You need:

• Glitter
• Fabric glue (not pva like the last tutorial)
• Paper to put down so you don’t make a huge mess
• Sneakers

There’s a post on how to maintain sneakers and shoes which are decorated in case you’re interested too.

Anyway the first step was removing all of the deco pieces and bows and giving the shoes a thorough wipe down.

The key to this version is to use wash and wear fabric glue. The brand doesn’t matter but it need to be washable. In the old version I used pva glue and mixed the glue and glitter together. That way does make a smaller mess but it takes longer and because the glitter is fairly encased it’s not quite as shiny.

Put sheets of paper down so you can easily clean up the mess later. So section by section coat each side of the shoe in a generous amount of glue. Then while the glue is still wet slowly tip glitter on. Be generous and don’t worry if the glitter piles up.

After the glue is dry to the touch shake off the extra glitter. Leave the shoes to dry over night and then brush off any remaining loose glitter OUTSIDE. You want to be very thorough with this brushing and make sure every possible piece of loose glitter is gone or else you’ll leave a trail of glitter everywhere you walk. I took mine into the shower and banged them together until nothing else came off.

And that’s it! Because this is fabric glue it holds on to the glitter so well that no top coat is needed at all. Super shiny = winner!

Now you just need some shiny clothes to go with them!

I love them now! Ok let’s get into it 😀

Things I used:

• Old boots
• Faux fur trim from an old jacket hood
• Chain and some charms
• Felt
• Needle and thread

So let’s get into it!

First I pulled up the cover part so I could see what I was dealing with. Easy enough, it was all fabric except for the bottom part which was faux leather.

So I cut off the top.

This was quite a cute shape but I had the idea in my head to make the front more the shape of a court shoe.

So I snipped it down into a “V” shape.

To finish off the raw edges I cut strips of black felt and stitched the around the edges.

They folded over to hide the edges.

Done:

Next I removed the faux fur trim around the old hood.

Done!

Then I stitched it around the edge of the shoe tops.

Then it was just about accessories!

I stitched two rows of chain coming from the fur.

Then added the crosses in. This is is much darker than my usual style but I really like it at the moment!

The charms are easily removable too so I could switch them out with something pinker later when the mood strikes me ^_^

DONE! It really didn’t take very long and it was quite fun to do.

Different from my usual style but very fun!

Now time to wear them!

What do you guys think?

Boot modification version 2 success!

They were cast offs from my Mum who bought them but decided they didn’t fit very well. I’m not so big on snake skin pattens or brown so I thought I could use them to experiment with new ideas. They were completed in 3 steps: 1. Painting 2. Glitter Soles 3. Decoration.You need:

• Shoes
• Fabric paint/puff paint
• Glitter
• PVA or fabric glue
• Paint brush
• Ribbon
• Hot glue

Having such a sheer colour was actually good because it was easy to get the colour I wanted. The snake skin pattern still showed through in a really interesting way too so I didn’t keep going to make it opaque. I used 3 coats and left it to dry overnight between each. Next up the glitter soles. These techniques have been all over the internet recently and Wookie Wife did a fantastic version of it over on her blog with bright blue glitter that looks amazing! Anyway the basic idea is the same thing I did with the red glitter sneakers except that I was out of PVA so I used fabric glue. Add the glitter to a container and add a good helping of glue. The more glitter you use the longer it will take to dry but the less coats you have to do. Mix it all into a paste. Paint the paste all over the soles of your shoes! You can tape off the edges if you want but it’s fairly easy to stay in the lines. When it’s dry it looks like this… You can do the entire sole if you want but I figured it was a bit of a waste of glitter and I wanted to keep as much grip on the toes as possible because they are slightly too big for me already. Obviously you need to do the other shoe too XD Now this step is important. Both the fabric glue and the pink puff pant dry with a slightly sticky texture, if you don’t seal them in somehow they will pick up every speck of dirt on the streets and the finish will become darker and dull. To get in before the dirt does just lightly dust them with some translucent make up finishing powder. I used a make up brush that I was planning on washing that night anyway. Because it’s translucent it doesn’t dull the finish at all but it protects them from having dirt stick there. Now they’re pretty cute but they needed something else. I decided to use up some thick ribbon that came on a present. A couple of bows and some hot glue later they were finished! I have to say they have come pretty damn far from their original form and I love them! They are low enough to be comfy and the pattern showing through the pink makes them so much more interesting! What do you guys think?

