leather

For all of our shiny leather fans out there, we’re very proud to announce the arrival of shiny pastel violet! This gorgeous new color is now available on all of our Design-Your-Own smooth leather shoes. We can’t wait to see the creative shoes you’ll make with our new color! Remember to send us photos of […]

Our leather cutting elves had some excitement last week when a new shipment arrived at the shop. Soft Star founder Tim was able to source some very decorative hides, and we are now happy to announce the addition of star leather to our selection. Star leather consists of regular suede leather covered with small shiny […]

The elves have been tinkering with the shoes again. It could be the fresh spring air, the post-sale high or the sugar rush from Elf Hava’s cookies, but for whatever reason, our staff is feeling creative. The latest innovation is our RunAmoc Dash with a tough leather sole. We’ve experimented with tough leather soles on our […]

“Play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve, and more. Play is hardwired into our brains—it is the mechanism by which we become resilient, smart, and adaptable people.” —From Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, by Stuart Brown, M.D. & Christopher Vaughan […]

Our leather-cutting elves have the privilege of working in the most colorful room in the Soft Star workshop. At present, we have over 50 different colors we use to make our shoes in smooth, suede and shiny leather (plus quite a few animal-free options). Since many of these colors need to be stocked in varying […]

Here at Soft Star we are always looking for ways to improve the customer experience.  We began to notice confusion with the the “brown” suede leather. So we decided to change the name from “brown” to “honey”. The actual color has not changed, but we thought “honey” better describes the color of the leather.

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 […]