There’s an old saying, “the children of the shoemaker go barefoot”, meaning that the shoemaker is so busy making shoes for other people that his/her kids are neglected. This being back-to-school season, we elves have indeed been busy making classroom slippers as fast as our hands can sew. Six year old elf Tivi started school […]

Soft Star has a growing contingent of barefoot runners knocking on our workshop door looking for footwear. Who are barefoot runners, you ask? Athletes who run either completely barefoot, or with some type of minimal shoe. Check out Donald’s blog entry titled “The Barefoot Revolution” for a great overview (see his 8/27 post). Donald is […]

Workshop tours are part of the daily fun at Soft Star Shoes. We try to send our guests home with mementos or (at the least) leather scraps – but now we can offer another fun option – postcards home! If a visitor would like to send a Soft Star postcard to their favorite friend or […]

One of my favorite additions to the workshop shop this year are the two gorgeous pots of honeysuckle outside our front door. The littlest elves love to pull off blossoms and suck on them, and they do smell sooooo beautiful! Tivi says they smell “like summer” – plain and simple. Soft Star Shoes is a […]

We have new neighbors!! Our workshop is on the upper floor of a 100 year old coffee warehouse. A fabulous music store (The Troubadour Music Center) recently moved in downstairs… so now we are treated to strains of violin, piano, flute, accordions, drums, harmonicas, guitars and even singing throughout the the day. They also have […]

Inspired by an idea we came across in a book, my 5yr old daughter Tivi and I decided to try our hand at creating shoes with our own personalized drawings. Armed with 18 different colored Sharpie markers, we each designed a pair. Tivi initially started thinking she would do a full color fill…. but after […]

We got a special request in to make some patriotic shoes for the upcoming holiday. Our newest elves – Hava and Sherilyn – took up this challenge and created these great little shoes. Sherilyn made these sweet little Roo moccasins – Royal in the front and Red in the back. The button is a special […]