One of my very favorite details of the wedding was my shoes. I really wanted to take my simple white shoes and turn them into something unique and special that would be a little added surprise when I walked down the isle. I decided to enlist the help of my amazing artist husband to be and made these really simple, but amazing custom wedding shoes!
All you need:
A pair of shoes of your choice : canvas or satin will work best
a pencil
an oil based paint pen
acrylic paint & brush
This is kind of a percarious task, it takes a little bit of gusto to just go ahead and just do it and paint on those beautiful shoes, but you have to just dive right in! I chose simple and inexpensive shoes because I really felt like rather than splurging on fancy shoes, I wanted my WOW to be in the personalization and it made me less nervous to make a mistake ;)
We started by using pencil to outline the design. In our case, we kept it simple with the heart and banner that matched our theme and was kind of reminecient of classic tattoo art that I love. The heart was filled in with a simple inexpensive acrylic art paint. Next, we used the paint pen to outline and write the text out. We found that the paint pen was the easiest way to get a nice fine controlled line.
That's it! Its actually quite simple to make some amazing showstopper shoes that reflect your personality!
Do they last and hold up? I don't really know. I can't promise that if you wore them many times or took a dip into a deep puddle that they wouldn't run, but they are perfect for that one special wear.