Handmade Pretties

Lara Newsom has been making things with her hands for 30 years. Nothing brings her greater joy than finding yet another way to reuse something that she would  normally throw away. She has discovered unlimited possibilites for the cut up sweater, and spends countless evenings from 9 o'clock to 2:30 AM sewing and stuffing and cutting her way to happiness (or pure exhaustion).

Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Lara attended graduate school at Cal Arts in Los Angeles. When you purchase one of her "Handmade Pretties" you receive a wonderfully unique and artful toy for the little one in your life, and simultaneously help Lara to pay off her student loan debt and care for her two little ones.