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Emily Daws, an award-winning textile artist based in Johns Island, South Carolina, is known for her luxurious small-batch fabrics and bespoke home furnishings, Daws’ hand-illustrated designs showcase meticulous craftsmanship and storytelling with each piece conveying a unique narrative through inviting textures and calming colors, blending artistic expression with contemporary Southern style. Her thoughtful creations infuse homes with intention and character, transforming spaces into meaningful, refined environments. Her work is available at the commercial village at Hayes Park on Johns Island.
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2021 Made In The South Award Runner-up (hOME)
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Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Made in the South Awards by attending a makers market in the magazine’s Cigar Factory headquarters featuring
Retail pop-up shops
Creative cocktails and spirits tastings
Live demonstrations and conversations
Meet the Maker opportunities
and more!
Meet the winners of G&G's 15th Annual Made in the South awards and shop the market featuring past winners and runners-up in the food, drink, style & design, home, crafts, and outdoors categories. Enjoy festive food and drinks alongside engaging "Meet the Maker" demonstrations and conversations, all celebrating
the spirit of Southern craftsmanship.
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Date:
Friday, November 22 | 10 AM - 5 PM
Saturday, November 23 | 10 AM - 5 PM
Sunday, November 24 | 12 - 4 PM
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G&G Headquarters, 701 East Bay St., Suite 115, Charleston, SC
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Emily Daws, an award-winning textile artist based in Johns Island, South Carolina, is known for her luxurious small-batch fabrics and bespoke home furnishings, Daws’ hand-illustrated designs showcase meticulous craftsmanship and storytelling with each piece conveying a unique narrative through inviting textures and calming colors, blending artistic expression with contemporary Southern style. Her thoughtful creations infuse homes with intention and character, transforming spaces into meaningful, refined environments. Her work is available at the commercial village at Hayes Park on Johns Island.
ClaytonandCrume.com
leather goods
Clayton & Crume
Clayton & Crume
Leather goods
Leather goods
Glad & Young Studio
Glad & Young is a vibrant design studio crafting playful leather goods by hand in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2015 by seamstress Erica Tankesley and graphic designer Anna Zietz, the brand is known for its daring, colorful bags and accessories that break the traditional, utilitarian leather mold. Inspired by travel, love of color, and creativity, their products have become Southeast staples. Glad & Young’s goal is to create leather goods as exciting and unique as the people who carry them.
GladandYoungStudio.com
2022 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style)
Leather goods
Glad & Young Studio
home furnishings
Alabama Sawyer
Alabama Sawyer specializes in milling urban timber from trees that have fallen due to storms, development, or other circumstances, saving them from landfills or fireplaces. The company’s skilled craftspeople transform these forgotten trees into elegant furniture, architectural elements, and unique objects, each piece crafted with care to endure and delight. Using urban timber rather than farmed wood, the pieces showcase distinctive colors and grains allowing the organic beauty and fine craftsmanship of the furniture to enhance its sustainable, eco-friendly quality.
AlaSaw.com
2017 Made In The South Award winner (home)
home furnishings
Alabama Sawyer
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Clayton & Crume
Clayton & Crume began with a simple idea: a single belt, hand-cut in a bedroom, embodying the values its founders hold dear. Raised in Kentucky's bourbon country, founders Clay Simpson and Tyler Jury learned early that the finest things in life are honest, storied, and enduring. They believe creating something with true, lasting character requires working with your own hands. Like a fine Kentucky bourbon, Clayton & Crume goods are designed to improve with age, growing richer and more meaningful over time.
ClaytonandCrume.com
2018 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style)
leather goods
Clayton & Crume
Belts + accessories
Blair's Belts
Blair's Belts specializes in handmade alligator and crocodile products, including belts, Apple Watch bands, bracelets, and more. The collection features full-skin alligator and crocodile belts, along with luxury stretch belts accented by alligator tabs. Perfect for the course, field, or town, the company’s belts combine style and function. For a special piece, customization for any alligator or crocodile strap to fit buckles from brands like Gucci or Chanel is also available.
BlairsBelts.com
2017 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style)
belts + accessories
Blair's Belts
knives
Burls and Steel
Husband and wife team Ben and Sydney Spurrier believe in crafting heirloom-quality products that tell a story and are made to be cherished for a lifetime. Such is the case with every bespoke knife they make at their company Burls and Steel. Designed to be one-of-a-kind works of art that are both functional and beautiful, their handcrafted knives cater to everyone, from aspiring home cooks to gourmet chefs, and from first-time hunters to seasoned outdoorsmen.
