Toys that encourage your child's imagination

I have been sewing and creating for nearly 40 years, and felt has always been my main passion. I never thought that I would ever say that I am grateful for the years we didn't have a lot of money. Because it was during those years that I was forced me to become creative.
My best ideas have come from watching my grandchildren play. Several years ago while the whole family was at our weekend cabin our then youngest grandson wanted so desperately to play near the campfire. We let him roast us each a marshmallow but still he just wanted to be like all of us adults and poke it with a stick or add more firewood.

It was then that the idea occurred to me. I needed to make him his own Campfire....and that was when my signature toy the campfire was born.After a few years or so of letting him and the next two grandsons who had come along play with it, I began to tweak and change things. And the result is the Campfire that you now see.

Almost every time we visit with the boys they begin telling of some new ideas they have for toys. Most of what you see has come from moments with these kiddos.

The Creek on our property is called Hopewell Creek. We spend a lot of time down there and have found so many fossils and unusual items that together. It's during these moments that we talk about new ideas.
Each time I make something new I take it to our grandsons and now our granddaughter.They have become my quality control department of sorts. Trust me when I say they never spare my feelings. If I have missed the mark at all they will say...."No this is kinda dumb" So it's back to the drawing board.

I'm proud to say my shop was chosen by Babble.com as one of the Top 50 Parents Shops of 2012.
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