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## Homepage

- [Handcrafted Shaker Oval Boxes & Carriers, LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/site-root.html): Shaker oval boxes, carriers, and trays made by one set of hands in Embden, Maine. Lumber milled on-site, copper tacks, milk paint, antique newspaper linings. Since 1993 (629 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [llms-txt.html](/content/llms-txt.html) (367 words)
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- [Refund policy

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/policies/refund-policy/index.html): Shaker oval boxes, carriers, and trays made by one set of hands in Embden, Maine. Lumber milled on-site, copper tacks, milk paint, antique newspaper linings. Since 1993 (419 words)
- [agents-md.html](/content/agents-md.html) (790 words)
- [Shaker Box Journal — Notes From the Workshop

        – tagged "newspaper-lined"
        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/tagged/newspaper-lined/index.html): Read the latest from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes. Workshop news, release updates, and behind-the-scenes posts for collectors, needleworkers, and woodcraft fans. (271 words)
- [Shaker Box Journal — Notes From the Workshop

        – tagged "Shaker trays"
        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/tagged/shaker-trays/index.html): Read the latest from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes. Workshop news, release updates, and behind-the-scenes posts for collectors, needleworkers, and woodcraft fans. (271 words)
- [Shaker Box Journal — Notes From the Workshop

        – tagged "stitchers trays"
        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/tagged/stitchers-trays/index.html): Read the latest from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes. Workshop news, release updates, and behind-the-scenes posts for collectors, needleworkers, and woodcraft fans. (271 words)
- [collections/pre-order-shaker-boxes-carriers/index.html](/content/collections/pre-order-shaker-boxes-carriers/index.html) (340 words)
- [Shaker Box Journal — Notes From the Workshop

        – tagged "1854"
        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/tagged/1854/index.html): Read the latest from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes. Workshop news, release updates, and behind-the-scenes posts for collectors, needleworkers, and woodcraft fans. (271 words)
- [pages/newsletter/index.html](/content/pages/newsletter/index.html) (296 words)
- [Shaker Box Journal — Notes From the Workshop

        – tagged "Gleason's Pictorial"
        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/tagged/gleasons-pictorial/index.html): Read the latest from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes. Workshop news, release updates, and behind-the-scenes posts for collectors, needleworkers, and woodcraft fans. (271 words)
- [pages/schedule/index.html](/content/pages/schedule/index.html) (1,121 words)
- [pages/contact-me/index.html](/content/pages/contact-me/index.html) (296 words)
- [Paper-Lined Shaker Tray | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/paper-lined-trays/index.html): A Shaker tray lined with a genuine antique newspaper — an actual page from the 1800s, sealed by hand into a tray made in my Embden, Maine shop. (470 words)
- [Terms and Conditions

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/terms-and-conditions/index.html): Read the full terms and conditions for using LeHay’s Shaker Boxes website, including details about purchases, policies, and your use of this site. (795 words)
- [Shipping policy

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/policies/shipping-policy/index.html): Shaker oval boxes, carriers, and trays made by one set of hands in Embden, Maine. Lumber milled on-site, copper tacks, milk paint, antique newspaper linings. Since 1993 (380 words)
- [Newsletter: An Email Before Each Release

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/newsletter-signup/index.html): I send one email the day before new work is listed, with the exact date and time and a look at what's in the batch. A quiet list, seven or eight emails a year. (296 words)
- [Privacy policy

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/policies/privacy-policy/index.html): Shaker oval boxes, carriers, and trays made by one set of hands in Embden, Maine. Lumber milled on-site, copper tacks, milk paint, antique newspaper linings. Since 1993 (2,666 words)
- [Shaker Sewing Boxes and Needlework Storage, Handmade

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/sewing-needlework/index.html): Handmade Shaker sewing boxes for stitchers: sewing carriers, stitcher's trays, button boxes, recessed lids for finished needlework and pin cushion bases. (689 words)
- [Terms of service

