We all like wood toys, because, then, we can at least leave them out, show them off & not hide them like the plastics. Maybe that's an impractical perfect toy world?
Whatever the case, David Weeks' wood toy objects are not only amazing design-wise, but eco-friendly (made of sustainable beech wood) and non-toxic as well . Again, check to see if the plastics can say this!
And while the David Weeks' toy objects are not intended for small children (as all the small parts move & twist and could potentially pinch!) an older child would have a grand time twisting & turning Ursa or Cubebot. Also: dignified bookshelf decor?
The pricetags are not cheap, though you can bring a small Cubebot home for a teeny $25.
Shop David Weeks!
Yes, Harry Allen. Hot pink piggy banks & gold trucks.
Who else has the nerve to do... that?
Cast from resin and marble the Pig Bank's price tag may seem a bit steep to hold a bunch of pennies. But consider this: it can hold up $10,000 in dollar bills!
And the Truck? Not for the kids. It's a catch all bowl, to clarify.
Shop Harry Allen!
Singgih Kartono had me at the wood radio! A radio, so old school. Sort of expensive, and i would not let the little kids play with it, but a true design piece that has won a multitude of awards.
See what i mean?
Shop Singgih Kartono!
Happy Monday!
To start the week off: new goodies from Amenity. I am crazed about their new kid's collection - vivid golds & oranges, fuchsias and ocean blues.
My favorite? The Alpaca Afghan in Ocean Blue.
Also: bath-time just got a bit more peaceful: organic hooded towels & washcloths.
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Fresh & new Ferm Living for 2011!
The new color palate blows me away - teal & gold! Oh love!
New products include pillows, wallpaper, blankets & wallstickers. My favorite? An extra large wall calendar!
Shop all the NEW ferm living here.
Who doesn't love a cute print?
I do & am loving the sweet sentiment of the prints & posters by English Muffin. Enlgish Muffin is a part of the Holiday Forest Finds & I couldn't be happier!
My favorite gift pick? The maps -- your pick: Canada, United States or Europe. Simple, whimsical... and enough color to brighten you day!
Shop English Muffin!
Happy Monday! Last week's barley & birch Gift Grab sale is now over! You can still shop their fantastic new collection, here.
What's up for week #2 of the f&f Holiday Gift Grabs? 10% off Elks & Angels' luxurious line of pure Australian sheepskin wares for the little ones. Elks & Angels is an emerging company, founded by Australian born Janet Kennedy Ault, who has debuted with a very.... cozy collection - featuring Snuggle Pods, Rugs, Slippers as well as the top gift pick, the Snuggle Bear.
The Elks & Angels sale ends Sunday, November 28th at midnight, PST. Shop the Grab Bag now!
Alexander Girard has officially become my stocking-stuffer pick of the year! Though his panel paintings - shown above - would make mighty fine gifts, Girard's Give Love Gift Set is a-m-a-z-i-n-g, and at $45, a steal.
The Give Love Gift Set is a set of 6 3x3" wood blocks so you can give love to everyone you know this holiday season!
Shop Alexander Girard!
The wood Animal Box by Karl Zahn is the perfect gift. Even though it has an affordable pricepoint at $35 it looks much more fancy & sophisticated.
Each of the 6 wood animals doubles as a storage box for anything.....tiny. On the shelf, it is sculpture. On the side table, it's a totem. On the counter, it offers a hiding spot.
My favorite? The whale.
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Super cool! My kids would be so excited to have their favorite animal in pillow form....!!
For a bit of history, Ross Menuez's animal pillows & playthings are inspired by Victorian shaped pillows while the graphics are based on the first mass produced images from 19th century illustrations.
The pillows are available in a variety of sizes & pricepoints & a few designs are even available in one pieces & tees. Welcome animal kingdom!
My fav? The fawn, of course.
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As a part of this month's forest finds, we've brought in a fresh new crop of Plover Organic! Plover's newest collection is packed full of organic beauty -- twin bedding and crib sets.
My favorite of Plover's newest prints? Thorns Gold Circle. I'm crazy about the yellow & greys... and love the quilt.
