The Country Club

Here, at The Country Club, we produce handmade candles, soaps and bath products. Our wonderful soaps, lotions and bath bombs are carried in stores nationally and locally. Our hand-raised goats provide us with milk, which is used in many of our products. We have a full line of glycerin soap by the slice, and cold process soaps, as well as silky goat milk lotion in many fantastic fragrances. Our candles are well-known, and come in a huge variety of scents. We are really just a little shop full of unique soaps, candles and bath products.

CITY: Belvidere

Countryside Garden Center

Welcome to the wonderful world of Countryside. Proud to be recognized as one of the finest retail flower shop, nursery and garden center facilities in the Midwest.

CITY: Crystal Lake

The Confectionary

Besides creams and clusters and toffee and caramels, The Confectionary also make hard to find pieces including divinity, chocolate dipped ginger, sponge candy (seasonally) and sugar free chocolate clusters (made with real chocolate). Their batches are small and much of the work is done the old fashioned way: by hand.

CITY: DeKalb

Decades

Decades is a unique shopping experience with many unique items from retro to vintage. Handmade items from jewelry, aprons, clothes, cards, etc.

CITY: DeKalb

Graham Crackers Comics

Graham Crackers has comics new and old for a variety of ages. Toys, posters, magazines and buttons can also be found here. Stop in their store today and become an owner of one of their great finds.

CITY: DeKalb

moxie

Courage combined with inventiveness is the definition of moxie. moxie offers the most random, quirky, beautiful, interesting, useful and unpredictable goods around. Including: clothing-vintage and new, baby gifts, stuff for kids of all ages, gourmet foods and kitchen gadgets, art, home accents, books and music, and jewelry.

CITY: DeKalb

Duck Soup Coop

Duck Soup Coop sells a wide variety of products including items such as bulk seeds, grains, teas, coffees, legumes, and many organic items. You may also find housewares, gifts, pet foods, vitamins, and cruelty free body care products.

CITY: DeKalb

Wild Thyme Herb Garden

Herbs, whole food, vitamins, flower essences, books, essential oils, magazines, plants, seeds and homemade soap. The store in Genoa is for people who want to get back to nature. Unique gifts. Finest quality herbal products available.

CITY: Genoa

Cattywampus

Cattywampus offers fun, affordable gifts! A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest folks!

CITY: Genoa

The Picket Fence

The Picket Fence offers a variety of gifts including candles, home accessories, and cards.

CITY: Kingston

Harms Farm and Garden Center

Visit the petting zoo and take a ride on the Pumpkin X-press. Featuring pumpkins, apples, costumes, crafts, weekend events, flowers, nursery stock, fruit, and vegetables. Christmas trees and more!

CITY: McHenry

De'esse Boutique & Scent Shop

Specializing in custom scented bath and body products, room scenting, hand-crafted jewelry, purses, accessories with a scattering of antiques and home de'cor.

CITY: Sycamore

Donahue Furniture

Family owned -- fine furniture. 53 years of business

CITY: Woodstock

Pro Golf - Crystal Lake

Come shop at the Pro Golf store for everything you need for golfing. We have top name clubs, apparel, bags, balls, shoes, and more. The perfect place to find a gift for the golfer you know.

CITY: Crystal Lake

Diamond Tour Golf

Diamond Tour Golf is the World Wide Leader in Golf Component Distribution. Diamond Tour Golf is very proud of being able to provide the highest quality components and offer them at a very affordable price.

CITY: DeKalb

Lavish Thrift

Take some time and buy a unique gift for your special family and friends. We carry vintage and new jewelry, artwork, a basket of books for the avid reader, statues of dogs, stuffed bunny rabbits, selection of Gypsy Rose scarves, mittens, hats, pins as well as gently used clothing and purses. Come with an open mind...and you won't need that open wallet.

CITY: DeKalb

Express Yourself

Specializing in Mommys and their babies, Express Yourself carries a variety of nursing materials including covers, tops, and pumps, diaper bags, wraps, slings, diaper accessories, cloth diapers, and much, much, more! Express Yourself also offers classes on cloth diapering, and is home to Bitty Birdie Blessins Clothing Line. If you are expecting this is a great place to start preparing for your little one!

