Category: Toys
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Tea Party Mania…and Afternoon Teas
Rained-out tea party in New Orleans It’s no secret that I love afternoon tea, especially on a lovely Friday afternoon! And in my quest to find a really perfect tea party set for my girls, I was inspired to do this post as an homage to The Tea Party and the classic Afternoon Tea!…
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Indoor Swings for Kids and Adults
Doesn’t everybody love the idea of an indoor swing? And I don’t just mean the kids. Here are some indoor winners that are just dying to be swung on! We do have a nice wooden kid swing that we hang in a doorway but these have me dreaming of putting one in our loft…
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Leaf Puzzle by Just Hatched
What a great puzzle for spring featuring six different types of leaves – Oak, Beech, Ivy, Dogwood, Maple and Cottonwood -and beneath each piece is the name of the leaf. Handmade from birch, sanded smooth by hand, with wood-burned details and leaves painted with nontoxic watercolor paints. Completely beautiful and made to order from Just…
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Fournier – Summer 2012 & Fall/Winter 2012
What sweet styles in cool cotton (above) from the Fournier Spring/Summer 2012 collection. And here is the very first sneak peek (below) of their coming Autumn/Winter 2012 season. All of these gorgeous pieces are hand knit in baby alpaca or alpaca/bamboo blend in sizes 3 months – 6 years. And the big news is…
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Molly-Meg Design Shop for Kids
Artwork painted especially for Molly-Meg by American artist Trish Grantham.Watercolor and Acrylic on Webster’s Dictionary pages from 1935. What a fabulous design shop for kids this Molly-Meg is! Dedicated to bringing 20th Century Modern design icons to the world of children, they sell a range of modern and vintage furniture, toys and deco items.…
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Simple & Amazing Kaleidograph Toy
What an addictive and intriguing toy this Kaleidograph is! Everyone who spies it gets drawn in and they can’t put it down. I wish I had this when I was in design school. The simple, die-cut cards can be arranged in over 350 million designs. Based upon geometry in nature — the symmetries of…
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Sarah Strachan Vintage Rag Dolls
What beautiful and original Vintage style 1950’s and 60’s dolls by Sarah Strachan. The patterned dresses are hand painted, and well, just exquisite! I also love how she has photographed them in front of the 50’s looking wallpaper. Sarah used to work for Jim Henson, making his creatures and now she makes these lovely creatures…
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New York City Paper Model by Teraka Mokel
This is just exquisite – a miniature New York City made from a cut paper model set. It comes with many of New York’s best known icons ready for you to pop out and glue into place: street vendors selling hotdogs and pretzels, a classic New York subway entrance, mounted police, and many more…
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“Taxi Leo” and “Town” by Swedish Ninja
I was thrilled by this discovery today of design studio Swedish Ninja, founded in 2007 by industrial designer, Maria Gustavsson. Okay, so I was a bit slow on the uptake but just so glad to be aware now! Swedish Ninja’s goal is to avoid the current disposable trends of our culture by creating unique and timeless…