A few weeks ago I was asked to model in the Asia Pacific L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival for local store Glamaz. They stock a lot of my favorite brands like Lizlisa etc so I said HELL YES :DAnyway the look called for white fur shoes to match the coat but they didn’t have any in stock in my size at the time so I figured it was a good chance just to make some myself.You need:

• Base shoes with a decent heel and an ankle strap. I’ll do another version for non-ankle strap shoes later.
• Faux fur
• Material for the inside, I used polar fleece
• Sewing machine or needle and thread (sewing fake fur by hand is VERY tedious though)
• Ribbons (optional)

So before I start just a quick tip on sewing faux fur: make sure the hairs and pointing away from the stitching as much as you can before you sew otherwise it will get caught in the stitching and be very annoying to get undone later. Also if you’re going to cut, separate the pile down the cut line before you snip so you get minimum hair all over the place.

Right, so we need to measure how long the faux fur needs to be. Wrap it around one of the shoes and use that as a length measurement. Remember to include a seam allowance and it’s always better to cut too much than too little.

So this is the height and width I ended up with. Make sure it’s tall enough to cover the top of the shoe easily as well as hide your toes.

I made sure to leave plenty extra on the top and sides for seams.

Cut out a matching piece of polar fleece but make it around 5cm shorter in the height measurement. This is because we really don’t want it sticking out on the wrong side.

Place the polar fleece on the furry side of the faux fur and stitch down both long sides so it makes a tube.

You should have something like this, see that there’s more fur than polar fleece when it’s laid flat.

Turn it inside out and you can see how it’s supposed to sit better.

And wrapped around the shoe you can see it coming together.

Measure how big it needs to be to get around the shoe and then stitch the ends of the tube together. I started at the end of the polar fleece, went around to the fur then finished up at the bottom of the polar fleece again. You can’t do the whole thing on the machine because it needs to turn slightly inside out to finish up so you will need to leave a gap at the end, it’s easier to hand stitch polar fleece so leave it there.

Afterwards you should have this:

Hand stitch up the gap and make one  for the other shoe too.

Now to hold them onto the shoe you have a couple of options:

• Slide them on and hope they don’t fall down during the day. Not recommended.
• Add two ribbon loops that you can slide the ankle strap of the shoe through so it stays in place all day. Recommended.
• Rush out the door because you are running late for your own fashion show and cut a couple of holes in the polar fleece so you can slide the ankle strap of the shoe through it. It’ll hold for now until you can do something a bit better and more permanent like the ribbon option later.

Anyway, ribbon is obviously the best option, just stitch a couple of little pieces on the inside that line up with the ankle straps on the shoes and you’re good to go.

Pop the cuff on the shoe and you’re finished! Really much easier than it actually sounds XD

I added a pin bow off one of my dresses to each side and that’s how the crisis was averted 😀

And for bonus points, here’s a photo of me wearing them during the practice run 😀

I really like them and now I’m thinking of buying a couple of other colours of fur so I can have different cuffs for different shoes. What do you guys think?

It takes about 10 minutes to do so these are awesome for last minute gifts too!Buy some slippers, I happened to find these cute one at Target and while they were super cute as-is I wanted to make them a bit more personal.Draw your letters on some felt.

And cut them out.

Attach with hot glue or by stitching. I chose hot glue because I was pressed for time.

DONE!

Seriously that’s it…

Completely adorable and you could customise the idea a lot depending on the kind of slippers you were starting with. It’s quite cost effective too because you can get slippers similar to these ones at junk stores or places like Daiso for under $5.

Now I want to do some for me! I bought some super puffy Mario mushroom slippers in the Boxing Day sales so I really want to make them cuter 😀