BurlsandSteel.com
2020 Made In The South Award Runner-up (outdoors)
knives
Burls and Steel
Talking Wood Studio
wooden bowls
wooden bowls
Talking Wood Studio
A 2023 Garden & Gun Made in the South Award winner, Talking Wood Studio crafts one-of-a-kind bowls from fallen wood sourced from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. Each piece starts in the studio as a rough, untouched gem, then shaped to showcase its unique characteristics and hand-finished through a twelve-step process to bring out its vibrant colors and intricate grain patterns. The heirloom pieces are designed to be cherished and passed down through generations.
TalkingWoodStudio.com
2023 Made In The South Award winner (home)
Terrane Glass
Glassware
glassware
Terrane Glass
Spruce Pine, a town on the Tugaloo Terrane in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, is one of the richest gem deposits in the world. That’s where Terrane Glass sources its silica used to produce high-end barware and home decor. Founded by Colin O’Reilley in 2016, the company specializes in hand-blown glass works that echo the region’s beauty producing beautiful barware, including decanters, champagne flutes, cocktail pitchers, and rocks glasses, that are as fashionable as they are functional.
TerraneGlassCo.com
2016 Made In The South Award winner (home)
Moore & Giles
leather goods
Moore & Giles
leather goods
From crafting rock star’s guitar straps, like the one they made for Post Malone’s Super Bowl performance, to releasing innovative collections like entirely sustainable made-to-order furnishings adorned with vegetable stain, Moore & Giles stands as the premier leather goods company in the South. Under the direction of CEO Sackett Wood and company president Tray Petty, Moore & Giles began its accessories line in 2007 as a reaction to the underwhelming quality of the baggage market. Tapping artisans to create bespoke pieces, the company has grown to now include home decor and residential furniture.
MooreandGiles.com
2017 Made In The South Award Runner-up (home)
Wood Studio
home furnishings
Despite its straightforward name, WoodStudio in Arley, Alabama, produces exceptionally sophisticated cabinetry and furniture. Founder Randy Cochran, along with his sons Keith and Dylan, handcraft custom pieces like rocking chairs, wooden swings, and stools, including its Lookout Mountain Rocker, the Garden & Gun overall winner for the Made in the South Awards, employing traditional techniques and using native woods such as walnut and cherry.
WoodStudio.com
2012 Made In The South Award winner (home)
Wood Studio
home furnishings
OMJ
clothing
OMJ (short for Ole Mason Jar) is a men's clothing and lifestyle brand founded in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2013 by college roommates and North Carolina natives Bradley Rhyne and Filipe Ho. The lifestyle brand embodies sophistication and timeless appeal. In contrast to the fast fashion and mass retail culture, OMJ focuses on fewer, exceptionally well-made pieces and a personalized, in-person experience, offering a thoughtful alternative to the "more is better" mindset of today’s fashion industry.
OMJClothing.com
2018 Made In The South Award winner (Style)
OMJ
Clothing
Stone Hollow Farmstead
Specialty foods
A nursery, apothecary, and cannery all in one, Stone Hollow Farmstead is a thriving mother-daughter farm business based thirty minutes from Birmingham, Alabama. Honoring generations of Alabama gardeners while drawing inspiration from the sustainable practices of their grandparents' farm and grocery store, Deborah Stone, along with her daughters Fallon and Alexandra, create award-winning culinary goods, herbal wellness products, botanical skincare, and grow award-winning dahlia tubers. Each aspect of the farm reflects a commitment to craftsmanship, sustainability, and the preservation of rural traditions, celebrating the rich legacy of Southern agriculture.
StoneHollowFarmstead.com
2022 Made In The South Award Runner-up (drink)
Stone Hollow Farmstead
specialty foods
Minnie Lane
jewelry
Founded in 2017 by stylist and art director Minnie Lane Phillips (Mimi), this eponymous jewelry line captures a blend of youthful playfulness with timeless elegance. Fusing art history with pop culture, Lane creates wearable art that bridges high and low fashion, statement and minimalism, vintage and modern, pop and surrealism. As Lane says, "Each piece is an amulet to girl power, an homage to legendary women, and a celebration of art."
MinnieLaneDesigns.com
2022 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style)
Minnie Lane
jewelry
El Guapo
Cocktail mixers
Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, El Guapo is a women-owned, Oprah O List-recognized, and seven-time Good Food Award-winning company. Specializing in alcohol-free bitters, syrups, and mixers, Christa Cotton’s company crafts bar ingredients using regionally sourced, non-GMO products. El Guapo's mission focuses on creating climate-sensitive, responsibly made products.
