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...

Recently we have seen a new elf running around the shop. We usually spot her / him first thing in the morning after a quiet night. I was lucky and caught the elusive elf on film this morning. We are hoping we have a new shoemaker setting up camp! The problem is we don't know what to call her...

This week we had Julie from Allied Waste come talk to us about recycling. Julie was impressed with our shop... everything from using reusable cups/plates to us sorting our recycling. We had a handful of items we asked her about... can colored paper go in 'office' recycling? Or should it go in co-mingled? (It can go in 'office' if it's...

We recently added a new benefit at Soft Star Shoes where we provide employees who use bicycle transportation a monthly bike maintenance allowance. I have always been impressed with how dedicated Hava is to biking to work each day, but yesterday she really surprised me when I saw her pull up with a full cup of steaming hot coffee snapped...

Here is one heart-warming example of how wonderful it is to have integration of our work and family life. This chalkboard welcome sign was made by Elf Sherilyn's son to greet customers as they come up the stairs. We love that our children are welcome and frequent visitors in the Soft Star workshop Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly...

One of our very special customers recently designed these bright silver moccasins to fill out her closet....Elvis would have been proud. Black suede fringe on the back, shiny silver smooth leather on the front and a trio of rhinestones on each button! They ROCK. (Thanks Nancy!) PS... Before you get too excited about shiny silver - we sadly must say...

February was Elf DeAnn's last month at Soft Star. She decided it was time to get started on the next big adventures life has in store for her. DeAnn worked for Soft Star, on and off, over the last nine years. She cut the leather for almost every pair of shoes Soft Star shipped in the last three years. DeAnn...