Made in America is great. But even better? Made in St. Paul.

The closure of the Ford auto plant means you can’t buy a Ranger pickup assembled in the Saintly City.

But there’s still plenty of stuff, from the hip to the traditional, made right here within the city limits. These are makers who don’t outsource overseas or even across the river. They’re artisans who aren’t in Nordeast or manufacturers who aren’t from Asia.

So for St. Paulites who want to shop local-local this holiday season, here’s our gift guide of some merchandise made in the shop just around the corner.

LEATHER WORKS MINNESOTA

Leather Works Minnesota is a mom, pop and son operation that carries a line of handmade leather accessories it makes in its Lowertown shop. That includes wallets, belts, bags, pencil cases, suspenders, key fobs, dog leashes, camera straps and even an old-fashioned slingshot with a leather pouch.

But our favorite item is one of the least expensive, a classy leather toothpick holder for $6.

We’re not the only ones who like it. Leather Works Minnesota co-owner Kent Begnaud said he just heard that Leonardo DiCaprio rode his bike to the Northern Grade retail location in New York to buy a toothpick holder for himself.

You can buy online or at different retailers or at the retail shop right where the products are made in the Northern Warehouse building, 308 E. Prince St.

HAMILTON INK SPOT

Hamilton Ink Spot, 375 N. Wabasha St. in downtown St. Paul, is a nonprofit cooperative print studio, gallery and retail space selling original poster art, prints and cards hand-printed on site on its letterpress. Posters and prints run $10 to $40.

But if you don’t like what you see on the walls, the shop will be holding a do-it-yourself letterpress holiday-card-making session from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 10. It’s $5 per person, or $10 for families.

MADEMOISELLE MIEL

You can buy a locally made Pearson Salted Nut Roll or a bag of Chicago Mix at Candyland, but how many sweet treats exist where the raw ingredients are made in St. Paul?

That’s the case with the Mademoiselle Miel honey bon-bons, where honey collected from nearly 30 bee hives kept on rooftops in downtown St. Paul are encased with chocolate and then hand burnished with 23 karat edible gold leaf.

The kitchen, showroom and location for one of the hives is on 342 W. Kellogg Boulevard, across the street from the Minnesota History Center.

Right now they’re featuring an eight-piece seasonal bon-bon collection for $19, with Ginger-spiced Chai, Maple Caramel, Orange with Peel and Warm Cherry Honey bon-bons.

HACKWITH DESIGN HOUSE

Lisa Hackwith started sewing and selling clothing from her home in 2010. She’s still sewing, but now she’s got six employees in a 4,000-square-foot space and about a half-million dollars in annual sales.

Hackwith Design House designs, cuts, sews, sells and ships its women’s ready-to-wear lifestyle brand all out of a space in what used to be the old King Koil mattress factory, now known as Vandalia Tower, 550 Vandalia St.

Hackwith specializes in ethically-made, sustainable fabrics, making everything from swimwear to bridal dresses, with customers in New York, Los Angeles and the Twin Cities.

One of its top sellers is the HDH Basics Kimono for $130.

PODIUMWEAR

If you need something more athletic, Podiumwear designs and makes custom team clothing for cycling, cross-country skiing, running, triathlon and ultimate Frisbee at its location at 626 Armstrong Ave., St. Paul.

Right now they’re carrying a seasonal line of clothing designed, endorsed, modeled by and benefiting Jessie Diggins, a medal-winning World Cup cross-country ski racer from Minnesota.

The Diggins women’s Silver Jacket runs $155.

J.W. HULME

J.W. Hulme Co., a luxury leather goods company, was founded in St. Paul in 1905. Their current location is a modest-looking commercial building on 678 W. Seventh St.

The luggage, briefcases and bags made in that building are anything but modest.

At $1,475, Hulme’s large leather weekend satchel might be more expensive than anything you pack into it. But it’s sized as a carry-on, so it never has to leave your sight.

VANDALIA GLASSWORKS

All that craft beer available lately deserves to be drunk in a pint glass that’s equally artisan.

You can find some, along with glass vases, lamps, bowls, ornaments and sculptures at the year-old Vandalia Glassworks (vandaliaglassworks.com), a glassblowing facility in the Vandalia Tower, 550 Vandalia St.

Studio manager Rachel Masica makes and sells pint glasses for $60 a pair.

VISTABULE

The Vistabule is described as a tear-drop trailer. But you can think of it as a tiny house on wheels.

The airy, stylish, retro-style little camper has a base price of $16,995 and comes outfitted with a Baltic birch interior, sun roof, reading lights, porch lights, galley and a sleeping area that converts into a sofa/table setup.

You can add on extras like a two-burner stove, a sink with running water, a refrigerator, furnace and air conditioning, mood lighting, solar panels and exterior color options.

Vistabule, created by furniture designer Bert Taylor, built 58 of the trailers this year in a 16,000-square-foot space in the former Silgan can factory on Prior Avenue in the Hamline-Midway area.

Next year they hope to double production.

URBAN BOATBUILDERS

The original Wee Lassie-style canoe was built in the late 1800s by a New York boat builder named J. Henry Rushton.

More than 100 years later, St. Paul high schoolers are building a similar version of the lightweight, single-person, double-paddle boat on University Avenue in St. Paul.

Urban Boatbuilders teaches at-risk youth about teamwork, craftsmanship and perseverance while they build wood canoes, kayaks, sailboats, rowing skiffs and stand-up paddleboards at a workshop at 2288 W. University Ave.

The boats are launched by the youth apprentices and go on sale to the public to help support the program.

Right now among the boats they have on sale is a 13-foot Wee Lassie available for $1,350. Its skin-on-frame construction uses white pine, ash and cherry in the frame. The weight: only 22 pounds.