Book Shoes!

So on Tuesday I gave you a book about shoes.  Today I give you: shoes covered in a book!

What do you think?  I started with a cheap copy of one of my favorite books (Jane Eyre) from Books·A·Million, a bottle of Mod Podge, some little metal frames from the scrapbook aisle of Michaels, my trusty E-6000 glue, two little tombstone-shaped pieces of foam (what? it’s the only foam I had in the craft box), and a pair of pumps by Jessica Simpson with a shape similar to these:

Mine were in a floral print and have a gold heel, but the Oscar Glitter Pump by Jessica Simpson is navy glitter all over and a 3.5-inch black heel.  I bet all the glitter would hold the glue well, though!  You can find these at DSW for $60.

So you’ve got all your supplies.  Now what?

1. Remove pages from the book.  (I cut mine out with an X-Acto knife and made a book safe with the shell!  I wasn’t going to waste a good book—I love books almost as much as I love shoes.)  Set aside a stack of your favorite pages to cover your shoe, and two that will fill the little frames at the toe.

2. Spread Mod Podge on a section of the shoe, and press on one page at a time.  There’s going to be some folding of pages around the curves of the shoe—just smooth them down with glue.  Cover the whole shoe this way, and then cover with extra layers of Mod Podge to protect the paper.  Let dry.

3. Glue pages into the little frames.  I sandwiched the pages between pieces of clear plastic that the frames came on in the packaging.  Since my frames didn’t sit flat on the toe of my shoes, I glued them to little pieces of foam.

4. When the shoes are dry, glue the frames (foamed or unfoamed) to the toes.  Done!

There are so many things you can do with this: use a comic book you love; use newspaper and make a gift for a journalist friend; make a collage of photos... anything!

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