Man... I love Jeffrey Campbell shoes! I also love a good off season sale. I bought this pair of shoes by Soda for $5. I do a lot of off season shopping because stores put boots out while we still have time to wear sandals. Anyway, I loved theses looks from last summer, and decided to recreate it. The entire project cost $7.48! Say What O_o!!
I'm sure this summer I will still be flyy in last summers trend. Studded fashion isn't going anywhere anytime soon. So I will show you how I went from this:
To this in a few easy steps...
What you will Need:
- A pair of shoes with a cork wedged heel. You can also use espadrilles because they already have a pattern in them. (But that's a slightly different look)
- Gold Thumb Tacks. Which I got from the dollar store. I got 5 packs of 200 only because they were $1. I only used 2 packs and that is a huge heel to cover.
- Pin tool or something sharp to pierce the cork.
- Small hammer or something heavy to tap the thumbtacks.
- Optional a pencil and straight edge. (I used a nail file. It was the closest thing to me lol.)
Ok lets do this.
Step 1:
Place thumb tack upside down to measure where to make the hole.
Step 2:
Use pin tool to make the hole for the thumb tack.
Step 3. (optional)
Use a straight edge to draw a line of reference as you make the pattern.
(Don't push the pin tool all the way through the heel. It could make your hole too big.)
Step 4:
After all the thumb tacks are in place take your hammer and tap the ones that are not completely in the cork. And Voila!
!!!!!Extra Tips!!!!!
- Wear a thimble on your thumb. Or wrap with a couple band aids... Pushing those thumb tacks was no joke....in
- I found it more precise to make a vertical pattern than horizontal for these. Follow the pattern in the shoe it is much easier.
- Do one side at a time THEN try to follow a pattern on the back of the heel. I just had to eyeball it to fill in spaces.
- Stay encouraged! It took a while on the 1st shoe. Once I got a good sense if things it took half the time on the other.
