Mod Podge Girly Shoes

My daughter came home from playgroup last week talking about her friend's "curly whirly shoes" and how she'd like some too  .  I eventually worked out that she meant "Lelli Kelly" (LOL) .  Anyway, much as I think their shoes are very cute there is no way I'm paying £30+ for a pair of shoes that may fit my 3 year old for a couple of months.  I'd seen some good tutorials on how to decorate shoes with Mod Podge and thought this was a good opportunity to give it a go.  I picked up a pair of plain white plimsoles from Primark in the sale for £1 - perfect!  Bethany was keen to help me so together we came up with these;

We applied 3 layers of outdoor Mod Podge, glitter, fabric, velvet ribbon and some embellishments made from yo yo's and buttons.  We were both really pleased with how they turned out.  Now I'm looking out for some shoes I can bedazzle for myself.

Halloween Wreath

I've gone a bit Halloween mad the last couple of days - I'm using the excuse that I have a young child but really I think the inner child in me is trying to get out! Anyway, I've seen loads of gorgeous Halloween and Autumn wreaths in blog land so it inspired me to have a go. First I covered a hoop in hessian (burlap) glueing it down with my hot glue gun (and I've got the burns on my fingers to prove it!). I made various fabric flowers in autumn colours and mixed them with silk flowers. I also added a couple of plastic spiders and bats to make it a bit more spooky. The witchy sign came from the local 99p shop to finish it off. I'm pretty please with how it turned out.

Flower Earrings

I've come across loads of tutorials lately for making pretty fabric flowers and decided to have a go - now I'm totally addicted to singeing the fabric. I made a couple of flowers for my daughter's hair first, then made these earrings for me. I am really pleased with the result - I think I'll be making these in lots colours. They're cute and give a quick crafty fix!