Our good Craggy Friend Deanna is guest posting on Chic and Green today! Deanna is such a charming person to talk to. She has great ideas on green living, and today she posted some of her favorite links to handmade soaps,a beautiful blanket, and even added some pics of a few Craggy Moor originals that now live in her home. She also gives a short history on how she got started on her journey to live more naturally.

Deanna has her own blog too:

Musings from my greenish life

  

Both blogs are a wonderful expression of some wonderful green ideas and products out there that you might not know about. We have a passion for natural living too, and really enjoy what we’ve read there so far.

 is another super resource for handmade items all over the world.

They asked if they could add our dear Nutmeg Squirrley! We were very honored to send her on over.  We’ve just started looking at all the beautiful handcrafted items on their site. We love it already, and look foward to visiting often! It would be so neat if Nutmeg found a new home through their audience too!

 

 

A great big thank you to you Deanna, Chic and Green, and 360 Handmade! We are so honored to know you, and be featured.

We are also very excited to be able to offer two fun and natural Hardwood Tile Games

 Our Natural Alpha Numeric Set features 36  2 inch hardwood tiles, hand sanded and finished with our wonderful smelling beeswax wood cream. The tiles are so smooth, and make such a nice clinking sound when played with, and smell slighly sweet. The beeswax we use is processed at a low temperature to retain its natural quality and scent. We just love it!

 You can use the letter tiles to match capital and lower case letters with your pre-reader.

 Our number tiles can be used to learn early counting and number recognition, and combine them to learn higher numbers too!

 This is our Memory tile game. Young children just love playing memory, and this set is made to last so your children can play with their children someday. Each tile is lovingly hand sanded, hand stamped and rubbed with our beeswax wood cream. Little children love starting with a few pairs and working their way up to the full set of 12 pairs as their memory increases.

Learning games are great ways to spend a few minutes doing something enjoyable and educational with your little one-something we hold dear here. The tiles are simple, vintage inspired toys that are gratifying to little minds and hands.

Games like our educational Hardwood Tiles inspire the creation of other games as little ones play-from simple stacking to anything they can imagine! Our tiles here are used for anything from memory games, to trading games. They have even become cookies at a tea party! :0)

Stop by the Moor Store and take a look-we hope you’ll love them for your little one too!

We love games that are not only naturally beautiful, but also a great way for little minds to learn!

This Waldorf inspired natural tile game is wonderful in so many ways!

Included in this game are (36) 2 inch square natural wood tiles, hand sanded super smooth and stamped right here on the Moor with beautiful black typeset numbers and letters (just like they would see in a book! Wonderful for pre reader letter recognition!)

The chunky tiles and pleasing and safe for all ages, and coated with natural beeswax wood lotion.

 
There are 26 tiles with A-Z in upper case, and a-z in lower case on the reverse.

Also included are 10 number tiles 0-9 with 9-0 on the reverse.

You can have all kinds of fun with your little one while teaching them their numbers and letters!
You can play Upper case/lower case letter matching games, “build” numbers larger than 9, and anything else you can think of!

Your tiles store nicely in a woven cotton drawstring bag-take them with you wherever you go!

You can feel good knowing your child’s play is productive, safe and nurturing.

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thank you for visiting!

We use natural fiber, new and repurposed materials that we gently care for here on the Moor. Our desire is to make beautiful, meaningful toys that are unique,handmade, and something we’d love to give, and responsible too!

He sure is small, but he has a great big heart! Meet Eli Bearington! He’s just right to fit in a pocket and tag along on all kinds of adventures. At the end of the day he’s perfect to share a little snack (he promises not to take too big a bite-being a bear of very small size)
 
Eli is a modest but adorable 6 inches tall (4 inches sitting). He’s made of super soft, irresistibly huggable blue cotton velvet. His paw pads are a pretty, vintage inspired cotton plaid with stripes of mustard, plum and wheat.

His stuffing is weighted to make him delightfully heavy and “real” feeling when you hold him.

Eli’s eyes are shining, navy cat’s eye beads. His sweet nose and smile are handstitched with black cotton floss.

He’s button jointed with engraved, silver metal bead buttons at each joint. His collar is black suede with a sweet heart shaped charm that reads “handmade with love”.

Eli is individually handmade with much love. His materials are repurposed and brand new, natural and hypoallergenic. He comes with a card dated and signed by the artist.

He’d make a wonderful, unique gift for someone you love, or tuck him into your own special treasures.

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thanks so much for visiting!

  Craggy Moor Bears at Home

is the new flickr group started by our new friend Tracy (mom to Mabel)! If you have a Craggy Moor lamb,bear,or bunny with stories, blog, or pics to share, come on over and join the fun! We just love seeing how our beary special friends are doing these days!

Here are the beary sweet members who’ve jointed already! We’d love to see you there!

Nestled in her mama’s care, or skipping across the
Moor, Sootyfoot Cottonwool is a happy little lamb. She loves to nibble the delicate purple clover dotting the green grasses, and gently nuzzle her mama ewe when the cool autumn breezes blow. Still, that irresistible, old wood fence entices her. Someday she will try to jump it!

Sootyfoot Cottonwool is 9 inches tall from head to hoof, 6 inches sitting. She’s made of creamy soft cotton repurposed sweater material with a wonderful, thick texture. Sootyfoot’s hooves, muzzle and ear linings are a beautiful,charcoal colored velvetty wool that contrasts her coat very nicely.

Sootyfoot’s sweet face is handstitched with black cotton floss, and her eyes are pretty, shining navy jet beads.

Sootyfoot is string tied and button jointed with folksy little handmade square wood buttons. They give a charming and whimsical touch to her sweet and classic features.

