Family

  1. WIN a Back-to-School Prize Pack for You and Your Class!

    WIN a Back-to-School Prize Pack for You and Your Class!

    Fall school days are on their way, bringing tons of exciting new classes, friendships, and experiences. Year after year, however, there’s always one period eagerly-anticipated by kids and teenagers alike: lunch! Growing students have big appetites, and not just for learning. Unfortunately, while good, wholesome food-for-thought has always been a priority in American classrooms, less […]

  2. Play a Balance Game at Any Age: Softstar's Top 10 Favorites

    Play a Balance Game at Any Age: Softstar's Top 10 Favorites

    Playing a balance game by yourself or with kids can help to habituate good physical and mental practices improving strength and gait.

  3. GIVEAWAY: Diapers, Blocks and Shoes... Oh My! Enter to Win Our New Baby Prize Package

    GIVEAWAY: Diapers, Blocks and Shoes... Oh My! Enter to Win Our New Baby Prize Package

    This month, we have a special treat for some lucky new parents! Maybe it’s the inspiration of baby Sage hanging out in our workshop, but we thought it was time for a giveaway to help out with the latest addition to your family. Soft Star has teamed up with two other companies with ethics and […]

  4. A Better Way to Tie Your Shoes (I've Done it Wrong My Whole Life!)

    A Better Way to Tie Your Shoes (I've Done it Wrong My Whole Life!)

    You would think that, given my age (let’s just say I grew up with Thundercats) and the fact that I work at a shoe workshop, I would have become proficient at tying my shoes. I sure thought so. The fact that my laces came untied while walking from time to time just seemed like a […]

  5. Mom and Career Elf

    Mom and Career Elf

      “Being a Mom has made me so tired. And so happy” –Tina Fey When customers call our workshop, many of you ask me about Sage and how things are going. Some of you have even heard her chattering in the background as I answer your sizing questions. I wanted to let you know how […]

  6. Screen Time for Kids

    Screen Time for Kids

    Is your baby fascinated by the television? Parenting is hard, period. You have to pick your battles, trust your gut, and above all advocate for your child. So far I think Michael and I have held our own. Sage is a home birth, breastfed, cloth diaper wearing, co-sleeping crunchy Oregon baby. In my 8 months […]

  7. A Bittersweet Farewell to Elf Keoni

    A Bittersweet Farewell to Elf Keoni

    We bid farewell to a very creative elf yesterday. Keoni, one of our trusty and talented seamstresses (or as he called himself, a seamster) will soon be finishing school and has left Soft Star to start the next stage of his life. His last day at our shop was yesterday, and when we opened the […]

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