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/policies/terms-of-service/index.html): Shaker oval boxes, carriers, and trays made by one set of hands in Embden, Maine. Lumber milled on-site, copper tacks, milk paint, antique newspaper linings. Since 1993 (3,258 words)
- [How a Shaker Box Is Made — Step by Step

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/how-a-box-is-made/index.html): Milling, swallowtails, bending, papering, finishing — the steps between a Maine log and a finished Shaker box, photographed in my shop in Embden. (1,111 words)
- [Shaker Carriers — Sizes #0 Through #6

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/carriers/index.html): Seven fixed-handle Shaker carriers, #0 through #6, plus swing-handle, divided, and sewing carriers. Built like my oval boxes, with a handle. Sizes and prices. (697 words)
- [Shaker Boxes for Sale — How Releases Work

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/how-to-purchase/index.html): Everything I make is listed once it’s finished and ready to ship. How my small batches work, when releases happen, and how to hear about the next one. (1,121 words)
- [Round Shaker Box, 8" with Recessed Lid | Needlework Display

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/8in-round-box-recessed-lid/index.html): An 8-inch round box with a recessed lid — room to display a larger finished needlework piece. Made start to finish in my Embden, Maine shop. (396 words)
- [Shaker Box, Size #5 Tall | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-5-tall-shaker-box/index.html): A taller take on my Size #5 oval box — good for thread spools and taller odds and ends. Same swallowtails, copper tacks, and finishes, made in Maine. (469 words)
- [Shaker Carrier, Size #5 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-5-shaker-carrier/index.html): A roomy Shaker carrier with an ash handle — useful for stitching projects or tabletop gathering. Made start to finish in my Embden, Maine shop. (483 words)
- [Round Shaker Stitcher's Tray for Thread and Notions

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/round-stitchers-tray/index.html): A 6 in round Shaker stitcher's tray for thread, needles and notions while you stitch. Milk paint or antiqued natural, made in Embden, Maine. (445 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #3 with Recessed Lid | Handcrafted

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-3-shaker-oval-box-recessed-lid/index.html): A Size #3 oval box with a recessed lid made for displaying finished needlework. Hand-cut swallowtails and copper tacks, made in my Embden, Maine shop. (540 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #6 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-6-shaker-oval-box/index.html): A large Shaker oval box with generous storage — hand-cut swallowtail joints, copper tacks, and milk paint or an antiqued natural finish. Made in Maine. (475 words)
- [Graduated Stacks of Shaker Oval Boxes

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/stacks/index.html): Graduated Shaker oval boxes that nest and stack, each finished in its own milk paint color. Sizes #0 through #7, mixed or matched, handmade in Embden, Maine. (368 words)
- [Shaker Divided Carrier for Sewing and Notions

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/shaker-divided-carrier/index.html): A Shaker carrier with a center handle that splits it in two: thread on one side, tools on the other. Two sizes, made by hand in Embden, Maine. (509 words)
- [Shaker Oval Boxes — Sizes #0 Through #7

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/oval-boxes/index.html): Shaker oval boxes in eight sizes, #0 through #7, with dimensions and prices. Maple, birch, or ash bands, quartersawn pine tops, hand-cut swallowtail joints. (632 words)
- [Shaker Pin Cushion Base to Finish With Your Stitching

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/pin-cushion-base/index.html): A 4 in round Shaker base made to finish with a pin cushion of your own needlework, or use it as a small tray. Handmade in Embden, Maine. (472 words)
- [Shaker Carrier, Size #1 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-1-shaker-carrier/index.html): A tiny Shaker carrier sized for a gift card or a few small treasures. Ash handle, hand-cut swallowtails, copper tacks. Made start to finish in Maine. (478 words)
- [Size #3 Oval Stitcher's Tray, Small Shaker Tray

