Meet Heather and Jessica!

Hi all! Happy Monday! I wanted to share a few more employee introductions with you today-

Heather and son

Jessica and daughter

*What does working at Starlight Stitches mean to you?

Heather: To me, working at Starlight Stitches means that I'm able to help support my family doing something I love to do and have a talent for, without all of my pay going to childcare. It means knowing my son is being looked after by other mamas who share my parenting ideas so I never have to think, "what if?" It means if I'm at work and my son needs me, I'm there for him.

Jessica: Working at Starlight Stitches allows me to do something that I enjoy while my two year old daughter gets valuable interaction with peers in a school like setting.

*What is your creative method or medium of choice?

Heather: My creative medium of choice is yarn. I love to crochet and am teaching myself how to knit. I dearly love to sew also, but I love the (almost) instant gratification of a finished product in just an hour or so.

Jessica: In my free time I enjoy DIY crafts. I like to sew things for my daughter, paint, crochet, knit, use my glue gun, and search pinterest for inspiration.

*What is your favorite thing about being a parent?

Heather: My favorite thing about being a parent is definitely watching the developmental leaps and bounds that happen constantly. Even my older kids change and grow so much. Also, snuggles.

Jessica: I love being a Mom. I always new I wanted to be one and although it took a little longer than I had hoped I eventually became one. I love watching my daughter grow and seeing her personality emerge while seeing traits of her father and I here and there.

*What is your most embarrassing moment (that you're willing to admit to us)?

Heather: My most embarrassing happened when I was 12, so I'm okay admitting it. I was walking to the bus stop and I had on little cowboy "booties." Remember those from the late 80's? Well, the bottoms were slick and I was kind of half dancing, half walking and I slipped and fell into a full split in the middle of the road. I fell HARD. I hurt parts I didn't know you could hurt. The bus stop exploded with laughter and I was mortified. My mom saw it happen so she let me stay home that day.

Jessica: I'm sure there have been many but I must have suppressed those memories because I can't think of one at the moment.

Thanks ladies!!

Fancy (under)Pants

Here at Starlight Stitches, we pride ourselves on our unique and original fitted diapers. You're sure to find something amongst the variety of pattern choices that suits your fancy!

• knit or woven outer
• hidden layer of moisture-resistant polyester fleece
• soft and cuddly cotton velour inner (highest quality on the market)
• petal style soaker with 5 layers of super absorbent Organic hemp and Tencel that is topped with cotton velour
  
  
  
  

• We have chosen a combination of three different fabrics that work together for ultimate absorption)
  the two contoured, petal style soakers snap together/apart for better cleaning and drying time
• Crossover snaps on both wings to accommodate left and right-handed people

The hidden layer of polyester fleece makes this diaper moisture resistant and is intended to be worn cover-less; however, it will require a cover to be truly waterproof. Most people use them cover-less for several hours.

What is Crowdfunding?

If you are not familiar with crowdfunding, you may be a bit confused about what it is we are doing here. I know that I sure was when I came across my first crowdfunding campaign. Crowdfunding is basically just fundraising. In a time where it is nearly impossible to obtain traditional bank financing, crowdfunding is a new method for small businesses, artists, bands, and charities to obtain the finances they need to jump start their project, whatever that may be.

There are four types of crowdfunding:

• Reward-based  
• Equity-based
• Donation-based
• Credit-based

The crowdfunding campaign that we are running is Reward-based (you can read about the other types here). What this means is that we are offering products ("perks") in exchange for "contributions". We have spent months developing an incredible line of products (such as this one)  that we believe you will love! Indiegogo is the online platform that we have chosen to hold our crowd-funding campaign. 

Essentially, we are running a big pre-order of some really amazing products that you cannot get elsewhere.

We have been asked, "Why are you, a business, asking for "donations"?". The simple answer is that we are NOT asking for donations. While there is the option to leave a donation and we would greatly appreciate any that we receive, our goal here is to spread the word about our innovative business model, sell some really cool products, and generate the revenue grow our little seedling of a business!

Ready to help us grow? 

Click HERE to see our incredible line of "Perks"