Revamp for Less than $5

I've had these white patent pumps for over 7 years and they've been beat up pretty badly (I've been known for walking crookedly). After throwing them into a bag to donate, I thought about blinging them up to hide the scuff marks. Referring back to my first glitter DIY here with some old Jeffrey Campbells, I decided it was worth a shot to revamp and renew!

If you haven't discovered Mod Podge yet, you really are missing out on some fun projects. All you need is glitter, mod podge, a brush and something dull.

Several coats later... et voila! Good as new!

Another revamping project I did involved a can (or two) of metallic gold Rust-Oleum and random knick knacks I had lying around the house that I grew tired of seeing. I was inspired by a friend who got me hooked on the Midas touch, which caused a spray-painting frenzy.

A lackluster table from IKEA needed a pick-me-upper. Nothing a bit of tape and gold spray paint couldn't handle!

The easiest DIY: Coloring old buttons with a metallic Sharpie pen. We'll see how it holds up after a wash, but for now it works!

And for less than $5, you can update [just about] anything your heart desires...

DIY: Blinged-up kicks

Everything has been blinged out with glitter lately, and I was totally inspired by Honestly WTF's Miu Miu DIY. I thought to myself: I should re-vamp my old Jeffrey Campbell Mary Roks shoes that I abhor, after the "laces" kept falling off. The number of times I've had to glue those darn laces back onto the shoe left a residual glue stain that I could not stand looking at. My solution was to cover the entire front part with glitter to make it a new shoe, inspired by Miu Miu!

Mod Podge is a new discovery I wish I had discovered sooner. I always passed it up for fabric glue, wondering what the retro-looking bottle promised. Apparently, it is a glossy sealant that acts as a glue and dries completely clear, without the Elmer's glue effect. The mixture is a 2:1 ratio of Mod Podge and glitter. I found extra-fine glitter in the color champagne at my local Michael's store using the printable in-store coupon.

I taped off the areas I didn't want to be doused in glitter. I wanted to keep some of the natural color of my shoe to give it a bit of contrast, so I taped alongside the back wedge. After doing the first coat, I waited till it was nearly dry to put on the next. Since I feverishly piled the stuff onto my shoe, I only needed to do touch-ups during the third round. I let the shoe dry overnight before wearing them, and...voila!


Within the next week, I will be working alongside (and touching!) the Miu Miu glitter shoe collection (I'm sure every guy out there thinks they are hideous, but some of us women would beg to differ). Glittering your shoes is quite therapeutic, and now I want to make everything dull sparkle..and you should too! : )