Udder effortlessly cool children's clothes - huge sale

I've been following Fliss from Udder's journey for years along the south-east coast of QLD creating beautiful handmade toys and effortlessly cool kids' clothes, and now to Bali where she and her family are continuing their creative endeavours. Sadly for us, Fliss is discontinuing her children's clothes line to focus on her new ceramics line (exciting!), but the good news for us is that her gorgeous clothes have been heavily reduced (up to 70% off!).

A royal baby care package from Australia

Well the big day has arrived for Britain's Royals with the birth of Kate and William's son - the new HRH Prince of Cambridge. We're sending them a huge congratulations as well as a virtual Royal Baby Care Package kitted out with some of the very best Australian-designed products, fit for a Prince. Ubabub? Wheely Bug? Udder? Oishi-m? Love Mae? Only the best, of course!

1. Ubabub Nifty Clear Cot & Junior Bed from Urban Baby
2. Organic Cotton Cushion Cover - Plus One - Yellow and Grey from Down That Little Lane
3. Metal Welcome Sign from OllieRose
4. Designer Kids Swing Vinyl Wall Decals from Tots n Tales
5. Udder Flash Cape and Mask from Skip To My Lou
6. Oishi-m Blitz Skinny Jean from Where Did You Get That?
7. Yellow kangaroo leather Ruby & Sam shoes from Antipodean Love
8. Wheely Bug from Urban Baby
9. Love Mae Fabric Wall Decals - Up, Up & Away from Urban Baby
10. Brown Damask Owl from Lelbys

Curated by: Steph Bond-Hutkin | Bondville

Stylish Kids: Udder

Four years ago I introduced you to the cool-as-cucumber handmade toys of exceptional quality made by Fliss Dodd from Udder. Time has flown and in-between I met Fliss at a market and then bumped into her serendipitously at the movies and at a wood festival at Buderim; and then Fliss and family headed off to Bali to live the good life. Now Udder is back and as well as the handmade softies, Fliss has just launched a cool-as-cucumber collection of children's clothing up to size 8 that is rocking the world. Let's have a look at the Udder Make Believe collection...

Udder's first collection is full of fun, stylish clothes that are comfortable to play in. The triangle skirt is a stand-out and I want one adult-size asap. And those Oki shorts have the perfect cut for a little girl who doesn't like to stray far from skirts. And I bet you didn't even notice - no pink! Just sweet green, yellow, teal and grey for your little hipsters.

Congratulations Fliss on yet more exception products and hope your first season goes gangbusters.

You can find Udder children's clothes, accessories and handmade friends in the online store and select stockists.

Images: Udder

Hip Products: Udder

I'm grateful to Florence for introducing me to Udder and Fliss Dodd's world of soft handmade toys. And once I peeked at the Udder site, I realised that I had seen these lovely creatures at bastion of kid-cool, Echidna Place in Bangalow, NSW.

Udder toys are made in Queensland, Australia, using a mixture of recycled, new, vintage and Japanese fabrics. Each of these adorable creatures features an applique heart which reminds me that they are painstakingly made with love. Fliss trained as a ceramic artist and started making toys two years ago when she wanted an alternative to all the synthetic kids' toys on the market.

It's so hard to choose between them, but I think little Ted would love a fox, and my wee Sophie might love a luna.

You can find Udder toys on Etsy (more stock coming soon), Twig (in the US) and various stockists. Learn more about Fliss' work on the Udder blog and on Flickr. And if you are in Brisbane next month, you'll find Udder at the GoMA gallery store Christmas Design Market on 6th December 2008, 9am-5pm at the gallery store forecourt.

You can shop online for kids fashion from great stores in the Australian Online Kids and Baby Store Directory.

Image: Udder on Flickr