How To: Up-cycle Shoes!

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So I was cruising along Pinterest (follow me!), you know, my crazy-kid obsession, and came across an image of these super cute, one-of-a-kind shoes.  As I looked closer, I noticed that the shoe was actually up-cycled with fabric and mod podge.  And, being the compulsive crafter that I am, I ran upstairs looking for my own cast-offs to revamp.  I found a pair of mauve--yes, MAUVE--pumps in the donation pile and I knew would be perfect.  I mean, why the hell did I even have MAUVE pumps to begin with?  They fit perfectly so it was clear that I was just over the country-pink color.

Henyways, the example that I was going by were of flats, so I WINGED followed the directions the best that I could using this tutorial from Makeit-Loveit.  I didn't know how to wrap the heels, so I picked a fabric with MAUVE in it so that I could keep the heels as is.  You may recognize the fabric from this article.  Maybe not.  :)

Total Cost for Me?  Oh, how bout $0.

Here are the sexy MAUVE pumps that I bought back in 2005 or so....

Here's my fabric that I choose to cover with:






And now.....the BIG TAH DAH!!!

It's a little rough....I couldn't find my exacto knife, and I'm not exacto patient, so I used scissors to cut the edges. I also added the felt flower to cover my botch job heel backs.  I do what I want.  ;)  Either way, I'm BEYOND pumped to rock my MAUVE pumps!

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B.Chen

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