ElGuapoBitters.com
2020 Made In The South Award Runner-up (drink)
El Guapo
cocktail mixers
Bulls Bay OYRO
oyster roasters
Few traditions are as cherished in the Lowcountry as an oyster roast, though hosting one at home can feel daunting. That’s where Bulls Bay OYRO comes in. This family-owned business, committed to preserving the heritage of Charleston’s waterways, brings crafts classic and sport-oriented OYRO cooking table sets. Complete with steel fireboxes, everything you need to make the oyster roast experience both easy and unforgettable is included.
BullsBayOysterRoasts.com
2014 Made In The South Award winner (outdoors)
Bulls Bay OYRO
oyster roasters
Jenni Earle
bandanas + Scarves
Quirky and catchy, Jenni Earle produces vibrant silk scarves, bandanas, trophies, and gifts designed for international living. Inspired by her grandfather, West Virginia native Jenni Earle transformed a dark time in her life into a movement to inspire others to be brave and bold and each item is crafted to be a talisman for its owner and a reminder that even in tough times to dust yourself off. Then saddle up again.
JenniEarle.com
2017 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style)
Jenni Earle
Bandanas + Scarves
Middleton Made Knives
Knives
Quintin Middleton is the artisan behind Middleton Made Knives in Saint Stephen, South Carolina. Since 2010, he’s crafted bespoke, high-carbon steel knives for top chefs like Sean Brock and Michael Anthony. Middleton’s passion for knife-making began young. After training under renowned bladesmith Jason Knight, he transitioned to culinary knives, driven by faith. His company, built on “faith and a dream,” has since become a favorite among chefs nationwide.
MiddletonMadeKnives.com
2018 Made In The South Award Runner-up (home)
Middleton Made Knives
knives
Gum Tree Farm Designs
clothing
Gum Tree Farm Designs began in Middleburg, Virginia in 1995 when Franny Kansteiner began raising ultra-fine merino wool sheep. What began with transforming their beautiful fleece into blankets, baby wear, and capes has expanded to include sewn products crafted by American artisans. Uniquely, the farm oversees every step, from lambing to finished product. Each piece, made from organic wool, reflects the individuality of both the sheep and the artisans who create them.
GumTreeFarmDesigns.com
2015 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style)
Gum Tree Farm Designs
Clothing
Join us for demonstrations and conversations featuring participating artisans in the marketplace. Throughout the weekend, listen to past Made in the South Award winners and runners-up share stories and explain their craft and the inspiration behind their products.
Hechizo
lighting
Emily Daws, an award-winning textile artist based in Johns Island, South Carolina, is known for her luxurious small-batch fabrics and bespoke home furnishings, Daws’ hand-illustrated designs showcase meticulous craftsmanship and storytelling with each piece conveying a unique narrative through inviting textures and calming colors, blending artistic expression with contemporary Southern style. Her thoughtful creations infuse homes with intention and character, transforming spaces into meaningful, refined environments. Her work is available at the commercial village at Hayes Park on Johns Island.
EmilyDawsTextiles.com
2021 Made In The South Award Runner-up (Home)
Emily Daws Textiles
Textiles
Satchel.
LEATHER GOODS
French Broad Chocolates
Handcrafted chocolates
questions
Leather goods
Alabama Sawyer
home furnishings
Blair's Belts
Belts + accessories
Burls and Steel LLC
knives
Talking Wood Studio
wooden bowls
Moore & Giles
leather goods
Wood Studio
home furnishings
Gum Tree Farm Designs
clothing
El Guapo
Cocktail mixers
oyster roasters
Bulls Bay OYRO
Jenni Earle
bandanas + Scarves
OMJ
men's clothing
Stone Hollow Farmstead
Specialty foods
Minnie Lane
jewelry
Clayton & Crume
leather goods
Terrane Glass
Glassware
French Broad Chocolates
handcrafted chocolates
Middleton Made Knives
Knives
Glad & Young is a vibrant design studio crafting playful leather goods by hand in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2015 by seamstress Erica Tankesley and graphic designer Anna Zietz, the brand is known for its daring, colorful bags and accessories that break the traditional, utilitarian leather mold. Inspired by travel, love of color, and creativity, their products have become Southeast staples. Glad & Young’s goal is to create leather goods as exciting and unique as the people who carry them.
