A few months ago, a customer sent us a photo of her son’s Soft Star rocket shoes along with a child’s music video. The video, appropriately titled “Rocket Shoes,” told the story of a character named Gustafer Yellowgold who receives a pair of rocket shoes from his brother and uses them to fly off Nugget […]

With springtime comes running, and with running comes… ULTRARUNNING! Softstar is very excited to be part of the 2014 Born to Run Ultramarthon this coming weekend. Caity McCardell, host of the Unapologetically Ultra podcast, has graciously provided us with the opportunity to sponsor her booth at the event, where she’ll be recording all the action […]

Elf Keoni has done it again! Ever since he joined our shoemaking crew a couple years ago, Keoni has wowed us again and again with his spectacular artistic shoe designs. You may recall the moccasins he made for the royal baby last summer, or the Breaking Bad design he whipped up when that TV series […]

We had the honor this week to present our workshop’s sutatinable practices at the quarterly meeting of the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition. Soft Star co-owner Tricia Salcido discusses sustainable practices for businesses. The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition is a network of organizations and individual volunteers in Corvallis, Oregon, who are working together to create a sustainable community. It […]

Our new Solstice sandals are now available and selling like hotcakes! To celebrate the release of our latest shoe design, as well as the beginning of a beautiful spring season, we’re excited to announce our latest giveaway. Enter now to win a free pair of our adult Solstice Sandals in the color of your choice, […]

They’re finally here… Adult sandals have been on our wish list for a long time. Our shoe designers have been hard at work developing an open toe version of our popular Merry Jane (more complicated than it sounds) and their efforts have now paid off. Our new Adult Solstice Sandal will be available next week […]

Do you suffer from foot or ankle pain? Do you wish you could treat your foot ailments naturally, without surgery or expensive drugs? If so, then the folks at Northwest Foot and Ankle may have a solution for you. Located just north of the Soft Star workshop in nearby Portland, Oregon, Northwest Foot and Ankle […]