Since the early 20th century, the Texas Basket Company has been manufacturing handmade baskets of every description--from fruit baskets to large display pieces. Visitors are welcomed to its observation room, where they can watch baskets being made on the factory floor. And there’s a gift shop, too!
Website: http://www.texasbasket.com
Phone: (903) 586-8014 or (800) 657-2200
The town of Edom--in Van Zandt County just a few miles west of the city Tyler--is miniscule. Though Edom was founded in 1849, its population has never topped 300. But size isn’t everything. Beginning in the 1960s, artisans attracted to the hamlet’s comfortably rustic ways and laid-back atmosphere began settling here. Now, Edom’s main drag--a stretch of FM 279--is loaded with shops purveying one-of-a-kind wares by local potters, jewelry makers, glassmakers, and more. Why, there’s even a gourmet food shop. And every October, Edom welcomes scores of artists and craftspeople from all over Texas and beyond to the Edom Festival of the Arts.
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