Corvallis had a bit of snow last night, and while it might not mean much to you all in the North, it has slowed down life here. Since we don't get many days like this, when we do it's best to stay off the roads and get your snow play in. So that is what we are doing today! We...

You all have kept the elves pretty busy the last couple months. So to take a little break we headed to the bowling alley for a few games. As you can see the littlest elves enjoyed themselves. And while we usually recommend Soft Star Shoes for young feet... there are exceptions! Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located...

Healthy feet are our passion at Soft Star - and one of the ways that is manifested is on our insistence of sourcing only formaldehyde-free leather. As this is no easy task and something unique about our shoes, I was surprised the other day to run across a claim of a major soft-shoe competitor's website that their shoes are made...

Hi - Elf DeAnn here! For the last 3 weeks I have been on a journey to clean, organize, sort, cut and determine the use of our leather inventory. We have over 46 in stock leather colors/types and several hides of each. There were big pieces, small pieces, beautiful pieces and some pretty homely pieces-- colors everywhere! Even though I...

Today was an exciting day here in the shop. Our new clicker was delivered and installed... YEAH!!! Tim and Alan, the best landlord ever, spent the entire afternoon unloading, moving, placing, and wiring the new machine. As you can see in the picture, it's a hefty piece of equipment. Once we got it in place, we couldn't wait to cut...