Little Sapling Toys Blog
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Personal Setbacks
Over the past 18 months, we have transitioned our family from our mountain home (as seen in the video here) to a tiny home. We evaluated our life priorities, donated most of our belongings, bought a travel trailer, and spent four months remodeling it to be our "dream home." On August 13 we finished our tedious labor of love and moved in our remaining treasures as a family. On the way to its new home, it was involved in a serious accident, flipped on its side, was torn apart, and ultimately destroyed. We are incredibly grateful that no one was hurt...
Good News & Bad News
We appreciate your love and support for our wooden teethers, toys, blocks and decor. It's time for another fork-in-the-road, big-decision, business-changing event. It's been over two years since our last one and because business progresses and cycles, the inevitable has finally arrived. We're moving our shipping operations to a fulfillment center! (Insert 5-8 celebration emojis here.) Here are some of the amazing benefits our team and customers will receive from this move: The fastest possible shipping. More accuracy in fulfillment. More time available to design new toys and, therefore, an expanded product line. Improved customer care process. Better availability on...
Shop Small
This is a post by Rebecca Criddle, mom of one and 8/9 and lover of wood toys. Last year I was living with my husband, 4-year-old, nine months pregnant with my second child in a 25’ by 8’ 1954 vintage travel trailer. Many factors influenced our decision to live tiny. I think the biggest was our search for simplicity. Among many reasons the tiny house movement has gained such momentum has been a response to a culture of consumerism which seems to pervade our society and is often focused on obtaining and owning MORE. I think many people have discovered...
Making a Country Living
Country Living Magazine contacted us over a year ago, expressing interest in featuring us (and our wood toys) in their Making a Country Living column. In July, they gave us just about a week's warning that we would have a photo shoot in our home! A freelance photographer came up from Chicago and we spent a hot August day in clothes fitting for a December issue. A phone interview, fact checking, waiting and waiting and... it arrived in the mail today! Read the text below. Cabinetmaker Nick Christensen wasn't looking to switch careers in 2007 when he crafted a...