It has been a crazy few days in the Gerber house. Henry’s been teething and now has an ear infection. When Mommy is going a little crazy it’s funny how a craft project calms my nerves. And glitter totally makes me happy. I saw these $630 Miu Miu shoes and thought, “Ohh, fun!!”
I’m all about revamping old stuff that I don’t wear anymore. When it works, I’m ecstatic. If it tanks, I trash it and move on. The chunky, slightly weird heel on the Miu Miu shoes reminded me of this old pair I had in my Goodwill pile. How hard could it be to Modge Podge those puppies? Turns out, making your own glitter (that won’t fall off) shoes is super easy!
You will need:
- A pair of shoes – the hard plastic of these held the glitter really well
- Glitter – you can do gold, silver, red, go wild!
- Modge Podge
- Something to paint on or in – you don’t want to end up with a glitter dinner table
Step 1: Mix the glitter with the Mod Podge until it’s pretty thick.
Step 2: Do several coats of glitter, waiting at least 30 minutes between coats. I did 3 coats (I forgot to take a photo of the last one) and also touched up a couple of spots.
Step 3: Do a final coat of Modge Podge only (no glitter). A bit of the black underneath peaks through, but I’m ok with the black & gold color scheme.
Step 4: Wear them on hot date with the hubby! I can’t wait to style an outfit around these shoes – if I can get them back from Caroline! (She calls them “sprinkle shoes.”)
So cute…sprinkle shoes!! My oldest has always loved sparkles! When she was little we brought her do a zoo that features Sparky the Seal and she called him Sparkly the Seal!
Awesome! You are so creative!
Jo-Anna
You are on a roll my friend!! This is amazing and so creative!! I want to do this asap!
This is so great Stephanie! You know, I could've done with this idea last year. My daughter came home from school and said it was "Book Week" the next day. I had no idea what Book Week was but she wanted to go as "Dorothy" from Wizard of Oz. I had blue gingham and sewed her a dress and really wanted to cover shoes with red glitter but didn't even think of the Mod Podge. Finished up finding a brand new pair of red sequinned shoes which did the trick. I'm all prepared this year. It's next Wednesday. Still haven't got the dress organised but I'm working on it! LOL Can never have enough glitter in our closests, can we?
Anne xx
wow!!
Um…ok that is AWESOME and a super amazing IDEA,…I totally have a pair of awesome (but ol) hot pink patent leather heels…I could totally paint them with silver glitter…OMG LOVE this…thanks a bunch – coolest blog today winner – YOU
xoxo from Trinidad
This may seem strange, but do you know where i can find Mod Podge in Trinidad, and the price, please? ty 🙂
so freaking cute!
yay!! I love them!
I love this!! I saw this on Pinterest and was amazed that this could happen – so creative! Yours turned perfectly! And that picture of them on Caroline's feet is so cute!
Ah, perfect!!! I want some sprinkle shoes, too!!!! 😀
What a great idea! I feel like I can revamp all my shoes!!! Great post!
How clever! LOVE it!
I have been wanting to try this- thanks so much! I have been seeing some adorable glittery shoes lately at totally redonkulous prices, and now I can just make my own adorable glittery shoes! You're the best 🙂
And just think some fools out there right now paying $600 for these gems! Well a fool, but a rich one at that..LOL Totally agree that crafting calms the nerves; it's like crack for those of us who aren't drug addicts!They look great.
Such a great idea! So much fun to play with too 🙂
A girl can never have too much glitter! Love these Stephanie.
Adorable! Love this idea. Way to bring those shoes from drab to fab!
Totally brilliant! I've been coveting some "sprinkle shoes" ever since those Louboutins that had the multicolored glitter came out…I just might have to bust out the Mod Podge this weekend! This is a totally brilliant idea and I'm pretty sure my 3 year-old will steal them as well…I might just have to do a matching pair for her…(c:
Oh wow, love it! I'm so going to try this!
Rebekah
How fun are these!!! I'm mentally going through my pile of Goodwill shoes I can do this to, and I'm pretty sure I have just the pair! And, my little girl would TOTALLY be the same way 😀
Saw these on kojo designs….so cute! Gotta try it 🙂
What a great idea.
Oh my goodness Stephanie, where do you find the time! You are amazing! And those shoes are so cute!!! I love the result!
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This is my first visit here and I think I love you! So many practical ways to use glitter Mod Podge – starting with shoes!
I saw you on sugar bee and I am so glad! My daughters want glittery shoes for Halloween (thinking ahead:)) and I thought that there must be a way I can make some glittery shoes!
So thank you, thank you a million times over!
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Well this is just plain fun! Thanks for linking up!
My nices would love this! I found my new project for them.
these are totally awesome!
Do you think the mod podge will work well on leather?