Antoinette gained her life experience when she completed 4 years in “Food and Clothing” at the Vaal Triangle Technicon (Vaal University of Technology).


After that she joined Finesse Magazine's department of Fashion and Design, but her dream and passion was to have her own business. That led to a BRAND being established. Though it is still a young business, it is bursting at the seams with all the incoming orders.

One day…

About a year ago, Antoinette with her special brand of creativity, designed and hand-made a hobby horse for a birthday present. Everyone that laid eyes on this horse also wanted to have one. Antoinette then got so busy making children's toys, which was absolutely "one of a kind" and thus Hobby Animals was born.

Each animal is carefully crafted by hand, and you can see her passion and love in each one of them. Antoinette says, for her it is no work making them, but more like playing, and that it is the most enjoyable occupation under the sun.

If you would ask me personally what the future holds for Hobby Animals - I would definitely say that it is a must for every household.