To shop Plover's amazing new collection of quilts, bedding, duvets and crib sets, click here.
To shop Plover's complete collection including queen & king sizes, visit out sister site, Goodnight Green.
The Modern Baby Company recently debuted their new collection, which has been a fantastic part the June Forest Finds. Sign me up, I am a fan!
Not only is the new collection of mobiles, clothing & prints incredibly affordable but charming & thoughtfully composed as well. While all 3 of the laser cut birch mobiles are lovely (and only $40!) my favorite is the Whale Mobile. Love!
The one pieces by The Modern Baby Co. are made of super soft & stretchy cotton & printed with eco-friendly inks in the most adorable designs -- the lion!
To shop the entire collection of The Modern Baby Company, click here.
When it comes to motherly "nesting"... there seems to be a desire to have your new baby's name on a beautiful piece of wallart for the nursery. The finishing touch. The perfect name. The room is done!
Name Your Design, a part of the June Forest Finds, is your new best friend with a lovely collection of customizable wallart, perfect for any nursery style... and name!
Available in 2 formats, canvas prints or matte paper in a variety of sizes & pricepoints. While it's hard to pick 1 favorite, I love the playfulness of the Pink Gumball Machine.
To shop Name Your Design, click here.
Have you taken a peek at the brand new Nook Sleep System?! Nook is breaking the box with their thoughtful design & innovative approach in creating sleep products for the babes.
In a nutshell, Nook uses natural & organic materials including organic cotton, eucalyptus and zinc to create breathable, non-toxic and hypoallergenic mattresses, nap sacks, blankets, pillows & sheets. And the Pebble Crib Mattress? Check it out. It's covered in pebbles...
To shop Nook products, available in a snappy array of bright colors (low-impact dyes!) and made in the USA (bonus!)... click here.
Frazier & Wing's new mobiles & garlands just make you..... happy all over again! I am constantly amazed with the depth & interest achieved through just paper shapes and color.
The new mobiles are an array of delicious & edgy color combinations. My favorite new mobile just happens to be called Summer -- yellow & turquoise!
And the garlands? Not only are they versatile for your child's room or party, but the garlands also have a fantastic new lower pricepoint ($23 for 72" of fun!).
To see & shop the all the new Frazier & Wing coloways, click here.
Total swoon! Dwellstudio's Owls Sky pattern is not only a best seller here at fawn&forest but has become such a fav, they've come out with a handful of new products in the much loved pattern!
The new products include a coated apron & toddler bib, bottle holder, lunch box and kid's back pack as well as storage bins (not pictured). I don't advocate living in a matchy-matchy world.... but OH! The Owls Sky pattern is just so tempting... and it's color palette is fantastic!
To shop Dwellstudio, click here.
Classic meets modern. Oilo's crib bedding, furniture and room decor mixes classic motifs in a bold, modern way. So simple, so sophisticated. I was thrilled to see Oilo's cobalt // navy blue crib bedding set. Playful without the fluff! Wouldn't that just look fantastic with some red accent pieces?! And an anchor perhaps?
Oilo also has 3 beautiful gliders as well. I totally love the shape of the Penelope Gilder with the Pouf Footstool.
Another bonus? All Oilo products are made in the USA.
free penny people print with purchase
Purchase 1 13×19 penny people print and receive a second, free! Promotion ends January 31st.
avalisa knows your style and has dozens of wall art designs available in a myriad of colors. Wall art for everyone! Each avalisa is custom printed on stretched canvas. No framing needed & ready to hang.
And we have a special avalisa treat for you: a free avalisa memory game set with purchase of any piece of avalisa wall art.
The memory game includes 19 captivating images from the “animals collection” The animal designs include their names spelled out.
Make your walls happy and have fun playing "memory" with the kids.
fawn&forest is excited to be included in Instyle Magazine's "Best of the Web" --as one of their favorite websites for shopping. Excellent!
Here's what they said about fawn&forest:
"Gorgeous and Green: Even if the goods wern't enviromentally legit, we'd still flip for this adorable collection of kid stuff."
Check out the November 2009 issue of Instyle to read all about it & get an exclusive 10% discount code.
