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| Outfit details: dress: anthropologie from a couple summers ago; flower: H&M; shoes: diy'ed by me; belt: made by me and soon for sale in my shop |
Hey, kids! Can you tell I'm just a little stoked about my new shoes? I wore them out to brunch today with a friend and received so many compliments. And, being the bragasaurus that I am, you know the first thing out of my mouth was, "Thanks! I made them!" I thought I'd share with you how I did it. It's so easy!
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| The completed shoe. For other shoe diy's, look here. |
For this super easy project, you'll need the following:
- platform or wedge sandals (what do they call 'em these days?) I picked mine up at Goodwill.
- fabric
- glue ... I like to use Aleene's Tacky Glue found at most hobby stores.
- matte Modge Podge
- exacto knife
- paint brush
And here are the steps I took:
- Lay shoe on top of fabric and cut, just like above photo. You'll need two pieces of fabric for each shoe.
- Paint glue on to platform quickly. Be careful not to paint on the rubber sole of the shoe or the shoe itself because it will stick.
- Place fabric over glue and smooth down.
- Flip the shoe over and repeat this process on the other side.
- Then repeat this process again on the other shoe.
Once the shoes have dried (I waited about 30 minutes), use an exacto knife and carefully cut along the edge of the shoe. I found that it really helps to use a new exacto blade.
Don't worry about the fabric fraying. Your final step, once the cutting is complete, is to cover the entire base of the shoe with Modge Podge. That will prevent the shoe from fraying any further. It also will add a protective coating to the shoe. I prefer the matte Modge Podge for this type of shoe because I didn't want them to be shiny.
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| And viola! These are a pinch more 1970's than I normally wear...but I love 'em just the same. |
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| Outfit details: dress: vintage, thrifted; belt: a super sweet friend; flower: erm, these are my shoe clips that I bobby pinned into my hair; shoes: moi! |
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| Sorry, this is as close to my troll feet as you're gonna get. Not that you'd wanna get any closer. I have what's called hammer-head toes. No pedi can prettify this kinda ugly. |
I was having so much fun with that vintage fabric that I created a matching belt and some new straps for my
Sseko sandals. Making straps for these shoes takes me less than 15 minutes. It allows me to be matchy match from head to toe, as you can see
here!
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| Off to get ice cream! Outfit details: dress: Forever 21, a couple summers ago; belt: made by me and available in my shop; sandals: Sseko and me |
Thanks for dropping by. I've had so much fun sharing my DIY's with you of late! My spring break is drawing to a close...off to make the most of it.
