i. love. pinterest. i admit that i'm horribly addicted to it. i don't even feel that guilty about it either!
anyway, like most people, half of the crap i pin, i will never do. let's be real. i mean, how many birthday parties can be thrown, fingernails can be painted, and rooms can be decorated in one lifetime anyway! sheesh. every once in awhile though, an "easy" project comes along that truly isn't too time consuming or too much of a budget buster. this leads me to last night's project.
i love the chevron zig zag pattern you see everywhere these days and i wanted to put them on a pair of shoes. i had seen these on pinterest and was inspired.
i like them, but i wanted mine to be a little bit different. so off to walmart i went to find an inexpensive pair of white canvas shoes.
when i arrived home i gathered the supplies i would need for the project:
shoes (duh!)
acrylic paint
brush
fabric pen with ink that disappears with water
chevron template (i found a great printable chevron template here!)
after cutting out the pattern, i fooled around with the placement until i found what i wanted.
i ended up tailoring the template a little bit to the exact size of zig zag that i wanted. as you will see, the lines drawn aren't perfect, so i had to fudge them once i got to painting.
then i carefully painted each zig zag with acrylic paint. i really debated to paint the tongue or leave it alone. ultimately, i decided to leave it be and i'm really happy with that decision!
finally, i let it dry overnight. this morning i felt them to make sure they were completely dry before dabbing the remaining ink lines with a damp paper towel.
that's it! fun and relatively simple to do chevron shoes. :) but perhaps the best part of all has been how excited my daughter was about them. she now wants a pair of her own!
Project Cost Breakdown:
canvas shoes = $5
acrylic paint = $1
fabric pen = $0 (left over from another sewing project)
chevron template = free!
Grand Total = $6