The new 2010 Dwellstudio Baby & Kid Collection is now available for pre-sale! Shoot!
The new collection features 3 new patterns: Owl, Sparrow, and Paper Dolls as well as a new organic option, Organic Poppy. Also available is a sweet handful of new products including bundlebags, sleep sacks and changing pad covers!
To maintain the eager anticipation, we'll be adding new products each day this week -- so be sure to check back to see what's new! Most items ship between mid-September and late-October.
Have you all met Elly Nelly? They're a mother-daughter team with a love for patten -- and they really know how to rock the wall graphics! Elly Nelly has dozens and dozens of designs and are constantly coming up with new ones (as shown above). Isn't Cascade (above, middle) fantastic?
If you have ever wanted to try wall graphics but were not quite sure where you'd put them, check out this project using Elly Nelly's Meadow. Inspiring!
Yes, we can all agree that framing prints + posters is a hassle. Where to start? Where to go? Not to mention that framing is often expensive.
Enough already! Binth's Alphabet, Numbers and single ABC prints are now available..... framed. How thoughtful!
A round of applause for Binth!
Binth has a handful of fantastic new (framed!) prints in primary colors. The blue framed set is the city collection and the red? Let's Play! I think these prints would coordinate well with Boodalee's Circus bed set, in all it's red, blue and white goodness.
My favorite print? Los Angeles, shown above, middle.
If you want to know what a wall mobile is, then look no further than Oras.
Oras has super swanky designs that are part mobile (they hang and dangle and cast shadows) and part wall art (they hang on the wall, looking beautiful).
Available in wide variety of colors and 3 shape designs, a little bit of something for any room.
Also, check out the Oras clocks (shown above left). They are laser cut from walnut - wow!
Happy Friday! We've decided to get cozy with the much beloved Dwellstudio. f&f now carries the complete dwellbaby and dwellkid collections, including all the matching do-diddies, decor and soft play toys.
I am totally loving the yellow of the Gio Lemon (above bib and crib set, right) and of Dragonfly. And having 2 boys myself, the Transportation pattern is really quite fun.
I've been on a real frazier + wing kick lately, I know. I just can't get over how much I am in love with the f&W mobiles. Well, now I can be in love with a little more: the new garlands.
Perhaps Heather knows how to throw a party for us every day of the week? C'mon, those garlands are way happy. Move over kids, momma wants one of these in her office.
Check garlands here, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Roebuck Studio sings the song of spring with their bunnies, chicks, birds and barns.
Roebuck is also stimulating the US economy by manufacturing and using locally sourced materials in Michigan. Each piece by Roebuck is available in a variety of non-toxic colors and i made of birch ply.
My favorite is the chick bookends, pictured above, left. Super cute.
Heather of Frazier + Wing has a party up her sleeve, I am quite certain. The 33 new mobiles in her collection will perhaps make you giddy with excitement. They're colorful, well composed and a fresh burst of fun for the spring.
I have a real thing for the solid yellow one (sunshine), shown above.
New from Adrift Mobiles is the most beautiful Mora. Mora is 3 abstract leaves made of wood veneer, delicately balanced and suspended. The veneer is cut so that the grain mimics the veins of a leaf.
I imagine the open spaces in the falling, drifting leaves of Mora would make the most beautiful shapes and shadows on the ceiling.
Get this: 20% off all Amenity for the month of March. Amenity has super fantastic organic nursery crib sets, blankets, floor pillows and a whole menagerie of wallart. Double thumbs up: it's all organic. Organic is happy.
New to f&f, surface-wall graphics by notNeutral! I think if you don't know what to put on the wall, and want something fun to do with your kiddos for the afternoon, these wall graphics are the way to go.
The Season set is my favorite, which includes tree trunk parts, leaves, flowers, birds and butterflies.... 44 pieces in total (shown above right). You can also buy the booster set for the Season called Elements, a 52 pieces pack which includes clouds, birds, butterflies, frogs, ladybugs and snails (shown above, left).
notNeutral wall graphics are made of removable and reusable vinyl, so you can stick 'em.... and the rearrange them as you wish. Cool.
