Made it Baby Nominated for Style Awards! Votes Wanted!!!

We love success stories & this one just hits the mark.  Ok, so it's all about the other hat I co-wear as designer/maker/ etc etc for the label Made it Baby which is found on Little Kiwis Nest.

Amy & I started both businesses one year ago this month (well, I should say 'launched' as there were a few months behind the scenes prior) so the nominations by Kids Fashion Review Style Awards couldn't have come at a better time.  We are absolutely chuffed to be named alongside other fantastic NZ-made businesses & to be in the chance to win such a cool title!

We would LOVE your help by way of votes ... pleeeeease!  Pop over to http://kidsfashionreview.com & follow the links through to the Style Awards voting section.  We're in section 3 - Best NZ-Made Babies/Kids Label.

And if our undying love & appreciation isn't incentive enough to vote ... perhaps the $10,000 worth of prizes up for offer is!!!  Good luck everyone & be sure to let us know which awesome prize you win.

Thanks,

Suzan & Amy
http://madeitbaby.co.nz/

Vintage-inspired Nappy Stacker

Yours Naturally - Nappy Stacker

Yours, Naturally is not JUST about their devine range of all-natural baby balms & lotions.  I have just stumbled across their latest creations - a 'Charms of Yesteryear Nappy Stacker'. 

In true vintage fashion, this stacker is crisp & pretty, and decorated with pieces of recycled crochet items.

This will look good in any baby's room - boy or girl. Definitely an item you would want to keep even after they've outgrown it!

Such a handy item to have in your nursery: Apart from nappies, stack some of baby's bedding in there, or even toys. Great way to organize baby's space!

Makes a great gift for Mum's to be - will fit with almost any nursery!

Click here to view the nappy stacker.

Give an Easter Gift that Lasts!

Yes, the majority of us Looooooove chocolate treats at easter but these handmade easter finds are a great alternative!

Snuggleb Toys Cuddle Rabbit is always up for a cuddle!

Made it Baby have a sweet cross t-shirt to convey the real meaning of Christmas. Only two left!

Crochet by Beth's Biscuit Bunny would delight anyone with its unique personality & cuddle qualities!

Playing Hide & Seek in the Rose Garden

Auckland is blessed with the most gorgeous rose garden open year-round to the public. I know there are people out there who are blessed with a green thumb & can grow these beautiful blooms, my mother-in-law is one of 'those' people, but I have to make do visiting the Parnell Rose Gardens to get my fix of the delicious smelling flower in all their glory.


Saturday afternoon was our first trip of the year to the gardens. We had to time our visit just right to ensure the gardens were empty of all visitors there to appreciate the flowers in a meditative, quiet state. There is nothing quiet or demur about our visit to the gardens! The flowers tower over my two girls (4yrs & 2yrs) & they love nothing more than to race around the winding paths, squealing at the tops of their lungs, getting completely & utterly lost.

Hide & seek with littlies is funny at the best of times (you know, they bury their faces on the couch, bums in air & think you can't see them because they can't see you!) - but hide & seek in a rose garden is especially trying when you have a princess of a daughter! Our dear Tia would be all excited to seek the 'hiders' ... she'd take a couple of fast strides & stop short to smell another glorious flower that happened to be at nose height.


And try as we might to tell her that the petals on the ground aren't really a 'clue' that someone has left like in the storybooks, she insisted on collecting each & every one!
So much fun!




Can you guess what my theme of this post will be? Yep, handmade creations for kids incorporating flowers, flowers & more flowers!


Clockwise from top left (click on text to be taken directly to the relevant listing on Little Kiwis Nest):
1. Karric - Flower wall hanging
2. Natural Star - Pink merino beanie
3. Creative Aertz- Best Friend Rose Bunny (add personalised name & date of birth!)
4. Gidyy Giraffe - Whimiscal Rose Draw Knob
5. Made it Baby - tunic top
6. Imba Designs - Cherry Blossom Dress
7. Yours, Naturally - Pure Rosehip Oil

Super Sweet Handmade Creations

For the girly-girl you just can't go past these handmade creations available at Little Kiwis Nest!


1. Flower wall hangings by Karric
2. Pettiskirt by Patti Kat Design
3. Flower wall hook by Giddy Giraffe
4. 3 peice wall art by Made it Baby
5. Hoppity wall decal by Bam Bam Creative

(click on any of the above text to be taken directly to the product for sale)

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Yours, Naturally - to Singapore & beyond!?!

Franda from Yours, Naturally is holding her breath after receiving a couple of promising enquiries about exporting her range of handmade, organic baby balms to Singapore & the Philippines. "WOW" we say! But rightly so! Her products are just sensational - without any preservatives, and their fragrances are those you will find in nature. No weird ingredients that you don't understand!



