Simply Wood Studios

07/12/2023

2 hours back from Osaka and I'm back to work at the workshop!

07/08/2023

They say over 200,000 people come thru over 6 days. I can believe it.

07/06/2023

Hankyu Hawaii Fair day 2! Aloha from Osaka!

07/05/2023

Our first day at the Hankyu Hawaii Fair!

06/07/2023

Celebrate Father's Day with Meaningful Gifts and Cherished Memories from Hawaii!

👨‍👦 The Perfect Father's Day Gift is from Hawaii🎁

With Father's Day just around the corner, it's time to celebrate the incredible fathers and father figures who have filled our lives with love, guidance, and unwavering support. This year, let's go beyond the ordinary and honor them with unique and heartfelt gifts from Hawaii that will make this Fat...

05/09/2023

Hawaiian Koa Pens The Perfect Graduation Gift

Hawaiian Koa Pens 🖊️ The Perfect Graduation gifts 🎓

As graduation season approaches, it's time to start thinking about the perfect gift for the graduate in your life. And what better way to commemorate their achievements than with a high-quality pen? Here are some tips on selecting the perfect pen for your graduate: Consider the type of pen: There ar...

05/04/2023

Just in Time For Mother's Day and Graduation Season

🌺Hawaiian Leis Just in Time for Mother's Day and Graduation 🎓

For a limited time we only have 10 of these beautiful one of a kind ribbon Leis are of Premium design. The artist takes on average 6 hours to complete each Lei. Leis are given in many forms of celebration, particularly in congratulations especially for graduations and in honor of our loving mothers....

03/17/2023

I'm back at the Hale Koa Hotel!

03/16/2023

New Arrivals For Hawaiian Spring

New Spring Arrivals of Hawaiian Gifts 🎁 at Simply Wood Studios

Spring is in the air! Tis the season for something new! Check out what we just added to our amazing collection of Hawaiian made creations. FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING for orders over $140.

02/01/2023

Uniquely Hawaiian Valentine's Day Gifts

💖 Uniquely Hawaiian Valentine's Day Gifts 🎁

February 14th is fast approaching. Only 2 more weeks. Find a uniquely handcrafted gift for that special someone at our online store! FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING for orders over $140.

01/10/2023

NEW glass jewelry ARrIVes at simply wood studios

🐚 NEW Glass Jewelry Arrives at Simply Wood Studios Hawaii 💎 Just in time for Valentine's Day

We have so many talented artists in Hawaii that we keep adding new ones to our incredible selection. We just got a new batch of these beautiful pendants just in time for Valentine's Day

01/04/2023

Happy New Year From Simply Wood Studios!

Happy New Years 🎆 from Simply Wood Studios!!! ✨

We are wishing you the best for 2023. Thank you for your continuous support of our small Hawaii owned business. Your every purchase has helped maintain not only us and our staff, but all the Hawaii based artists we represent. 2022 was a year to get back to normal. Please stay healthy and happy this....

11/22/2022

GIving Thanks for Handcrafted Art

🦃Giving Thanks for Hawaiian Crafted Art 🖼️

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with it, all the opportunities for gift giving and celebration. Our studio is happy to provide the chance for you to find the perfect gift and the perfect addition to your thanksgiving décor. Take a look at our homey wood boxes and bowls, whose warm glow...

11/16/2022

Buy Hawaiian Holiday Gifts

Buy Hawaiian Holiday Gifts 🎁 Say NO to Boring ⛔

Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving? That means it's time to start shopping for that uniquely perfect gift from an artist or craftsman. Don't be boring be BOLD and support Hawaiian Artists. For those of you who live in Hawai'i - Aaron from Lau Lau Woodworks will be at the "51st Annual Holiday C...

11/08/2022

We Are Coming to the Made in Hawaii Festival!!

💲✂️ Sale on Koa Pens Online and At the Made in Hawaii Festival!

