Thanks for being patient while I took a little vacay. I’m downloading pics & will fill you in tomorrow…a few things changed over the past week & I have to fill you in.
On another note however…
I love Sophia Grace & Rosie, as does every other American who possesses a soul. If you don’t know who they are then a big hello to you, welcome from under your rock. Get yourself a glass of water, I’m sure you’re parched & go watch this. You’re in love, right?
There is one video (which for the life of me I cannot find it) where Rosie (aka Sophia’s flygirl) is sporting the most adorable hot pink converse. The laces have been replaced with satin ribbon & the toes were covered in crystals. They were some pretty sick little kicks & I knew a certain someone in my house who’d go bananas for them…
I spent about an hour or so making these in front of the tv one night. It might be a little tedious to some but I actually like mindless repetitive crafting sometimes, it’s oddly relaxing.
I found the best technique to be dabbing a glob of superglue gel onto a piece of cardboard & then using a piece of playdoh shaped into a point to pick up the crystals. I then dabbed them lightly in the superglue & placed them one by one on the shoes. The glue sets up pretty quickly but you have a quick second or two to adjust the placement. Just hop to it. Working in horizontal lines I kept dabbing & placing, dabbing & placing until my bling was complete. When they were 100% dry I wiped off the crystals with a baby wipe to remove any playdoh residue which might hold back the sparkle. The hightops also come in a beautiful aqua that I think would look AH-MAZING, aqua ribbons with sparkly toes…that might just be in Sophie Monster’s future.
*I bought my high-tops from Zappos, keep in mind that kid’s converse almost always run a full size larger than expected. The crystals were on sale at Michael’s which is also where I picked up the glue. (my favorite day to day superglue by the way)
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very adorable! although i have to disagree with you on the sophia grace & rosie thing. the first time on ellen was cute. but now a gazzillion different appearances later i’m so over them & think they are super annoying :-/
OMGosh! Those are too cute for words! My youngest daughter would LOOOOOVE those!!
Thank you for sharing!!!
So cute Natasha! I didn’t realize who Sophia Grace and Rosie were at first but I have seen them before and now I’m watching every video on youtube, they are hilarious. So cute! I’m obsessed now. haha!
*was under a rock*
Even my husband (who is barely ever online) said “You haven’t seen that yet?”
lol. Awesome shoes!
Am I too old to do this to my Chuck’s? (Am I too old to even be wearing Chuck’s? Maybe…) Do I care? No! So cool!
These are amazing! I’m pretty sure I need to make myself an adult version of these – and link anyone I know who is having a little girl to this post!
LOVE THEM!
Sam looks sooo happy!
around here “chucks” mean these little wagons that are pulled by horses with outriders during stampede… those would be AWESOME if they were blinged out… but the shoes are good too
Love these! I can’t wait till my baby girl can wear real shoes, I will make her these for sure!
These are super adorable! I showed them to my sister-in-law – got the ok to make for our niece
Very cute! My daughter would love those. I admit I had never seen the girls before but thought they were adorable.
I noticed your page on the Kane show seems to have disappeared. Did it move?
Love what you do here Natasha!
I totally want these in MY size!!
LOVE these, I made some for myself! (I’m 23)
I love these. I made my niece a pair. They didn’t take long at all bc she is still wearing crib shoes and they came out AWSOME! Thanks for the DIY.