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-3-oval-stitchers-tray/index.html): A small Shaker stitcher's tray, 7 × 5 × 1¼ in, that keeps scissors, floss and a project in view while you work. Milk paint or antiqued natural. (439 words)
- [Shaker Boxes and Carriers Ready to Ship

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/collections/collections-new-in-stock-boxes-carriers/index.html): The finished pieces I have ready to ship right now. I list new work in small batches a few times a year — newsletter readers hear the day before each release. (428 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #2 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-2-shaker-oval-box/index.html): A Size #2 Shaker oval box I make start to finish in Embden, Maine — hand-cut swallowtails, copper tacks, and milk paint or an antiqued natural finish. (481 words)
- [Shaker Box Gallery — All Sizes and Prices

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/gallery/index.html): Photographs, sizes, dimensions, and prices for every oval box, carrier, and tray I make by hand in Embden, Maine. Six galleries of past work, since 1993. (340 words)
- [Shaker Boxes Lined With Antique Newspaper

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/paper-lined-boxes/index.html): Boxes, trays, and carriers lined with genuine antique newspaper — pages at least a century old, sealed by hand inside a piece built to last. Made in Maine. (948 words)
- [Shaker Box FAQs — Ordering, Shipping, Care

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/faq/index.html): Common questions about LeHay’s Shaker boxes — how releases work, shipping, care for your wooden box, and how to know when the next batch goes live. (2,532 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #4 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-4-shaker-oval-box/index.html): A useful mid-size Shaker oval box — sewing supplies, letters, everyday storage. Hand-cut swallowtails and copper tacks, made start to finish in Embden, Maine. (479 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #5 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-5-shaker-oval-box/index.html): A roomy Shaker oval box in bent maple, birch, or ash with a quartersawn pine top. Milk paint or an antiqued natural finish, made in my Embden, Maine shop. (484 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #7 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-7-shaker-oval-box/index.html): The largest oval box in my regular line. Bent hardwood bands, quartersawn pine top and bottom, hand-cut swallowtails. Made start to finish in Embden, Maine. (489 words)
- [Shaker Carrier, Size #4 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-4-shaker-carrier/index.html): A Size #4 Shaker carrier for sewing tools or gathering odds and ends. Hand-cut swallowtails, copper tacks, ash handle. Made start to finish in Maine. (481 words)
- [Shaker Carrier, Size #0 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-0-shaker-carrier/index.html): The smallest carrier I make — many folks hang it on the tree at Christmas. Bent hardwood bands, ash handle, copper tacks. Made in my Embden, Maine shop. (499 words)
- [Shaker Box, Size #3 Oval Button Box | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-3-oval-button-box/index.html): A shallow oval button box for buttons and small notions — some with antique-paper interiors. Hand-cut swallowtails and copper tacks, made in Embden, Maine. (468 words)
- [Shaker Stitcher's Trays for Cross Stitch and Needlework

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/stitchers-trays/index.html): Low oval and round Shaker trays that sit beside you while you stitch, with scissors, floss and thread in view. Three oval sizes and a round. (509 words)
- [Shaker Carrier, Size #3 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-3-shaker-carrier/index.html): A practical mid-size Shaker carrier — built like my oval boxes, with an ash handle. Milk paint or an antiqued natural finish, made in Embden, Maine. (473 words)
- [Size #4 Oval Stitcher's Tray for Needlework, Handmade

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-4-oval-stitchers-tray/index.html): A Size #4 Shaker stitcher's tray, 8 × 6 × 1¼ in, with room for a small project, floss and scissors. Bent hardwood band and copper tacks. Made in Maine. (441 words)
- [Shaker Trays with Antique Newspaper Lining | Preserving History

