Meet Mk MacNaughton: a spark of creativity, generosity, and play! Check out her suggestions for the best gifts for artists this season.

Q: What do you do by day and what do you do by night/weekend?
A: By day I draw and paint. This year I had the goal of running 1000 miles and reading 50 books and I'm almost there! A week and a half to go. My goal is to spend less time on screens and more time reading.

Q: What do you like to do for fun?
A: I run early in the morning, every morning! I am a cleat connoisseur and I have different specialized footgear for thin black ice, thick black snow, you name it. I ran 4 miles this morning at Salmon Creek with my cleats on rubber boots.
And I Love having a break with my kids--really appreciate that now that they're getting older. I structure my day around family time.

Q: What do you gather around?
A: Everything I do is centered around art, family, and friends. I'm lucky that my passion intersects with my job and I'm grateful to have found a balance where it involves the people I love.

"It is much easier to take notes at an angle! To do lists become entertaining and visually pleasing, even if you don't finish... (self-assigned tasks). Without the usual lines, I felt free! You are tricked into being organized."

Grids and Guides Notebook, $16.95

"I love all of these candles! Perfect for home or for studio. I buy a bunch as gifts! Fights the mildew of the rainy season and brings holiday cheer and light. Helps people know the studio is open when I put a candle in the window. They burn safely in their jars so you don't have to hover over it and worry about flames. We didn't do a Christmas tree this year since we'll be traveling (to Spain!) over the holidays so we're a little low on decorations, but somehow just having a lit candle is a quick way to look festive."

Orange Cardamom Soy Candles, $12-20

"Adorable. Practical. Flash the bones! Fun surprise. I have a small wallet that doesn't have room for coins so this is a great supplement. Well-admired everywhere I go!"

Herring coin purse, $21

"Designed to show up against your tree (not a lot of greens). Lightweight so it doesn't drag down the tree branches. All local scenes by a local artist and locally printed! You are supporting three local businesses (artist, printer, KP) by buying them here! Trifecta of local support."

Ornaments by MK MacNaughton, $19.95

"THIS is beautifully designed. I have many art pencils that don't fit standard sharpeners so it's actually incredibly useful and delightful. As a special knife, I like to give it to art students to carefully use for their sharpening.The art of sharpening! And CUTE!"

Whale knife, $60

Meet Annie Bartholomew, artist, art lover, and basically every local artist's biggest fan. Annie scoped out the local goods at KP to give us her favorite picks for holiday gifts. Check em out!

"These are so gorgeous and delicate - two words you would not normally associate with sealskin. Fur can be intimidating but it's also luxurious! In earring form it can be a subtle luxury."

Beaded seal skin earrings by Autumn Shotridge, $45

"When you're an artist, you're leaning on everyone else and constantly bartering and trading and giving your time away. KP is one of the places that supports our vibrant community. Collecting pins is gonna be the new Pokemon for adults--gotta get em all!"

Creative Hustle pin by Christy NaMee Eriksen, $11

"My favorite cards in the world! Collab between Kindred Post and Trickster Company."

Gunalchéesh (Thank You) Card Set by Christy NaMee Eriksen x Trickster Company, $29

"If you really love someone, you get them one of Ricky's bags because they are just perfect and gorgeous and special. When you walk into a party, people will know you're important. :) Perfect for holding cell phone, credit card, secrets and snacks! Ingenious use of indigenous design."

Chilkat bag by Ricky Tagaban, $400

Meet Rorie Watt, a hardworking and handsome hell of a dude. We asked Rorie for his advice on what a modern man might like this holiday season; here's his picks!

Meet Rorie Watt!

Q: What do you by day and what do you do by night?
A: By day I juggle flaming balls and all day long people throw me more flaming balls and I try to choose the ones that I'm gonna continue to juggle and the ones that I'm gonna let just fly by.
By night, I'm trying to perfect my skills at chess by continuously losing to the computer. I'm apparently making no progress.

Q: What is a piece of advice someone gave to you this year?
A: Someone this year told me that when people fight me I fight back harder. It made me feel like they were right. It made me realize that reflexively arguing is not a good trait so now I wonder if sometimes maybe i'm wrong.

Q: What is something you're looking forward to in 2017?
A: A boat i just bought, it's a little rowboat/sailboat. I'm super excited. It's incredibly well engineered and manufactured. I'm most excited about how easy it is to take a part and move and how quickly it goes from being a rowboat to a sailboat and how good it is at both things.

"Because I really do love this place and I'm an emotional person and it's a way of showing that."

I Love This Place pin, $11

"I have a secret fetish for chewy candies, particularly orange (which is one of my favorite flavors). The gummy bear is a point of departure for all good things. These tangerine gumdrops will probably not last the afternoon."