GladandYoungStudio.com
2022 Made In The South Award Runner-up (Style)
Glad and Young Studio
Leather goods
Alabama Sawyer specializes in milling urban timber from trees that have fallen due to storms, development, or other circumstances, saving them from landfills or fireplaces. The company’s skilled crafts-people transform these forgotten trees into elegant furniture, architectural elements, and unique objects, each piece crafted with care to endure and delight. Using urban timber rather than farmed wood, the pieces showcase distinctive colors and grains allowing the organic beauty and fine craftsmanship of the furniture to enhance its sustainable, eco-friendly quality.
AlaSaw.com
2017 Made In The South Award Winner (Home)
Alabama Sawyer
home furnishings
Clayton & Crume began with a simple idea: a single belt, hand-cut in a bedroom, embodying the values its founders hold dear. Raised in Kentucky's bourbon country, founders Clay Simpson and Tyler Jury learned early that the finest things in life are honest, storied, and enduring. They believe creating some-thing with true, lasting character requires working with your own hands. Like a fine Kentucky bourbon, Clayton & Crume goods are designed to improve with age, growing richer and more meaningful over time.
ClaytonandCrume.com
2018 Made In The South Award Runner-up (Style)
Clayton & Crume
leather goods
Husband and wife team Ben and Sydney Spurrier believe in crafting heirloom-quality products that tell a story and are made to be cherished for a lifetime. Such is the case with every bespoke knife they make at their company Burls and Steel. Designed to be one-of-a-kind works of art that are both functional and beautiful, their handcrafted knives cater to everyone, from aspiring home cooks to gourmet chefs, and from first-time hunters to seasoned outdoorsmen.
BurlsandSteel.com
2020 Made In The South Award Runner-up (Outdoors)
Burls and Steel LLC
knives
Blair's Belts specializes in handmade alligator and crocodile products, including belts, Apple Watch bands, bracelets, and more. The collection features full-skin alligator and crocodile belts, along with luxury stretch belts accented by alligator tabs. Perfect for the course, field, or town, the company’s belts combine style and function. For a special piece, customization for any alligator or crocodile strap to fit buckles from brands like Gucci or Chanel is also available.
BlairsBelts.com
2017 Made In The South Award Runner-up (Style)
Blair's Belts
belts + accessories
A 2023 Garden & Gun Made in the South Award winner, Talking Wood Studio crafts one-of-a-kind bowls from fallen wood sourced from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. Each piece starts in the studio as a rough, untouched gem, then shaped to show-case its unique characteristics and hand-finished through a twelve-step process to bring out its vibrant colors and intricate grain patterns. The heirloom pieces are designed to be cherished and passed down through generations.
TalkingWoodStudio.com
2023 Made In The South Award Winner (home)
Talking Wood Studio
wooden bowls
A nursery, apothecary, and cannery all in one, Stone Hollow Farmstead is a thriving mother-daughter farm business based thirty minutes from Birmingham, Alabama. Honoring generations of Alabama gardeners while drawing inspiration from the sustainable practices of their grandparents' farm and grocery store, Deborah Stone, along with her daughters Fallon and Alexandra, create award-winning culinary goods, herbal wellness products, botanical skincare, and grow award-winning dahlia tubers. Each aspect of the farm reflects a commitment to craftsmanship, sustainability, and the preservation of rural traditions, celebrating the rich legacy of Southern agriculture.
StoneHollowFarmstead.com
2022 Made In The South Award Runner-up (drink)
Stone Hollow Farmstead
specialty foods
Spruce Pine, a town on the Tugaloo Terrane in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, is one of the richest gem deposits in the world. That’s where Terrane Glass sources its silica used to produce high-end barware and home decor. Founded by Colin O’Reilley in 2016, the company specializes in hand-blown glass works that echo the region’s beauty producing beautiful barware, including decanters, champagne flutes, cocktail pitchers, and rocks glasses, that are as fashionable as they are functional.
TerraneGlassCo.com
2016 Made In The South Award winner (home)
Terrane Glass
glassware
From crafting rock star’s guitar straps, like the one they made for Post Malone’s Super Bowl perform-ance, to releasing innovative collections like entirely sustainable made-to-order furnishings adorned with vegetable stain, Moore & Giles stands as the premier leather goods company in the South. Under the di-rection of CEO Sackett Wood and company president Tray Petty, Moore & Giles began its accessories line in 2007 as a reaction to the underwhelming quality of the baggage market. Tapping artisans to create bespoke pieces, the company has grown to now include home decor and residential furniture.
