Since making them I have had loads of people asking me how I did it, so here is a step by step guide on how I achieved my beautiful glittery shoes, which I’m actually really proud of!
What you will need
- Shoes. Obviously
- Masking tape - I didn’t have any so used black tape or you could probably use a good sellotape
- Carrier bags
- Glitter
- PVA Glue
- A tray
- Clear Sealer Spray Hi-Gloss
The first thing I did was take black tape and put it carefully around the edges of the shoe and any places that I didn’t want the glitter. This is what will make them look professional. Instead of putting the tape at the bottom of the shoe and heel I covered it with a carrier bag as I didn’t have much tape left. If your using masking tape I would just use that. I also made a big mistake by taking off the price sticker on the bottom on the shoe, don’t take this off until you have completely finished otherwise you’ll end up with glitter sticking to it.
I stuffed the shoes with carrier bags so no unwanted glitter would go inside.
These shoes are a fabric or satin, I’m not quite sure, but if your using patent shoes then this would be the time to sand them down to make sure the glitter and glue will stick to it properly. It’s now time for glitter! I used black holographic glitter mixed in with normal black glitter (eBay link here) The holographic glitter MADE these shoes, if I hadn’t used it I don’t think it would have looked half as good, fo’ reals.
I used a brush and applied the PVA glue all over the shoe and then just shook the glitter over the shoes and banged off the excess onto a tray. I did this over a tray so it makes it a little tidier and you can put the excess glitter back into the bowl or whatever your using. In hindsight I should of used a glitter shaker to get a more lighter even coverage.
I left them to dry for a day (I wouldn’t put them on a radiator I was just taking a picture from there)
The next morning I did another coat of glitter and left it to dry. I needed something to finished off the shoes and make the glitter stay in place. I did my bit of research online and came across this...
It's a ‘Clear Sealer Spray Hi-Gloss’ so basically seals the glitter and makes its hard. I bought it from B&Q. The woman at the shop thinks that the design of the bottle has been recently updated and that’s why it looks different on the website but it defiantly did its job. I sprayed them outside before I went to work Thursday afternoon, I came home and sprayed them again about 9 o’clock and then sprayed them again the following morning. I did it this amount of times to make sure minimal glitter fell off when I wore them out that evening.
That's it, the finished product! I’m so happy with these shoes. When I wore them out Friday I had lots of complements and what made it better is that I did it myself! People were actually shocked and thought they looked shop quality which is just crazy! In total I only spent about £20 which is mad thinking that I was going to splash out £60+. I have still got half of each glitter left so I’ve used about 40g on these shoes and I did a pair of my mothers, so it’s not really that much.
I’m defiantly going to glitterfy another pair of shoes (maybe a different colour next time) or even make a matching bag.. Oooh the possibilities!
I really hope this was helpful and if you’ve done this before then tell me what you did or if your going to attempt it then send me a picture or link me to your blog!
Lots of Love
Abbie
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