A few months ago I was talking to a customer on the phone. She was asking for more description of a leather color. It is pretty hard to describe colors in a way that is meaningful since it's such a visual attribute. You really just need to SEE it. And then she had a brilliant idea... tell people what crayon...

Back in June we asked for your thoughts on Soft Star making a saddle shoe. The response was fantastic. THANK YOU for taking the time to tell us what you want from Soft Star. Based on your feedback, Soft Star is planning to introduce the saddle shoe this fall. A few items that came up in your comments.... Fringe is...

It is getting warm here in Oregon. In fact, the last couple days have been in the high 80's. So we thought it was about time to make progress on our WARM winter boots! That's right, we've been working away on the new, fully-lined, winter boot, the Phoenix. We are pretty excited about how they are coming together. In the...

We had an exciting morning today... the local news station, KVAL Channel 13 of Eugene Oregon, was here to do an interview with Cassidy and Patricia Parker. Patricia is the organizer for Kids For Kids, the charity Cassidy supports with her Playful Pancakes. Patriciais visiting from the United Kingdom for two weeks - a week in Oregon and a week...

Our newest Soft Star Elf has joined the workshop! Baby Cruz (the little guy in the photo) was born 6 weeks ago at home. Pictured with him are adoring fans DeAnn, Dawn, Mama Trish and Leah during his first visit to the shop. Needless to say, we are all delighted with him! Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company...

Regular readers might have noticed that Kahlil and his footwear come up regularly. For some strange reason, he seems to have 'a thing' for shoes. I suppose it could be because he is regularly surrounded by footwear... or maybe it's because we often use him as a tester leading to lots of attention directed at his feet. In any event...

We were pretty excited last week when our new sewing machine, "Gordo", arrived. Every sewer in the shop has had rave reviews so far. As you can see, Leah is happily sewing away. Gordo, named after his girth, will take over the bulk of our heavy sewing... primarily sewing the shoe and moccasin uppers on to their soles. For those...