Welcome to Pinkhouse Handworks. This is the name I chose several years ago for a little business I hoped to have one day. I didn't even know what the business we be for! The birth of our child in November 2007 made the business a reality. After being a Montessori guide in Austin, Texas for 10 years, I left my classroom to be at home with my daughter.

With a Montessori background myself (I attended Montessori school from 2 1/2 to 11 years old and assisted in children’s house, elementary and middle school levels before training) and generous friends with the Montessori Birth to 3 training, I set out to make the special items from their trainings for my daughter. With the help of my husbands carpentry skills, I found that we could make multiple sets, and I began to piece together the collection of what I now call Montessori Baby Toys.

We started up our Etsy shop in 2008 when our daughter was a baby and have watched it grow gradually. We were inspired to make they toys for her initially and gave Etsy a try. We have had the pleasure of shipping over 2500 orders to the North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia through Etsy. It's been a real pleasure to be a part of the Etsy family and watch Etsy grow and improve along the way.

In addition to Etsy we sell our toys through The Michael Olaf Company which is a great resource for families. Their web site if full of informative videos, article and product to support families world wide. http://www.michaelolaf.net/

In 2009 we shipped several sets of toys off to a toy testing lab and had them go through the full tests for toy safety. All of our toys passed and so we feel at ease in offering them to babies.

Running this little home business has been like nothing I have ever done before, much like being a parent. I am learning daily from this experience. I feel grateful that my husband and I get to to prepare these toys for infants and am delighted they have found their way out into the larger world.

With the wonderful support of family and friends, we hope to continue making baby toys for infants for a long time.