About Bless The Maker

By Makers. For Makers.

Bless The Maker was born from a simple frustration — one that every Alberta artisan knows too well.

You pour your heart into what you make. You show up at markets in all weather, set up your table, tear it down, and next weekend do it all again. You dream of a permanent home for your craft — a place where customers can find you any day of the week, where your work is displayed beautifully, and where you can focus on what you love most: making.

We know that dream because it was ours.

Our Story

Robin and Kalev Doan have been part of the Alberta maker community since 2017. It started with custom t-shirts and drinkware — learning firsthand what it means to create something with your hands and put it in front of customers. For Robin, that creative journey evolved into Goaty Goat Soap Company, crafting small-batch soaps and body products that have found their way into the hands of customers who value quality, care, and local authenticity.

Over the years, we watched talented makers struggle with the same barriers over and over — going to outdoor markets in bad weather, indoor markets with little to no customers, wearing many hats to manage a storefront while also running a production operation. We saw beautiful, handcrafted work tucked into crowded, hard-to-find spaces that didn’t do justice to the skill behind it.

We knew there had to be a better way.

Why We Built This

Bless the Maker is our answer to a problem we lived. We combined Robin’s 30+ years in administration, IT, and e-commerce with Kalev’s deep background in retail management, professional merchandising, and marketing to build something neither of us could have created alone — a store that runs with the operational discipline of premium retail and the genuine heart of the maker community.

Every decision we make — from the width of our aisles to the way your products are displayed to the way we talk about your work on social media — comes from that dual perspective. We know what makers need. We know what shoppers want. And we built Bless The Maker to bridge that gap.

What We Believe

We believe Alberta makers deserve a professional home that reflects the quality of what they create.

We believe shoppers deserve to discover beautiful, authentic, locally made goods in a space that feels as good as the products inside it.

We believe that when makers thrive, communities thrive.

That belief is baked into everything at Bless The Maker — from our curated vendor selection and standardized display systems, to our marketing investment, live maker demonstrations, and real-time vendor reporting. We’re not just renting you a shelf. We’re your retail partner.

Come Find Us

Starting August 1, 2026, Bless The Maker is located at Southgate Centre in Edmonton, Alberta — a permanent, premium, year-round destination for locally crafted artisan goods, and a community hub for the makers who create them.

Whether you’re a shopper looking for something meaningful, or a maker looking for a retail home that truly gets it — welcome. You belong here.

Robin & Kalev Doan

Co-Founders, Bless The Maker