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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...

In Their Shoes

2013-05-01T22:10:29-07:00

On Monday, April 15th, 2013, something unspeakable occurred in the city of Boston. Two blasts rocked Boylston Street in the midst of the Boston Marathon, and a third went off at the JFK Presidential Library a few hours later. The...

Sticky Situation, Vol. 2

2013-04-28T18:58:11-07:00

On April 10, I shared the first volume of my experimentation with that familiar silver roll we all know and love, Duct tape. I gave a black pair of Mary Janes an upgrade by using the shoe's existing stitching to...

Pin, Re-Pin, and Pin Again

2013-04-24T06:00:00-07:00

Ever since designers have been designing, they have been using pin and inspiration boards to get their creative juices flowing. They scrounge, cut, and clip all kinds of images that they think will provide ideas for their own style, innovation...

Spring Sandal Round-Up

2013-04-21T22:38:42-07:00

Since the warm weather is teasing us to bare our toes, I thought I'd give you a tour of the blogs we've done on sandals over the years. Sandals are wonderfully easy to customize and upcycle, whether you are painting,...

Cracking Up!

2013-04-15T15:32:02-07:00

What the heck is THAT stuff? Multicolored elephant hide? It is actually a new product we told you about in January, after returning from the Craft and Hobby Association's annual show in southern California. It's called Kroma Crackle, and it's...