CITY: DeKalb

Carter's Cottage Interiors

Carter's Cottage Interiors is pleased to offer a pleasant in store shopping experience filled with antiques, shabby chic/french country furiniture and decor, hoosier cabinets, crocks, DeKalb seed sacks, DeKalb farm/seed signs and many primitives.

CITY: DeKalb

Steel Heart Ltd.

Unique showroom & warehouse sprawls over an impressive 50,000 square foot inside the historical Starline building, which is the perfect showroom for their pieces. With the outside of the building encased with climbing ivy, huge skylights, and old wooden beams and floors, their products feel at home here. Shop a vast collection of home and garden decor featuring arbors, gazebos, trellis, planters, wall baskets, chandeliers, statuary, antiques, cast iron and more.

CITY: Harvard

Rockford City Market

Rockford City Market, a farmers market and much more, has an array of farm-produced fruits and vegetables, plants (bedding, perennial, vegetable and herb), cheese, bakery goods, breads and grain, coffee and tea, flowers, local wines and craft beers. The market offers a family-friendly environment with weekly activities, including live music and fun for children.

CITY: Rockford

Main Street Antique Mall

More than 30 dealers with fine furniture, primitives, oak, Redwing pottery, quilts, glassware, vintage books, linens, collectibles and jewelry.

CITY: Rockton

Johnson's Farmstand and Corn Maze

The 10-acre corn maze is open Friday through Sunday, with special flashlight nights. Farm stand open daily from 10am-6pm.

CITY: Sycamore

Johnson's Family Farm

Our farm is not a large scale operation but we are a family run operation that does its best to provide you the customer with a good product and a friendly smile when you come for a visit. We offer 12 acres of mazes, fall decorations, and pumpkins and gourdes galore! So gather up the kids, find some friends and venture out to Sycamore Illinois and start some great memories!

CITY: Sycamore

Sycamore Antiques

Fine art, antiques and collectibles can all be found at Sycamore Antiques. Stop in to see all that we have to offer!

CITY: Sycamore

The Mink Barn - Furs by Talidis

Hundreds of ready-made garments. Specializing in mink but also have long hair and sheared beaver, raccoon, foxes of all shades, lynx, Russian sable.

CITY: Union

Taylor Stevens Salon and Spa

Hair and nail service, esthetics, spa body treatments, bridal services, massage therapy.

CITY: Algonquin

Wind Ridge Herb Farm

Test your green thumb at this herb shop and garden. Herbs produced here are organically grown. Complete line of soaps, lotions, oils, teas, etc. Classes available too. Many new items in our inventory including heirloom & organic veggie plants, iron and cement garden ornaments, and more.

CITY: Caledonia

Country Church Antiques

Specializing in pine, oak, mahogany furniture. Textiles, china, and glassware.

CITY: Crystal Lake

Becky Beck's Jewelry Store

Becky Beck’s Jewelry Store has been serving the DeKalb, Il area since 1992. Owner-operated, Becky and her expert staff are committed to providing their clients a comfortable, enjoyable jewelry buying experience, guided by a professional, knowledgeable Associate.

CITY: DeKalb

Wright's Jewelry

Wright's Jewelry has an extensive selection of new jewelry, and a wide range of true vintage and estate pieces. Stop in and check out our recent purchases! Vintage necklaces, bracelets, rings and pins. Diamond engagement rings, gold necklaces and watches also available.

CITY: DeKalb

Victoria's Crossing

Shop for antiques, home accessories and collectibles, from homespun country to Victorian elegance.

CITY: Genoa

Levin's Shoes and Dry Goods

Family owned since 1922. Shoes and clothing for the whole family. Name brand as well as some unusual items.

CITY: Marengo

Kegel Harley-Davidson/Buell

Visit the world's oldest family-owned Harley-Davidson dealership and grab a bite to eat at the classic 50's-home style Harley diner. An award-winning facility, the showroom features Harley and Buell. Large, newly expanded, showy shop with leather wear, Harley-Davidson apparel and accessories for adults, kids and pets. Very close to US 20 Bypass and Cherry Vale Mall in Cherry Valley (on the corner of Harrison & Perryville Rd). Motorcycle rentals and full service department.

