a day in the life

Iconography

This week we're back with more DIY and we've gone gonzo with the glitter.  Inspired by denim patches and sequined icons we have glittered our sneakers with nearly every glitter color under the sun.

the DIY deets:

  • Tools: Sneakers, Pencil, Clean Eraser (for any slips of the pencil), Washable/Flexible Fabric Glue, Small Short Bristle Paint Brush, Glitter (we used a Recollections Glitter Set and a Martha Stewart Neon Glitter Set), Clean Tooth Picks, Scrap Paper , Scissors (to cut our your paper icons), Tape and Sheets from an Old Magazine to catch excess glitter
  • sketch icons onto the sneaker with a sharp pencil (we drew ours on paper first to make sure the size was right, to perfect the shape and so we could place them on the shoe and make 'em fit, then we traced around them and free-handed the interior details)
  • using fabric glue and a small brush apply a thin layer of glue to the inside of 1 icon at a time
  • cover the icon in glitter and then immediately dump the rest of the glitter off of the shoe (to conserve glitter either use only enough to cover the glue or glitter over a clean piece of  a magazine page to easily funnel the excess glitter back in the tube)
  • if you are careful you can do a couple of icons on the shoe at a time as long as they are on a different part of the shoe and you are very (very!) careful to not bump it smudge the glue...
  • wait a couple of hours between glittering sessions
  • once all icon interiors are complete lightly brush off any excess and move on to the outlines using a steady and even bead of glue, follow the same process for applying the glitter.  use the toothpicks to gently nudge glitter into place and help even out any inconsistencies in the width of the glue/glitter 'line'
  • we did the rainbows last, patiently one color at a time, 2 hours curing time between each color
  • after the shoes has dried for 24 hours use small pieces of tape to help clean up excess glitter left in between the icons on the shoe

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