On the 11th - 13th of November, the Made in Hawaii festival is being held at the Ala Moana Shopping Center and Simply Wood Studios will be setting up there to sell our gorgeous pens! So you can take this little newsletter as an invitation to come to the most incredible event this month, starring all...

11/02/2022

Wow!

11/02/2022

Sometimes, All I Think about is You: Glass Lamps

New at Simply Wood Studios: 🍷 Glass Blown Ocean Art 🌊

Have you ever been tearing your hair out trying to think of a good gift idea for a birthday and the only thing that comes to mind is that coffin in the Halloween section, but you aren't quite sure morbid irony is the way to go? Like, casually making jokes about incoming death is maybe not the most f...

10/26/2022

Coming In Clutch: Kimono Style Bags

Coming In Clutch 👛: Kimono Style Bags Made In Hawaii 👘

Today, we are introducing a new artist into our crew and giving their work a chance to stand in the limelight! Sourcing from fabrics originating in Japan, this artist keeps connected to their family legacy through their artwork. They make charming totes and clutches that are both original and incred...

10/18/2022

A Pen-sive Mood

🛑 It's a Sign of the Times (And of Hawaiian Koa) 🌳

Every word you write is something special. At the risk of sounding overly philosophical, even your grocery list has meaning because it is something necessary and important to you. Everything you write is a part of you and you are unbelievably important. We would hate it if you were stuck with only a...

10/11/2022

New Arrivals

New Online Arrivals of Hawaiian Gifts 🎁 at Simply Wood Studios

Autumn is upon us and it is time to kick off a new selection of handcrafted art! We have several new pens waiting for you, including ones inlayed with glittering crushed opal. Take a look at our new resin prints as well; they are completely unique and look fantastic. All in all, our studio has once....

10/04/2022

All Glass Creatures Great and Small

🐬 Hawaiian Glass Creatures Great and Small 🦀

Every day in Hawaii offers an opportunity to see incredible and beautiful sights. We all try to take small pieces of it through art back home and try to lock the best memories in place for as long as we can. One of the most incredible offerings Hawaii has is the ocean and its creatures. So today we....

09/08/2022

Yes the food continues!

08/16/2022

Check Out What We Currently Have On Sale!!!

Sale on Select Hawaiian Gifts 🎁 at Simply Wood Studios

Visit our Sale page Starting from $44.00

08/11/2022

A Brief Pause to Appreciate Art

A Brief Pause to Appreciate Art

Today is a remarkable day. Not necessarily because something special is happening (though who knows, maybe it is the day you finally master surfing), but because the world has continued turning. Like most days, it is a regular example of everyday life. Maybe some believe that to be a bad thing; we b...

08/02/2022

Piecing together beauty: Segmented Bowls

🌳Piecing together beauty: Segmented Bowls 🥣

Bringing to you the best of our wood craftsmanship, we are starring our patterned bowls this week! Fashioned from multiple different types, like koa and maple and milo wood, these vessels are eye-catching and destined to be a centerpiece. Whether you keep them at home or use them in your office s**c...

07/26/2022

Classic Art, Great Prices

Classic Art 🎨 , Great Prices 🥰

Join us today in exploring what our store has to offer! Starring in our headlines are stunning pieces of artwork; whether in the form of our famous pens or in the capture of nature through mediums like paint and glass, these pieces deserve being dwelt on for a long time as they reveal their beauty.....

07/19/2022

Koa Wood and Bowls the Perfect Combination

Koa Wood and Bowls the Perfect Combination 🌳🥣

It is definitely no troll that we have bowls that speak to your soul. Our heart would be coal if we were to dole out false information. We could continue this rhyme with some facts about a foal or a random knoll, but we'd rather just direct you to our website so you can see these bowls yourself. Res...

