It is so fun to live and work in a college town. Right now the town is buzzing with the great team work by the Oregon State Basketball team, coached by Craig Robinson. As a new coach, he is creating a bit of Cinderella story - going from no conference wins last year to a competitive season this year and...

When I open my closet I find one pair of white tennis shoes and scads of brown and black every other kind of footwear. If I was more fashion-forward, there may be more color in my closet. But I'm not and all the black and brown means my shoes "go with everything". That works for a mom on the go...

We have received a lot of worried calls and emails from customers over the past few weeks wondering if Soft Star Shoes will be shutting our doors in response to the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. This new legislature goes into effect February 10th and requires anyone who makes children's products to provide independent third party laboratory testing (and...

It is always so much fun when you find your shoes featured in magazines! I came home to find a new issue of Kiwi magazine in our mailbox and when I plopped the pile of mail on the kitchen counter, the magazine flipped open to the page below with our little white sandals. My first thought was "Wow... those look...

Now that our littlest elf is crawling around well, the exploration of the shop has begun. Langston is following in the footsteps of his older elf siblings and has started to pull out all the totes and shoes at knee level and below. He is also a big fan of the vacuum. And the sewing machines. It takes a little...

Corvallis had a bit of snow last night, and while it might not mean much to you all in the North, it has slowed down life here. Since we don't get many days like this, when we do it's best to stay off the roads and get your snow play in. So that is what we are doing today! We...

23 years ago when Soft Star Shoes were being made out of Tim and Jeannie's home in Texas, one of our very first wholesale accounts was a small grocery co-op in Austin. At the time it was just a hip small store called Whole Foods Market. Tim would drive over a carload of moccasins every month or so. Obviously things...