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/civil-war-newspaper-shaker-trays/index.html): These Shaker trays are lined with authentic Civil War–era newspapers—preserving history while offering functional beauty for collectors and needleworkers. (858 words)
- [Shaker Carrier, Size #2 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-2-shaker-carrier/index.html): A small Shaker carrier for the desk or sewing table. Bent maple, birch, or ash with an ash handle and copper tacks, made in my Embden, Maine shop. (490 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #3 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-3-shaker-oval-box/index.html): A Size #3 Shaker oval box in bent maple, birch, or ash with a quartersawn pine top and copper tacks. Milk paint or antiqued natural, made in Embden, Maine. (481 words)
- [Shaker Carrier with Swing Handle | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/swing-handle-carrier/index.html): A traditional Shaker carrier with a swinging ash handle, offered in my finishes including the New Lebanon Finish. Made start to finish in Embden, Maine. (485 words)
- [Stitcher Tray with Papered Interior | Shaker-Style Tray

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/stitchers-trays-with-papered-interiors/index.html): This Shaker-style stitcher tray features a vintage-style papered interior. Handcrafted in Maine—great for organizing threads, notions, or keepsakes. (466 words)
- [Paper-Lined Shaker Sewing Carrier for Needlework

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/paper-lined-sewing-carrier/index.html): My Shaker sewing carrier, lined with either an original antique page or a reproduction floral print. Room for thread, scissors and a project. (466 words)
- [Stack of Shaker Boxes | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/stacked-shaker-boxes/index.html): A graduated stack of my oval boxes, each in its own milk paint color or antiqued natural. Sizes #0 through #7, mixed or matched, made in Embden, Maine. (429 words)
- [Shaker Sewing Carrier with Handle, Made by Hand in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/shaker-sewing-carrier/index.html): A shallow Shaker sewing carrier with an ash handle, 9¾ × 7 × 2½ in. Keeps thread, scissors, needles and a project together and in view. (456 words)
- [Fall in the Workshop – Shaker Boxes, Carriers & Trays Available

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/fall-2025-release-shaker-boxes-carriers-trays/index.html): Handcrafted Shaker boxes, carriers, and trays made in Maine using traditional methods. Explore new pieces from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes. (612 words)
- [Round Shaker Box, 6" with Recessed Lid | Needlework Display

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/6in-round-box-recessed-lid/index.html): A 6-inch round box with a recessed lid for mounting finished cross stitch or embroidery. Bent hardwood band, copper tacks, made in Embden, Maine. (387 words)
- [Thirty Years of Shaker Box Work: What's Changed

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/thirty-years-of-shaker-box-work/index.html): Thirty-three years of making Shaker oval boxes in Embden, Maine — and watching the handcraft world shift around me. Some thoughts on what survives. (2,558 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #1 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-1-shaker-oval-box/index.html): A small Shaker oval box for rings, buttons, or keepsakes. Bent maple, birch, or ash, hand-cut swallowtails, copper tacks. Made in my Embden, Maine shop. (487 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #1 with Recessed Lid | Handcrafted

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-1-shaker-oval-box-recessed-lid/index.html): A Size #1 oval box with a recessed lid for mounting finished needlework — your stitching becomes the top of the box. Made by hand in Embden, Maine. (516 words)
- [Gleason’s Pictorial 1854: A Year of Newspaper-Lined Trays

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/gleasons-pictorial-1854-newspaper-lined-trays/index.html): A complete year of 1854 Gleason’s Pictorial farm scenes — one for every month — paper-lined into Shaker oval trays in my Embden, Maine workshop. (1,636 words)
- [Shaker Oval Box, Size #0 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-0-shaker-oval-box/index.html): The smallest oval box I make — hand-cut swallowtails, copper tacks, a quartersawn pine top, milk paint or an antiqued natural finish. Made in Embden, Maine. (480 words)
- [Size #5 Oval Stitcher's Tray, Room for a Project

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-5-oval-stitchers-tray/index.html): My largest oval stitcher's tray, 10 × 7 × 1½ in, with room for a project in progress, floss and scissors. Hand-bent band, copper tacks. Made in Maine. (457 words)
- [Shaker Boxes Update | New Items, Workshop News & More

