There are less than 17 shopping days until Christmas.
In this week's Made in Michigan goes on a quest for an all made in michigan holiday shopping experience.
if you're like me and haven't finished your Christmas shopping, you might head to the mall where there are plenty of Michigan stores and vendors. But do you want to know where the products are really made?
If you want to shop all Michigan this holiday season, we've got some ideas.
A good place to start is buymichigannow.com. You can download the holiday gift guide and all your purchases will help Michigan's economy.
There's Michigan-made clothing and accessories, like the Charlevoix handbag and the famous Stormy Kromer hat, which is made in Ironwood. There are even vacation packages in the Wolverine State.
If you want to keep your money specifically in mid-Michigan, there are plenty of ways. We visited the Coffee Beanery world headquarters in Flushing a few months ago. You can order the beans at coffeebeanery.com and its all made right here at home.
Do you want to send fudge? Check out frankenmuthfudge.com. It keeps longer than chocolate and has no chance of melting in transit. Plus, it's just really good.
Do you know someone who is into organics? For soaps and lotions made in Lapeer County, check out mirrorlakeorganics.com.
You can get more information on a huge variety of delicious fruit wines for your holiday gatherings at dizzydaisywinery.com, a vineyard in Bad Axe.
For candle lovers, there's hollycandleshoppe.com, which has natural soy candles in every scent you can imagine. They are made in Holly.
So, why send your money to Timbuktu this Christmas, when you can can keep it right here?
