C.Elf.O Tricia

Regular readers might have noticed that Kahlil and his footwear come up regularly. For some strange reason, he seems to have 'a thing' for shoes. I suppose it could be because he is regularly surrounded by footwear... or maybe it's because we often use him as a tester leading to lots of attention directed at […]

We were pretty excited last week when our new sewing machine, "Gordo", arrived. Every sewer in the shop has had rave reviews so far. As you can see, Leah is happily sewing away. Gordo, named after his girth, will take over the bulk of our heavy sewing... primarily sewing the shoe and moccasin uppers on […]

Soft Star sandals hit the scene this week in the April-May edition of Fit Pregnancy magazine in their 2007 Buyer's Guide. Featured on the model are our Laguna sandals in lavender. It's always fun to get calls from magazines for product samples-- and even more fun when the articles hit the stands. You can see […]

Last year we made Kahlil a pair of 'rainbow' moccasins... the right and left shoes had different colors on the fronts and backs. I thought they were great, others disagreed. When I came time to pick out our shoes for the 2007 line, the rainbow moc was the first on my list. Unfortunately they didn't […]

When Art Instructor Tonya Gaineystopped by looking for leather scraps - we had no idea what a treat she and her students had in store! Fifty-four students from local Corvallis-area schools poured their artistic energies into creating beautiful leather baskets like the one photographed here! The students participated from: Mountain View Elementary 2nd - 5th […]

Only a couple more weeks? until the newest Soft Star elf will arrive! I spent today organizing all the teeny, tiny baby clothes in her/his dresser-- hard to believe someone can be so small. On top of the dresser we have the tiniest pair of little red Soft Star baby shoes-- the one and only […]

Healthy feet are our passion at Soft Star - and one of the ways that is manifested is on our insistence of sourcing only formaldehyde-free leather. As this is no easy task and something unique about our shoes, I was surprised the other day to run across a claim of a major soft-shoe competitor's website […]