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See what elf games the Softstar shoemakers create for playday with leather scraps when they team up and compete.

It’s time again for our spring playday! See what the Softstar shoemaking elves create with scraps when we team up and compete.

It’s time again for our winter playday! See what the Softstar shoemaking elves create when we set them loose in the workshop.

Monster shoes, dog vests, earrings, wrestling masks… it’s all happens on playday at Softstar!

It’s time again for one of our favorite days of the year at the Softstar workshop: PLAYDAY! Once or twice a year, we set aside a day to stop making shoes for a few hours and let our staff work on any creative project of their choosing. The projects don’t have to have anything to […]

  It’s that time again! Once or twice a year, we set aside a day to pause our serious work and let our staff delve into the creative projects of their choosing. The projects don’t have be related to shoes in any way (though often they are, just because that’s what we like) and our staff is allowed […]

Believe it or not, it’s been 30 years since Tim and Jeanie Oliver sold their first pair of Softstar shoes in 1985. This is a big anniversary for us, especially at a time when we’re preparing to mark another milestone by moving to a bigger workshop. It’s definitely a far step from the old school […]