In the Workshop

Susan with her beloved Roo moccasins We received a pleasant surprise from a local customer this week. A woman walked into our workshop looking for a new pair of moccasins because the stitching on her previous pair finally gave out and left a hole by the big toe. When Soft Star co-owner Larkin greeted her […]

It’s college football season! Our cozy town of Corvallis, Oregon is just a small dot on most maps, but when our local Oregon State Beavers play a home football game we start to look like like a major metropolitan city. The streets become flooded with our team’s orange and black colors as every fan within […]

Customer service elf Dina has been hard at work on a new project for the showroom in our Corvallis, Oregon workshop. As our company has grown, so has our product line and leather selection. When we were a smaller company, our leathers were divided into simply smooth or suede varieties. Now, however, we have thin […]

Many of our fans may recall reading about our elves learning to make tassels at one of our staff playdays. Those tassels turned out to be a very nice product and have been sold on Etsy under the brand name Fitting ever since. We’ve now decided to sell these great tassels on our Soft Star […]

This week, we rolled out a couple exciting web projects that have been in the works for a long time. We hope they’ll make your shoe shopping both easier and more fun! New Website Have you noticed the new design on our site? We made some big changes to help you navigate our store with […]

We have a special treat for all of you moc lovers out there: we just introduced two very special adult Roo moccasins that are perfect for the season! 1. The Autumn Moc Our new smooth Artichoke/Autumn Roo is made with two limited edition colors of our buttery sublime leather. The Artichoke leather in front is […]

We’re taking a break from our usual shoe-related posts to speak about a serious issue that has recently arisen in Washington: Net Neutrality. Not familiar with the term? You’re not alone. Net Neutrality is an idea that confuses a lot of people, yet greatly impacts small businesses as well as your overall internet surfing experience. […]