LOVELL, Maine — On the eve of Christmas Eve 28 years ago, Bill and Lynda Rudd (with kids Carley and Morgan in tow) moved into what would become Yankee Magazine’s “Best Gallery in New England” in Center Lovell, Maine.

Impressed by the beauty of the White Mountains and Kezar Lake, Lynda and Bill couldn’t help but fall in love with the former Severance Real Estate property. They moved in all their equipment just after the Christmas rush on Christmas Eve eve (Dec. 23), when it was too late to express ship any more of their handmade jewelry to get there in time for Christmas morning.