Blackberry + Tangerine Gumdrops, $7.95-$12

"Because we should be coloring more. We should be drawing and making art and doodling more. It calms the mind."

Colored Pencils + Notepad, $14

"Handcrafted ties are cool. Flowers are cool. Ties are cool.
I spent 50 years of my life not wearing ties and now I wear a tie every day and I'm comfortable in them. And now I want to have nice ties. Someone told me today I dress in a way that looks professional and comfortable - and I was wearing a KP tie!"

QP Collection Skinny Tie, $64

"Because technology has sped us up and this is the kind of thing that fuses our need to savor moments and have some instant gratification in an old school way."

Lomo Instant Camera with Lenses in Marrakesh, $169

Meet Stephanie, an avid reader and beautiful book instagrammer @thebookishbeaver. Here's her picks for book lovers this season!

Q: What do you do by day and what do you do by night?
A: By day, I work at the Trading Post; byy night I stay up all night reading. I'm also an aunt, so I spend a lot of weekends with my niece and nephew running around the house.

Q: What are you currently reading?
A: I'm about to start "It Ends with Us" by Colleen Hoover; it's supposed to be super good. I'm also reading "Heartless" by Marissa Meyer. It's a YA novel and a super fun story.

Q: What do you never leave home without?
A: Giant earrings, a book, and a carved beaver (Deisheetan) bracelet my parents had made for me; I have matching ones with my sisters.

"It looks like a really pretty floating book. It looks cool, it's cute, and it'd be great lighting for reading books. I'd have it on all the time."

Mini Lumio+, $135

"A mug and coffee, because it's cozy and you always want to be cozy when you're reading."

Betty Boop Mug in black, $47
Sentinel Coffee, $16

"Because people who love to read also often love to write."

Galaxy Journal in blue, $50
Writing Pencils, $13.50

"I picked a couple books that I like. I've read this one. I love Ishmael and I think he has a lot to contribute to our community. I feel like he's got it going on and he's a beautiful writer."

Courtesans of Flounder Hill by Ishmael Hope, $20

"I love the idea of the book. I feel like it's really cool to see this book on women being amazing mothers and Christy NaMee Eriksen is in it and that's cool too. I'm looking forward to reading it. It's a gorgeous cover!"

Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines; edited by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, and Mai'a Williams, $17.95

Meet Dea Koryczan Huff: an outdoors-loving woman who is always literally moving up in the world. Almost everything in this guide are things she herself brings on backpacking or backcountry ski trips. Here's her picks for explorers!

"It's insulated, lightweight, and I have brought hot liquid in it and it's stayed hot for 24 hours. I took it in the Yukon where it's -18 and all your water can freeze, so it was nice to have this while camping."

S'well Insulated Water Bottle in Neptune, 17oz, $35

"I always grind coffee and bring it with me. I love sentinel, it's amazing."

Sentinel Coffee, 16 oz, $16

"I bring one of these to write on the trip. I have a different one that I write trip stats on, but when you're out on cabin trips it's great to take time to journal, especially in foul weather it's good to have something to do in the tent or cabin. I use this one to write about feelings or life or stories on the trip."

Moleskine journal, $13.95

"For avalanche country you need a pencil for your avalanche book in order to track snow stability and snow conditions. You need a pencil because your pen will freeze. I always have this one with me in my bag."

Delfonics Wood Mechanical Pencil in green, $10

"This is big for climbing. You need a fold out blade for cutting the rope in case something were to happen. For that you don't need a multi-tool, you need a knife with a big blade that can cut through the rope in a second. It's a safety knife that I keep right on myself when I'm climbing. I have this one!"

Opinel Folding Knife, $18-19

"Always bring good deserts. Especially if you're eating mountain houses and freeze dried meals (to save weight), I always bring good desserts, we all do. It's important to have luxury desserts."

Sitka Spruce Tip Salted Caramels, $9

"My face is really dry from cold temps and the wind chill, so I was looking for a heavy cream moisturizer - heavier than what you currently have at home. This is good for all the outdoorsy folks."

Whipped Moisturizing Cream in Juniper Berry + Lime
1 oz,, $7.60
4 oz, $20.80

"When you come home and you dry yourself out, everything is wet and stinks. So I light a candle to make everything smell good. This one - sweet grapefruit - isn't one of the earthy-smelling ones, this one is purely to make it smell good. Light and sweet, not any overpowering flowery stuff."

Sweet Grapefruit Soy Candle
3.5 oz, $12
7.5 oz, $20

"With the start of the ski season, I'm really sore from going up Eaglecrest and skiing all night, so a bath soak sounds really nice."

Coconut Bath Soak
8 oz, $19
16 oz, $33