Us
Gary and Alex met in 2003 have been married since 2005. Both are hard workers dedicated to their occupations. Alex spent 17 years working IT and office management for an insurance agency. Gary worked 25 years for McDonalds including over a decade as a General Manager. Alex started Top Notch Ceramic Trees in 2016 and Gary naturally assisted while continuing in his General Manager role with McDonalds. In 2023, Gary left McDonalds to join Alex as a full time business partner. After over 20 years of marriage, this partnership was second nature and they enjoy being able to work together every day.
Top Notch Ceramic Trees
Top Notch Ceramic Trees is a 3rd generation family business in East Stroudsburg, PA, started in 2016. My grandmother and mother started a studio teaching ceramic classes, back in the 1960s. It was at this studio where my father met my mother. They created the Top Notch name.
Since starting in 1981, Top Notch has had many changes to it, from making little ceramic farm animals to promoting craft shows that took over entire hotels. Growing into mostly a manufacturing and wholesale company, Top Notch has always liked going to craft shows and meeting people that once had or still have a Ceramic Christmas Trees that “their grandma (mom, aunt, cousin, etc) made.”
A new generation has taken up the family tradition with Top Notch Ceramic Trees. We are working to make our parents proud and continue the high quality and low cost that Top Notch has always brought to people.
Top Notch Ornaments
Selling both Rudolph and Me and Polar X personalized ornaments at Palmer Park Mall in Easton, PA; Sharonville Holiday Market in Sharonville, OH; Christmas Connection at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, OH; PA Christmas Show at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA.
Roll With Us DMs
In 2024, Gary and I took our passion for running TTRPGs to Start Playing. Offering a selection of different games for private and public sessions, we run through Roll 20 and Discord, to accommodate people from all over the world in one session. If you are interested in having us run something on our schedule, please message us and we can discuss. Come Roll With Us!
Throw With Us DMs
In 2025 Ali started throwing pottery. You can check out my progress and see what I’m up to on our You Tube channel.
Top Notch Ornaments and Ceramic Trees 