baby kimonos!! as babe grows, you can take out a couple stitches, so this will last from 0-24 months. found at tortoise, great shop in venice, ca.

slippers and booties by wooly baby. found on poppytalk, a rad online street fair of all kinds of handmade goods.

i was searching etsy for wool or felted balls for my throwing-a-lot toddler and discovered ouistitine - super cute montreal shop upcycling sweaters into great toys.

made to order felted eggs...i love these colors.

cute house knit from baby alpaca. at orfeo.

images from ketiketa's winter 2011 collection. nepalese textiles, small-scale production, lookbook in the midst of a french art installation.

clean, not-too-kid's room interiors via bliss - who puts up too many inspiring photos to post.

found some terrific handmade, fair trade children's items at my new favorite online store, deep dark africa. finely woven storage baskets and sisal cups and crocheted pendant lights (trust me).

what a great tapestry above this little one's crib! vintage egyptian tapestry found at the rose bowl. from apartment therapy's tour of jesse kamm + family's home.

apparently i have thing for crayon holders. these are pretty fun, though. at beklina.

vintage alphabet cards from the '60s. i've ordered a couple vintage items from cottage farm that i've been really happy about.

love these felted and cloth made-to-order matryoshka doll sets from sewnnatural.

pieces from tane organics fall/winter 2011 collection - inspired by sources ranging from japanese kimonos to renaissance frescoes, all in natural fibers. la's lost & found has the best things for little ones.

(images via lost & found)

sweetness! h-luv fabrications - handmade by californian and self-described postmodern folk artist heidi iverson. made from durable linens, felts and upcycled/repurposed fabrics.

(photo via yoya)

i stumbled on these crayon rolls trolling etsy. terrific little gifts and great for travel. we keep this one on hand for dinners out. all proceeds go to charity, and the felt lining is made from recycled plastic bottles.

images from wovenplay. hand-crafted textiles and french dressmaking. loving the turquoise featherband for a birthday girl. i want to try making a more rustic version.

so pretty. this babe is in her mom's vintage baby dress.

(image via the glow)

found these this week at goods in santa monica. handmade in kyrgyzstan, fair trade and similar price point to the gap. this store buys lovely things.

these hand-stuffed 1940s oilcloth toys were recently at the brimfield antique show (would love to get there when i'm home in massachusetts next summer!) and turned up on one king's lane. aren't they great? i think i have a new ebay search term...

for the last days of summer....every piece of the mabo collection is gorgeous. i want my little girl to wear this gingham kerchief! just the lookbook photos alone are inspiring.

this family's home was featured recently in dwell, which noted the parents' handmade ceramics. i tracked down their etsy shop, new house project, and think the primary colors in the wheel-thrown pottery sets are great, really fresh but still designed for kids. and i love the bathroom cups too.

i found this illustration when searching endpapers in classic children's books. this one is from a book illustrated by etienne beck and authored by a famous russian folklorist. i can't seem to find more info or availability, even at international online booksellers but i feel like this would make amazing wallpaper for a child's room. purely inspirational for the time being i'm afraid...

dying for fall here in los angeles....and mocassins. how cute are these? handmade in brooklyn. and a vegan mom version, both at tenover6. more of the adult mocs at beklina.

when i heard these muny quilts were on sale, i treated my daughter to the owl print as a special gift for her new big girl bed...it is so soft and beautifully made without being too precious. when we opened the box last week, she insisted on getting right into bed with it!

(sale info via wee textile)

welcome to skin horses, a blog dedicated to timeless and beautiful things for children - what the skin horse in the velveteen rabbit called Real - loved objects that won't "break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept."