Softstar founder Tim Oliver and his trusty bicycle. He rides it to work most days. Tim’s bright yellow bike frame sports a red leather bike seat cover that he crafted years ago in the workshop. The red leather seat features a large inlaid white leather star–just like the star inlays on our moccasins and reminiscent […]

National Pet Day is April 11, 2015! Here at the Softstar workshop, we consider ourselves animal lovers. Last year our whole staff spent a day volunteering for our local Safe Haven Humane Society, many of our Playday projects revolve around treats for our pets and animals are always welcome in our shop—even though they hold up our […]

Is your baby fascinated by the television? Parenting is hard, period. You have to pick your battles, trust your gut, and above all advocate for your child. So far I think Michael and I have held our own. Sage is a home birth, breastfed, cloth diaper wearing, co-sleeping crunchy Oregon baby. In my 8 months […]

Where do your Softstars take you? We have asked this question throughout the years and many customers have answered. We’ve heard countless stories—and seen many breathtaking photos—about adventures they’ve had in our shoes. In fact, that’s how our RunAmoc line was born: customers began telling us stories of running long races in our moccasins and […]

It may not seem like it in some of the colder parts of the country (I’m looking at you, Boston), but spring is officially here! Slowly but surely, eggs are cracking, bees are buzzing and cherry blossoms are fluttering through the air. Here in Oregon, we customarily have eight or so months of rainy season […]

We bid farewell to a very creative elf yesterday. Keoni, one of our trusty and talented seamstresses (or as he called himself, a seamster) will soon be finishing school and has left Soft Star to start the next stage of his life. His last day at our shop was yesterday, and when we opened the […]

We were very excited this week to receive a special submission to our monthly fan photo drawing. Rhonda from Umatillo, Florida has a son who was raised in Soft Star shoes and he is soon expecting his first son… who already has his first pair of Soft Stars! Rhonda is not only a long-time Soft Star […]