PNW Gift Guide: 12 Local Gifts From the Pacific Northwest
The PNW is PACKED with crazy talented artists and entrepreneurs creating beautiful, useful, and inspirational things, which makes shopping local as easy as indulging in hot cocoa on a snowy day. Here are 12 local gifts from the Pacific Northwest adventure enthusiasts will love!
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Wild Brush Mount Hood Down Blanket
Wild Brush is a woman-owned and operated eco-conscious small business based in Idaho with a mission to create beautiful and functional outdoors gear that reflects who you are as an adventurer! They support sustainability, marginalized communities, artists, and small businesses. Besides being cute as all get out, this down blanket is water and dirt resistant, lightweight, packable, washable, and warm! It’s also made out of recycled and sustainable materials, so win, win, win!
$175
Friday Afternoon Tea
If you express your love through taste buds, check out Friday Afternoon and gift loose leaf, custom blends, tea wares, accessories, or educational tastings to your loved ones this season! Cool story: the owner, Friday, has Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia, which means she literally tastes words and ideas and uses this “superpower” combined with her background in herbal remedies, and culinary arts to create these teas. She has a shop on Stone Way in Wallingford if you want to stop in to check it out! The Caramel Apple Black Tea caught my eye!
Prices vary.
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Pendleton Wool bags by Western Bound Goods
Okay whaaat... can we talk about how freaking perfect this Pendleton Wool bag is? Originally founded in Oregon, Western Bound Goods now operates out of Bozeman, Montana, sourcing materials from US companies and creating gorgeous PNW-inspired bags that are meant to last. I'll take five. Thanks!
$129
Rachel Pohl Art Ski Buff
I recently purchased one of her prints on a ski buff and it got me so stoked for the season ($20)! But that's not all she sells–purchase one of her prints on yoga mats, backpacks, prints, masks, wallets, notebooks, chalk bags, laptop cases, puzzles, leggings, stickers, and more.
$20
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Orox Leather Parva Rucksack
This Oaxacan family-owned Portland business makes beautiful handmade leather goods that are relatively affordable for such high quality, eco-conscious pieces that last forever! They have plenty of sexy items of all price ranges to choose from, but this rucksack is my favorite. It’s even waterproof!
$450
From the Ground Up Socks
Rami, the founder of FTGU, is one hell of a Seattle-based entrepreneur, and when he found an opportunity to combine his passion for the outdoors with high-tech comfort and giving back to the natural places we love to explore, he went all in.
His high-quality, merino wool hiking socks sport fire lookouts, the Cascades, and more iconic PNW destinations. Snag a pair for you and a friend and protect our trails and public lands in the process! $22
Print by Claire’s Wanderings
Prints by Claire's Wanderings
Claire Giordano is a PNW-based environmental artist who tells the stories of climate change, science, and the modern experience of nature. And let's be honest, she's incredible and her work would make a killer gift for anyone who loves the PNW. Here's one of my faves! $13
Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts
I can't even tell you how many epic fire lookouts this wonderful book led me to–there are so many I didn’t know about! This is one of the best local gifts for hikers who love a bit of Pacific Northwest history and adventure. Open the cover to find a map of all the lookouts with directions, tips, trail specs, and more for each. Highly recommend if you're looking to explore some of Washington's coolest pieces of history! $18
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2232 Ceramics' Mountain Mug
This Spokane-based business creates gorgeous handmade ceramic mugs. The mountain one is my fave!! Why? Because you can enjoy the mountains even on the days you can't make the trip.
Stocking Stuffer: Yerbana
Locally made in Seattle, WA, by some of the most fabulous people, Yerbana is a tasty sparkling yerba mate beverage that would make a great stocking stuffer! Get the mint for a little extra holiday twist (it’s also freaking TASTY)! $39 for a 12 pack.
Woodland Dopp Kit
This DIY Dopp Kit by Wooland–a women-owned, Portland-based bag-making shop–is both a fun activity and a useful adventure bag. The kit comes with pre-cut, marked, and ready-to-sew fabric, high-quality leather tabs, metal rivets, and an instruction book. There are so many cute colors to choose from! $70
PNW Mountain Topographics
Bring your favorite PNW adventures indoors with TimPlusApril's gorgeous prints! The Tacoma-founded shop does everything from polygonal mountain designs to city grids, but my favorites are definitely these topographic maps of PNW mountains. $20
Gather Nuts
Founded in Bend, Oregon, Gather Nuts make fantastic locally made stocking stuffers (especially their sampler pack). Try their coffee chocolate cashews–you won’t be disappointed.
ALLTRAILS PRO MEMBERSHIP
AllTrails is an online and app-based platform that makes hiking easier and safer! The app lets you find trails, save them to your “Backpack” and tracks your progress by recording your hikes. The free version is great, that is, until you find yourself without service (which happens allllllll the time when you’re in the great outdoors!). Gift your hiking friend a Pro Membership to allow them to spend more time offline, and feel good about their safety while they’re out there too! $35.99/year.
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