, 340 Hana Hwy, Kahului; 808-877-4950 Ulupalakua Ranch Store, […]
2013 MauiTime Gift Guide
By Jen Russo and Sarah Gerlach By now, we’re all much too familiar with the horror stories of Christmas shopping. Big Box retailers here and on the Mainland are cramped, frantic places even with the holiday pressure. Why do we put up with endless lines in parking lots and checkstands, to say nothing of aisles […]
Maui Preserved Vanilla Is The New Chocolate
Just when you thought vanilla was boring, Maui Preserved has found a way to make it exotic. Read more of this post here
Condiment Revolution: Hot handmade Gifts on Maui
Little spicy bottles of flavor sensations will stoke out your foodie friends and keep well under the tree. Read more of this post here
Maui Gifts from the Bee Keepers – Handmade Maui Honey
The sweetest gift Maui has to give is a little jar of liquid gold. Read more of this post here
Maui Gifts: Maui Bakeries are Better Than Danish Butter Cookies in Hawaii
What’s up with the holiday tins of butter cookies? Yeah, they look festive from the outside but the contents are anything but. Plus, they’re made in India. How about instead giving real baked goods from one of our many local Maui bakeries where all the products are made right here in their kitchen? You can […]
Gift your Maui Movie Buff with Tickets to the Firstlight Film Festival
Christmas season is movie time at the gorgeous Castle Theatre where the FirstLight Film Festival goes off with the Academy screenings. Fill your film critic’s stocking with Fast Passes, a $48 four-film ticket that gives the bearer VIP access and priority admissions using the FastPass Line and can be shared by two or more […]
Maui Gifts: Altruistic Aptitude-The Gift of Charity
I always get asked, What do you give someone who already has everything? The answer’s simple: just find a local Maui charity or campaign that needs funding and make gift donations in their name. There are organizations all over the island–our recent Charity Gift Guide had a huge listing of them. Still at a […]
Arm Candy-Maui Bracelets and Watches are great gifts
Fashion’s best wrist embellishments come in many forms and wrap up nicely. The African carved recycled PVC from Pearl are uber cool. Field someone’s need for bling at Passion for Fashion where their tons of ornate bracelets could be just the showstopper she’s looking for. Pearl, 71 Baldwin Ave., Paia; 808-579-8899 Passion For Fashion, 335 […]
Inspired Art: Give the unique gift of a piece of art
The most unique gift you can offer a friend is a piece of original art. Head to galleries or art fairs for individual, hand-made works that will speak volumes and last a lifetime. Or just contact the artist directly, like MauiTime’s own Ron Pitts. Garth Marriott original art–Maui Hands, 612 Front St., Lahaina Lahaina Art […]
Ladies Wear – The original gift of Maui Designed Clothing
Get the ladies the latest looks by local designers. Maui Thing is on top of it with their Aloha tees and ingenious tanks and dresses that come in styles perfect for all ages–on Maui and off. Handmade digs by more than a few Maui creators can be found at Wings Hawaii. Westside couture by LeRu […]