Monday, August 9, 2010

Tutorial [Shoe Makeover]. . .

I found these shoes at a thrift store the other day. . .


Good as new, Old Navy, $6.
But they're kinda boring.

SOOOoooo. . .

I cut two strips of fun fabric and hemmed them.


Then I bunched them up like this:


And sewed them along the edge:


And then [kinda wrapping the ruffles underneath the top edge of the shoe] I hand-stitched them to the top of the flats:


It took about 10 minutes total.




I'm linking to these parties.

24 comments:

Jocelyn said...

Wow! What a difference...they look so cute with the ruffle. I heart thrift store finds.

Silver Strands said...

Just found you through Oh My Darling ... I'm now your newest follower!
oxoxo
Denalee

Jessica @ Barefoot by the Sea said...

SO CRAFTY GIRL! I love these - you are really talented!

Chelsea said...

Adorable!

Cassie said...

Oh how cute are those, Mandy?! You are so darn talented ;D

Heather {A Measure Of...} said...

This is so creative! I know you say it took 10 minutes, but I've never really been able to sew! So adorable! Happy to be your latest follower (here from Oh, My Darling)! xoxo

Ellen said...

Really cute! Love them!

hiyaluv said...

so cute! you have such vision!!!
smiles, gina

Lauren said...

Super CUTE!!

Foundinthe-ALI said...

These are so cute. I have some old shoes that could use a facelift :)

Ps. I would love to be featured on "Love me Two Times". Thanks so much for asking!!

Elisabeth S. said...

How cute is that! great idea as always! I love following your blog :)

Hello*Pretty said...

Aww- Super cute idea!! xo- karrie

www.hellopretty.net

More Than "Just Mom" said...

Beautiful! Following you from Blue Cricket Designs! I redid shoes recently (well, I had the idea and had a friend paint them). http://amijustmom.blogspot.com/2010/07/painted-shoes.html

Britney Jean said...

what a great idea! they are much cuter now! i love!

Becca said...

i love this!so feminine and flirty! I;ll be featuring your tutorial with a link back here on Aug.27th in the afternoon! thanks for linking!

Becca

Madigan at madiganmade said...

These are just too cute! Clever idea.

southernscraps said...

Wow! Totally cute!

Amanda@The Hand Me Down House said...

How cute!!!! I love this -- I'm so going to be updating my flats this weekend to add some ruffles. :) Thanks so much for the wonderful tutorial!

Roo @ NiceGirlNotes said...

Oooh, those are really cute!! Great ruffle! :)

Rebecca@This Present Life said...

Very cute! I've got some boring shoes that could really use a little spicing up! I'm totally going to have to try this!

Saw you at All Thingz Related!

Jenglamgirl said...

OHHH' SO PRECIOUS! any ballet flats, and then cute sweet ruffles too? LOVE IT! jen

Cecily said...

Super cute and easy! Think I'm going to have to make a pair!

★All Thingz Related★ said...

Those look great! Thanks for sharing your cute shoes with everyone at Anything Related!
{Rebekah}

Kuzak's Closet said...

Very cute! Thanks for linking up to Sister Sister Sunday!