Ever wonder who is behind your Soft Star Shoes? Meet the youngest "elf" - Baby Olympia! Olympia spends some time each day with Mommy at the workshop - and she loves all the action. Other than having to talk to her about drooling on shoes, she has been a model elf!

Now that our littlest elf is crawling around well, the exploration of the shop has begun. Langston is following in the footsteps of his older elf siblings and has started to pull out all the totes and shoes at knee level and below. He is also a big fan of the vacuum. And the sewing machines. It takes a little...

Baby Langston and I are back in the shop. We aren't quite full time yet, but we are here every day. He seems to be taking to the work environment pretty well... especially when he can sleep in the sling while I work! It's been a couple years since I had an infant at work with me and I forgot...

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 the phone with a Soft...

Here is Kahlil decorating the table in our play area... just before he colored himself head to toe! How I wish they had invented washable markers back when I was 2... it would have saved some childhood dramas :-) Definitely one of the best inventions ever! Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints in...

Here is 4 year old Tivi punching out little leather stars... lately this has become her favorite workshop activity. The mallet is as heavy as it looks. She has been handing the stars out to local customers. I love how completely absorbed and determined she is when doing this. (P.S. Don't worry - we won't actually put her to work...

This month MOM Magazine interviewed Larkin and I for a feature titled "When the Shoe Fits: Two Moms Step In as Soft Star Elves". The interview covered how we balance our families and work, helping each other with workplace child-rearing. This includes, but is not limited to sharing diaper wipes - new ones, of course! Click here to view the...