Elf Tricia

Halloween is fun at the workshop as our downtown area is a popular trick-or-treating destination. This year we handed out over 100 bags of leather scraps to trick-or-treaters for craft projects - ornaments, cards, jewlery, bookmarks... How fitting that elf DeAnn (left) also decided to dress up as a "Scrap Pile". Bandmaster Tim was on […]

As a two year old boy, there are few things as important as tractors. Sure, dogs and ice cream have their place, but really tractors are what make your day. Sometimes trains are cool too. For Kahlil's birthday, and to thank him for being a willing shoe tester, DeAnn made him a special pair of […]

Cruz enjoying his favorite snack, mmmmm, mmmmm! I love that our Soft Star baby shoes are made of baby-safe formaldehyde free leather. (No easy feat) (No pun intended) No nasty chemicals or glues in our shoes - not as long as babies enjoy eating their toes! Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located […]

Here is Kahlil decorating the table in our play area... just before he colored himself head to toe! How I wish they had invented washable markers back when I was 2... it would have saved some childhood dramas 🙂 Definitely one of the best inventions ever! Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located […]

We feel pretty lucky at Soft Star. We get to make a product we really believe in and we have customers that appreciate what we do. And occasionally they make us beautiful art work. Here is an e-mail exchange with one of our customers and the picture Sasha made of what elves look like - […]

Here is 4 year old Tivi punching out little leather stars... lately this has become her favorite workshop activity. The mallet is as heavy as it looks. She has been handing the stars out to local customers. I love how completely absorbed and determined she is when doing this. (P.S. Don't worry - we won't […]

This month MOM Magazine interviewed Larkin and I for a feature titled "When the Shoe Fits: Two Moms Step In as Soft Star Elves". The interview covered how we balance our families and work, helping each other with workplace child-rearing. This includes, but is not limited to sharing diaper wipes - new ones, of course! […]