Rotorua designer and crocheter Lauren (Soo-Eun) Lee is the creative mind behind the enchanting Roundline range of crochet toys and illustrations. Originally from South Korea, Lauren has built on her arts and design training to develop her professional life here in Aotearoa as a toy maker, photographer, and portrait artist.
Make your own adorable mouse with this fab eco-friendly soft toy kit from The ReCreators. Containing everything you need to make a cool little soft toy mouse, it includes pre-cut fabric, stuffing, buttons, tail, whiskers, needle, thread and sewing pins, all popped into eco-friendly packaging.
OMG, hipster llamas! Need we say more? Adopt yours now from Made4Mckenzie.
Introducing the Trixie corner toy hammock from Trixie Gifts and Accessories! Designed to store and display bears, bunnies and other soft toys, the Trixie corner hammock keeps them all off the floor and easy to find. Handmade using recycled Jersey cotton, each hammock is uniquely coloured and one of a kind.
When Snells Beach sewing aficionado Brenda Howson of Zealous Design was a child she had a precious big rag doll that she loved to pieces. Now she makes beautiful handcrafted dolls and soft toy animals so that a new generation of Kiwi kids can love a unique doll that’s made with care and love.
Canterbury maker Re:created makes timeless toys with heart, soul… and an eco-conscience! This adorable elephant is lovingly pieced together from 100% clean upcycled materials – in this case a hand dyed woollen blanket and cotton fabric.
This very stylishly dressed bear from Petal and Pleat stands approx. 30cm tall and has been handmade with soft 100% cotton fabric and stuffed with polyester fiberfill. His seams have been double stitched to make sure he is nice and strong for lots of adventures! Can you find him a friend and a forever home?
Swimming strongly against the tide of fast fashion, Wainui maker Rachel Hindley of OneMe makes one of a kind, eco-friendly children’s clothing and soft toys from beautiful, high quality vintage and rescued fabrics and notions. She says she loves to make things that make you smile, and evoke a bit of nostalgia – and her sweet products certainly achieve that aim!
Cathie Wedekind lives in Auckland with her husband, one of her daughters, and two teenage grandchildren. Home doubles as production headquarters for her range of babywear and toys, Mimi and Rufus, and having recently retired from full time employment as a commercial project coordinator, Cathie is looking forward to spending more time designing and crafting her products.
This adorable one of a kind, handmade cat doll from Saskia’s Studio is named Maggie – and she has a sweet little kitten that she carries around in a baby sling. Great for encouraging imaginary play, this duo are lovely to cuddle and hold