Sassy Feet! blog

You Say It's Your Birthday...

2013-06-17T09:48:17-07:00

*** SPECIAL SUMMER SALE on Lumiere starter kits Now just $11.95 ($3 off)! Yup, today is my birthday, and I have decided to celebrate by showing you my favorite shoes and bags -- that is, the ones I have created...

A Little Bit of Shoe Q & A

2013-06-12T23:10:03-07:00

Margot and I often receive emails from people asking for guidance, ideas, help and sometimes to solve a problem or two. We encourage it. Not only do these emails help the person asking the question, but they allow us to...

A Tale of Summer and Winter (Bags)

2013-06-06T12:17:42-07:00

*** SPECIAL SUMMER SALE on Lumiere starter kits Now just $11.95 ($3 off)! Quite a few years back, my wife, Erin, and I decided to save our shoulders and buy Ameribags, those backpack-like shoulder bags that distribute the weight of...

March of the Fan Shoes

2013-05-31T23:57:02-07:00

Whenever Margot and I get emails asking advice or expressing interest in our craft, we always conclude our correspondence with, "Please send us before and after shots. We LOVE getting emails with photos of your creations!" When we say this,...

Paint (and Dye and Tint) Your Own Kicks

2013-05-27T17:32:33-07:00

You could pay a fortune these days for custom sneakers -- or you could customize them yourself. Hint: the second option is MUCH more fun! I did a simple color job on these Champion brand kicks, and I'll walk you...

A Roundup of Shoe Inspiration from Robin

2013-05-21T22:15:37-07:00

A few times a week, I get emails from my friend Robin with all kinds of cool, trendy shoes. I usually file the ones I think are the coolest and most easily recreated. She often thinks she is bombarding me,...

Quick Makeover for Plain Pink Sandals

2013-05-20T13:52:20-07:00

I'm not really the pink sandals type, but when I saw these in a Paris shoe store on the rue de Rivoli for only $20 . . . well, I had to have them. After all, I was on my...

Sticky Situation, Vol. 3

2013-05-14T23:03:46-07:00

I'm back with one more duct tape update (See Vols. 1 & 2 to catch up). I used shiny chrome duct tape on my shoes, and it hasn't budged since the little re-do I mentioned. I also mentioned that I'd...

A Great Review and Three Articles, Too!

2013-05-12T14:46:23-07:00

We hit the jackpot in Altered Couture magazine this month with a great book review by their editor, Cynthia Levens, and three how-to articles that I wrote. (They also have three more of our articles in hand, so Destiny and...

Delicate Sandals of . . . Barbed Wire!

2013-05-07T22:21:43-07:00

I love shoe designs that are a little bit in your face. So when I saw these leather "barbed wire" Milo sandals by Gio Diev last summer, I was intrigued. Then serendipity took me to Fire Mountain Gems, a jewelry-supply...