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| Standard chunky Mary-Janes and a bit of GLITTER ... |
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. . . RUBY SLIPPERS !!!! TRANSFORMED into OXFORD / SADDLE SHOES!  I cut off the straps, and added a loop in the back by the heel area; threaded a satin ribbon through, for a little LACE-UP STYLE PARTY SHOE  PAINTED them all white; then painted the bottom portion GLOSS BLACK. The silver buckles are metal o-rings from costume jewelry, painted silver, coated in craft glue, and dipped in silver glitter dust; then glued on after all paint on shoes dried.  I painted them with opalescent paint. Added a white satin ribbon that I crocheted lace (very thin crochet thread) Added a pre-made matching white satin bow, and 3 opalescent rhinestones on the back.  Simply added a row of CRAFT FUR to the top edge (back of boots were slit with x-acto knife slightly, and fur goes from slit to slit, not an enclosed circle)  PAINTED ORANGE Covered in BRIGHT FUSCHIA GLITTER (The hard part was making the little RUFFLE out of BRIGHT ORANGE ORGANZA RIBBON, then gluing THAT onto the boot, then covering it all with a flat piece of orange organza, tied with a bow in the back .. !   (I originally thought they would be perfect for my LBE dolls ... they are WAY too huge for BLYTHE ) So, I transformed them into EMERALD SLIPPERS !!!  I made PINK BALLET SLIPPERS adorned with PINK ROSES and CELERY AND ROSE satin ties out of these stock purple ballet flats ...  COOL RAIN BOOTS (just a simple PAINT job ! )  Made these TRADITIONAL BLACK-AND-WHITE OXFORD / SADDLE SHOES from athletic shoes; craft foam soles ... PAINTED the soles a brick-rust color like the originals ...  For these FUN red-and-white saddle shoes, I used an old BLACK LEATHER BELT for the soles cut with an exacto knife and glued onto the bottoms ...   ALL I did for these was to GLUE ON flat-back PINK PEARLS  For the TURQUOISE version ... I ADDED A LITTLE GLITTER for pizzaz !    as usual .... THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS !!!!! |
