Each year, Our State’s Made in NC Awards celebrate the talent and creativity of North Carolinians. Top honors in 2023 went to a luthier in Fuquay-Varina, a baker in Kitty Hawk, a distillery in Durham, a textile cooperative in Morganton, and a woodworker in North Wilkesboro. Meet our winners.
By salvaging wood from abandoned barns across North Carolina, luthier Matt Schiemann gives these historic pieces new life … and a new sound. Read more …
Inspired by her family’s convivial cocktail hours, co-owner Melissa Katrincic and her husband created Conniption Kinship gin, an eye-catching violet spirit that is quickly turning visitors into gin lovers. Read more …
Meet “Cookie” Chris Carroll, the baker behind Sweater Box Confections’ bite-sized tea cookies. Our favorite? The crisp-yet-delicate lavender lemon shortbread cookies. Read more …
The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina are known for producing world-class hardwood. But when a tree nears the end of its life, woodworker Keegan Watson steps in and gives discarded pieces new life as beautifully made home furnishings. Read more …
Marigold-dyed beanies represent a heartwarming — and head-warming — collaboration between the Carolina Textile District, a mountain-based brewery, and textile manufacturers all within a 135-mile radius. Read more …
In busy workshops and bright stores, our state’s toymakers and purveyors keep wonder alive. Dolls, trains, and games remind us: The joy of play never grows old.
Whether it’s secret Santa or the company cookie swap, sweet gatherings get everyone into the Christmas spirit.
Among dazzling lanterns, silk creatures, and twinkling lights at the North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival, one little boy leads his parents straight to the heart of the holidays.
Sparkling streets, local traditions, and the cozy charm of a city wrapped in holiday wonder — Asheville offers merriment for every age of visitor.