MooreandGiles.com
2017 Made In The South Award Runner-up (home)
Moore & Giles
leather goods
Despite its straightforward name, WoodStudio in Arley, Alabama, produces exceptionally sophisticated cabinetry and furniture. Founder Randy Cochran, along with his sons Keith and Dylan, handcraft custom pieces like rocking chairs, wooden swings, and stools, including its Lookout Mountain Rocker, the Garden & Gun overall winner for the Made in the South Awards, employing traditional techniques and using native woods such as walnut and cherry.
WoodStudio.com
2012 Made In The South Award winner (home)
Wood Studio
home furnishings
OMJ (short for Ole Mason Jar) is a men's clothing and lifestyle brand founded in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2013 by college roommates and North Carolina natives Bradley Rhyne and Filipe Ho. The lifestyle brand embodies sophistication and timeless appeal. In contrast to the fast fashion and mass retail culture, OMJ focuses on fewer, exceptionally well-made pieces and a personalized, in-person experience, offering a thoughtful alternative to the "more is better" mindset of today’s fashion industry.
OMJClothing.com
2018 Made In The South Award winner (style)
OMJ
men's clothing
Quirky and catchy, Jenni Earle produces vibrant silk scarves, bandanas, trophies, and gifts designed for international living. Inspired by her grandfather, West Virginia native Jenni Earle transformed a dark time in her life into a movement to inspire others to be brave and bold and each item is crafted to be a talisman for its owner and a reminder that even in tough times to dust yourself off. Then saddle up again.
JenniEarle.com
2017 Made In The South Award runner-up (style)
Jenni Earle
Bandanas + Scarves
Founded in 2017 by stylist and art director Minnie Lane Phillips (Mimi), this eponymous jewelry line captures a blend of youthful playfulness with timeless elegance. Fusing art history with pop culture, Lane creates wearable art that bridges high and low fashion, statement and minimalism, vintage and modern, pop and surrealism. As Lane says, "Each piece is an amulet to girl power, an homage to legendary women, and a celebration of art."
MinnieLaneDesigns.com
2022 Made In The South Award runner-up (style)
Minnie Lane
jewelry
Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, El Guapo is a women-owned, Oprah O List-recognized, and seven-time Good Food Award-winning company. Specializing in alcohol-free bitters, syrups, and mixers, Christa Cotton’s company crafts bar ingredients using regionally sourced, non-GMO products. El Guapo's mission focuses on creating climate-sensitive, responsibly made products.
ElGuapoBitters.com
2020 Made In The South Award runner-up (drink)
El Guapo
cocktail mixers
Few traditions are as cherished in the Lowcountry as an oyster roast, though hosting one at home can feel daunting. That’s where Bulls Bay OYRO comes in. This family-owned business, committed to preserving the heritage of Charleston’s waterways, brings crafts classic and sport-oriented OYRO cooking table sets. Complete with steel fireboxes, everything you need to make the oyster roast experience both easy and unforgettable is included.
BullsBayOysterRoasts.com
2014 Made In The South Award runner-up (outdoors)
Bulls Bay OYRO
oyster roasters
Gum Tree Farm Designs began in Middleburg, Virginia in 1995 when Franny Kansteiner began raising ultra-fine merino wool sheep. What began with transforming their beautiful fleece into blankets, baby wear, and capes has expanded to include sewn products craft-ed by American artisans. Uniquely, the farm oversees every step, from lambing to finished product. Each piece, made from organic wool, reflects the indiv-iduality of both the sheep and the artisans who create them.
GumTreeFarmDesigns.com
2015 Made In The South Award runner-up (style)
Gum Tree Farm Designs
Clothing
Quintin Middleton is the artisan behind Middleton Made Knives in Saint Stephen, South Carolina. Since 2010, he’s crafted bespoke, high-carbon steel knives for top chefs like Sean Brock and Michael Anthony. Middleton’s passion for knife-making began young. After training under renowned bladesmith Jason Knight, he transitioned to culinary knives, driven by faith. His company, built on “faith and a dream,” has since become a favorite among chefs nationwide.
MiddletonMadeKnives.com
2018 Made In The South Award runner-up (home)
Middleton Made Knives
knives
Charleston
south carolina
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Barlow's
SPECIALTY FOODS
Tiffani Neal founded Barlow's, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia. The brand is inspired by her grandfather Barlow's legacy of farming and a knack for making everything from scratch in her home kitchen. Barlow's specializes in a three-in-one pancake, biscuit, and waffle mix and a line of seasonal syrups. Made from real, better-for-you ingredients like unbleached organic flour and natural fruit like the delicious peaches used in Barlow's best-selling Peach Cobbler Syrup.
