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!

October was a joyous month at Soft Star Shoes as we celebrated the birth of two new elves... Trish and Sal had a baby girl in mid-October, and Naomi and Val had a baby boy on Halloween. Grandpa Tim could not be more proud of his first Grand baby! Love this photo of the new little tootsies~ Soft Star Shoes...

As an owner of a shoe company, I often have people taking extra long looks at my kid's shoes. I try to always have nice Soft Stars on their feet. This was a problem when Kahlil was little as he always kicked his shoes off and ran around barefoot no matter the conditions... 100 degrees on hot concrete or 35...

Inspired by an idea we came across in a book, my 5yr old daughter Tivi and I decided to try our hand at creating shoes with our own personalized drawings. Armed with 18 different colored Sharpie markers, we each designed a pair. Tivi initially started thinking she would do a full color fill.... but after one back on one shoe...

Yesterday I came across Kahlil (3yrs) and Cruz (2yrs) sharing the chalk board together in the Soft Star workshop. One of those sweet "Aawwwwhhhh" moments when having your kids at work with you feels like heaven! (OK... so a scuffle DID ensue shortly after this "aaawwhh" moment was captured on camera and we DID have to resort to drawing a...

Kahlil, my oldest son, is now three and he has been picking out his shoe colors for about a year now. Much to my husbands chagrin, Kahlil LOVES shiny red and blue shoes. They are flashy! And they work great with Kahlil's cape and superhero mask... he zooms around the grocery store and saves strawberries in distress like no one...

Big news - Little Elf Tivi has lost her first tooth~! We are going to use her new Tooth Fairy pillow (love, love, LOVE it!!) tonight to keep this little treasure safe until the Fairy can come... although she's too excited to fall asleep! I came across these adorable pillows at the Portland market and just had to get some...