Lark began in England in 2005 when Allison Jones started to make things using the vintage materials she had been collecting since she was a teenager. Her whimsical range of hand-made toys and vintage dresses were bought by some lovely shops and so she decided to create her own business, combining her passion for craft with the skills she had gained through her career in publishing.

Today Lark is based in Daylesford, a historic country town in the forest, close to Melbourne. It’s a family business, run by Allison and her Australian husband Paul Matthews.

Allison continues to design and make many of the products herself. She also works with skilled local craftspeople, and with non-profit community groups, including an organisation of women artisans in rural Bangladesh and a group of adults with disabilities closer to home in Central Victoria. In 2009 Lark was nominated for Home Beautiful Australian Designer of the year

Here on My Petite Love, we have added a range of childrens toys from Lark Handmade made by fair trade organisation in Bangladesh. These toys are hand made under strict fair trade principes, and the organisation has fair trade certification. This non-profit organisation was set up to offer skills and employment to women who would otherwise not be able to work (for example women with young children or disabilities). These range of toys are specifically choosen as part of My Petite Love initiative to reach out and help the disadvantage.