Art of the Dress :: Challenge #3 :: Altered Shoes + Tutorial

If you're like me, you love shoes.
Correction.
You adore shoes.

So recently, I was looking at one of my favorite pairs: Mary Janes with a nice thick and high heel and thinking how they could so easily be altered, because of the way the straps are designed.

So I cut strips of red wool felt and gathered some buttons and went to work.

Just a needle and thread are what I used to stitch the strips into little bows and then to stitch a vintage button in the middle.

 
So flippin' cute, right?

So how about you? What can you do to a pair of shoes to make them extra special? You could stitch on bows and buttons, paint directly onto leather, crochet a little trim, decoupage papers, and more.

Show us how you alter and wear your shoes by creating a post on your blog and then linking here by leaving a comment. Deadline: September 1, 2011. Happy Art of the Dress. :)

Comments

[Karlasteele.blogspot.com]

So much fun! I posted about altering a pair of flats and a pair of boots. Thanks for the challenge, Jenny!

[Aj The Fighting Gear Girl]

I've thought to make individualistic alterations to my clothes, but not my shoes?! Well you have just opened the flood gates. This should be fun.