Time for more Doctor Who!
Now, obviously, these shoes look nothing like Rose's. However, they are the right shape and have heels that are the same height. They are by Madden Girl and I believe they are called "Molly." If you want to get the same shoes, I found two pairs on eBay just now in different prints for under $20 each.
I started by removing the Mary Jane strap. I just took a pair of sewing scissors and cut the stitches, being careful not to cut through the fabric of the shoe. I had to cut the ends of the strap where they were stuck underneath the sole of the shoe, but for the most part the strap came away very cleanly. I must stress caution if you have to do the same thing to your shoes, though, because I did cut myself doing this.
There's one shoe, strap free!
I then applied the first coat of acrylic paint to my shoes. I have had this pale pink paint forever. I probably will still have some when I die. They'll paint my gravestone with it.
This paint goes on pretty thickly, but these shoes have black spots on them so I had to paint more than one coat.
Coat number two.
Third coat.
Fourth and final coat.
Then I painted the inside of the toe... I believe this took two coats.
For the black details, I used Craft Smart paint from Michaels, which I do not advise using for this project. It kept scraping off of the shiny edges.
I used my black paint on the edge of the shoe and around the toe.
I also painted along the edge of the sole, around the top of the heel, and two lines down the back of the heel.
To make the bows, I made a template and then sketched it onto craft foam.
1,367 coats of paint later (I may be exaggerating slightly) I had pink bows.
I painted the edges in a thin black line.
I also painted the back and sides of the bows black.
I had to touch up/ redo this process several times before I was satisfied.
All done!
Using as much hot glue as possible, I glued the bows to the shoes.
They glued on really well and didn't start to slide off or anything.
Unfortunately, my bow did start to crack a little so I filled it in with more pink paint.
Once everything had dried, I took my glaze and painted over everything on the shoes to make them patent-leather-shiny.
This made the shoes slightly more of an electric pink than I had been expecting, but they still work well with my fabric. I think they're absolutely adorable.
EDIT TO ADD MARCH 10, 2016:
Long story short: my bows kept cracking. The paint just didn't stick well to the foam.
I repainted the bows with several layers of paint and then I sealed over the tops again, much more thickly. They're still a little cracked, but they're better. My guess is that this is something I will have to touch up often to make sure they still look great. :)
Today we'll be tackling the FANTASTIC shoes Rose gets to wear:
Not having $400 to shell out for actual Agent Provocateur Jessica pumps (I wish I were making that number up) I decided to make these shoes myself.
I started with a pair of adorable peep toe pumps from Goodwill that cost $6.
Now, obviously, these shoes look nothing like Rose's. However, they are the right shape and have heels that are the same height. They are by Madden Girl and I believe they are called "Molly." If you want to get the same shoes, I found two pairs on eBay just now in different prints for under $20 each.
I started by removing the Mary Jane strap. I just took a pair of sewing scissors and cut the stitches, being careful not to cut through the fabric of the shoe. I had to cut the ends of the strap where they were stuck underneath the sole of the shoe, but for the most part the strap came away very cleanly. I must stress caution if you have to do the same thing to your shoes, though, because I did cut myself doing this.
There's one shoe, strap free!
I then applied the first coat of acrylic paint to my shoes. I have had this pale pink paint forever. I probably will still have some when I die. They'll paint my gravestone with it.
This paint goes on pretty thickly, but these shoes have black spots on them so I had to paint more than one coat.
Coat number two.
Third coat.
Fourth and final coat.
Then I painted the inside of the toe... I believe this took two coats.
For the black details, I used Craft Smart paint from Michaels, which I do not advise using for this project. It kept scraping off of the shiny edges.
I used my black paint on the edge of the shoe and around the toe.
I also painted along the edge of the sole, around the top of the heel, and two lines down the back of the heel.
To make the bows, I made a template and then sketched it onto craft foam.
1,367 coats of paint later (I may be exaggerating slightly) I had pink bows.
I painted the edges in a thin black line.
I also painted the back and sides of the bows black.
I had to touch up/ redo this process several times before I was satisfied.
All done!
Using as much hot glue as possible, I glued the bows to the shoes.
They glued on really well and didn't start to slide off or anything.
Unfortunately, my bow did start to crack a little so I filled it in with more pink paint.
Once everything had dried, I took my glaze and painted over everything on the shoes to make them patent-leather-shiny.
This made the shoes slightly more of an electric pink than I had been expecting, but they still work well with my fabric. I think they're absolutely adorable.
As always, I hope this helps you!
EDIT TO ADD MARCH 10, 2016:
Long story short: my bows kept cracking. The paint just didn't stick well to the foam.
I repainted the bows with several layers of paint and then I sealed over the tops again, much more thickly. They're still a little cracked, but they're better. My guess is that this is something I will have to touch up often to make sure they still look great. :)
Great job! Love your hot glue gun :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, thank you! It was a Michaels find, no surprise there. :)
DeleteI love Michael's :) And Hobby Lobby :)
DeleteSo cool! ☺
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