Fulshear-Katy Community Guide & Directory 2022-23

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handcrafted by Mexican ar tisans in Morelia, Michoacán. The footwear, purses, f ine silver jewelry and accessories are individual pieces of ar t that not only show off your style but help those that have created them to improve their lives. LasChicasKaty.com, Facebook and Instagram A monogram gives that special touch to clothing, housewares and more. The Monogrammed Magnolia offers customers a variety of designs and fonts applied to a wide selection of children and adult clothing, bags, baby items, towels and sashes. The possibilities are endless! For example: picture your baby in a monogrammed romper while you picnic on a personalized towel. Instagram, themonogrammedmagnoliat x .com Sarah Miller offers her crystal jewelry and essential oil blends as Nama Padma at the Fulshear Farmers Market . With her medical background, her healing skills and accreditations, and as a yoga teacher, she is focused on suppor ting the body to f ind wellness using the power of energy. Sarah makes handmade crystal necklaces or bracelets that work alongside the energy of the body to bring in more balance and healing. She also makes up essential oils blends infused with crystals to suppor t the physical and emotional body. Fulshear Farmers Market , namapadma.com GOURMET AND OTHER FOOD ITEMS Tracy Penton, a former culinary teacher, loves baking. She makes and sells her seriously yummy baked goods from her home in Fulshear. Although Brazos Baking Co. is def initely known for its biscuits, the other

brownies and cookie cakes. Facebook and Instagram. Diablo Verde has its roots in the Fulshear Farmers Market . Now its locally made creamy cilantro sauces – regular and vegan – are available on its website and in 350 retailers across the state. The family started the business as a way for son Luke to raise funds to help put a stop to the poaching of rhinos; a portion of the sales are donated to the International Rhino Foundation. They have extended their efforts to wolf conservation as well. It ’s a yummy win-win situation: you get delicious sauces while wild animals get a chance to survive. 3sonsfoods.com, Facebook Beekeepers David and Tracey Grimme of Hepplewhites Farm, LLC tend to their hives south of Brookshire. They keep busy teaching beekeeping bottling their popular tasting raw and unf iltered honey products. Farmers market favorites include raw honey, honeycomb (when in season), f lavored honeys, creamed honeys, and beeswax lip balms. hepplewhitefarms.com, Facebook and Instagram Marla Bar tus is a chocolate ar tist . Her bonbons have beautiful swirls of color, and decorative candy pieces are a visual treat . One taste of MB Chocolatier ’s works of ar t will make this handmade gourmet chocolate business your go-to for a special occasion or just for yourself. Popular f lavors in this third year of business include Mint , Fyreball , Salted Caramel and a menu of other f lavor temptations. Ar tisan chocolates include Texas Tur tles, Popping candy bars and decorative Oreo cookie pops. Marla classes, selling star ter bee hives and queens, and ex tracting and

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F armers markets in the Fulshear Katy area are a good f irst stop to f ind fresh produce and locally made items. In addition to seasonal fruits and vegetables, the markets offer other food products – baked goods, dairy, various types of meat , coffee, honey and eggs – along with pet supplies and fashion accessories. It ’s possible you’ ll f ind a food truck and live music there, too. As you get to know the vendors, who are very likely your neighbors, you’ ll learn how they built their business from scratch. Several vendors in this section got their star t at a farmers market and now are successful on a broader scale. Check the market websites and social media for updated information. Fulshear Farmers Market Sponsored by Forever Fulshear 9035 Bois D’Arc Ln. Fulshear, TX 7 7441 fulshear farmersmarket .com, Facebook , Instagram Farmers Market on Grand Parkway 1225 Grand Parkway Katy, TX 7 7494 farmersmarketongrandparkway.com, Facebook , Instagram Katy Farmers Market 24325 Katex Blvd. Katy, TX 7 7493 katyfarmersmarket .org, Facebook Katy Market Day Historic Downtown Katy 281-391-1993 katymarketday.com Several area master-planned communities also have farmers markets, including Cane Island, Town

Lakes and Harvest Green. For a full list of area housing developments, see the Growing Strong section. Other Markets of Interest : The Katy Rice Festival takes place on the second weekend of October in downtown Katy. Other venues where you can f ind handmade and homemade products are fall holiday markets, including Home for the Holidays Christmas Market , Katy Old Fashioned Christmas, and various events at schools and places of worship. Check Facebook pages and websites for details. Abigail Bosley star ted Abner Hats to use her abundant creative energy to empower women, who, as she says, wear so many different hats. Her straw hats come in fedora, capri and pork pie styles. To this lovely base, she combines different tex tiles, vintage trinkets and other design elements to make each hat unique. She also offers embroidery and initial branding. “If I can encourage one woman to be her most conf ident self, I’ve done my job,” Abi is fond of saying. Hats are available through Instagram and various markets and pop-ups at which customers can have their hat styled on the spot . Find them at Houston-area shops, including Wildf lower Threads, Sunny N’ Sage and Mala Market . abnerhats.com, Facebook , Instagram and TikTok Las Chicas offers fair trade products CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES

items – scones, cookies, muff ins, brownies, cupcakes, cakes and more – are just as delicious. with honey butter or a f light with three honey butter compounds. Tracy offers three gluten-free items: biscuits, Each biscuit order comes

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