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/shaker-boxes-carriers-update-workshop-news/index.html): Latest updates from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes—including new work, a look inside the updated workshop, and what’s coming next in upcoming releases. (638 words)
- [Shaker Box Journal — Notes From the Workshop

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/index.html): Read the latest from LeHay’s Shaker Boxes. Workshop news, release updates, and behind-the-scenes posts for collectors, needleworkers, and woodcraft fans. (546 words)
- [Pricing Antique Newspaper-Lined Shaker Pieces

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/antique-newspaper-lined-products-my-thoughts-on-pricing.html): Antique newspaper-lined Shaker boxes are priced individually based on condition, visual interest, and historical significance. Here's my thinking behind it. (1,162 words)
- [The History and Significance of Shaker Boxes

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/shaker-oval-boxes-history-significance/index.html): Where Shaker oval boxes come from, how they were made, and why the form still matters — with a look at the work I do today in Embden, Maine. (1,116 words)
- [Shaker Boxes: A Winter Update from the Workshop

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/a-winter-update-from-the-workshop/index.html): A winter update from the workshop in Maine, with progress on Shaker boxes, carriers, and upcoming projects for needlework designers and guilds. (614 words)
- [How Lumber Is Sawn for Shaker Box Bands

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/best-lumber-for-shaker-oval-box-bands/index.html): How a log becomes the thin, flexible bands a Shaker box needs — sawing, resawing, and why quartersawn stock matters. From my shop in Embden, Maine. (1,177 words)
- [Shaker Carrier, Size #6 | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/size-6-shaker-carrier/index.html): The largest fixed-handle carrier I make, with room for fabric or a whole project. Bent hardwood bands, ash handle, copper tacks — made in Embden, Maine. (489 words)
- [Paper-Lined Shaker Box | Handcrafted in Maine

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/paper-lined-shaker-box/index.html): A Shaker oval box lined with a genuine antique newspaper — an actual dated page, sealed by hand inside a box I build start to finish in Embden, Maine. (512 words)
- [How a Shaker Oval Box Is Made, Start to Finish

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/how-a-shaker-oval-box-is-made/index.html): A look inside the process of making a traditional Shaker oval box — from milling the lumber to the finished piece — by LeHay's Shaker Boxes of Embden, Maine. (2,542 words)
- [Shaker Boxes May 2025 | New Designs & Workshop Update

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/may-2025-shaker-boxes-update/index.html): Explore new Shaker boxes, trays, and carriers from May 2025—plus a new button box design and a behind-the-scenes look at the latest workshop updates. (710 words)
- [Paper-Lined Shaker Trays and Boxes Available for the Holidays!

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/shaker-paper-lined-trays-and-boxes-november-25-release.html): Shaker style paper-lined trays and Shaker oval boxes handcrafted in Maine. 91 trays, 10 tray sets, 4 carriers, plus a restored 19th-century grain measure! (754 words)
- [Summer Workshop Update – 295 Handcrafted Shaker Boxes

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/summer-2025-shaker-boxes-update/index.html): 295 handcrafted Shaker boxes, carriers, and trays in progress at LeHay’s Shaker Boxes in Maine. Ready October, plus shop and trail updates. (604 words)
- [Painted Shaker Boxes and Country Painting

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/blogs/news/painted-shaker-oval-boxes-dan-coble/index.html): Painted Shaker oval boxes — handcrafted in my Maine workshop and decorated by Dan Coble — a small collaboration in an old American craft tradition. (1,605 words)

## About Pages

- [About Robert LeHay — Shaker Boxes Since 1993

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/about/index.html): I make Shaker oval boxes, carriers, and trays by hand in Embden, Maine — local logs milled on my property, dried in my own kiln. Since 1993. (912 words)
- [Contact — Questions About My Shaker Boxes

        – LeHay's Shaker Boxes](/content/pages/contact/index.html): Questions about my Shaker boxes, a piece you own, or an upcoming batch? Contact me here. I answer everything myself, usually within a day or two. (296 words)

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