How to Make: Summer City Shoes
Glitter is not food. Well… Unless it’s in sprinkle form. Sprinkles are totally food.
Gold glitter belongs on shoes. Golds sprinkles, on cupcakes.
Today I’d like to explore the value of glitter.
It’s shoes! Let’s make our own fancy, totally cheap, totally cute summer shoes.
Theres gold, and sparkle. There’s heart shapes… And we didn’t even have to spend too much money at Steve Madden to make it happen.
Glitter makes most days better.
Especially when it gets in your hair. You’re an accidental pretty pretty princess.
Start with coarse glitter. Two colors if you want to get/stay sassy.
Mod Podge is the magic ingredient here. It’s basically a pourable, brushable glue.
I always pronounce it modge podge. That’s my weirdness.
I chose a matte Mod, but glossy is lovely too. The glitter will shine through either way.
Grab your sneaks!
These are plain white canvas tennis shoes. Super simple.
These should be cheap. Let them be cheap.
Remove the laces before you get down with the glitter.
Go digging for your duct tape. Mine happens to be green… I don’t know why.
We need duct tape to tape off the rubber side soles of the shoe. Don’t skip this step. We need a safe tape buffer while we’re glitter painting.
Next we’ll need a little mixing pot for glitter and glue, and two paint brushes.
We can use cheapy brushes. We’re just putting glitter and glue on them.
Let’s talk in baking terms.
I mixed about 3/4 cup Mod Podge with 1/2 cup gold glitter. The mixture should be thick, but still glue-y enough to adhere to the shoe easily. It’s a delicate balance that I trust you can find on you’re on through trial and error.
Coat shoes in one thin layer of gold Mod Podge mixture. Allow shoes to dry for about 20 minutes before coating in a second later.
Real talk: the first layer I went light on. The second layer I really packed it on. And the third layer was nothing but a few touch-ups.
Allow shoes to dry completely before removing tape and lacing. These shoes are also super cute without lace strings.
Look at that!
With just glitter and glue, you made the cutest shoes of all!
Happy summer living. Let’s make it epic and full of glitter. These days are precious indeed!
Inspired by HonestlyWTF.big ya don’t know… now ya know.
Cute! Love the heart on one shoe.
Oh these are soo cool,unfortunately summers probably never going to arrive here and I dunno how water friendly they would be……sigh!
Adorable! ….I want some glitter to get lost in my hair so I can be a pretty princess! :)
Aren’t you a clever duck!? I just may have my girls do this. It’ll be a great project, thanks!
I never realized it WASN’T pronounced modge podge until you pointed it out. And this is why I should stay in the kitchen and out of the craft supply stores….
I call it modge podge too (and I’m an artist, so obviously I pronounce it correctly!) I’m totally gonna do this with some white Chuck Taylors. and ruby red glitter.
Love your sneakers!
My grandson always calles Mod Podge “Mud Pies”~~ (he’s 4)’–I think it’s so cute. (You can tell we’ve done projects together with the stuff.) I’ve been using it since the 60’s when we used it in my HS art classes!!
At any rate-thanks for the great idea-very cute!
These shoes are solo pretty, I tried thi before but with white shoes that look like Toms. Soooo cute! Speaking of summer Joy, do you have any recipes for candy or taffy?
These are so freaking fun!!
My five year old is going to be in HEAVEN if I tell her this is our DIY craft project this weekend!
Wow cute pair of shoes! I would definitely wear them any season!!
I call it Modge Podge also!
Wow, we’re kindred spirits. ;)
Wow… Magic pick-me-up formula for my day!
Cute shoes! But my takeaway is “Mod Podge” NOT “Modge Podge.”
Fancy that!
Ah, so cute! I don’t think I can pull this off, but you totally do. Also, we’re way past summer down under… sigh.