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Go Texan! Buy Local.

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Soon I’ll be heading to Helena, Arkansas to spend time with a few of my fellow Arkansas Women Bloggers. If you know anything about me, you know I love going home to the Delta. 
Since I’m the only Texas girl attending this event—(yes, I claim dual citizenship…)—I thought it would be fun to take a bit of Texas with me to share with my blogger friends. And, since I happened to be in the Food and Fiber Building at the State Fair of Texas when this genius of an idea struck me, what better gift for these ladies than locally made Texas goodies? 
Go Texan! Buy Local.
I began snapping pictures of various products in the Go Texan General Store, grabbing business cards and tasting samples when available. The Food and Fiber Building is known for bountiful samples…plus while grazing, there are educational exhibits to peruse about cotton farming. (Need I say more?) 
Later that night I contacted four of the businesses represented at the State Fair. Would you like to donate something to a great group of Arkansas blogger gals? 
Texas local businesses

Every Single Business enthusiastically agreed to provide something for my blogger friends. These small businesses blew me away with their generosity providing marvelous candies and soaps and lotions and lip balms. 
I was reminded of how important it is to buy local. These are the local businesses that keep our country ticking, even when it isn’t… 
Feast your eyes on these gorgeous offerings.
Go Texas! Buy Local.
Berdoll Pecan Candy & Gift Company
Cedar Creek, Texas
Seriously? Candy corn + Chocolate = Heaven.

Go Texan! Buy Local. Main Street Soap Company
 Main Street Soap Company
Richland Hills, Texas

I wonder if I could trade rosemary for soap? 

Go Texan! Buy Local. Goat Haus Dairy
Goat Haus Dairy
Bryan, Texas
I slathered goat milk lotion all over my arms at the fair and considered drinking it… 
Go Texan! Buy Local. Two Girls Toffery
 Two Girls Toffery
Addison, Texas

I’ve had a thing for toffee since my first trick-or-treating Heath bar. THIS is slap yo momma greatness.

There’s still time to buy these goodies in person at the State Fair of Texas General Store in the Food and Fiber Building. (The fair runs through Sunday, October 20.) 

Or, visit online by clicking on the company names below:  

Berdoll Pecan Candy
Main Street Soap
Goat Haus Dairy
Two Girls Toffery

Are you making out your Christmas list yet?

talya

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

P.S. There are many, many other Go Texan companies represented at the State Fair. For a complete listing, click HERE. 

(The companies mentioned in this post provided gifts for a blogger tourism event at my request. I received no monetary compensation. All opinions and comments are my own.)

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Comments

  1. Great job promoting your blogging passion, too! I remember years ago, when visiting my mother, she gave me a package of noodles shaped like Texas. Awesome…(probably made in Wisconsin, though!) BTW – I gained five pounds reding this post….

    • Ha. Well actually it was something more along the lines of “I saw / tasted / sampled your lotion / pecans / whatever at the State Fair and wondered if you might be interested in donating something to a blogger tourism event involving a group of ladies who love to blog and might even tweet about you, no promises, but huh, would you?

  5. It’s always fun to give gifts of local specialties! Especially when there’s candy involved. Thanks for raising awareness of these Texas treats.

  7. Our household tries to support local eateries, grocers, farmers, and other businesses as much as possible. Good for you being bold and asking for samples and good for them obliging. 🙂 Have fun at your conference.

  9. Great idea! I know the Arkansas Bloggers are gonna love getting Texas samples. I find God’s milk soap and lotion to be wonderful in the winter when my hands and cuticles get dry. That candy looks so good.

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