We received a wonderful fan photo recently from Danielle in Buffalo, New York. She sent us an adorable picture of her son William in what he calls his "rocket shoes," along with a link to a video by Gustafer Yellowgold. The song, appropriately titled "Rocket Shoes," is too good to keep to ourselves:     […]

Updated 2/18/14: This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Leisa from Youngstown, Florida! Her entry was randomly selected as the winner. Scroll down to see her shoes! Rainbow Loom bracelet-making kits seem to be all the craze these days. Many of the little elves who come through our shop have impressed us with their colorful creations […]

Elf Hava and Co-Owner Larkin stretch out our first hide of LITE Turquoise. You may recall that last fall we asked customers to vote on a new perforated leather color for our RunAmocs. It was a narrow race between LITE Turquoise and LITE Purple, but Turquoise took the lead in the end. Our first hide […]

We received a pleasant surprise recently when one of our customers, Tina Davidson, wrote an adorable story about her children's experience with our shoes... and their wise barefoot grandmother. We saw the story when she posted it on her blog and fell in love with it right away. With Tina's permission, we're now happy to share […]

It's been a busy year at the Soft Star workshop. Before we ring in the new year, we'd like to share with you the significant memories and adventures that affected our workshop and community in 2013.   Elves Volunteer at SAGE Garden Last spring, we had our first Soft Star volunteer day helping out at […]

We had some excitement recently when fourth and fifth graders from Lincoln Elementary School stopped by our workshop on a downtown caroling adventure! The elves all took a break from their busy holiday sewing to hear the students sing several songs. Since the school is bilingual, we were thrilled to hear carols sung in both […]

We received a pleasant surprise at our workshop yesterday afternoon when our daily UPS delivery arrived. Instead of seeing Kevin, our usual delivery guy, our packages were dropped off by none other than Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio! Congressman DeFazio spent the day accompanying a UPS manager on a route to deliver goods to local businesses. […]