Little elves Tivi & Cruz were delighted this past weekend to have Grandma visit from Wisconsin! Here they are on the way to American Dream for pizza. While visiting the workshop - Grandma / Mom / Judy tested out all our new adult boot styles and sandals we have in development for this summer and […]

Author Bruce Wolk recently published his resource book directed to USA parents looking to purchase locally made products. Soft Star Shoes was featured as one of 400 companies in the book - which you can learn more about by clicking the photo to the left. The current economic issues have led people from all countries […]

February was Elf DeAnn's last month at Soft Star. She decided it was time to get started on the next big adventures life has in store for her. DeAnn worked for Soft Star, on and off, over the last nine years. She cut the leather for almost every pair of shoes Soft Star shipped in […]

Little Noah and friend stopped by last week on St. Patrick's Day all decked in green to pick up their custom sandals for a warm weather vacation. Green must have been on his Mom's mind the previous week when she designed them... I couldn't resist a photo! Tim is looking on. Soft Star Shoes is […]

I recently got in touch with an old high school friend. When she told her 9 year old daughter about Soft Star, her daughter remembered the Native American proverb: Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins. Of course she thought of it because we make moccasins, but it's also a […]

Soft Star Shoes is now proudly 100% powered by solar and wind! Actually, we have been for a full 5 months now - but it has taken me a while to get around to writing this blog entry. I got a little nudge to write it this week when an EPA report was issued ranking […]

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 […]