Bodyline Shoes Mod Tutorial… Take 2!
Following on from yesterday’s tutorial, remember these Bodyline shoes?
These were the originals:
So what you need for this Bodyline modification:
- Shoes (obviously)
- Fabric to make bows with
- Ribbon in pink and white
- Lace
- Needle and thread
- Glue gun
- Scissors
- Flowers
Really you only need all of those things if you’re going to try and make these *exact* shoes. I think that the idea of these tutorials is to show you all that modifying shoes like these is really easy so you can use your imagination on shoes you already have!
First thing I did was remove the bow on the front.
I played around for a while with different materials I had before finally deciding on a design.
I cut a couple of rectangles of fabric to make large bows:
After folding them:
Using a small amount of glue I attached the bow to the strap of the shoe and sewed it in place. I also added a piece of white ribbon to this area and attached it to a pink ribbon strap to go around the ankle.
I then covered the white ribbon with two rows of lace :D
After taking apart the bows that came with the shoes I noticed that when you removed the bit that was tied around it they were kind of cute. So I added flowers :D You can never have enough flowers!
After attaching it to cover the join in the ribbons they were all finished :D
Taadaa!
And there you have it! $12 shoes turning into something a bit cuter! You’re only ever going to have as good quality as your base is so these shoes are probably not going to last you forever but still not bad right?
I hope some of you feel inspired enough to go do something with your shoes!
Ugh this is reminding me that I need to clean out my shoe collection… it’s getting a little crazy! But there’s pretty much always room for more Bodyline Shoes.
OMG So cute!!! They have come up simply amazing!!!!!! *love*
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:D :D :D Thank you!!
I love these! Pink isn’t my favourite colour but you can never, ever go wrong with bows :D
Diana xx
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Agreed completely!
pretty~ but i think a little pearl/diamante would make it look more posh^^
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I agree, I definitely need to make a few more changes :D
I am seriously impressed! I have always been a bit nervous about customizing shoes, but you make it look so easy. I need to give this a shot…
Thanks Ness, you should totally try it! I always pick quite cheap bases that way if it doesn’t look good I can chuck them out without feeling bad!
:D they look totaslly different this is so cool and inspiring ^^
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Thanks Naka!
This was such an awesome tutorial and since Everyone is having BoGo sales right now, I think I’ll go find some shoes to customize myself ^_^
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Yay sales! You should totally try it out, it’s really easy!
Ah! I’m so inspired now! Those shoes are sooo cute! ^_^
I’m so glad!
WOW, great work dear!!
^_^ Thanks Tamara!
thx so much for the follow…I love your blog. It’s so cute^.^
I’m following back♥
xoxo
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Aww no worries, your blog is very cool! <3
These are impressive O.O
I’ll keep this in mind should I ever come across a pair of shoes like this.
Thank you, do let me know if you try it out!
Ooh, pretty! I have that ribbon!! I loved both of your tutorials, unfortunately, I don’t really wear those kind of shoes, so I’ll have to find something else to use, but thanks for posting! :D
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Thanks so much ^_^ I don’t usually wear these types of shoes either because I find them hard to keep on, I’m getting more used to them though. I hope you find some you can use :D
Wow! Very impressive. Those shoes are fabulous. You are so talented. :-)
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Aww thank you, and thank you for visiting my blog ^_^
WOW gorgeous! you’re talented!
It’s really easy, you should give it a try!
Oh, thank you so much! ^_^
And the shoes look absolutley adorable :)
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No worries ^_^
WOW!
I love your blog and You should totally be a designer :D
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Thank you so much, you are so sweet to say that!!
Super cute! I’m totally inspired now. Since I will be moving house next year, I’ve been cleaning out my shoe collection. Maybe I can keep some of my old shoes and perform shoe mod on them! hehe
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You should totally give it a try, if you’re cleaning them out anyway there’s nothing to lose ^_^
Love ‘em♥ Great work!!
I have a pair of simple low heels that I got at a Earth Day/Recycle gathering that I intended to give a makeover but never go around to you but you are really inspiring me to pop out an idea!
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I would love to see what you do with them!
Soooo prettyyyy!!! <3 The end result is so professional looking, I wouldn't have known they didn't come like that if I hadn't read your post! *O*
:D Thanks so much Kari, that’s such a fantastic compliment!
I think these are adorable. I’m curious, did you sew the white bow to the pink plastic shoe top or just glue it. I find it hard to sew into the shoe material. I’m going to make these real soon and put my imagination into it with shoe paint also making some shoes black dots on the white and visa versa, or what ever i come up with. making bows on back of heel is cute also. Thank You for the fun I had with this. Susan
Thanks for commenting Susan! I just glued it in place because the plastic of the shoes was too hard to get through. Let me know how you go with the project, I would love to see when you finish <3