Best word to describe Avalisa wall art? Options. Avalisa has about a million options. Designs. Colorways. Patterns. Sizes. Series. Ideas.
New for 2009, Avalisa has just released 15 new designs -- from autos to apples to airplanes. Amazing new colors as well, including grey which is my favorite color right now.
Boodalee! This is why I like wall graphics + think they are a great solution for a kid's room: wall graphics won't fall on your kid's head.
Until recent application of wall graphics, the walls around Eliot's bed have been blank as I:
1. Did not want anything heavy hanging on the wall above his bed.
2. Did not want him to be tempted to pull/kick/swing artwork hanging on the wall. He's 3, after all. And that would be fun?
3. There is a lot of wall space to consider and I can be indecisive.
Wall Graphics by Boodalee solves the issues. Nothing to fall, swing or otherwise hurt your kidlet. They cover a large area of wall and all considering, are really quite economical, ranging in price - $45 to $55.
My favorite? The Trees, available in 3 colorways.
1+1=3. Oh Chicks! We've got a sale! Purchase 2 original Cici Art Factory "Lotsa" paintings + get 1 free! In case your math is bad, that is 3 for the price of 2! And free shipping, so click here. In the meantime.... A new Notes feature "in my own words", kicked off by Liz.
:: in my own words :: Liz Clay of Cici Art Factory ::
1. I'm Liz Clay and I've always loved making art. One of my first art-making memories is in grade 1. I painted the most beautiful picture of Jesus hanging on the cross - which was completely copied from the girl across from me.
2. I've got a degree in International Business and another one in Visual Arts from Emily Carr in Vancouver. Upon graduating in 2002, I had several solo shows with representation from onepointsix gallery.
3. I spent three years working overseas in Singapore for a design company - highlights include tweaking 'Mr. Clean' so that he wasn't quite so white and old-looking.
4. I started Cici Art Factory a little over two years ago. 'Cici' is what my oldest daughter called her milk bottle. I did a little sketch of what lots of milk bottles would look like coming off a factory line and the first lotsa painting (organized milk) was born. I enjoy the repetition and quirkiness of the hand-drawn lines and loosely filled in paint. I try and make the paint as thick and chunky as possible to give the animals or bottles dimension.
5. I have three girls, the oldest is almost 4 and the youngest is 7 months and they help me with my art. They help package it up when I need to mail it out and give me pointers on what they like and don't like.
6. Coming in 2009? Lotsa snails and lotsa ladybugs. I'd also like to work on a series of really large paintings for kids rooms - paintings that take up a whole wall. I'm playing around with a series of trees where the seasons are ambiguous.
Thanks Liz!
Olli & Lime's recently released Egg Collection is a real hotty. The toddler bedding is so sweet makes you wish you could shrink down to toddler size again? Karen, the talented creative behind Olli & Lime is not holding back and has added a few more pieces to the Egg Collection.
Owls. As in little Egg prints with Owls. They universally match but would be snappy all by themselves. And we all love owls.
For the happiest Monday: new Decoylab goodies! Maiko of Decoylab has just released a handful of freshly illustrated owls + bunnies + such, making their appearance on clocks + prints and even bookplates! I am loving the whimsical 70's vibe gone children's book. A set of the orange + yellow bunny prints would look sweet with this set.
It seems when I am busy like a lunatic, I feel the urge to bust out the glue and do a project. You? So I was quite excited to see this project by Karen of Ollie & Lime (found on her blog) utilizing her gorgeous wallpaper:
Our Carrie wallpaper looks equally fabulous adorning a dressing-room wall or child’s bedroom, but we’ve found another way you can use it.
It took us literally ten minutes to create this shoe storage solution, using a self-assembled ‘kraft’ shoe box, with our Carrie paper over the top. One roll of wallpaper will cover around fifty standard boxes!
Take a look at the Olli & Limes collection of wallpaper and their full collection of bedding + wall art! Wallpaper is available in 4 designs in a variety of colorways. Thanks Karen!
