Tivi's new fully-lined sheepskin Phoenix boots were put to test this winter. In addition to visiting family in Wisconsin and Colorado, even rain-bound Oregon is getting a good share of snow this year! After 5 months, 43 sled rides, 6 snowmen and 3 forts, I can confidently say our new boot design is FANTASTIC at keeping feet dry and warm...

Couldn't resist a photo of these custom shiny gold mocs made for a holiday gift in December. Pictured here on Elf Keita's tiny feet - they don't really show the scale as they were made for a TALL guy with size 12 feet. Apparently his old "Goofy" mocs were falling apart and these were ordered as a surprise holiday gift...

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 the phone with a Soft...

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 tractor boots. He has been...

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 in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints in...

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 in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints in...

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 - note the slippers in the...