C.Elf.O Tricia

Workshop tours are part of the daily fun at Soft Star Shoes. We try to send our guests home with mementos or (at the least) leather scraps - but now we can offer another fun option - postcards home! If a visitor would like to send a Soft Star postcard to their favorite friend or […]

We have new neighbors!! Our workshop is on the upper floor of a 100 year old coffee warehouse. A fabulous music store (The Troubadour Music Center) recently moved in downstairs... so now we are treated to strains of violin, piano, flute, accordions, drums, harmonicas, guitars and even singing throughout the the day. They also have […]

We got a special request in to make some patriotic shoes for the upcoming holiday. Our newest elves - Hava and Sherilyn - took up this challenge and created these great little shoes. Sherilyn made these sweet little Roo moccasins - Royal in the front and Red in the back. The button is a special […]

We were luck in that the Associated Waldorf Schools of North America held their summer conference in Portland Oregon this year. Since Portland is just a hop and skip away, Soft Star decide to participate as a vendor. We had a great time introducing many teachers and administrators to Soft Star Shoes as well as […]

It was a dark and stormy... day... which is strange since we are in Western Oregon. Two weeks ago we had a couple days of dark, muggy, thundery weather. Definitely not standard fare for the Pacific North West. Then on Thursday all the built up weather came to a head, the sky opened up, and […]

This month the Elves have been moving, stretching and growing.... WIDER. And in this case, it is a good thing. We took down the wall that formerly framed our workshop and expanded for a little more breathing room. Here is Larkin putting the wagon to work moving sheepskin Tim and Scott built new walls, storage […]

Yesterday I came across Kahlil (3yrs) and Cruz (2yrs) sharing the chalk board together in the Soft Star workshop. One of those sweet "Aawwwwhhhh" moments when having your kids at work with you feels like heaven! (OK... so a scuffle DID ensue shortly after this "aaawwhh" moment was captured on camera and we DID have […]