One of the great things about having young children and babies while working at Soft Star is that we can make the shoes we wish we could buy. That is the initial reason for the launch of the Mary Jane and Saddle Shoe styles in the last couple years. And now we (the Elves at […]

Here is Tim with a pair of custom Superbowl moccasins we made for our local hero Kevin Boss, of Philomath, Oregon – playing for the New York Giants. Kevin is playing his rookie year with the Giants and is starting this Sunday in the Giant’s lineup. He’s a big guy – there is a lot […]

Tivi’s new fully-lined sheepskin Phoenix boots were put to test this winter. In addition to visiting family in Wisconsin and Colorado, even rain-bound Oregon is getting a good share of snow this year! After 5 months, 43 sled rides, 6 snowmen and 3 forts, I can confidently say our new boot design is FANTASTIC at […]

Couldn’t resist a photo of these custom shiny gold mocs made for a holiday gift in December. Pictured here on Elf Keita’s tiny feet – they don’t really show the scale as they were made for a TALL guy with size 12 feet. Apparently his old “Goofy” mocs were falling apart and these were ordered […]

Elf Keita discovered the most gorgeous faux Sherpa suede material for these new moccasin slippers… they are yummy! The first thing our friend Dawn said when she picked them up to inspect was “these are going to sell like Vegan Hotcakes”—hence our new style Hotcakes! Available in Chocolate, Brick or Loden Green for children and youth.

Halloween is fun at the workshop as our downtown area is a popular trick-or-treating destination. This year we handed out over 100 bags of leather scraps to trick-or-treaters for craft projects – ornaments, cards, jewlery, bookmarks… How fitting that elf DeAnn (left) also decided to dress up as a “Scrap Pile”. Bandmaster Tim was on […]

As a two year old boy, there are few things as important as tractors. Sure, dogs and ice cream have their place, but really tractors are what make your day. Sometimes trains are cool too. For Kahlil’s birthday, and to thank him for being a willing shoe tester, DeAnn made him a special pair of […]