Nanette Regan

Nanette Regan designs and makes soft toys and gifts from high quality linen and cotton. Her toys are made to be played with, cuddled and occasionally run through a washing machine. All the toys that she sells are safe for children of all ages.

Nanette grew up in Jersey, then spent six years in London gaining a degree in Painting from the Slade School of Fine Art and working as a prop-maker and scenery painter. She returned to Jersey and made it her home when her son was born. As a mother and a toymaker her aim is to create toys that are a pleasure for both the child and adult. The toys are purposefully simple so that they can be a springboard for the child's imaginative play. They enhance, rather than distract from the home when they are scattered all over the place. Most importantly, they are safe and washable.

As well as toys Nanette makes a range of pencil cases with animal motifs, small tote bags designed for those library trips and important collections of pine cones, and brooches featuring happy images of local fruit and veg.

You can find her and her work at the regular Farmers and Craft Markets at St Aubin, as well as at various Jersey Tourism events throughout the year. A selection of her work is available from the Harbour Gallery in St Aubin. Her work is also available for purchase on my website AreaThriftyOne.com. She has a blog at areathriftyone.blogspot.com where she chatters about things she is making and events that she is attending, or follow areathriftyone on twitter for updates. Contact her via email at areathriftyone@googlemail.com.