Delta Dandelions LLC is an online children and baby boutique based in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The business was started by life-long resident, Jennifer Williams. Since she was a child, she dreamed of opening a business and since she came from a long line of women business owners and entrepreneurs here in Mississippi, it was a natural dream for a little girl to have. With the help of her two daughters and the support of her husband, she finally achieved her dream of store ownership.

Together, Jennifer and her daughters work very hard to find classic clothing and items for children & babies which are not readily available in our area. They also look for brands which are new and exciting. The goal is to have a children’s boutique stocked full of items which stand the test of time and yet are new and forward thinking.

At Delta Dandelions, they’re passionate about providing high-quality and stylish baby and children’s clothing, accessories, and unique gifts. It all started when Jennifer, a new grandmother, struggled to find clothes, essentials, and keepsakes which were both practical, unique, and fashionable, so she started Delta Dandelions to offer a solution to other parents, grandparents, friends, and families facing the same challenge. They are a baby and children’s clothing and gift boutique carrying organic clothing, boutique clothing, children’s jewelry, toys, baby and children’s room decor.  A must see is their beautiful newborn boutique clothing. The mission of this company is to make dressing and gifting your little ones fun and hassle-free.

Delta Dandelions offers a wide range of clothing and gifts for babies and children, from newborn up. The items include onesies, rompers, dresses, pants, jackets, shoes, and more. All products are made with high-quality materials that are soft and comfortable for little ones to wear. They have a variety of gifts including organic clothing, boutique clothing, children’s jewelry, toys, baby and children’s room decor. Everything you need for your little ones can be found at Delta Dandelions!

Although Delta Dandelions is an online boutique, they try to provide the small-town feel and southern hospitality Mississippians are known for. They can provide one-on-one assistance in finding the perfect outfit, gift, or baby bedding. The team has spent time scouring suppliers’ sites and they love the thrill of the shopping hunt and finding the perfect items desired by their customers.

At the time of this writing, they are an online presence only, but Delta Dandelions would love to set up Zoom or custom in-person shopping appointments. You can click here to book an online Zoom appointment, or better yet, click here to book an in-store appointment. They have a showroom and free onsite pickup.

Jennifer hopes to grow Delta Dandelions LLC into the boutique she have dreamed of and knows it can be. The long term goal is to have a storefront in Mississippi in the future and a mobile boutique to attend markets and festivals to spread the word about their website.

The team is made up of Jennifer Dawn Overton Williams and her two daughters, Aubrey and Emily.

Delta Dandelions is Unique, Classy and Special!!!

Contact Delta Dandelions:

• Email: deltadandelions@gmail.com
• Telephone: 662-645-5419
• Website: https://deltadandelions.com
• Facebook: Delta Dandelions
• Instagram: DeltaDandelions
• Book a Zoom Appointment
• Book an In-Store Appointment

Savvy Gourmand originated from the love of food and the idea of owning a business. In 2009, Reed and Amber Hawkins started the business in South Alabama with the manufacturing facility in Mississippi. Amber is the one behind the scenes creating the recipes. At first, they traveled to various tradeshows all over the southeast region to introduce people to the product. After a few shows, the wholesale division of Savvy Gourmand emerged. The company was passed along to Donna Hawkins-McNeece, who runs it out of Mississippi now.

We pride ourselves on developing our own original recipes and if you compare the quantity of the ingredients to other dip and cheese ball companies; there is no comparison. The packaging allows the customer to see exactly what they are buying.

Our ALL TIME TOP SELLERS are the Pineapple Pecan Chicken Salad Mix, Turtle Cheesecake Cheeseball, Strawberry Cheesecake, Blueberry Blast, BLT, Cheesy Buffalo Ranch, Kickin Cajun, and Spinach Cheese.

Visit our website to learn more or to contact us!

https://www.savvygourmandstore.com/

Brad White is a life-long Mississippian, born in Brookhaven, MS; now living in Ocean Springs, MS. He and his wife, Josette, have a passion for festivals and fairs. Having attended events all over the South, they became convinced Mississippi Events Are The Best Events! They wanted to help promote Mississippi festivals but they wished they had a calendar to keep up with all the great events held around Mississippi.

After a lot of thought and research, they realized they could achieve both goals at the same time and so they created the Mississippi Festivals Calendar! Their idea quickly became a mission to produce an up-to-date calendar to help spread the word about Mississippi Festivals and to help people plan their own trips to attend these events!

