D.I.Y - Glitter Shoes

Sooo.... After watching lots of diy videos on youtube me and my friend decided to try one out and as the title states we glittered our shoes :) I took my old work shoes and jazzed them up with some glitter, as you all know I love glitter.

Multicoloured Glitter

This was alot easier than you think and if you want to try it out for yourself than you can check out some videos on youtube as they are really helpful but all you will need is a pair of shoes, bowl, foil, pva glue, sponge brushes, glitter and spray to seal it all. 

First and foremost place lots of newspaper down in the area you're going to do it as you will get glitter everywhere unless your much neater than I was, lol. As my shoes were suede, to smooth the surface of my shoes I sanded them down using regular sandpaper and then mixed my chosen glitter with pva glue into a plastic plate covered in foil. The trick to getting the consistency right is by pouring the glue into the glitter and mixing as you go along, it should form a nice even paste. Once you have done this you're ready to glitter your shoes, I put the paste all over my shoes neatly using a sponge brush and then sprinkled more loose glitter all over my shoes to make sure they were fully coated in glitter. I did one at a time as this was just easier for me.

When the shoes are done place them in a clear space and leave them to dry for at least 24 hours before you spray them, but before you do just clean the inside up if they get glitter in them like mine did. I think I used too much glitter, but the more the better. Finally spray them all over with a glue spray to seal the glitter and leave them to dry again fully. Now for the fun part to wear them :) But you're going to have to wait to see what I pair my glitter shoes with...


Now that I've done these shoes there's so many more things I want to try to make, diy is so much fun and you always end up with exactly what you want :)


xox