Welcome little Moxy

Moxy loooves to bounce, on the tramp on the bed on the couch, she gets pretty high !!!! she loves to eat flowers and gummi bears.

She sits at 27cm, her body is a fine cord, she has furry ears, belly and tail, the rest of her is a vintage cotton. Her face is a combination of felt and embroidery and she is stuffed with polyfill.

If the colours of Moxy aren't quite what you are after, SnuggleB Toys designer is quite happy to custom make her to your liking - just get in touch via the Little Kiwis Nest website HERE.

Weekend Sales!

As we start relaxing into the weekend I thought I'd give you 3 excuses to go shopping on Little Kiwis Nest.

1- Today is the last day to take advantage of the beinzstalk Gift with Purchase offer. Click HERE for details  

2. Crochet by Beth is having a weekend 10% off sale until midnight Sunday. Click HERE to view her delightful bunnies & clothing.  By the way, be sure to take note at just how big these bunnies are - some are enormous!

3. Ok, so this one isn't quite an online experience but if you are up to a market trawl in the morning & you're somewhere in the vicinity of Ashburton be sure to say hi to Somerton will be at the Ashburton Racecourse indoor markets tomorrow (Ashburton Racecourse 10am-4pm). Melanie will have a bunch of new products not yet listed on Little Kiwis Nest.  Be the first to get a peek!

But if you can't meet her there, why not meet her HERE instead!



Whatever your plans this weekend, have a safe, relaxing & thoroughly enjoyable time :)
 
Little Kiwis Nest

Let the sun shine in !

Like most parents during the wet season I whisk my kids outdoors at the slightest promise of sunshine.  Today was one of those iffy days where it's sunny over my house but storm clouds threaten from afar.  But we braved it & headed a half hours drive away to my favourite beach on the outskirts of Auckland.

Maraetai beach has white sand (albeit a little crunchy with crushed shells), a gorgeous wharf, beautiful green rolling hills & delightful little cafe to top it off. 

Speaking of sunshine, I trawled through all the handmade creations on Little Kiwis Nest to find a bunch that were sunny & yellow & made me smile.  Here's my pick ...

Clockwise from top left:
Black reversible dress by imba (this one just sold but there are plenty of other gorgeous creations by imba!)
Bee beanie by Creative Aertz
Hootie Hoot Hot painting by Kazartz ($20)
Sunshine pinafore by Somerton
Gift box with amber teething necklace, maraca, face cloths & organic Baby Balm by Yours, naturally
Candy stripe butterfly clip by Miss Jade
Buggles soft toy by SnuggleB Toys
Sweet Sunflower wall hanging by KARRIC
Board short & tee set by made it baby

Send the life raft - (nautical nursery & clothes)

Wow hasn't New Zealand taken a weather beating these last few days.  Poor Dunedin had flooding & Ashburton had mudslides & goodness knows what happened elsewhere.(http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_objectid=10648564&gallery_id=111511#6935879)

So with water in the headlines I thought I'd share some nautical themed goodies on Little Kiwis Nest.  Remember these are handmade by home-based designers (usually mums with kids) so uniqueness is a given!  Got to love little cottage industries :)

Features:
Karric - wall painting. http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=1581
imba - shark show bib.  Ultra absorbent for little dribblers & messy munchers! http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=895
billy & ella - merino long-sleeve tees. Perfect in cooler weather http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=1628
hjrd Design - Nautical Sunday magnetic wall art. These are designed as an interactive art installation, you're the curator! There are countless ways to display this set. http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=1660
Zhakita Cake Designz - Pirate cake - perfect party centre piece. http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=1563
made it baby - sailboats room decor http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=1168
mostly monsters - Josh the Hook - pirate toy. http://www.littlekiwisnest.co.nz/product.php?VP=1436

SnuggleB Toys - SALE

To celebrate her daughter turning five and starting school, Debbie of Snuggleb toys has marked down her range of gorgeous soft toys!

All animals and doll are reduced from $29.50 to $25.00 and all toys that are $24.50 will be reduced to only $20!

Offer expires 28th April 2010 so get in now and grab yourself a bargan!

VISIT SNUGGLEB HERE

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/