Joy the Baker

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!

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