In the Workshop

As you might know, we at Softstar were honored to be named one of the 10 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon by Oregon Business in 2016 (#10). This year, we are so excited to be included in the category AGAIN for 2017! With so many amazing companies in Oregon working hard to promote sustainability and […]

Hey Softstar fans, we have some HUGE news to share! Things have been abuzz around the workshop for several months now as our talented designers are hard at work on a brand new shoe style. This new style has been a long time coming, as we’ve listened carefully to the feedback you’ve given us. We’re […]

Thanks to everyone who contributed baby name ideas to Elf Tesla earlier this year. We’re happy to say she gave birth to a healthy baby girl on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17! Mother and child are both doing well, and they were finally able to visit the workshop this week to show off the newcomer.

It’s time again for one of our favorite days of the year at the Softstar workshop: PLAYDAY! Once or twice a year, we set aside a day to stop making shoes for a few hours and let our staff work on any creative project of their choosing. The projects don’t have to have anything to […]

Softstar’s new shoemaking workshop is now officially open to the public, and we celebrated with a weekend of festivities with our new neighbors in Philomath, Oregon.

Have we mentioned how much we LOVE LOVE LOVE our new shoemaking workshop? As much as we adored our former space, we’ve really come to appreciate having a ground floor loading door, ample elbow room and an abundance of windows… but those are just the beginning of what makes our new location so wonderful. We […]

We’ve settled into our new workshop very well over the past couple weeks. Everything is now unpacked and the shop is running like a well-oiled machine (though Tim’s red stapler is still MIA). It was actually a little surprising how quickly and smoothly the move went. We were preparing for unforeseen delays and kept waiting for […]