In the Workshop

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’… […]

Our moccasins have sheepskin in them and we always get asked, “Isn’t that too hot for summer?” Well, let’s find out! Kahlil needed a new pair of moccasins, so I decided to do a little experiment. I had two pairs of mocs made… one with sheepskin and one without. He is going to wear one […]

Weird, but true. Last week when the IAU announced that Pluto was being stripped of it’s planetary status, we also sold the last pair of red “Plutos” from our clearance shoe sale. (The popular Pluto pictured here) It was my personal favorite of last season’s lineup– and the coincidence struck a strange note. Were we […]

This week I set up a ‘favorite DYO’ page… our favorite shoes and moccasins designed by customers. Every so often we have a pair of shoes or mocs come through the shop that everybody just ohhs and ahhs over. We all want to hold them and look at them in good light. And then we […]

Thanks to all of our customers who took time last month to respond to our survey! We were overwhelmed with a response rate of over 70%!! In addition, many of you were very passionate, offering rich, detailed feedback in the open-ended comments. We literally have a “book” of comments that we have been pouring through, […]

One of the best parts of Soft Star Shoes is making the “Design Your Own” shoes– it is so fun to see the neat ideas our customers have! I couldn’t resist sharing this photo of one of my recent favorites– a pair of mix-matched, smooth leather moccasins designed by a local customer for her new […]

Tivi turned 3 this weekend– and as a special treat, her Grandpa “Yoda” came up from Texas to visit. (Yes, our family is into odd nicknames…. more later.) Today he is here in the workshop helping finish shoes. Tim would normally not relinquish this task to just anyone , but Grandpa Yoda used to be […]