Homemade Stocking Stuffer and Vintage Books

Sometimes I'm late to the party, but I have just discovered Wee Wonderfuls, and I'm in love!   Hillary Lang is the creator of the adorable Wees and is a stay-at-home mom turned small business owner.  She crafts all sorts of fun toys and just published a book appropriately titled Wee Wonderfuls.   Meet Olive and Archie - two of her creations:

Arent' they adorable?!  Her blog lists a couple of free pattern downloads where I discovered the Wee Bunny.  Here are a few pictures of McCord's stocking stuffer complete with a seersucker bow tie! 

...and of course, I have to show the booty! 

And while we're talking about books, our local library had a book sale a couple of weeks ago where I scored a few vintage children's books for Mc.  I love the illustrations from the books - in fact the characters look surprisingly similar to the Wees.  My favorite of the 3 books is called I Look Out My Window and was published in 1964 by Playskool.  It's made from heavy cardboard and has really held together over the years.  It is about a little boy who looks out his window (book is cut out on each page to make a window) to see how he should dress for the day according to the weather. 

The other two books were also published the the 60s by Rand McNally.  Hickory Dickory Dock is about a mischievous little mouse and Lancelot is about a lion who learns to roar. 

It makes me wonder who the children are - now grown adults - who held these three books in their their little hands.  Children who asked their moms and dads to read them over and over until all of the words were memorized and the pages worn down with love.  McCord has already put some good mileage on these three books, and I'm comforted in knowing that our little 4 month old is connected somehow to a timeless tradition of reading.