CITY: Rockford

Curran's Orchard

More than a dozen varieties of apples plus apple pies, apple donuts, fresh-pressed apple cider, raspberries, pumpkins, apple butter and real maple syrup. Glass-sided beehive, petting corral, straw bale maze, autumn crafts. Hayrides on weekends.

CITY: Rockford

Blumen Gardens

Our retail gardens and shop have become a gardener's lush retreat of two city blocks tucked away in the historic industrial district and neighborhood of beautiful Sycamore. Ponds, statuary, plants and other garden necessities. Seasonal operation.

CITY: Sycamore

Glass Gardens, Inc.

We offer stained glass classes, supplies, and studio and American made gift items. We have a large selection of supplies, equipment and racks for stained glass, fusing/slumping, and bead making and mosaic supplies. Glass Gardens is a full service store to serve glass crafters, hobbyists, and artists of all levels. There are also a variety of hand crafted stained glass, mosiac, and hot/painted glass gift items.

CITY: Sycamore

Boberosa Barnworks

The quaint shop opened in the fall of 2001, selling pumpkins and barn wood crafts. Antiques and crafts, from furniture and home decor to primitives, tools and vintage farm equipment -- there's a wide assortment to choose from.

CITY: Capron

The Flag Store

Flags for every occasion: US flags, international flags, buntings, flagpoles. Large selection of decorative banners, floor mats, gifts, and unique decorator items.

CITY: Crystal Lake

Poc's Music

Poc's Music in DeKalb has most of your musical needs including guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, drums, percussion, PA gear and accessories. We also rent band instruments to students and carry accessories for school bands.

CITY: DeKalb

Babs & Coco's Tea Emporium, LLC

We have over 100 teas, tea blends and tisanes to choose from. Experience out daily tea sample in the hot pot, and at the tasting bar free sample servings of "what looks interesting"! We also carry several tea party recipe books, tea accessories: tea pots, mugs, travelers, tea sacs, and a wide variety of infusers! Classes and tastings are held monthly.

CITY: DeKalb

Laughing Cat Antiques Shop

The Laughing Cat Antiques Shop is the purrfect place to find that vintage treasure, your own personal key to the past! We have 17 dealers here to make sure you have plenty to choose from. you will find vintage Indian jewelry as well as rhinestone and sterling. Come in, walk down memory lane, and see our eclectic mix of antiques, rare antique post office items, depression glass, antique dolls, advertising signs, and Victorian children's items. We also have a primitives room for you, featuring the most fantastic American primitives...a must see!

CITY: Genoa

Tom's Vegetable Market

Seasonal - April through December. Garden center featuring baskets, fresh produce, bakery and gift shop, and a fall festival.

CITY: Huntley

Nichol's Antiques

Glassware, pottery, kitchenware, books, tools, clocks, toys, art, lamps, coins, stamps, furniture, and collectibles.

CITY: Rockton

The Gem Shop

Estate, pre-owned and new jewelry and watches. Custom jewelry, including the reproduction of antique jewelry. Repair service for antique jewelry.

CITY: Rockton

Velvet Nest

You can find home accessories and gifts. Antique furniture, lamps, florals, jewelry. Featuring Vietri Italian Pottery and Brighton products.

CITY: Woodstock

Harmony Water Garden

This aquatic nursery has hundreds of water lilies, marsh plants, fish and related products. In business for a decade. Pond maintenance services available, call for an appointment.

CITY: Caledonia

Ridgefield Antique Dealers Assc.

Several antique shops located in a quaint rural setting. All shops are within walking distance.

CITY: Crystal Lake

New Game in Town

New Game in Town is a great little shop specializing in Magic the Gathering and other CCGs, Darts and Dart Supplies, Comic Books, Miniatures, Dungeons and Dragons and other RPGs. Come in and play!

CITY: DeKalb

Inboden's Meat Market

Inboden's Meats Ltd. is your premier specialty meat butcher, baker, fresh greens and gourmet retail store. People from all areas of Illinois come to Inboden's to enjoy our fresh cuts of meat, breads and pastries baked daily, fresh hand picked produce, and friendly atmosphere. Inboden's has been serving the public since 1962. A family-owned business, Inboden's has the appeal of a small town classic meat and grocery market. Inboden's sells only the finest USDA Top Choice & USDA Prime Meats. All of our meats are naturally aged to provide tenderness and rich flavor. We use no chemical tenderizers of flavoring.

