Get Yo' Chevr-on

Heello thah! Been awhile, I know, I'm lazy. I actually did this craft a few weeks ago and just haven't gotten my act together enough to post. But because I love you so much I decided to put aside my own needs and concentrate on yours, mainly, making me new shoes.
My sister gave me these golden oldies since she wasn't crazy about them anymore, and being poor and desperate I took them in. I never really wore them even though they're not bad looking, but decided to try my hand at shoe making (Cobblerism?) for the heck of it.

Best description for this color I could muster? Dusty, burnt gold.

I decided a chevron pattern would be nice, apparently that's a popular style with people who know how to dress themselves. Dark blue and white seemed like a nice choice, very modern nautical.

When painting or applying several colors to anything, always go light to dark. It's much easier to cover white with black than to use 100 coats of white to cover one dinky shade of black. So, paint those shoes white like you just got your nursing degree.

 Final inspection before launch. Needs more cat hair.

Let the coat dry and do several layers to get a nice glossy base to work with.

I almost lost hope here, white flats are rarely acceptable.

First things first, cut up and tape back together some painters tape. I laid out the chevron pattern first then put it on the shoes, easier than eyeballing it once it's on the actual shoe. They have a weird shape apparently and it's easier to get the right design when you're working on a flat surface.

The table was like this for about 2 days before I finally got back on track.

 Bringin' home the big W (That means "win")

Once the paint has dried on the shoes, stick the Ws on. It gets a little frinkly at the back, but no ones going to be inspecting these so do what you can. As my grandmother says, "At the corners, it's every man for himself."

Had the suggestion I should just leave them like this...

Do several layers of the dark color as well, mine started to bubble after awhile but eventually the bubbles went away. Crafting karma?

 

 Since when is painter's tape supposed to take off paint?

This was an unforeseen part, the white paint came off a bit when I took the painters tape off. But to be honest, I actually liked the look a lot. Kind of rustic Anthropologie, n'est pas?

 

Snugs.

In the end, mistakes always tend to work out for the better. Either you learn to live with it, you learn to fix it, or you like it better than what you had originally planned!

Just in time to practice my modern tap dance routine. Mostly me running after Oscar. He loves it.

Also learned today? It's hard taking pictures of your feet.