New Life for Old Shoes

My feet can be very temperamental when it comes to shoes.  So when I find a cute pair that are comfortable - I want to hang on to them as long as possible.  

This pair of ballet flats are awesome.  They work with everything from pants to skirts.  And they have a nice cushy sole that my moody arches love!  Sadly, they were starting to look... well, sad.  See for yourselves.

The toes and heels were scuffed and worn.  But I just couldn't bear to part with them.  Never fear!  I came up with plans to give them a sparkly new outlook!  

Taking them from this:

To THIS:

For this project I needed:

• Scissors
• Tape
• Glitter glue for fabric
• Glitter
• Thin ribbon
• Yarn needle

First, I brushed them with a stiff brush to clean them.  Then I clipped off the old bows.

Then, I taped off a section of the toes and the strip on the back of the heels.  This keeps the glue where I want it to be. 

I applied glue to the taped off areas... 

And covered them with glitter.

I repeated the glue and glitter process once more, for a nice coverage before allowing everything to dry overnight. 

The next morning, I used a yarn needle to thread the ribbon through the holes where the cording used to be and tied some pretty new bows. 

Voila!  My worn looking ballet flats are now shiny and beautiful.

They make me happy when I look down and see them, and I get SO many compliments when I wear them.

A Wise Woman Once Said... "Repurpose It!"

Got an item you aren't using?  Is there an item you need?  Maybe the answer is Repurposing! 

 Yesterday on "A Wise Woman Once Said..." I posted about how I went from 

THIS:

TO THIS:

Come over and visit us to see how I repurposed a spice shelf into a mail organizer!

http://awisewomansaid.blogspot.com/2014/02/repurposed-from-spice-shelf-to-mail.html

It's (mostly) OK

Linking up with A Complete Waste of Makeup for It's OK Thursday

IT'S OK...

That sometimes I just want an hour or two alone

To hope it really does snow so I have a reason to be lazy and just write and craft all day

To let your kid cut school the day after exams

To start getting ready to go to the gym and decide to forget it because it's rainy, cold, and you have other things to get done.

To have a half dozen (or more) partially completed crochet, craft, and DIY projects

That there are two baskets of clean laundry waiting to be folded