SLO CAL Crafted: Certified Gift Guide

SLO CAL Crafted celebrates the quality products created by local farmers, crafters and artists right here in the county. This holiday season shop at SLO CAL Crafted-certified businesses for all your holiday shopping needs. From food and drink to home goods and fine jewelry, you’ll be sure to find a…

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Celebrating SLO CAL Crafted

Visit SLO CAL and you can’t help but notice a distinct entrepreneurial spirit: in all corners of San Luis Obispo County, folks are creating beautiful, useful and delicious products. They’re the inspiration behind SLO CAL Crafted, a guide to the handmade goods born right here in SLO CAL. Many of the…

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Brand Your Holiday Table With SLO CAL Crafted

Holidays spent around a table with loved ones are holidays well spent. While sharing time with your family and friends, bring a little SLO CAL Crafted sparkle to your table. Or mail order local treats for loved ones to enjoy anywhere in the country. From festive artisan decor to locally crafted…

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SLO CAL Crafted Cocktails

Need help planning this season’s cocktail menu? SLO CAL doesn’t just mix cocktails out at the bar, there are SLO CAL Crafted spirits, mixers and bitters made here to take home, too! Yes, we’re crazy for wine, but just wait till you try our drinks, served shaken, stirred and neat. From distilleries…

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SLO CAL Crafters: Wilde House Paper

Wilde House Paper was started by Megan Heddinger, the creative director and founder of the company. What started as an intention- using design as a medium to connect with others and the Earth- has now turned into a thriving sustainable paper goods company serving the SLO CAL area and beyond…

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SLO CAL Crafters: The Place on PCH

Step into euphoria and gain inspiration at The Place on PCH. This collective art space has so much to see while being surrounded by SLO CAL’s natural beauty. The Place on PCH located in Oceano was started by longtime artist Darcy Badiali. Darcy has been an artist for quite a while and has been…

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SLO CAL Crafters: Alle Pia

Antonio Varia, chef and owner of Emporio Alle Pia Salami in Atascadero and Buona Tavola Restaurants in Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo has a passion for good food and quality ingredients. With the love for cuisine deep in his family roots, Antonio continued that family tradition with his popular…

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SLO CAL Crafters: Root Elixirs

Root Elixirs is a woman-owned, small-batch cocktail mixer company located in San Luis Obispo. Dominique Gonzalez founded Root Elixirs 6 years ago using her extensive background in craft bartending. Dominique’s expertise is in classic cocktails. She spent 13 years bartending in San Francisco and…

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SLO CAL Crafters: Maven Leather

Leatherworker and crafting extraordinaire Emma Thieme transforms leather into true pieces of art through her craft at Maven Leather. Maven is a boutique leather and design gallery with an open studio setting located in downtown Cayucos. The gallery is a local hub where visitors can see and…

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SLO CAL Crafters: Negranti Creamery

Negranti Creamery, based in Templeton, opened in 2011 and became the first creamery in the U.S. to offer 100% sheep’s milk ice cream at the wholesale and retail levels. Now expanded to retail stores along the west coast, and available for shipping throughout the U.S., this SLO CAL Crafted business…

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