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While my family was traveling to Ireland, Jay and I decided to carry our Soft Star mocs on the plane. We figured they are light and small enough to carry in a backpack. And once on the plane they would be great to wear... they keep your feet warm, are light, and non-restrictive. So shortly after take off, off came...
Today was an exciting day here in the shop. Our new clicker was delivered and installed... YEAH!!! Tim and Alan, the best landlord ever, spent the entire afternoon unloading, moving, placing, and wiring the new machine. As you can see in the picture, it's a hefty piece of equipment. Once we got it in place, we couldn't wait to cut...
The workshop has been pretty crazy and disjointed since the catastrophic failure of our hydraulic clicker last week (see last entry). Until our new machine is shipped, we have installed a temporary solution... our 1930's era Famco "KICKER".... This little guy is giving DeAnn, Leah, Keita and Tim a great leg workout as they have to "kick" the dies 3-4...
Halloween was a STRANGE day for the Elves this year.... we had some naughty spirits in the workshop last Tuesday. Our beloved "clicker" machine was the first victim. Our 8 ton Hudson Clicker press is a hydraulic press that we use to "click" or "cut" out all the pieces of our Soft Star Shoes. On Tuesday the 1" thick steel...
Kahlil has posed quite a challenge. I meet new people and they ask what I do. I tell them I make baby shoes they smile and glance at Kahlil's feet. At this point their eyebrows raise since they can't help but notice my son is barefoot. Of course there is nothing wrong with being barefoot - in fact barefoot like...
We started the Favorite Design Your Own page about a month and a half ago. Since then, the Soft Star Elves have posted over a dozen favorite shoes and moccasins. We get so excited by our customer's creativity we just had to share. And now a really cool thing has happened. A couple orders have come through recently that have...
Well, fall showed up quickly here in Oregon -- it was 85 and sunny one day, two days later it was 65 and rainy. Since cool, rainy weather can last until May I decided I better wrap up the sheepskin fleece experiment for now. A quick recap of the experiment before I get into 'results'... I'm trying to answer the...
