We have a really cool pottery place up by Helen, GA. I like to buy pieces for my sisters. Sometimes I go to the Cotton Pickin Fair in Gay, GA and pick up necklaces, organic local honey, etc. It's not so difficult to buy American made for adults - more challenging for the kids on the list because they all want electronic crap.

Edit - because I have a bad habit of posting w/o previewing my post for typos. :(