CITY: DeKalb

D & D Jewelers

D & D Jewelers has been a fixture in Sycamore, Illinois for over 100 years. We are often praised for knowing our customers likes and being able to help them find or create the perfect piece of jewelry to uniquely fit their personality. We specialize in engagement and wedding rings, exquisite diamonds, Custom Design, vibrant gemstones from the well known basics to the exotic and lustrous pearls. We have stunning pieces from classic and elegant to unique and one of a kind. D & D has the largest selection of top quality brands of men's watches and women's watches in the area.

CITY: Sycamore

Kimball & Bean

Architectural antiques and ornament for the home and garden.

CITY: Woodstock

Colonial Antique Mall and Restoration Center

150 Quality dealers in spacious 35,000 square foot mall, featuring largest furniture inventory in Northern Illinois including: Architecturals, built-ins, mantles, lamps & fixtures. PLUS: 85 showcases - jewelry, collectibles. No reproductions or crafts.

CITY: Woodstock

Nathan Winston

Nathan Winston Services was started in 1976 as a rubber stamp shop. Growth continued with the addition of engraving as we opened a full time retail store in 1985. Today we offer stamps, plaques, acrylics, clocks, and engraved and sublimated awards. We maintain our level of professionalism well above the standard. We are proud to be one of DeKalb's Business of the Year recipients, and Marking Device Magazine's Small Business of the year.

CITY: DeKalb

Paw Lickin' Good Treats

Paw Lickin' Good Treats is a bakery dedicated to your dog or cat. The meet the demand for high quality, holistic food in the area. They are constantly on the lookout to bring in new and healthy new lines. On top of food and treats, Paw Lickin' Good Treats also carry bake your own cake, collars, harnesses, grooming materials, apparel, toys, nutritional supplements, and more. Even the pickiest eater will find something tasty here!

CITY: DeKalb

Edgebrook Farmers Market - Rockford, Illinois

Sample the area's best seasonal Farmer's Market. Dozens of local farmers display their highest quality vegetables, fruits, flowers and plants. On occasion, local musicians will perform to enhance your shopping experience. The market is open every wednesday 9am-1pm in the Edgebrook Shopping Center parking lot.

CITY: Rockford

Made Just For You Gifts

Made Just for You Gifts celebrates creativity and originality. Our mostly local crafters have printed, sewn, sawed, arranged, or glued their hand crafted gift and home decor items. Come in and explore our shop. Our friendly staff will be waiting with ice tea or warm cider to help you find something made just for you.

CITY: Sycamore

Sweet Earth

At Sweet Earth our gifts say more!. We engrave on almost everything. We have the tools and experience to help you create a unique gift. We repair both fine and costume jewelry-AND all the work is done in the store by qualified professionals. We change watch batteries and remove links. We have the largest selection of beads & jewelry making products in the area. Every year in March we host our BEAD-A-THON. For that personalized touch, we provide engraving services and plenty of engravable gifts for every occasion. We can even put your message on your own treasures, engraving on a wide variety of materials including metals, glass and crystal. We carry beautiful gift ideas from linens and home decor to toys and puppets, greeting cards and wrappings.

CITY: Sycamore

Genoa Open Air Market

Last Saturday of the month from June through October. Featuring locally-grown produce, wine, baked goods, flowers, and artisan crafts.

CITY: Genoa

Blue Moon Bikes Cycle & Fitness

Blue Moon Bikes is a full service bicycle shop specializing in: new and classic bicycles, antique bikes, parts, bike restoration and repair, as well as trading and buying old bikes. Blue Moon Bikes is run by a group of bicycle specialists.

CITY: Sycamore

Belvidere Farmer's Market

Community Farmer's' Market. Due to their commitment to quality and freshness, not all products are available all year round. The farmers bring only their produce to market in their freshest state so not all selections are in stock every week. The Market does its best to ensure seasonal produce is abundantly available during harvest time. Open seasonally June through October.

CITY: Belvidere