In the Workshop

The happenings in the Soft Star workshop.

  1. Stretchy Elves

    Last week we invited Jane, a massage therapist, to come in to talk about how to keep our bodies healthy and limber when we are making all those fantastic shoes. It’s pretty easy to get locked in one position and start to feel pain when sewing… Who would want that sort of bad vibe in […]

  2. The Newest Little Elves

    October was a joyous month at Soft Star Shoes as we celebrated the birth of two new elves… Trish and Sal had a baby girl in mid-October, and Naomi and Val had a baby boy on Halloween. Grandpa Tim could not be more proud of his first Grand baby! Love this photo of the new […]

  3. Who is that elf?

    Recently we have seen a new elf running around the shop. We usually spot her / him first thing in the morning after a quiet night. I was lucky and caught the elusive elf on film this morning. We are hoping we have a new shoemaker setting up camp! The problem is we don’t know […]

  4. Recycling Update

    A few months back we had Julie from our local garbage disposal company come talk to us about ways to reduce waste in our shop. In general we are doing the right things, but we asked her for ideas on the leather and soling scraps. She gave us a couple leads and we have been […]

  5. Barefoot Tour with Barefoot Ted

    Barefoot Tour with Barefoot Ted

    Barefoot Ted whisked into the Soft Star workshop last Thursday for a tour and a walk along our beautiful Willamette River. “El Mono” was one of the most energizing visitors we’ve had in a long time. Barefoot Ted with Soft Star Co-Owner Larkin Holavarri We went out for dinner and he warned us he eats […]

  6. Workshop Tour with Barefoot Ted McDonald

    Barefoot Ted McDonald will be stopping by Soft Star next week for a tour of the workshop. We are busy making some extra wide RunAmocs for him to try on while here. We are thrilled he could squeeze us in between his busy speaking appointments and hope we can treat him to some Corvallis sights […]

  7. SCRAP-ing our leather

    This past Saturday I dropped off our first leather donation to the SCRAP organization in Portland. They were excited to get the leather and sheepskin scraps and I was thrilled to give it to them. They said leather is always a popular material with the teachers and artists that make up much of the SCRAP […]

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