07/12/2022

IN with the New

🆕 In With The New Hawaiian Gifts at Simply Wood Studios 🛍️

For simplicity's sake, it would be easier to say, 'out with the old, in with the new', but our studio has always prided ourselves with consistency in beauty and craftsmanship with regards to our art. So in that sense, we are staying old fashioned. However, we do have some new pieces of art we are ea...

07/07/2022

Are you ready… We just added new pendants online!

Visit www.simplywoodstudios.com for more!

07/06/2022

Tips On How To Be Enlightened: Wear Pearls

The Look That Fits You: Wear Pearls from Hawaiian Artists 📿⚪🦪

Everyone needs some fancifying every now and again, the trick is finding a look that fits you. If you are unlucky (or just really stubborn), you've spent a while looking for that perfect accessory that accentuates your natural features and makes you feel comfortable in your own skin. You look for je...

06/22/2022

I Can't Wait, Can-oe?

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Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me, lads ~~~ It's fishing time; time for us to fish you out of your boring day and reveal to you the wonders of our collection of carved Polynesian fishing canoes, and, in turn, for you to fish your favorite piece from our selection!

06/08/2022

COVID Craft and Its Complexities

Our first segments on one of our Hawaiian Artists. We asked Peter Okumoto how the pandemic has affected his business.

During the covid-19 pandemic, all kinds of stories took place, whether they were tales of a normal day or dramatic circumstances that no one could’ve imagined. We will share three stories from three different people on what it was like during the corona virus; today, we start with the first. Of co...

06/07/2022

Father's Day is 12 Days Away!

👨‍👦 Father's Day is 12 Days Away! 🎁

Treat your dad to a one of a kind Hawaiian Koa pen this year. We just added a bunch of new pens to our website. Including our new Opal series of pens. Order now to get it in time for Father's Day! FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING for orders over $140.

05/24/2022

Finds for Father's Day (the Fantastic Kind)

⌚Finds at Simply Wood Studios for Father's Day (the Fantastic Kind)

Shopping for gifts for a father figure is surprisingly hard. Sure, maybe they claim that they are fine with anything (we have it on good authority a certain employee's grandfather only ever asks for Skittles as a present), but we, the discerning gift-givers, still have a hard time. We want to make s...

05/17/2022

Penning a New Chapter: Graduation gifts

Hawaiian Koa Pens 🖊️ The Perfect Graduation gifts 🎓

Time runs away from you. We can console ourselves that a good portion of it was well-lived and enjoyed, but the feeling of life speeding by remains. The goal, perhaps, is to document the moments, to seal your experiences somehow, like a novelist capturing their memories in a beautiful tale.

05/10/2022

O Father, Where Art Thy Gift?

👨‍👦‍👦 O Father, Where Art Thy Hawaiian Gift? 🎁

This Father's Day we are featuring one of our special products, the Hawaiian Fishing Hook Necklace. Made out of Koa wood with an adjustable tie, these necklaces are the accent that completes any look. If worst comes to worst and you are just struck with how amazing they are, get one for both as a gi...

05/03/2022

The Art of Graduating

The Art of Graduating 🎓 and the Perfect Gift 🎁

What moment in any parent's life is more satisfying than watching your kid achieve something impressive and astounding? That goes for friends and loved ones as well; being able to be a part of their journey and their challenges is both a worthy and meaningful practice. It's a pleasure to be able to....

04/28/2022

Mother's Day: The Saga Continues

10 more days until Mother's day! Come in to our store or buy something from our website. Every dollar you spend with us goes to support our local economy.

Today is a great day; the sun is shining (probably, this is Hawai'i after all), the kids are suspiciously but gloriously absent, and you have plenty of time to choose a gift for your mother and grandmothers. Whether you are looking for a small trinket that serves to remind her how much you care or f...

04/27/2022

Once upon a time, you found Lau Lau Woodworks... This is the beginning of the love story between you and your new opal pen. Check out our store and website for more details!

04/13/2022

My new personal pen. Did you know that orange is my favorite color? Then add the bling of crushed opal. It looks like diamonds within a lava flow.