Okay so I wanted the prettiest silver (to match my theme) glitter shoes I could find 1. because glitter shoes are so princess like and 2. because I wanted to show my personality with something a bit different through my shoes. I ran into a few problems along the way. I first discovered that all the really adorable glitter shoes that I LOVED only came at a minimum heel height of about 4inches.
No bueno.
Grant is only about an inch (two inches if you ask him) taller than I am. With his fancy dress shoes on they add about an inch to his height so the absolute maximum heel height I wanted was 3 inches. The next problem I ran into was the price of some of these glitter shoes. $150+?!
No thank you!
I know you are supposed to splurge on your wedding shoes but I do not have the money right now to get a haircut every six months never mind spending a ton of money on shoes..so I decided to go the DIY route. Also my very first experience with mod podge, the nectar of the crafting gods.
I picked up these bad boys on sale! $25!
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I then globbed a large amount of mog podge into a red solo cup and added enough glitter that it started to get thicker and I could see glitter everywhere in the mog podge. At this point I was beyond terrified that I was going to ruin the shoes that I loved so much but don't worry...you wont! I used a thicker silver glitter for the main shoe and a black glitter for the heel.
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I started to evenly but quickly apply the silver glitter mog podge mixture all over the shoe. I left the black satin on the front alone as you will see in the finished picture. Once I applied the mixture to the first shoe, I poured the same loose glitter all over the shoe and gently pressed it on just to be sure it sticks. I also bought mog podge spray paint..I know I just went crazy at the craft store. I used the spray adhesive for the finishing coat to make sure all the glitter stays put. The last thing I need is to walk down the isle with a trail of glitter following me.
This is the shoe right after I pressed the glitter on, before spraying it with spray adhesive.
Note the absolute glitter explosion in the background.
Next I moved on to the black glitter on the heel. I did the same thing with the mog podge glitter combo in the solo cup, painted it on, and poured loose glitter over the heel.
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I started to evenly but quickly apply the silver glitter mog podge mixture all over the shoe. I left the black satin on the front alone as you will see in the finished picture. Once I applied the mixture to the first shoe, I poured the same loose glitter all over the shoe and gently pressed it on just to be sure it sticks. I also bought mog podge spray paint..I know I just went crazy at the craft store. I used the spray adhesive for the finishing coat to make sure all the glitter stays put. The last thing I need is to walk down the isle with a trail of glitter following me.
Note the absolute glitter explosion in the background.
At this point I was jumping for joy because I liked LOVED how they were coming out
Next I moved on to the black glitter on the heel. I did the same thing with the mog podge glitter combo in the solo cup, painted it on, and poured loose glitter over the heel.
I spray painted another coat of the spray paint mog podge and then I let everything dry completely overnight. In the morning I added one more layer of spray and stood back in awe of my gorgeous DIY wedding shoes.
I cant wait to show everyone on my big day and proudly tell them all that I made them!