Your's Naturally! Baby Balm - BIG Special for February!!! FREE postage when you order three or more of our products in a single purchase through Little Kiwis Nest this month!!! Great time to try all their lovely products, and to buy some as gifts!



Free delivery only available for NZ (sorry!)http://littlekiwisnest.co.nz/store/Yours+Naturally

Whooooo Loves Owls?!?

The designers at Little Kiwis Nest do!!!

Designer Kerry of Kazartz is painter extraodinaire & is especially passionate about all things owl - with a few dinosaurs thrown in! She LOVES small, bright, funky art for bedroom walls & her artwork is soooo affordable (ie starting at just $10!).

Amy of A.P.T Designs has a passion for authentic design, fine art and anything cute - including her cuddly owl toy.

Lisa's range of Cuckoonest creations are original, eclectic, high quality and upbeat. Although the owl pictured on her gorgeous cot/throw is a stage prop we think he's gorgeous & deserves a mention!

The girls behind 'made it baby' listened to the masses have just introduced sleeping owls to their 2010 baby clothing range. You'll find singlets & bloomers for both boys & girls in their funky, handmade collection.

New to the Nest ... SnuggleB Toys

We fell in love with the quirkiness (is that a word!?) of the Sunggleb Toys range & were so excited to welcome the very talented Debbie onto Little Kiwis Nest. Debbie is from Hamilton (great new craft market starting new soon, by the way) & has two kidlets.

Debbie started sewing as a teenager & it followed her into her work as well, as an after school job and later as fulltime work as a pattern maker and marker.

It took the arrival of her children to revive her passion for sewing again. Debbie started making Snuggle Blankets when her son became attached to one of his blankets, it kind of snowed balled from there. When her daughter became attached to a crazy giraffe she designed a toy pattern as well.

Now Debbie has a variety of toys in her collection and loves anything handmade.

You can catch Debbie with her range of handmade Snuggleb Toys at the new Hamilton markets starting in Feb

10am to 1pm

Rototuna Primary School

Multi Purpose Room23

Strathmore Drive

Rototuna, Hamilton

1st Sunday of the month

Starts Feb 7th 2010

Snuggleb Toys blog ... http://www.snugglebtoys.blogspot.com/

Snuggleb Toys facebook ... here

Snuggleb Toys on Little Kiwis Nest ... http://littlekiwisnest.co.nz/

2010 Here we come!!!

Well ... 'here we are'!!! I'm a bit slow on the uptake because I took a few weeks off to visit our families in the sunny state of Qld. Boy the temperature difference between here (Auckland) & there is crazy!

So much has happened in the world of handmade over the month that we've been silent. Little Kiwis Nest has welcomed a new designer ... Snuggle b Toys - but more on her & her cutesy toys in a later post. There are some fantastic new handmade childrens clothes, nursery decorations, soft toys etc etc. Stop by Little Kiwis Nest to see our new treasures!

Jess from Bam Bam Creative has been ultra busy creating new cushions & a quilt which she will have at this weekends Crafternoon Tea. Check out her awesome interview at Tresspass Magazine here. Well done Jess!

Just for fun

The weather in Auckland is quite abysmal, to say the least. Not only is it raining constantly it has turned extremely chilly again. Out comes the gas heater again, on go the electric blankets by night & overcoats by day. Crazy seeing as though we're well into the spring months now!

So all around the country I can imagine mums beginning to tear their hair out, trying to come up with things for the youngsters during the school/kindy break. By now, your second week, you're probably looking for a few more toys to keep them amused? So our Little Kiwis Nest photo picks could be the type of things you need to sprighten up your rainy days.

Remember, all the goodies on Little Kiwis Nest are handcrafted by stay-at-home mums/grannies/or simply kids-at-heart!

1. Natural Star's merino, tassel beanie - to help you escape the house for starters! http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=749

2. Cuckoonest's handmade felt Little Red Ridinghood House - kick-start hours of imaginative play http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=765

3. Leila Loves Handmade's collection of sweet hair accessories - bring out the hairbrush, hair spray, blower dryer etc & play hairdressers - http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=798

4. Marshmellow Magic's "Meet the Moon's" family of 6 finger puppets http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=759

5. Harpster's Higgle Harpster - a heat pack, cold pack & toy rolled into one! http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=756

6. Li'l Loved Ones butterfly puppet - perfect size to slip over little hands for fluttery fun - http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=19

Here's to many wonderful hours enjoying your kids these school holidays!

Little Kiwis Nest

http://littlekiwisnest.co.nz/