I like these. Egg Press stitch kits. It may not be the most brilliant, but there's something satisfying about cutting fabric and sewing a little something. Sometimes my random sewing rendezvous don't turn out so well. But dig it: with one of these Egg Press stitch kits all you have to do is cut + sew on the right lines, stuff the little bugger and you'll have yourself one sweet pillow doll -- snail, raccoon or monkey.
The raccoon is my favorite. Would be cute on Eliot's bed.
I am a cute magnet lately. First those Amenity ducks and now Cici Art Factory's frogs and chicks, birdies and milk bottles. Milk bottles? Cute overload. Not offensively cute, but cute cute.
I like the way Liz Clay, the artist behind Cici Art Factory, does things. Each painting from the Lotsa Collection is painted by hand. With actual paint (yes, I know!) thick + chunky style. And forget the kids, the "random chicks" makes me smile. Or does it just look like my brain? I think I would like to hang it in our bedroom. Cute.
Double love! Amenity has added two new organic nursery + kids collections: Woodlands and Wetlands. The cute totally kills you. Like I said last week, I am usually not a huge fan of the purple family. But c'mon. Check the Woodlands! Those squirrels and violet flowers are impossibly cute, right?
And there is something irresistible about those ducks. Ducks hit their fame in the mid-American household in the early 90's, unfortunately. Poor ducks, they really are cute. Just not in combination with country blue, ahem! Amenity hits it right on. The Wetlands is refreshingly ducky and a great starting point to a really playful kid's room.
Amenity is cool. They use 100% organic cotton and non-toxic, water-based, eco-friendly dyes. Four collections available (Woods, Meadow, Wetlands and Woodlands) in a variety of prints, pillows, blankets and crib sets.
Massively exciting! New cut paper mobiles from Frazier + Wing. A few amazing Frazier + Wing facts: The mobiles are made of cut paper... cut by hand by a girl named Heather. Each mobile is made to order, just for you. How's that for feeling special?!
I am generally not a huge purple-violet-lavender fan. That said, I am now joining the lavender party! I am loving the new Lavender Mix mobiles. Such an intriguing mix of greys and lavenders. Actually does remind me of a field of lavender, which is altogether quite lovely if you've ever been to a lavender farm.
Also be sure to check out Heather's new Frazier + Wing blog!
The bold + graphic throw pillows by Boodalee are just so happy. The concept behind Boodalee's bedding + pillow collection is visuals from around the world + beyond. These pillows capture just that in a nutshell -- images as the universal language!
Concepts aside, each Boodalee pillow is the ultimate flip-able pilow, featuring a design on each side. The pillows obviously coordinate well with the bedding set they were inspired by but are kickin' enough to look sweet in the family room too.
Complete Boodalee collection can be found here.
Ohh, Look!! 2 new pillows by KLT Works. Kristin has taken her classic owl and nest thread line drawings and silkscreened the design onto off white 100% cotton fabric, backed with coordinating striped fabric. Love!
Mr. Owl is quite sweet + very watchful, but it is the green nest that is my favorite. Is it okay to play favorites?! Such a genuine little nest, twiggy + leafy goodness at it's best.
Kristin has a handful of new items out + we are adding them as I type this. So keep your eye on this page.
If there was a best-seller popularity contest, the Organic White Mini crib bedding by Area would win a spot in the top 3 best sellers in the crib bedding category. Oh, congratulations Organic White Mini!!
And rightfully so. The White Mini is now available in organic cotton (bonus! bonus!) with beautifully embroidered off-shaped circles with a striped embroidery crib skirt. White Mini has got the style, is gender neutral and has a lovely simplistic graphic quality to it.
Crib set includes the usual suspects: bumper, skirt and fitted sheet. Matching Quilt set includes crib quilt and pillow sham. Additional fitted sheet is also available.
Go White Mini!!
Before Owen was born I decided to throw myself my own little baby shower and gifted myself with a handful of fun items. Why not?!
The Camber Mobile by Adrift is one of the things I bought. I love the simplicity of the wood and have the perfect space for it above the Case Study Arm Shell Rocker in the boys' room.
