Etsy Find of the Day: Sleeping Forest Spinning Tops

How sweet are these hand-lathed and hand-colored wooden tops from Etsy seller Sleeping Forest Studios (aka Nova Scotia woodworkers and newlyweds Jai and Lauren Soloy)?

They're $18 for a set of three right here. (And don't miss the rest of the beautiful handcrafted wooden objects for sale in the Soloys' Etsy shop.)

Etsy Find of the Day: The Good Machinery Softies

Italy's The Good Machinery makes some amazing art, and I was delighted to discover that she recently added a collection of oddly lovable softies to her Etsy shop. (Above: Set of Three, $45.)

Each handmade, hand-washable creation is a character from the artist's sketchbook, brought to life via a heat-transferred print onto 100-percent recycled cotton. They'd be a lovely Easter basket surprise for a little one in your life, or even a quirkily winsome addition to a couch, chair, or shelf for an imaginative adult.

Take a look:

Heartbroken Wolf Man and His Lucky Tree, $24

La Duchesse Lola, $17

The Witch of Good Luck and the Yuta She Keeps Her Magic In, $24

Decko, $17

Circus Bear, $17

French Ghost Abandoned by His Maid and His Castle Burning in Jealousy and Flames, $24

See all of the offerings in The Good Machinery's Etsy shop right here -- and check out more of her work here.

Objects of Lust: Kay Bojesen Wood Toys

Call me crazy, but $1,300 seems kind of outrageous for a simple wooden toy monkey -- even one that measures an impressive 24 inches tall, that was crafted in Denmark of solid teak and limba, and that's been a design classic since creator Kay Bojesen introduced it more than 55 years ago.

Still, I want it.

I guess I could settle for the smaller version -- a relative bargain at $140.

But I think it'll need this wooden elephant, $175, to keep it company.