What is it about baby feet that’s just so precious? One of the sweetest keepsake ideas I’ve seen involves sticking your child’s baby shoes on a canvas — maybe even more striking than preserving those tiny footprints in paint or plaster.
I wish I’d had the foresight to save at least one pair of Ezra or Jed’s baby shoes. But kids grow out of their footwear at the speed of light, and every time I have a big decluttering session, the bag of shoes is first to go.
Nowadays, the boys are mainly obsessed with football boots and trainers. Thanks to their heroes like Messi and Sanchez, they’re always bugging me to get the latest sports brand, although so long as it makes them ‘speedy’, they’re happy.
If there’s one brand that’s making me nostalgic for the baby shoes era again, it’s Wolfie + Willow. The founders of the company drew inspiration from their son Gabriel (nicknamed Wolfie), willow trees and the wild landscapes of their adopted home, New Zealand. Wolfie + Willow encompasses freedom of movement, simple pleasures and living in the moment, hence the tagline ‘live lightly’.
Head to the Wolfie + Willow web site and fall in love with their luxury leather moccasins designed for babies through the toddler and early school years. You can almost feel the quality just by looking at the range.
Each pair of Wolfie + Willow shoes are handmade in New Zealand from soft biodegradable leather and come in a variety of evocative colours, such as Sky, Flint, Indigo and Raven. All the shoes are coloured with non-toxic vegetable dyes.
The carefully structured shoes are designed to allow growing feet to move naturally, without restriction. The lightweight leather is said to mould to the foot like a second skin. This is especially important for babies, crawlers and toddlers as they feel their way across the ground and learn to balance and control their motor functions.
Wolfie + Willow are owned by Inch Blue, a brand that has featured on Babes about Town and our giveaways before, and we like the New Zealand connection too (Ezra and Jed’s nana is a Kiwi).
I almost wept when I saw that Wolfie + Willow moccasins stop at child size 12, because Jed is already size 1 even though he’s not yet. Wide feet run in our family, and I love the boy’s chunky build, but I do miss their chubby little bubba toes!
If you’re looking for baby shoes, or soft indoor (and light outdoor) shoes for your growing child, do check out Wolfie + Willow.
Wolfie + Willow baby shoes and children’s moccasins retail at £38-£42 and are available from ages 0 to 6 (UK size 0-12). Visit www.wolfieandwillow.com
Win Wolfie + Willow Shoes (£38-£42)!
Wolfie + Willow are very generously giving away 2 pairs of baby/children’s shoes to lucky readers as part of our 12 Days of Xmas giveaways series. These are special shoes that will make sure your child has happy feet.
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Baby shoes and foot print keepsake photo via Babyprints.co.uk
I like the flint ones!
My favorite are the Magenta x
I love the plum!
I like the Flint colour ones
Such beautiful shoes, perfect for when Zachy gets older xx
I like the Clancy
i like the Magenta xx
plum
Saxon I think but I like a lot of them.
Violet colour is stunning
I love the sienna x
I like the Moccasins – Saxon
I like the Clancy x
Love the Sky x
I like the plum/blossom ones!
Oh my goodness they are adorable!
Magenta are lovely
Aren’t they just?! Good luck Bethan!
Magenta.
loving the peacock ones xx
Love the flint ones
Love the plum
Sky
I love the flint shade!
Magenta
I love the violet colour
Wow what beautiful shoes! I adore them all but I think Violet are my favourite!
theyre all beautiful! peacock are my faves
Love peacock, but they are all beautiful
I like the Saxon & Pearl xx
I love peacock
i like the Magenta
Sahara – sienna and pearl
Magenta are stunning.x
Love the Magenta
Love the Peacock/Cyan ones – beautiful!!
i love the blossom
the blossom
The Magenta x
magenta would be our pick
I love the moccasins in Flint :)
i like Coco
I <3 Sahara – Navajo :)
Bruno,they are so unusual :)
I like the Plum / Blossom colour
Cyan – my absolute favourite and goes well with so many other colours x
I think Saxon is my fave – they look great.
My favourite is the Peacock :) xx
Sahara in Magenta are bootiful :)
Bruno is my fave!
i really like Sahara – Navajo xxxx
plum
Loving the Flint
Im In love with the Majenta colour
Love “Peacock”
Loving plum :)
I love the Cyan colour.
The Sienna colour is lovely
Flint
A beautiful flint one would do for me
Love the Sky colour
I love the Violet ones!
Magenta are nice
I love the Sienna coloured ones
They all look lovely. But love the Plum ones.
Thank you for this wonderful prize.
Sahara – Blossom
I love the Moccasins in Saxon
I love the Sahara Blossom shoes – they would so pretty on my little girl
I love the Bruno ones
I love the blossom ones :)
The sahara flint/pearl are my faves
I like the magenta
I love the Plum shoes!
Love the plum ones :)
Magenta :)
i love either magenta or navajo
I adore the Blossom coloured little shoes :-)
I love the Sienna ones
I love the violet ones,such a lovely colour.
My youngest would look adorable in Magenta
Sahara Blossom :)
Sahara – Blossom
Sahara Blossom
i love the Sahara – Raven x
The Sienna coloured ones xx
i love the sky ones. xx
Peacock are lovely xx
Love the violet!
Violet colour
Blossom <3 xx
Magnetta is my favourite colour :) X
Moccasins coco