I was intrigued by how the Camber Mobile was packaged -- just like a fine loaf of crusty bread! Hung up, it moves gracefully with the air from the vent blowing, making peaceful shadows on the ceiling.
And because it's maple veneer, the whole mobile is light as a feather. Good in-room photo of the mobile.... to come. Above images show mobile upon arrival.
Children's clothing designer Lucy Sykes totally put the icing on the cake with this one. Her confetti crib bedding, designed for Nurseryworks, is both simple, gender neutral, colorful + crisp. And a sweet wink to the current grey + golden yellow craze that seems to be going on. Love it.
I went to art school so I know quite well that it is illegal to purposely match artwork to room decor, but I couldn't help but see a relationship developing between the Confetti bedding and Elizabeth Soule's squirrel on nuts. Right? Totally a perfet match.
You know what else would look super in the confetti-squirrel nursery? The Case Study Armshell Rocker in red, chiffon or oatmeal, of course!
Today's Forest Finds Q+A is with the very intuitive photographer Elizabeth Soule who has created her own 'Little Zoo'. I am astonished at her ability to put so much personality + life into such small plastic objects. Thank you Elizabeth!
When you were a kid what did you want to be when you grew up?
Like most kids I went through a dozen phases, but I was determined at age 6 to be a Harvard law graduate and eventually President of the United States. When I found out how much I loathed politics, I moved on to more practical aspirations; ballerina, actress, teacher, and computer programmer.
What does the rest of '08 hold for you?
This year I officially started working on my photography full time. I have a new series that I plan to release this summer as well as some new additions to the Little Zoo. I am working on a few other photography projects that are different from my Polaroid work. I hope to have these completed by the end of the year.
Elly Nelly is rocking the wallscapes. Simple + sophisticated wall graphics. Yes! Totally fun in your kid's room and playroom. Or the kitchen.
Elly Nelly is comprised of a mother and daughter team, Elaine & Nell Oliver. Both are experienced textile designers with an intense interest in pattern. With their own unique creative approach to design, they were inspired to set up their own studio. Elly Nelly uses a fusion of hand illustration and stylized modern graphics to bring their series of wall decals alive.
Available in 16 colors and 33 designs. Shown above left is 'all boxed up' and right, 'fly away'.
While fawn&forest carries the entire Q Collection Junior line of furniture, I want to first introduce to you the crib bedding. I'm a fabric-y kind of gal and am totally into this soft + muted (though not pastel) colorways + patterns. Gold-ish wheat tones and gray-ish blues seem to be the thing.
And although a minor detail, I am also loving the reversible crib bumper. Thin (no over stuffed bits!) and quilted, yes. But take a look at those bias-tape edges! Could it get any better?!
Apparently. Both the bumper + skirt are reversible, making the dreaded crib sheet change a little more enjoyable, as their are options involved (and hopefully a few less cuss words?). And... it's organic. 100% certified organic cotton with an organic filled bumper. Available in 2 colorways, Wheat and Sky, with a handful of fitted sheet options.
It seems we have reached the point where green efforts are becoming standard, many of which you may not even notice. Like granola now refers to cereal and not a person type. Or am I just saying this because I live in Portland?
Take Binth. Binth produces amazing pieces that are both organic (the pillow, pictured right) and recycled (the print, pictured left). Did you know?!
The original, modern pillow designs are screen-printed on organic linen using water-based inks, hand sewn in the USA and filled with luxurious down. The pillows, available in 5 different designs, would look quite lovely in any room, including the nursery.
The prints, such as the abc letter print in "w", above, is inspired by Mid-Century Danish wood toys and is perfect for the modern nursery and children's room. Each letter is printed on recycled paper stock, with its luxurious feel and palette of soft, contemporary hues.
The fantastic duo that make up Argington, the designers of the Fuji toy box and the much loved Sahara crib among other peices, have been at it again. This time with 100% organic crib, toddler and twin bedding. Nothing too fancy or super-designy, but patterns + visuals it seems all little boys + girls dig: butterflies and dinosaurs.