In May of 2022, they formed a company (Mississippi Festivals Calendar, LLC), partnered with a Biloxi printing company, compiled a list of over 180 festivals and fairs held in 90 cities and towns in five regions around our fair state and now the 2023 Mississippi Festivals Calendar is available to the general public! This beautiful wall calendar lists all festivals by name, date and location. Plus they are color coded by region to make it even easier for users to plan their trips.

This is a Mississippi-owned company created by Mississippi folks producing a product right here in Mississippi to celebrate great Mississippi events! It just doesn’t get any better than that! Plus, any festival or fair in Mississippi is listed free of charge with the express goal of promoting as many events as possible!

The wall calendars are 12.5 inches by 9.5 inches and are printed in full color. There are 28 pages in total and is saddle stitched, trimmed and hole punched for hanging. Calendars may be purchased for $20 each and would make great gifts to friends and family.

If you would like to learn more about the Mississippi Festivals Calendar, get listed, purchase calendars, or sponsor an ad please contact:

Mississippi Festivals Calendar, LLC
Ocean Springs, MS
t: 504-450-6367
e: brad@msfestivalscalendar.com
w: https://www.msfestivalscalendar.com

Or visit their Facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/msfestivalscalendar

Mississippi-based Zach Peters began leather crafting as a hobby in 2020 to keep busy during quarantine. Over the months, Zach built up enough confidence to share his craft with friends and family. Then, in 2021, he decided to start an online shop (Etsy) to sell his leather creations and he started promoting his unique concept through various channels online.

The “rescue” part of Rescue Leather Goods came from his family’s passion for rescue animals. They current have two dogs from local rescues. Over time they met so many great folks in the pet rescue community, Zach knew he had to do something to give back in appreciation for their dedication. So he committed to give ten-percent (10%) of each and every sale to various rescue groups. Rescue Leather Goods randomly chooses a group to donate to each month. It’s a fun way to give back to the community and his customers love seeing their purchases go to a good cause.

Helping a pet rescue groups might not be the first thing you think of when shopping for a new wallet, bag or other goods, but Rescue Leather Goods sees it as the perfect way to help a rescue organization and have a lasting token to hold on to and use every day. Whether it is for yourself, or a gift for someone else, you will always have the memory of helping out our furry friends! Hopefully, every time a person pulls out their Rescue Leather wallet or clutch, they will be reminded to continue to support those rescue organizations which depend upon donations to make a difference in the life of pets searching of safe and secure forever homes.

This is currently a part-time venture for Zach, so a lot of his designs are created “on-demand” for his customers. This allows him to use the very best materials, while creating a unique, custom pieces for customer. And, if there is enough demand for any particular piece, it will become a permanent addition to their product line up.

Social Media / Website links

• Etsy Shop – https://www.etsy.com/shop/rescueleathergoods/
• Website – https://rescueleathergoods.com/
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rescueleathergoods/

The South is well-known for it’s culinary delights and in particular, our deep-fried delicacies. Everyone has their favorite (usually secret) recipes and some folks even become famous because of their fried specialties. One such person is Jerry “Beau Jack” Vaughn who has become well known for hush puppies he makes using his mother’s recipe. For years, he has been asked to cook them at all types of events.

One day the good folks at the local church, where Beau Jack and his wife Pat attended, were looking for a way to raise some funds for a project and the pastor’s wife suggested since everyone loved Beau Jack’s hush puppies, perhaps Beau Jack would be willing to make up some bags of his hush puppy mix and sell them at the local farmer’s market to raise money. This way anyone could cook Beau Jack’s hush puppies at home and enjoy the golden fried morsels.

The goal was to sell fifty bags of hush puppy mix and they were all sold within two hours and people wanted more! It was at that moment Beau Jack and his wife knew they were onto something big.

Soon, they were selling Beau Jack’s Hush Puppy Mix at farmer’s markets and festivals all around the State of Mississippi. They found success by cooking samples of their hush puppy mix at the events and while the aroma alone was enough to help sell the mixes, when people tasted the hush puppies themselves, they just couldn’t get enough!

There are a lot of hush puppy recipes out there, but Beau Jack’s Hushpuppy recipe was passed down to him from his mother, Odean Vaughn, who was the original hush puppy Queen! Passing down recipes is a Southern tradition started by families wanting to preserve and enjoy foods made just “like grandma used to make”. The Vaughn family has always put their heart and soul into every dish they cooked. Fortunately, they shared their recipes and love with generations of Vaughns through the years. Essentially, at Beau Jack’s, they are simply just continuing the tradition of sharing the foods they love with everyone who purchases any of Beau Jack’s Mixes.