Her stuffing has a touch of dry lavender, and just enough steel bb’s deep within her tummy and feet to make her pleasingly heavy, and “real” feeling.

Sootyfoot Cottonwool would make a charming gift for someone you love. She is individually made with much love from gently cared for repurposed and brand new materials. She will come with a card dated and signed by the artist too!

Sootyfoot is securely made, however, as with all toys, can dissasemble with rough play. Due to her small parts, we must tell you to use your discretion when purchasing for the very young (under age 3).

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thanks so much for visiting!

I’m sure you’ve been wondering where we’ve been lately! It’s been a long time since we posted, but we’ve been busy with lots of cuteness!

A very kind lady asked us to custom make her some sweet little friends, and we have a sneak peek for you! You can find more pics and sneak peeks of our items at our Flickr page too!

It’s been so much fun creating these sweet little friends! If you love any of these and want one for your own, we can surely custom make one for you. In the meantime, we have a few new friends made and ready to post at the store for sale, so keep checking back!

Time to get back to the sewing machine

Nestled in his mama’s care, or skipping across the Moor, Soot Woolyfoot is a happy little lamb. He loves to nibble the delicate purple clover dotting the green grasses, and play “king of the hill” with his lambie cousins. Soot loves to wander too! His little tinkling bell is often heard just on the other side of the old wood fence.

Soot Woolyfoot is 9 inches tall from head to hoof, 6 inches sitting. He’s made of creamy soft cotton repurposed sweater material with a wonderful, thick texture. Soot’s hooves, muzzle and ear linings are a beautiful,charcoal colored velvetty wool that contrasts Soot’s coat very nicely.

Soot’s sweet face is handstitched with black cotton floss, and his eyes are pretty, shining black glass beads.

Soot is string tied and button jointed with folksy little handmade square wood buttons. They give a charming and whimsical touch to his sweet and classic features.

Soot is stuffed with hypoallergenic, premium quality, high loft polyfil, a touch of dry lavender, and just enough steel bb’s deep within his tummy and feet to make him pleasingly heavy, and “real” feeling. He has a cute little copper bell around his neck, secured with a leather cord.

Soot Woolyfoot would make a charming gift for someone you love. He is individually made with much love from gently cared for repurposed and brand new materials. He will come with a card dated and signed by the artist too!

Soot is securely made, however, as with all toys, can dissasemble with rough play. Due to his small parts, we must tell you to use your discretion when purchasing for the very young (under age 3).

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thanks so much for visiting!

Everyone knows this time of year all kinds of little mousies appear. The Craggy Moor is no exception!A special kind of scratching in my sewing box this morning brought the discovery of a sweet little patchwork mouse who calls himself Squeaklin Woolworth. He has a love of all things shiny, and was found quite hapilly nestled among the tempting, burnished vintage buttons!

Squeaklin is 9 inches tall, 6 inches sitting. He’s made of super soft repurposed sky blue wool, interwoven with delicate strands of cream. His cute little pointed muzzle and paw pads are accented with buttery caramel colored cotton velvet.

Squeaklin’s adorable oversized ears, and little knotted tail are coordinating slate and sky blue paisley cotton with a beautiful pattern.

Squeaklin is all natrual on the outside-every surface that would touch tender skin is made of all natural wool and cottons.

On the inside he’s stuffed with hypoallergenic, premium quality clusterfluff, and a touch of dry lavender.
Squeaklin also has steel bbs deep within his tummy and feet to make him pleasingly heavy and “real” feeling.

Squeaklin’s limbs are securely string tied and button jointed with 6 strand cotton floss and beautiful pearly white shell buttons.

His face sweetly smiles, and seems to ask “what fun can we have today?”  He has lovely, shining navy jet eyes, and a cute little handstitched black cotton nose and smile.

Squeaklin Woolworth is just waiting to be special to a new little friend (ages 4 and up due to small parts). Squeaklin is securely made, but as with any toy, rough play could cause damage. Please use your own discretion when buying for the very young.

Squeaklin’s individually made, like all the friends here on the Moor, and would also make a charming handmade gift for any occasion, and for the young at heart too!

Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thanks so much for visiting!

Baxter Herringbone skipped onto the Moor looking for turnip greens, an adventure or two, enticed by the sweet smell of buttery cabbage (that’s the very best way to catch a herringbone hare you know!)

Baxter is 9 inches tall, and about 6 inches sitting. He’s made of a wonderfully textured, old fashioned herringbone wool suit coat material. His ears and paws are lined with a coordinating soft cotton plaid. The beautiful muted blues, mustards and tans of the plaid brings out the subtle, interwoven shades of grey and brown in Baxter’s tweedy fur so well. He’s full of vintage charm from his sweetly oversized ears to is adorable oversized feet.

Baxter’s stuffed with 100% brand new, hypoallergenic, premium quality, high loft polyfil, a touch of dry lavender, and just enough steel bb’s deep within his tummy and feet to make him pleasingly heavy and “real” feeling.

Baxter has a cute little face with creamy cotton knit accents and handstitched cotton nose and smile. His eyes are beautifully shining navy jet beads with subtle blue highlights.

Baxter’s limbs are string tied and button jointed with pretty white shell buttons. He even has a little cream colored, hand sewn wool yarn tail!

Baxter would love to come home and be a friend to someone you love. He’d make a wonderful gift, or add him to your own warren of unique handmade hares!

Baxter is securely sewn, but does contain small parts, so please use your own discretion when buying for the very young.

Baxter is individually made, and has his own sweet look, like all the hares here on the Moor. He will come with a card dated and signed by the Artist.

Handmade is the very best way to say  I love you!

Thanks so much for visiting!