Press! Made In America, the most Apple-Pie worthy gifts you've ever seen!

It's Brag on Brad Friday! Aren't you happy you stopped by to read about me patting myself on the back? Shameless endorsement right here. I warned you, so get ready. I just saw the Made In America gift guide story I helped produce for Country Living! It was such a fun (and challenging) one to work on. The premise was to find one product made in every state that wasn't well-known (translation: no Jack Daniels for Tennessee). Sounds easy, right? You try finding something in North Dakota that's cool and people haven't heard of... via the INTERNET. You need to be born and bred from North Dakota with at least two decades of residency under your belt to find a bounty of cool things coming straight from its plains. Not Google stalk. Or Etsy troll. I thought this would be an easy one. T'was not. But was so much fun and turned out super cute! If you haven't picked up an issue of Country Living, do it! The magazine looks amazing and they have the nicest, sweetest, most talented team doing amazing things with it!

All images courtesy of Country Living, photos by Kristen Sweeney Studios.