Over time, Beau Jack’s expanded their product line to include a variety of mixes. For example, as the weather became cooler toward the end of the 2013, they decided a deer steak mix recipe handed down from Beau Jack’s grandfather would be a great addition to their offerings. Their customers loved the flavor and the deer steak mix became their second big hit. People liked it so much they bought the mixes as Christmas stocking stuffers! It was the perfect answer to the age old question, “What do you buy a deer hunter for Christmas?”

Beau Jack’s has always been driven to make their customers happy and one of the secrets to their success so far has been their willingness to listen to their customers. After beginning their journey into retail marketplaces, a local butcher in a small town asked if Beau Jack’s could make a batter mix that would work for beef or pork. The results was a Country Fried Steak Mix which has sold very well, satisfying the request of the butcher and giving customers a new, easy and quick way to make great country fried steaks!

Every product Beau Jack’s makes is passed from their family to yours and includes over 100 years worth of family recipes. All of their products are made just north of Meridian, MS. The ingredients are purchased from local Mississippi suppliers. All of Beau Jack’s products are made in Mississippi by a Mississippi family using Mississippi recipes.

And the customers love it!

Beau Jack’s is available online and in 150 retail locations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Beau Jack’s mixes are hand made with only the freshest ingredients.

Beau Jack hope you’ll give them a try because he knows your family will love Beau Jack’s Mixes as much as his family does.

Learn more or order Beau Jack’s Mixes online at their website:

http://beaujacksmixes.com/

Question: What do you get when you mix an archaeologist and a full beard? Answer: If the archaeologist is Mississippian James Turner, you get Artifact Beard Oils & Tonics!

Let’s let James tell his own story…

Artifact Beard Oils & Tonics grew from two passions in my life. One, being my career as a professional archaeologist here in Mississippi for the past 20 years. The other was my love for growing a nice, full beard!  Over the years I have tried countless beard oils and products and never found just the right “fit” and rarely purchased the same product twice. Over time I learned what characteristics of certain products I liked and others that I did not. With this in mind, I decided to have a go at making my own. I began reading up on the subject and carefully researched and experimented with the various properties of specific carrier and essential oils in an attempt to create my own unique blends that would not only smell amazing and soften and condition my beard and skin, but would be light, easily absorbed, and not overly greasy like many beard oils can be. 

After successfully creating some fabulous blends, my wife approached me with the idea of producing and selling the product. From this, the idea for Artifact Beard Oils & Tonics was born. 

What better way to “blend” my two passions than to name the beard oils “artifact”? Sure, it’s a catchy name, and, after all, with more than two decades experience as an archaeologist and professor, I know that angle.  Creating a brand centered on archaeology seemed appropriate. Many of these natural oils have been used for millennia across various civilizations for their beneficial properties. Just consider all of the famous beards throughout history, as well! 

All of our beard oils are carefully crafted by hand in small batches using only the finest of ingredients. Our signature line of 5 different blends contain all-natural ingredients that will leave your beard and skin looking and feeling its best. All of our beard oils are proudly made in Madison, Mississippi, USA!  And, we have more products in the works so please stay tuned! 

Artifact Beard Oils & Tonics’ signature line is now available at www.artifactbeardoils.com and www.etsy.com/shop/ArtifactBeard

Artifact Beard Oils & Tonics can also be found on social media at:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter

Delta Dirt Shirts are the perfect Mississippi souvenir for three reasons:

1. The Mississippi Delta is world famous for cotton, so we begin with a white 100% heavy cotton t-shirt.
2. The t-shirts are then hand dyed with Mississippi mud, using the red clay soil that gives the shirts a marbleized beautiful peach color. Just like nature, no two t-shirts are exactly the same.
3. Local artists have created designs that they would want to wear.  Featuring artwork by Don Jacobs whose extensive mural in the Governor’s Mansion grabbed a lot of attention, Drew Harris whose mural work is found all over Vicksburg, and Carrie Chennault, a young energic up-and-coming graphics artist out of Clinton.

Launching with 5 original designs that highlight all that is good in Mississippi the screen prints include a catfish, a steamboat, Crossroads guitars, Edward Tree’s concert “Blues” guitar and a Mighty MS image with many local icons.  Although there are 5 “original” designs a new design is set to be released every quarter.   When you wear a Delta Dirt Shirt, you’re truly wearing Mississippi.

Delta Dirt Shirts is based in Vicksburg, and born from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 by Kendra Reed.  Fearing that retailers and artist friends would suffer economic uncertainty, Delta Dirt Shirts was created to keep Mississippi working.  Specializing in unique local swag, and focusing on the natural hand dyed process.  These tees are not like any other Southern themed shirts.  Delta Dirt Shirts are available in many retail outlets found at our online store; http://www.deltadirtshirt.com.  Please like and follow us on Facebook @DeltaDirtShirt.

