Hello my name is Alana Farmer and I am a design-a-holic. I just can't get enough of creating new and fun things, using just about any material I can get my hands on. Yard sales, thrift shops, art and fabric stores all set my head spinning with ideas of what I might be able to fashion from the many treasures I find. Of course, certain items are more tempting than others. For me, bright colours, tactile fabrics and shiny things are particularly addictive. It was the latter of these that brought about the birth of Random Pretty Things. My magpie like attraction to sparkly glass, lead to a stockpile of luscious candy coloured beads. Gradually, I began teaching myself wire wrapping techniques that would let me transform this glistening collection into wearable art. As I developed my skills, my stockpile of beads quickly evolved into a stockpile of jewellery. I decided it was time to share the sparkle with the world and began selling my designs at local craft shows.

It was at these craft shows that I first fell in love with the fabulous designer plush toys made by a few of my fellow crafters. I found myself wanting to take them all home with me, but I simply could not justify filling my smallish apartment with toys, no matter how lovable they were. And then it dawned on me that if those adorable toys could do more around the house than just making me smile there might be room for them in my life after all. I tested this theory by creating my very first monster tea cozy. He was so well loved and helpful around the house that more soon followed. It wasn't long before I began receiving requests for bags, hats and bibs in the same style. I quickly became addicted to this new line of purposeful stuffed toys and started envisioning everything around my house with eyes, ears and sometimes antenna.

And that is how Random Pretty Things became the eclectic line that you see today. It is a collection of all of the things that I found too delightful and fun not to create. I hope you enjoy them as well!