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Elf Hava has been busy working on our 2011 stock colors and here is a quick peak at her cart in progress. Hope you see something that catches your eye! Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints in this blog are those of individual workshop elves, and do not […]

Last week we invited Jane, a massage therapist, to come in to talk about how to keep our bodies healthy and limber when we are making all those fantastic shoes. It’s pretty easy to get locked in one position and start to feel pain when sewing… Who would want that sort of bad vibe in […]

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 […]

A few months back we had Julie from our local garbage disposal company come talk to us about ways to reduce waste in our shop. In general we are doing the right things, but we asked her for ideas on the leather and soling scraps. She gave us a couple leads and we have been […]

We are getting ready for Halloween and 4 yr old Kahlil has been wanting to be Buzz Lightyear since March! Lucky for him, Mom can whip up a pair of Space Ranger Boots to complete his costume. The Elves LOVE EM!! He recruited all of the family into being his entourage at Halloween – stay […]

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 […]

I recently got in touch with an old high school friend. When she told her 9 year old daughter about Soft Star, her daughter remembered the Native American proverb: Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins. Of course she thought of it because we make moccasins, but it’s also a […]