I just added this tiny, sweet mirror to my Etsy favorites for a girl’s room:
For $35 at Pamela Angus’ Etsy shop. Adorable!
These are supposedly necklaces, but actually I think they are just the cutest thing ever to give a special kid:
I think a lot of games would be played with pocket-size buddies like these, their expressions are so lifelike.
$35 each at Motley Mutton.
We survived being sick. Even though we just did an Etsy post, I had a few Etsy-browsing moments over the weekend to space out and let my brain recover. I’ll have new project notes for you soon, but look what I came across!
So, I love the classic-ness of smocking on babies, if it is a little bit modern. Which I never really see. So look at this:
My gosh, these took my breath away. Such tiny stitches and generous amounts of fabric, and really great colors…
I’ve posted before about how much I love pilot caps for babies. I turned up this one - or rather, variation of one - yesterday while I was searching for a sun hat, and I can’t get over how adorable it would be on a little baby head I know:
Sigh. Etsy is so enticing. This isn’t the kind of hat I’m looking for at all, but I love it so. It looks perfect for Spring, but who knows if it would fit by then. (Fit seems to be the key issue with everything baby related, unfortunately.)
PS. Just a reminder, if you need the snug ruffled kind of pilot cap rather than this springy one, we still have that awesome organic one in our store…which keeps this blog going, incidentally. Just in case you’re thinking some cuteness doesn’t sound like such a bad idea!
Boys don’t have many fun clothes here in the US - I can’t count the moms who’ve told me they didn’t care if they had a boy or girl, but shopping for a girl would be way more fun. And it is true. Dinosaurs/baseball/cowboy…yawn. So let’s even the score a little:
Fabulous, beautifully detailed linen boy’s shirt ($65 at Bronwen Handcrafted):
There is almost nothing cuter than a baby in a pilot cap. We ended up with one that came in a gift set, and the first time we tried it on Little Capucine, we could hear grandmother’s hearts melting everywhere. Guaranteed Cutest. Thing. Ever.
After we got the first one, I got addicted and started hunting up some more on Etsy. There are some really precious ones there this week.
Hand-knitted silk in several sizes (described as ‘waldorf style’, which I don’t understand - anybody else know?). $34.50 for the big-kid size at Shelley Caskey’s Etsy shop:
I’ve found some wonderful handmade baby clothes on Etsy, in simple naïve shapes that aren’t common with big brands. Often, the prices on Etsy are much less than I expect for the quality, with the plus of feeling like I’m supporting another mom’s work. Today I’m into the cotton/linen pants at Little Seedlings shop on Etsy ($24 a pair), especially the go-with-everything beige:
PS: If you’re wondering about linen, it washes great, wears like iron, and gets super soft pretty quick - no careful handling required. I’m always looking for baby clothes with linen in them!
