Live Bare

Yesterday was filled with the bustle of doing year-end inventory and cleaning out the workshop "drawers," so to speak. Having a clean, organized workshop always feel so good! We even finished up early—much to the delight of my four-year old who was tearing it up in the showroom. This gave... [click title to read more]

It's hard to believe, but another year has already come to an end. 2014 was a good one for us, and we hope it was for you, too. Our shoemaking elves had no shortage of laughs and adventures, and before we ring in 2015 we'd like to take a look... [click title to read more]

The Soft Star elves are wrapping up our busy holiday season and preparing for our annual end-of-the year break. Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this our busiest shoemaking year ever!
We'll be closing our shop from December 24 through January 4 to give our elves some much-deserved time... [click title to read more]

We have a special treat for all of our reptile-animal-print-shoe lovers out there (you know who you are). Tim managed to get his hands on some unique leather hides textured and dyed to resemble snakeskin!
We're now excited to offer a special holiday treat: snakeskin print adult Metros shoes and baby... [click title to read more]

Back by popular demand is our monogrammed moccasins!
Just in time for the holidays, you can now personalize moccasins for you or your loved ones by adding a leather button with up to three monogrammed initials. We offered this feature many moons ago when our workshop was much smaller, and we're... [click title to read more]

Want a special color or motif without the extra Design-Your-Own price? Now you can browse our new One of A Kind collection to see unique in-stock shoes with same-day shipping!
The Elves have hundreds of these beautiful jewels carefully stored on our shelves. For the first time ever, you can search among... [click title to read more]

Founder Elf Tim with grandson Sebi
Soft Star founder Tim has a lot of fun when he makes new shoes for himself. As we've shown you before, starting your own handcrafted shoe company gives one a lot of creative liberty (have you seen his recent Oregon State football shoes?). It's also... [click title to read more]