Shoe Makeover!

Fabric wrapping gives my favorite old scuffed-up heels a new lease on life. I seriously love the crap out of these shoes and refuse to throw them away even though they look pretty beat up.

Thanks to make it and love it.com for their helpful tutorial for wrapping flats.


I started by cutting a rectangle shape out of the fabric and cutting it 3/4 of the way up the center.

I cut the bows off the top of the shoes so I had a smooth surface. I painted on Weldbond glue with a brush over first one half, then the other half of the shoe. I smoothed and stretched the fabric so that no puckering happened around the corners in front or back.

I folded over one end in back and wrapped it around the other side to cover it completely and give it a finished look.  I don't know what I'm going to do with the heel yet. There's a good chance I'm going to dip it in glitter so stay tuned!

Polka Dot Manicure and Pedicure

Different types of polka dots.

I did the toes with dotting tools I found online and the fingers with a nail polish pen. Fun times.

Heart Plushies Project

I like to DIY a lot. I think I will enjoy sharing my projects with you :-)

Heart plushies are easy and fun to make. They're a great stash- or scrap-buster too! I got the idea from this rad heart mobile on Pinterest. I used a variety of different weights and textures of fabrics- the red is burlap-y, the dark pink is courdoroy, the light pink is satiny, and the robin's egg blue is denim. I think they'll look awesome all together.

First you make a cardboard template (in a few different sizes if you want) in the shape of a heart. 

Trace around the cardboard onto the fabric (doubled to save time) and cut along outline. 

Lay a piece of ribbon or lace across the heart and stack the two together.

Pin the ribbon inside the heart sandwich so that it can't slide around as you sew it together.

Stitch around outside of heart 1/4" from edge, leaving a 1-1.5" opening. 

Turn heart inside out with the ribbons or lace across one side. Try to push out the creases and round the tops as well as you can.  Press with warm iron if desired.

Stuff hearts with loose batting (the kind you use for teddy bears). Whip stitch the opening shut by hand. 


You could also sew in a ribbon loop at the top so you could hang them from hooks, etc. I'm planning on threading them through with a needle and clear fishing wire and then hang them from a dowel rod so they "float". More pictures to follow!