And not that you'll be overwhelmed with an outrageous color palatte. Thankfully. Using the natural creamy color of organic cotton as a background, dino + butterflies are in a peaceful color palatte of soft pink + violet and sky blue + brown. The prints are done with low impact dyes using a low impact printing process on 200 thread count 100% organic cotton sateen. The comforter and pillows are filled with Eco-Spun 100% regenerated polyester fill that does not off gas or emit any traceable VOCs (volatile organic compounds). Yes!
Yep, recycling magazines is obviously very very green + that is exactly what these Frazier + Wing mobiles are made of! Expertly crafted mobiles made of recycled magazine pages.
Frazier + Wing Mobiles are the green that keeps on giving, as there is life beyond the nursery for these babes! I'm thinking living room or dining room and certainly the home office could use a dance of color these mobiles provide.
Available in 3 lengths (28", 38" + 72") the Recycled Magazine Mobiles are constructed using carfully selected imagery. Each two sided element is hand cut and strung with monofilament. Four strands of multi shaped, oval, or flower elements hang from a thin plexiglass disc. Each mobile is a handmade labor of love taking up to eight hours to construct.
And a shout out to Portland, Oregon named the greenest city of '08 in the US! Both Frazier + Wing and fawn&forest are based in this lovely city we call home.
New from KLT:Works, the Crawling Critters Mobile. So fresh, so spring and the newest addition to the KLT lifestyle.
As artist + designer Kristin put it "Lou the Snail has been patiently waiting for some friends to cruise around with on the ground. Steve the centipede, Ziggy the spider, and Willie the worm join Lou in a fresh, colorful adventure."
Not to mention a bit of motherly inspiration was involved, as Kristin is a new Mom to 3 month old Sayer (above, left). Kristin says the new Crawling Critter Mobile is Sayer approved! Delightful.
Crawling Critters would look amazing with the Daisy Crib Set or the Alphabet Crib Set, both by Super Natural Baby. And can't you see this print of Lou in the nursery too?!
Just a Peek week has indeed been just a peek as there are hundreds of other product-peeks I could give you!
One last peek before the week is up : a look at Paper Cloud. We will soon be offering their complete collection of pillows, lamp shades, journals and paper goods. Hooray!
All fabric pieces by Paper Cloud are screen printed on 100% linen and made by hand, one at a time. I love the line-style drawings of all things natural -- sunflowers, mushrooms + oniopods. I am also loving the shades of linen used -- fresh aquas, grays to the loveliest of grassy greens to name a few.
Artist Lisa Golightly's imaginative custom family portraiture sings spring. They are a refreshing take on age-old painted portraits, those painted before cameras were even invented, perhaps. Kiki+Polly (the name of Lisa's studio) paintings have that sentimental feel of the captured expressions of your child. I love it.
Thanks to technology, having your very own Kiki+Polly original is as easy as choosing the painting + the size and then submitting the image of your child or children. Using an image of your child's face, Lisa then prints the image using archival quality ink and transfers it to the canvas, appropriately incorporating it into the painting you have chosen. We currently offer 3 boy, 3 girl and 2 sibling options to choose from.
Lisa's portraits are sweetly suggestive, perfectly painterly + thankfully, not over done.
Babies + bunnies. Organic style. Organic cotton is gaining popular especially for the pint-size crowd as conventionally grown cotton is one of the dirtiest, chemically-dependent crops. It's hard to imagine laying your newborn on a bed of pesticides, insecticides, + formaldehyde, perhaps. Amenity has created a charming nursery collection + it's completely organic. The nostalgic woodlands designs are printed in a neutral + refreshing citrus palette of green, yellow + orange. And thankfully, the collection doesn't scream "nursery" so these bunnies (or deer + turtles) won't look out of place in the guest room in 10 years.
Amenity uses 100% hemp/organic cotton + organic cotton percale fabrics, eco-friendly pillow inserts (made of high-quality polyester fiber created from plastic bottles rescued from landfills) and crib bumper insert (filled with organic wool, renowned for its temperature-regulating qualities). All inks + dyes are all water-based and environmentally friendly.
The Amenity Nursery collection is available in pillows, crib blankets + sets and wall art. The happy bunnies make me smile.
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