If you know me, you know what a shoe girl I am. It sounds cliché, but it’s true. It’s almost embarrassing that I used to sneak new shoe boxes into my house or leave them in my car until nobody was home. “Oh these shoes? These old things?! I had them at the bottom of my closet and forgot all about them until I found them tonight”. If I was Pinocchio, I would have poked out countless eyes with my quickly growing nose.
This was last weekend’s attempt to “organize” some of my summer shoes and stuff them under my bed in this vinyl thingamajig.
Let me get to the point. I saw this on Pinterest and had to do it. Click HERE to see my pinboards.
D-I-Y Glitter Heels!! Click here to see the tutorial I followed.
I had the perfect heels waiting for this project. Scuffed, comfy, and sitting in my closet already.
See?! Scuffed. These girls and I have been through some good times together. I just wasn’t ready to toss them yet…
I gathered my funky old shoes, super-fine glitter (I had silver & blue on hand), Mod Podge (I used satin finish), a stiff bristle paintbrush, a disposable tray, and a large piece of paper (or newspaper to protect your work surface).
I poured out about 1/3 of the glitter onto my tray. I decided to go with only silver. You can mix colors if you’d like I’m sure.
I poured in a blob of Mod Podge. You can always add more, so I went easy and it was just enough.
I stirred it up until it was well mixed and goopy. I panicked a little bit when it looked cloudy, but Mod Podge dries very clear. No worries 🙂 .
I applied a not-too-thin-but-not-too-thick first coat to the shoes.
I let this coat dry for about 20 minutes. Then I slapped on another coat.
It’s pretty safe to say that at this point, I was squealing like a 10-year-old Justin Bieber fan.
I was twirling skipping wearing these all day long! I kept looking down at my feet and giggling!
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What do you collect? Are you a shoe/ purse/ jewelry hoarder? Confessions shall be filed in the comment section 😉
Love these! Sparkle is the way to go!
AAAAMAZING! WOW! those shoes look FAB! you are too funny Mindy!
I think I’d have to say I’m a silver hoop earring collector. No matter how many pair I have, I always find myself buying more!
That was awesome! You are so talented.
Thanks Suzanne! I just followed the directions! Easy peasy
Love this! It is brilliant, I will definitely be pinning this one too!
I am in love with these shoes. I saw this on pinterest and have been debating trying it for a while. Now that I see you did and how good it looks maybe I’ll have too! Actually I know I’ll have too! 😉
I plan on doing this to all of my dying shoes! What’s your pinterest name?
Ahhhhh, how fun is this!!
I have to stand on my feet all day so only week-end heels for this girl…and I’m usually in sweats. You are definitely a shoe hoarder. Holy cow!
Adorable! What a fantastic idea. I, too, am a shoe hoarder and am all too familiar with the ol “These old things? I’ve had these for AGES…”
LOL! It’s terrible isn’t it?!
Look at you all sparkly–I love it!!! I would never in a million yrs think to do something like this but I am keeping this post in mind just in case I get bit by the creative bug.
PS-Just saw your email, will be getting back with you soon 🙂
Sparkly feet are happy feet 😉
Gorgeous shoes! I don’t really collect a lot for it to be considered a collection, but I keep things (shoes, handbags, jewelry or clothes) that have some memory attached. 🙂
GIRL! I am so wanting to do this! I have a couple of heels pinned on Pinterest that I am itching to make! Just haven’t done it yet. 🙂
So simple! When you do it, you’ll want to glitter everything lol
Stopping by from Sugar and Dots. I recently purchased a pair of glitter heels from Forever 21. Never thought about doing it myself. These are awesome and definitely something to keep in mind you could own a pair in every colour! Great job!
I have some ooooold shoes that need some bling. Thanks for posting this. Jo @ Let’s Face the Music