Well, it's cold and snowy again. I needed to take my 6-month-old to Tiny Twisters, her (almost) 2-year-old brother's gymnastics class. She outgrew her shoes recently and she has some beautiful new summer sandles just waiting to be worn. That wouldn't be happening today, so I brok out her brother's old shoes.
Clearly we are not ones to stick to stereotypic gender roles - her brother was heading to gymnastics after all - but I felt these shoes could use a little something to make them feel new and special for her.
I thought about adding some ribbon or bows, which could be cute with the skulls. However I was a little impatient and wasn't quite equipped to take it that far. So what did I do?
Broke out some permanent markers!
The front of the toes were a little scuffed from crawling, so I colored those pink. I then added some pink to a few of the music notes.
It didn't look complete, so I added some yellow to the edge of the front piece and some of the lightning bolts.
And voila! New shoes for a baby girl in a few minutes!
Oh my heck, SO cute! Love this idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Can I tell you I had to check your blog to see if you were Mormon, because the only other person I know who uses that phrase is my old roommate who was Mormon. I was right! ;) I think it is such a cute phrase!
DeleteGreat idea!!! Great money saver too!
ReplyDeleteSam
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(I found you at Keeping It Simple!)
Great update!
ReplyDeleteCool and great idea!!!
ReplyDeleteNavy Wifey Peters @ Submarine Sunday Link Party
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What a great way to update boy shoes for a little girl! I'm a girl and I love skulls so I would rock an adult version of these in a hot minute! Thanks again for sharing at the Pinworthy Project Party!
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