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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Refashioning shoes

Hi everyone! This weekend's refashioning project started out as a pair of fairly dingy cream shoes that I'd thrifted a while ago and not worn very much. The fit and style were good, but the color...especially with some dark smudges on it...eh, not so much. I just wasn't wearing them.


So I took a bottle of nail polish that also wasn't getting much use, protected the edges of the the soles and the scalloped trim with masking tape, carefully brushed on a couple of coats of polish, and turned these into pink shoes with cream trim.


I've been wanting more bright-colored shoes, and this refashion seems to do the trick! I wore them yesterday without any damage to the color...we'll see how long it lasts before I need to touch them up.

As always, other refashions are on my blog. Hope everyone is having a great week!
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5 comments:

  1. Jenni28 June 2011 at 19:02

    Super Cute! I've painted shoes before, but never thought about using nail polish. Let us know how they wear!

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  2. Liz28 June 2011 at 23:20

    What a fab idea!

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  3. Lyndel28 June 2011 at 23:23

    WOW Nailpolish. In the 70s and 80s you used to be able to buy bottles of shoe colour to paint on, from the shoe repair shops. I always painted all my summer shoes darker colours for winter to get more wear out of them. Never thought of nail polish!!!

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  4. Unknown29 June 2011 at 12:02

    Nail polish!! Brilliant!!

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  5. Ms Wanda4 July 2011 at 14:04

    Nice to see shoes on here for a change. A really great idea!

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