I adore playsilks! It is possible, ok, highly likely, that I actually like them BETTER than Tiny does. Don’t get me wrong, she can spend hours creating elaborate scenes with our playsilk stash. I on the other hand, can spend days on end getting lost in the colorways, the possibilities, and the dreaminess of a playsilk.
I was thrilled when Sarah of Sarah’s Silks asked if I wanted to review two of her playsilks.
For those of you who don’t know, Sarah’s Silks are pretty much THE playsilks in the Waldorf scene. All the Waldorf inspired toy shops carry them and pretty much every Waldorf home has at least one of Sarah’s creations. After all, they are gorgeous!
Sarah’s Silks is an expansive shop. In addition to playsilks, you will find silk canopies (which are great to use over a bed), silk dress up items for boys and girls, silk baby blankets, silk cradle veils, silk toys (streamers, swords, parachutes), and so much more!
Sarah was kind enough to send me, er, Tiny, two 35” playsilks. One was the popular Rainbow colorway and the other was Starry Night.
I, er, Tiny was jumping for joy when the silks arrived. We wasted no time creating a “camping” scene with the Starry Night playsilk. It worked perfectly as a beautiful night sky under which we had a cookout, told campfire stories, and of course had some snuggles. We then got out all the safari animals and they joined in on the fun. When “daytime” rolled around, Tiny set up the rainbow playsilk and had a grand time parading her little animals under it. According to Tiny, the animals wished for some colors in the sky. Cute.
I love both of the playsilks. They are very well made and will last for a long time. I can see myself still playing with these when I am in my 80’s. Uh, I mean, I can see myself watching my grandchildren play with these when I am in my 80’s.
Here are a few important things you should know about Sarah’s Silks:
- First, this is a company that gives back! That is huge in my book. You want my business? Pay it forward through your business. Sarah’s Silks does this!
- Sarah’s Silks dyes are non-toxic, non-hazardous, environmentally friendly, with no heavy metals.
- Green America recognizes Sarah’s Silks as a “Green America Approved Business” for efforts to create sustainable toys.
- All the silks are easily hand washed. I will attest to their durability in this regard. Tiny blew her nose in the rainbow playsilk so it had a hot date with in our kitchen sink. I used a tiny bit of Dr. Bronner’s soap and the silk was good as new!
- Sarah’s Silks are woven, dyed, and hand-hemmed in a small village near Suzhou, a beautiful city long renowned for its silk culture. Sarah’s Silks hires Chinese seamstresses who work in their homes, often sitting in doorways, as their children play nearby. Sarah’s Silks offers the seamstresses incentives beyond prevailing wages as well as access to supplemental health insurance as part of their efforts to support the healthy families of their partners across the world. The hand-hemmed and dyed products travel by ship to Sonoma County, California. Here, women work in their homes to finish sewing, ironing and packaging Sarah’s Silks products.
Aside from the fact that playsilks and silk playthings nurture the imagination and cultivate children’s delicate senses, Sarah’s Silks is clearly a company that is dedicated to improving lives. This I can stand behind!
Sarah’s Silks has generously offered all of you the opportunity to win two silks in your choice of colors! I know you are all excited about that! Enter using Rafflecopter.
This giveaway opens today, October 20th and closes Friday, November 2nd at 11:59pm. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond.
Can’t wait to win? I don’t blame you! Head over to Sarah’s Silks and stock up on holiday gifts, birthday gifts, or “just-because” gifts. You can even use coupon code rastamama for 10% off!
Good Luck!
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I am a new mom and am just starting my playsilk stash so I would be ecstatic with any colors. But if I had to choose I’d probably pick blue and red
this is great!!! Also because I’ve gotten lost trying to figure out who to buy silks from. Now I’ll buy from Sara’s Silks. It’s so good to learn about her/this company. My daughter uses her few playsilks almost daily.
I really love the rainbow and star ones!
We would love ‘Starry Night’ & a rainbow playsilk!
posted on her blog:http://sarahssilks.com/blog/sarah/07-09-2012/fewer-toysmore-engaged-play#disqus_thread
These would be amazing at my preschool!
