Meet our Makers
At Southern Oak Gift Co., we take pride in supporting local makers and artisans and sourcing our products from small businesses across North Carolina and the South. These courageous entrepreneurs have taken their passion, their family recipes, their unique skill sets, and created the wonderful products that we proudly use in our gift collections. We hope that you love their products as much as we do and support these local small businesses!
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1949 Nuts - gourmet peanuts from Henderson, NC, est. 1949
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Asheville Tea Company - craft tea blends
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Bakers' Southern Traditions - NC peanuts
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Bear Food - peanuts, popcorn & snacks from Matthews, NC
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Big Spoon Roasters - handmade nut butters and snack bars
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Brown Bear - small batch rosemary nut mix
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Butterfields Candy- creating old fashioned hard candy since 1924
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Carolina Coffee Co. - handcrafted, exceptional coffee
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Carolina Kettle Company - kettle cooked potato chips
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Chad's Carolina Corn - gourmet popcorn family business based in Greensboro
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Chapel Hill Toffee - chocolate pecan toffee made by the Grave's Family secret recipe
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Cheshire Pork Salami - family owned premium pork family
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Cloister Honey - handcrafted honeys from Charlotte, NC
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Conjure Craft Chocolate - small-batch bean to bar chocolate roasted and ground in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains
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Copper Pot Wooden Spoon - handcrafted jams, pickles and artisan food
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Cottage Lane Kitchen - fiery family recipe Southern Pepper Relish
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Crude Bitters - award-winning Raleigh-made handcrafted bitters
- Designed For Joy - handcrafted goods made in Raleigh, each purchase helps provide a living wage for vulnerable women
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Dewey's Bakery - founded in 1930, known for their Moravian Cookies
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Ella B. Candles - custom soy candle manufacturer
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Fiddlehead Traditional Wellness - skincare products handcrafted with love in small batches using local, organic, and responsibly sourced ingredients
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Fools Gold Honey - locally sourced, southern gold that only nature can produce
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French Broad Chocolate - award-winning chocolate from Asheville. Organic, sustainable, and irresistibly delicious
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High Fiber - handprinted towels from Asheville, NC
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Joe Van Gogh Coffee - locally roasted coffee
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Legendary Sunshine - natural energy drink brimming with electrolytes, B12 and just enough organic caffeine
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Little Red Wagon Granola - handcrafted granola
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LollyBanks - 100% muslin cotton swaddle blankets from Charlotte, NC
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Mae Designs - laser engraved goods
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Mali Wear - a Charlotte, NC baby boutique
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Oak City Scents - Raleigh-made handpoured candles
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Old School Brand - crafter of authentic foods
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Oliver Pluff & Co. Tea - fine purveyor of teas, toddies and coffees
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Peggy Rose - family owned and operated hot pepper jellies and mustards
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Piedmont Pennies - a delicious upgrade to the traditional Southern cheese straw
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Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn - handcrafted, small batch naturally flavored popcorn
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Queen City Crunch - small-batch, artisan seasoned pretzels
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Raw Crunch Bar - raw, organic, handmade energy bars
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Roots & Branches - family-owned artisanal bakery in Asheville, NC
- San Giuseppe Salami Co. - Italian style salami based in Elon, NC
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Santa's Naturals Candles - handcrafted in Raleigh, NC using plant-based essential oils
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Sea Love Sea Salt - hand-harvested, solar evaporated sea salt from Wrightsville Beach
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Slingshot Coffee Co. - specialty cold brews and teas
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Southern Elegance Candle Co. - small batch hand poured soy candles
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Spicewalla - an Asheville-based, chef-driven spice company
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Spring & Mulberry Chocolate - a chocolate company that creates date-sweetened dark chocolate bars
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Staat's Granola - soft, handmade granola made in small batches with natural ingredients
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Sweater Box Confections - a small-batch, hand-crafted cookie company on North Carolina's Outer Banks
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Sweet Child & Co. Candles - hand-poured, small-batch candles made in Cary, NC
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Videri Chocolate Factory - handcrafted bean to bar organic chocolate
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Wandering Lark Candles - hand poured in small batches with all natural, American grown soy wax, cotton wicks and high quality, phthalate free fragrance oils
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Whispering Willow - crafters of mindful apothecary