BarlowsFoods.com
2023 Made In The South Award Runner-up (food)
Barlow's
SPECIALTY FOODS
Hibiscus Linens
Linens
Hibiscus Linens is a creative studio specializing in hand embroidery, blending beautifully crafted handmade pieces with curated items from talented artisans around the world. Founded by needlework designer Mariana Barran Goodall, a Mexican artist passionate about preserving traditional stitching methods, Hibiscus Linens reflects a seamless fusion of modern aesthetics and old-world techniques. Named the 2017 Crafts category winner of the Made in the South Awards, Goodall’s work offers a fresh perspective on heritage textiles, showcasing the warmth and universal connection found in handcrafted art.
HibiscusLinens.com
2017 Made In The South Award winner (crafts)
Hibiscus Linens
Linens
In Spanish, Hechizo means a magical spell. Hali Armstrong, the ceramic artist and the designer behind the Richmond, Virginia Hechizo, it’s a multidisciplinary art studio fabricating works made to inspire. By blending American craft traditions with contemporary imagery and techniques, Hechizo creates a sense of playful nostalgia with work encompassing ceramics, metals, and even embroidery, producing a diverse range of items including handmade, category-defying lighting, cabinet hardware, and jewelry.
ShopHechizo.com
2024 Made In The South Award Winner (Overall, Home)
Hechizo
lighting
G&G HEADQUARTERS
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Hechizo
Lighting
Hibiscus Linens
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Barlow's
food
Hibiscus Linens is a creative studio specializing in hand embroidery, blending beautifully crafted handmade pieces with curated items from talented artisans around the world. Founded by needlework designer Mariana Barran Goodall, a Mexican artist passionate about preserving traditional stitching methods, Hibiscus Linens reflects a seamless fusion of modern aesthetics and old-world techniques. Named the 2017 Crafts category winner of the Made in the South Awards, Goodall’s work offers a fresh perspective on heritage textiles, showcasing the warmth and universal connection found in handcrafted art.
HibiscusLinens.com
2017 Made In The South Award winner (crafts)
Hibiscus Linens
Linens
Tiffani Neal founded Barlow's, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia. The brand is inspired by her grandfather Barlow's legacy of farming and a knack for making everything from scratch in her home kitchen. Barlow's specializes in a three-in-one pancake, biscuit, and waffle mix and a line of seasonal syrups. Made from real, better-for-you ingredients like unbleached organic flour and natural fruit like the delicious peaches used in Barlow's best-selling Peach Cobbler Syrup.
BarlowsFoods.com
2023 Made In The South Award Runner-up (food)
Barlow's
FOOD
In Spanish, Hechizo means a magical spell. Hali Armstrong, the ceramic artist and the designer behind the Richmond, Virginia Hechizo, it’s a multidisciplinary art studio fabricating works made to inspire. By blending American craft traditions with contemporary imagery and techniques, Hechizo creates a sense of playful nostalgia with work encompassing ceramics, metals, and even embroidery, producing a diverse range of items including handmade, category-defying lighting, cabinet hardware, and jewelry.
ShopHechizo.com
Hechizo
lighting
Glad and Young Studio
Congaree and Penn
SPECIALTY FOODS
Congaree and Penn
SPECIALTY FOODS
Hampton Road Designs
accessories
Lisa Davis’s Hampton Road Designs launched in Austin, Texas, in 2018 with a simple goal: to create stylish, clear stadium bags that look as good as they are practical. Today it’s a luxury wearable accessories business. Together with her husband Bruce, the couple has grown the company into a worldwide brand known for its hand-cut heirloom silk and leather handbags, as well as its line of playful bag accessories. Named one of the city’s top sustainable brands in 2024, Hampton Roads Designs minimizes its carbon footprint by using deadstock, secondhand, and vintage textiles.
HamptonRoadDesigns.com
2020 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style)
Hampton Road Designs
accessories
Carson & Co.
clothing + accessories
Charleston, South Carolina, textile and design firm Carson & Co. is all about the print. Inspired by antique flora and fauna illustrations, the brand, founded by Susan Carson, reinterprets the timeless images into scarves, skirts, blouses, dresses, and jackets. Each image is thoughtfully chosen to contribute to the overall design narrative, creating a harmonious connection between every butterfly, bird, and flower. Once the pattern is finalized, the excitement begins with selecting vibrant background colors that complement both the images and personal style. The custom-made and ready-to-wear apparel are crafted in small, bespoke workrooms in Florida and Texas.