Delta Dirt Shirts is one of the first participants in the Vicksburg Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurship Bootcamp series facilitated by Rob Burnham and Venture Incubator and a contender for the grant.  Partnering with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and other excellent resources like MadeInMississippi its hard to find anything more home grown than Delta Dirt Shirt.

Be sure to get yours!

Hammerhead Armor was started in 2008 by employees of Hol-Mac Corporation. Hol-Mac is known for creating the highest quality of heavy equipment. Inspired by the strength of Hol-Mac’s steel, some off-road enthusiasts in the company decided they wanted to produce something they were passionate about: the best aftermarket bumper possible. They created Hammerhead Armor and began making high-quality bumpers that bolt directly to a vehicle’s frame. No cutting, welding, or drilling required.

Held to the same standards as Hol-Mac’s industrial grade products, every Hammerhead bumper has been engineered and built by American craftsmen in our manufacturing facility in Bay Springs, Mississippi. Hammerhead bumpers are only welded by personnel with AWS D1.1 welding certification, ensuring your bumper is built to last. We are proud to provide cutting-edge bumpers that are “A1” in quality.

Since 2008, Hammerhead Armor has grown to include more than 450 dealers across the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Australia.  Our products are not only limited to bumpers, Hammerhead produces tool boxes, running boards, headache racks, and a large range of accessories for Jeeps. We take pride in the quality of our products and the fact that we have the easiest bumpers to install. Visit us at www.hammerheadarmor.com to see our wide range of products to meet your off-road and vehicle protection needs.

Looking for something sweet? You need to check out Fudge Etc!

Janet and Wallace Heggie are the owners of a specialty fudge business located in Meridian, MS and they create some of the creamiest, tastiest fudge you will ever put in your mouth. Fudge is one of those interesting sweet treats that requires a little bit of chemistry, a knowledge of sugar crystals and a lot of patience. Many people find making their own fudge more than a little daunting, but it’s a lot less scary now that Fudge Etc is in your corner!

The basic recipe for fudge is to mix sugar, butter and milk, heat it to the soft-ball stage at 240 °F (116 °C), and then working or beating the mixture while it cools so it will take on a smooth, creamy consistency. As they say, its easier said than done.

Fudge has been around for a long time and may have actually been discovered by accident:

From HowStuffWorks: Although the origins of many foods are in doubt, there’s a strong suggestion that fudge was first created in the Eastern United States in the late 1800s and is the result of a happy accident made by one, or possibly a group of Vassar College students attempting to make caramels. We find the first mention of it in a letter written by Emelyn Battersby Hartridge about a recipe she’d obtained from the cousin of a school friend.

No one knows if fudge started life with its distinctive name, or just exactly how the name became popular, but by 1895, carrying the “fudge” moniker, it appeared in a nationally syndicated write up in the Boston Globe. Fudge had made the big time [source: Practically Edible].

Wikipedia claims that “Hartridge obtained the fudge recipe and, in 1890, made 30 lb (14 kg) of fudge for the Vassar College Senior Auction. This Vassar fudge recipe became quite popular at the school for years to come. Word of this popular confectionery spread to other women’s colleges. For example, Wellesley College and Smith College have their own versions of a fudge recipe dating from the late 19th or early 20th century.”

But here’s the key:

Controlling the crystallization of the supersaturated sugar solution is the key to making smooth fudge. Initiation of crystals before the desired time will result in fudge with fewer, larger sugar grains. The final texture would then have a grainy mouthfeel rather than the smooth texture of high quality fudge.
[Wikipedia]

I’ve had a lot of fudge with that grainy mouthfeel and I gotta tell you, it’s not always pleasant. When a fudge has large sugar crystal, you lose a lot of the flavor and it takes on the consistency of pralines. Now I’m going to upset some folks with this, but I’ve never been a fan of the pralines (I know there are a lot of people who are, just being honest here) and I think a lot of that is based on the texture of pralines.

Fudge Etc. has somehow figured out how to avoid grainy texture in their different flavors and perhaps the secret is found right on their website. Their secret recipe has been developed through a lot of trial & error but each batch is made with their families traditional care and concern. They started making just five (5) flavors of fudge and now their product line includes everything from chocolate to sweet potato flavored fudge.

If you want to learn more, contact them:

1-800-218-9033
fudgeetc@bellsouth.net

Fudge Etc.
5011 Poplar Springs Drive
Post Office Box 3083
Meridian, MS 39303

Or better yet, just visit their website and place an order today!