What do normal people do when their shoes fall apart, go buy a new one right??? Well not me, thinking I'm all crafty I went to fix my princesses shoe, they were totally falling apart, don't know how that happened. Then I decide it needs a whole lot of ribbon to make it look better, LOL. Mind you, this is all without stepping foot in a store, so I figure glue gun should work, and since her black shoes need to stay all black, the only ribbon I have is like the thinnest little ribbon possible. Do I make it work, well you be the judge of that. Gosh sometimes, I hate being so cheap. Oh who am I kidding, I am totally proud of myself, and my daughter seems to LOVE her new shoes, so despite the 3 hours I slaved trying to save $10 bucks, I guess it was worth it.
Enjoy, my very first SHOE redo.
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| See what I mean, TOTALLY coming apart. |
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| Pretty funny right? |
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| My bright idea, lol. |
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| This picture is so crappy, but I was trying to show the border of ribbon I put all around the bottom. |
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| Then to cover up all the glue that was showing I thought, little rosettes, BAD idea. First of all, this took FOREVER, the ribbon was so small, and glue was everywhere, making it look SUPER messy. So I ripped it off, and some shoe too, and started all over. |
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| After tearing the shoes apart even more, I had to cover it up, so I just layed strips of ribbon on the shoes, see..... |
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| But, got tooooo lazy, and didn't do the back, except for the little rosette, to cover up where the seams met. Oh and since the heals were all scuffed up, I did what all good moms do, colored them in with permanent marker. WHAT you've never done that, yeah me neither, but it kinda worked, a little. |
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| Another picture trying to make them look more decent than they are, he he. |
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| Pretend like you can't see any glue, OK. |
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| And yes pretend like there are no more scuff marks. |
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| Like I said, at least she can wear them a couple more times. and she was happy. Yup that is my Christmas tree NOT FINISHED,,,, my stand crapped out on me last year, and I forgot all about it, until this year when I went to put up the tree. It's not stable, and with my kids running all over, I wanted to replace the stand before I start decorating, BUT I can't find this SWIVEL TREE STAND I have, and LOVE, if it hadn't only broken. |
SO there you have it. What do you think, should I have just gone and bought a new pair, or did it turn out ok, be honest!!!!
I'm off to my kids Christmas concert tonight, (that's why we needed this shoe fixed) maybe I'll share a song with you all tomorrow. They are so dang cute!!
As always ENJOY!
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