Madeleine Stamer perspex bird mobiles

I think I actually gasped out loud a little when I came across these cut-out birds. At first glance, they look at like the most intricate paper-cuts à la Rob Ryan, but they are in fact a much more robust and practical laser-cut perspex.   Choose from a mobile of three complimentary colours, or go [...]

Mr Moustache Mobile

I’m hearting this Mr Moustache mobile by Jäll & Tofta which pays homage to the ‘tache in wonderful fashion. Made from 100% recycled paper and nut veneer, it’s a clever eco friendly buy that will be right at home in a contemporary nursery. $29 (Etsy) plus $5 shipping to the UK. via Inhabitots

Gorgeous Knitted Baby Toys, Mobiles and Backpacks by Blabla Kids

I’m a hardcore fan of Blabla Kids, a scrumptious range of knitted toys designed by Florence Wetterwald that are right up there on my hot knitted toy meter with Anne-Claire Petit’s delights. Knitted in Peru by artisans from natural cotton in a fairtrade environment, we’ve featured several of their dolls which are perfect for both [...]

Bird Mobiles by Kalikå

These quirky bird mobiles by Swedish designers Kalikå are certainly quite a departure from your typical plush baby mobile. For a humorous take on the age old dodgy explanation of where babies come from, there’s the stork and baby mobile, £34.82, in graceful, gentle flight, but it’s the offbeat music box birds, £24.55 (also available [...]

Paper Chicks & Bunnies to Download from Mibo

Easter may be over but it’s still Spring (to be fair it feels like it just started) and these downloadable templates by Hove based design company Mibo are super cool stylish friends to celebrate the season. There’s The Yolk Folk, the chicks with funny names Cluck Gable, Eggory Peck, and Sophia Le Hen, and there’s [...]

Hot Aeroplane Buys for Babies & Toddlers

With a pilot grandfather, there’s no way my little one can avoid a love of aviation, so I’ve made it my mission to seek out the coolest aeroplane buys on the market. Prepare for take off… I’m still (rather heroically, I think) managing to avoid all things garish and plastic, so I’m seriously loving Global [...]

Japanese Paper Balloons from Petra Boase

I’ve been looking all over for some cool Japanese Paper Balloons. Paper balloons come in lots of fun animal shapes and can be inflated & flattened for reuse. Toddlers love playing with them and I’ll be using ours to make an over-sized mobile for our play room (look out for it in our Nursery Tours [...]

Make Your Own: Bird Mobile

The second installment in our Make Your Own series brings you two super hot tutorials for bird mobiles. We love birds in the nursery and by making your own mobile you can guarantee that the mobile hanging in your bambino’s nursery is an original.First up is the Summer Tweets Mobile from The Red Thread (above). [...]

Paper Owls to Download from Mibo

How cool are these paper owls from Mibo? Just £1 hooks you this set of four Wise Guys. They arrive in your inbox within 24 hours and all you have to do is cut and stick them. I think they would look really cute in a nursery or even made into a mobile. If your [...]

Bargain-o-rama! Ikea’s Korall & Barnslig Baby Mobile’s

I’m quite liking the goggle eyed fish and cheerful animals literally staring down from these budget buys from Ikea. Keeping it simple with playful brights, all you need to do is get your string and a hook to hang them from. £4.99 for the Korall and £4.88 for the Barnslig. via Babygadget

Story Mobile by Ferm Living

If I had my way, I’d own most of the Ferm Living range which I saw in the flesh when I met up with the agents at Top Drawer Spring earlier this year. We’ve featured this Danish design company’s fabulous wall stickers which include height charts (plus I want their cushions, wallpaper, and tea tea [...]

Anne Claire-Petit Baby Animal Mobile

Brenda writes…Mobiles can be picked up quite inexpensively  but this one is like the Rolls Royce of mobiles. It’s hand made, bright and colourful crochet animals on a mobile which are the instantly recognisable creations of renowned Danish designer, Anne Claire-Petit Made from 100% cotton, it’s handwash only. £42 at Stork Gifts.