I love the turquoise and lavender playsilks! But they are all truly beautiful.
Am I the only one finding it impossible to locate the comments on Sarah’s blog? I’ve tried on multiple browsers, clicked on the comments link… and no comments show up. I even copy/pasted Lela’s link that should lead to /her/ comment, and got nothing.
I really want to comment on this:
http://sarahssilks.com/blog/sarah/11-01-2011/more-gift-wrap-furoshiki-artful-sustainable-gift-itself
as it’s now inspired me to use my /furoshiki/ as play silks!
I would like the Playsilks in Starry Night and Rose if I win.
so hard to choose….all the colors are so pretty! love the emerald and red!
one of my vendors! i adore this company! thank you for offering this giveaway!
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i love the saturated rich colors! but what combo to choose? i love the turquoise and maybe royal purple.
Beautiful. I would definitely choose the rainbow and starry night…
Turquoise looks great.
Oh my, who wouldn’t want to play with silk? They are beautiful!
Emerald and royal! Perfect for use as water or grass in imaginative play.
I like purple and star.
Id pick purple for sure
The rainbow is also amazing!
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I think rainbow and starynight would be exactly perfect for my girls since one says that her favorite color is rainbow and the other’s favorite color is blue.
I’m just about to have boy #2. We would love, love love the Rainbow and Green! What a wonderful gift that would be!
Gorgeous! And what a wonderful giveaway. The rainbow and starry night seem like perfect choices!
Definitely cool! My boys would use the heck out of these!
My daughter is 14 months old and is just starting to play with me. I would love to have these playsilks in my arsenal of fun
They are all so wonderful. Any color would be great.
We homeschool using Waldorf and play silks would be perfect for streams, grass, and even a starry night sky! I think our two that we would choose though would me green and blue so we could use them for the fairy houses and for the green grass for the puppets
Since it would be something I’d give to my nieces, I would give them their favorite colors: pink and purple.
-Soli
star and rainbow are adorable!
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I like rainbow and starry night. These are gorgeous!
love the stars and rainbow!
My son is beginning to show quite a lot of imagination for his age and I am sure he would put good use to a playsilk or two!
Rainbow would be so fun!
I love them ALL, beautiful colors! My daughters like pink (rose) and blue (sky) so I would probably go with those.
i would choose mint and starry night:)
have entered rafflecopter as Ann Hbez.
i have commented additionally on http://sarahssilks.com/blog/sarah/11-05-2011/make-your-own-handcrafted-giftsplaysilks
I’ve been wanting to get play silks for my son; these would be great!
Trudy
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We would choose purple and blue…or green:-) would be thrilled to enjoy these play silks.
mmmm, i’d be happy with any but since my girls love pink…two pinks please
I like all of them. It’s hard to choose. How fun!
If I had to choose just 2, I would definitely choose the same 2 you, er, Tiny received! They seem VERY versatile designs and I’m a sucker for rainbows!
Commented on: sarahssilks.com/blog/sarah/10-08-2012/simple-halloween-costume-ideas
Emerald and lavender!
Gorgeous! My son would love starry night (I would love rainbow) lol
Gorgeous! My son would love starry night (I would love rainbow) lol
I (I mean my son…) would love the Emerald and Sky Play Silks
Our playsilks have been so well loved that they are all falling apart. We need to get all new solid color playsilks.
I commented on this post: http://sarahssilks.com/blog/sarah/07-09-2012/fewer-toysmore-engaged-play#disqus_thread
Starry Night and Rainbow for sure. Such fantastic products!
I’d get yellow and starry night-blue and yellow are my son’s favorite colors!
If it were up to me red and starry night. My son will want green. So we’ll have to compromise if we win.
It would be hard to choose, but i’d either choose starry night & rainbow or emerald & royal
If I won I would love the rainbow and the stars. Thanks for such a generous giveaway!
Whoa, these are beautiful! If I won, I’d probably pick 2 starry night because otherwise my children would fight. :p
My Daughters are going be so excited…
I am truly Grateful Thank you sooooo Much!<3