CarsonandCo.com
2016 Made In The South Award Winner (style)
Carson & Co.
Clothing + accessories
Brackish
accessories
Charleston, South Carolina-based accessory brand Brackish specializes in handcrafted wearable art, using artisans to transform sustainably sourced feathers into unique creations. From signature bow ties to jewelry and belts, co-founders and college best friends, Ben Ross and Jeff Plotner aim to celebrate nature while blending sporting heritage with timeless fashion traditions. Now a red carpet favorite, Brackish accessories have graced the pages of fashion magazines around the world.
Brackish.com
2015 Made In The South Award Runner-up (style) +
2021 Made In The South Award winner (style)
Brackish
accessories
R.H. Jensen Game Calls
WOODEN GAME CALLS
Ralph H. Jensen is renowned for crafting custom duck, turkey, crow, and goose calls, each infused with rich history through the carefully selected woods and inlays. His artistry extends to intricate carvings of various animals, including ducks in flight, geese, Labrador retrievers, and Boykin spaniels, as well as personalized designs meaningful to his customers. Jensen’s box turkey calls are made from historic woods, such as teak from the USS North Carolina battleship or trees from old plantation homes.
RHJensenGameCalls.com
2019 Made In The South Award runner-up (outdoors)
R.H. Jensen Game Calls
WOODEN GAME CALLS
Congaree and Penn is a Jacksonville, Florida,
farm and restaurant dedicated to agriculture and culinary endeavors with a line of Southern sundries. Owners Scott and Lindsay Meyer produce a variety of homegrown products, including pecan oil, rice grits, a fish fry mix, middlins, and Jupiter white rice, in addition to jams and jellies including Mayhaw, Blackbird, and honey, to name a few. The onsite restaurant is known for its field to fork flavors and menus that shine a light on other regional growers like Beacon Fisheries, Quincey Cattle Company, Southern Acre Farm. The farm also hosts seasonal events and pop-ups.
CongareeandPenn.com
2017 Made In The South Award Runner-up (food)
Congaree and Penn
pantry items
Hampton Road Designs
accessories
Carson & Co.
clothing + Accessories
Congaree and Penn is a Jacksonville, Florida, farm and restaurant dedicated to agriculture and culinary endeavors with a line of Southern sundries. Owners Scott and Lindsay Meyer produce a variety of homegrown products, including pecan oil, rice grits, a fish fry mix, middlins, and Jupiter white rice, in addition to jams and jellies including Mayhaw, Blackbird, and honey, to name a few. The onsite restaurant is known for its field to fork flavors and menus that shine a light on other regional growers like Beacon Fisheries, Quincey Cattle Company, Southern Acre Farm. The farm also hosts seasonal events and pop-ups.3 fatty acids, and lower in saturated fats than either olive or corn oil.
CongareeandPenn.com
2017 Made In The South Award runner-up (food)
Congaree and Penn
pantry items
Lisa Davis’s Hampton Road Designs launched in Austin, Texas, in 2018 with a simple goal: to create stylish, clear stadium bags that look as good as they are practical. Today it’s a luxury wearable accessories business. Together with her husband Bruce, the couple has grown the company into a worldwide brand known for its hand-cut heirloom silk and leather handbags, as well as its line of playful bag accessories. Named one of the city’s top sustainable brands in 2024, Hampton Roads Designs minimizes its carbon footprint by using deadstock, secondhand, and vintage textiles.
HamptonRoadDesigns.com
2020 Made In The South Award runner-up (style)
Hampton Road Designs
Accessories
Charleston, South Carolina, textile and design firm Carson & Co. is all about the print. Inspired by antique flora and fauna illustrations, the brand, founded by Susan Carson, reinterprets the timeless images into scarves, skirts, blouses, dresses, and jackets. Each image is thoughtfully chosen to contribute to the overall design narrative, creating a harmonious connection between every butterfly, bird, and flower. Once the pattern is finalized, the excitement begins with selecting vibrant background colors that complement both the images and personal style. The custom-made and ready-to-wear apparel are crafted in small, bespoke workrooms in Florida and Texas.
