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4 Super Easy Ways to Support Small Businesses

by Alicia Dean August 13, 2018

In a world dominated by Amazon and Target, the whole “Shop Small” mantra can easily fall flat. Shopping Small can mean paying more. It can be...

Pacific Northwest Inspired Names For Baby Girls

by Alicia Dean April 28, 2018

I was watching a Bob Ross episode with our boys a few years ago and Bob Ross said, “Today, we are gonna paint Alaska. God was having a good day whe...

8 Pacific Northwest Inspired Names For Baby Boys

by Alicia Dean April 22, 2018

In our home, we kind of adore nature names - especially PNW inspired ones. Why? Nature-Inspired names are inherently calming and evoke a strong...

Simple Toys, Simple Life

by Alicia Dean April 14, 2018

We recently moved. And when we moved, we got rid of 75% of our toys. We kept the simple toys: the building toys and the wooden toys. And we got r...

4 Reasons Why Shopping Small Matters

by Alicia Dean April 03, 2018

Just two months ago, we started up The Northwest Wood Co. with a dream and a lot of determination. Starting our own business has been far more wo...

3 Reasons Why Childhood Should Be Simple

by Alicia Dean March 20, 2018

Do you ever feel like childhood has gotten so...noisy? Yeah. Us too. Designing and Creating Handmade Knickknacks for Little Ones has become our r...