1. Shopping Online? Finding Your Shoe Size Just Got Faster, Easier and More Accurate!

    Shopping Online? Finding Your Shoe Size Just Got Faster, Easier and More Accurate!

    As you may imagine, sizing people for shoes from a distance is one of the biggest challenges for an online shoe retailer. Soft Star's handcrafted business is not a wholesale model, so all of our shoes are made and sold directly from our Oregon workshop—mostly through our website. This means that most of our customers are not able to try...
  2. New Giveaway: Win a pair of ROCKET SHOES plus a Gustafer Yellowgold Music DVD/CD Set!

    New Giveaway: Win a pair of ROCKET SHOES plus a Gustafer Yellowgold Music DVD/CD Set!

    A few months ago, a customer sent us a photo of her son's Soft Star rocket shoes along with a child's music video. The video, appropriately titled "Rocket Shoes," told the story of a character named Gustafer Yellowgold who receives a pair of rocket shoes from his brother and uses them to fly off Nugget Island. We had never heard...
  3. GIVEAWAY! Win a FREE Pair of Kids' Shoes PLUS a Rainbow Loom!

    GIVEAWAY! Win a FREE Pair of Kids' Shoes PLUS a Rainbow Loom!

    Updated 2/18/14: This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Leisa from Youngstown, Florida! Her entry was randomly selected as the winner. Scroll down to see her shoes! Rainbow Loom bracelet-making kits seem to be all the craze these days. Many of the little elves who come through our shop have impressed us with their colorful creations of bracelets, rings, headbands and...
  4. Should You Worry If Your Child is a Toe Walker?

    Should You Worry If Your Child is a Toe Walker?

    Does your child walk on his or her toes? Tippy toe walking in babies and young children is very common, but prolonged toe walking often concerns parents who fear it may be symptomatic of other developmental problems. While it is recommended to refer to the advice of your doctor, a new study sheds some reassuring light on the subject. Toe...
  5. Rally 4 Jillie!

    Rally 4 Jillie!

    A couple months ago, we received a unique request from a blogger. Jesi, author of the parenting blog Kids, Clutter and Chaos, wanted to write a review of our shoes and realized that our workshop was only a short drive from her home, so she contacted us and asked if she could visit for a first-hand look at how we...
  6. Soft Star Shoes for Mari's Place

    Soft Star Shoes for Mari's Place

    Earlier this year, Soft Star Shoes donated a supply of new shoes to students at Mari's Place in central Corvallis, and Elf Sarah recently had the privilege of visiting their open house. Mari's Place is a nature-based child care center that uses an emergent curriculum in a warm, inviting classroom setting and natural outside play area. The center is a...

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