CarsonandCo.com
2016 Made In The South Award winner (style)
Carson & Co.
clothing + Accessories
Brackish
Accessories
RH Jensen Game Calls
WOODEN GAMe CALLS
Charleston, South Carolina-based accessory brand Brackish specializes in handcrafted wearable art, using artisans to transform sustainably sourced feathers into unique creations. From signature bow ties to jewelry and belts, co-founders and college best friends, Ben Ross and Jeff Plotner aim to celebrate nature while blending sporting heritage with timeless fashion traditions. Now a red carpet favorite, Brackish accessories have graced the pages of fashion magazines around the world.
Brackish.com
2015 Made In The South Award runner-up (style) + 2021 Made In The South Award winner (style)
Brackish
Accessories
Ralph H. Jensen is renowned for crafting custom duck, turkey, crow, and goose calls, each infused with rich history through the carefully selected woods and inlays. His artistry extends to intricate carvings of various animals, including ducks in flight, geese, Labrador retrievers, and Boykin spaniels, as well as personalized designs meaningful to his customers. Jensen’s box turkey calls are made from historic woods, such as teak from the USS North Carolina battleship or trees from old plantation homes.
RHJensenGameCalls.com
2019 Made In The South Award runner-up (outdoors)
RH Jensen Game Calls
WOODEN GAME CALLS
An Asheville, North Carolina, institution, French Broad Chocolate is known for its gourmet cocoa-based sweets. Guided by a mission to source with integrity and craft with care, French Broad Chocolate forges direct relationships with sustainable farmers to transform fine cacao into artisan chocolate at their Asheville chocolate factory. Their bean-to-bar approach produces not only exquisite chocolate bars but also a range of confections crafted with fresh, local, and organic ingredients. You can indulge in their creations at the French Broad Chocolate Lounge, their dessert restaurant, or the Chocolate Factory Café. You can also order online at frenchbroadchocolates.com to enjoy the experience at home.
FrenchBroadChocolates.com
2016 Made In The South Award runner-up (food)
French Broad Chocolates
handcrafted chocolates
An Asheville, North Carolina, institution, French Broad Chocolate is known for its gourmet cocoa-based sweets. Guided by a mission to source with integrity and craft with care, French Broad Chocolate forges direct relationships with sustainable farmers to transform fine cacao into artisan chocolate at their Asheville chocolate factory. Their bean-to-bar approach produces not only exquisite chocolate bars but also a range of confections crafted with fresh, local, and organic ingredients. You can indulge in their creations at the French Broad Chocolate Lounge, their dessert restaurant, or the Chocolate Factory Café. You can also order online at frenchbroadchocolates.com to enjoy the experience at home.
FrenchBroadChocolates.com
2016 Made In The South Award runner-up (Food)
French Broad Chocolates
handcrafted chocolates
Founded by Covington, Louisiana, native Elizabeth Seeger, Satchel is a leather handbag and accessories company located in the heart of Savannah. The plucky firm got its start in 2006 following Seeger’s graduation from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005 with a BFA in Fashion Design. From a small storefront to an in-house brand the company has grown into a ready-to-wear and made-to-order operation crafting totes, travel wallets, purses, messenger bags, and more.
ShopSatchel.com
2015 Made In The South Award runner-up (Outdoors)
Satchel.
LEATHER GOODS
Satchel.
LEATHER GOODS
Founded by Covington, Louisiana, native Elizabeth Seeger, Satchel is a leather handbag and accessories company located in the heart of Savannah. The plucky firm got its start in 2006 following Seeger’s graduation from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005 with a BFA in Fashion Design. From a small storefront to an in-house brand the company has grown into a ready-to-wear and made-to-order operation crafting totes, travel wallets, purses, messenger bags, and more.
ShopSatchel.com
2015 Made In The South Award runner-up (Outdoors)
Satchel.
LEATHER GOODS
Satchel.
LEATHER GOODS
SOUTH CAROLINA
In celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Made in the South Awards, Garden & Gun hosts a maker's market featuring past winners and runners-up across six categories: food, drink, style and design, home, crafts, and outdoors. In addition to phenomenal holiday shopping, there will be festive food & drink and "Meet the Maker" demonstrations and conversations.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOVEMBER 22–24
CHARLESTON
SOUTH CAROLINA
PARKING
We strongly encourage carpooling or rideshare. Guests may park in the Cigar Factory lots, but spots are limited. Guests may also utilize nearby street parking or the gravel lot on the corner of Drake Street and Cooper Street.
PHOTOGRAPHY NOTICE
Please be aware that while attending this event, you may be photographed and images may appear on Garden & Gun digital, print, or social media channels, as well as those of our partners.
