Design by Night

I love cheap white canvas shoes in the summer. They are comfortable and cheap and with a little craft time they can be oh so cute. This tutorial is a bit harder than some of my others because it requires that you have a very steady painting hand. So if you are not great with the paint brush you might want to try out my other canvas shoe tutorial which is much easier. Supplies Canvas shoes (I bought mine from Walmart for $5.97) Fabric Paint, color of your choice and black Chartpak Ad Marker Blender Pen (with Zylene) Fine tip paint brush and a flatter quarter inch brush Tape Laser Printer Print out the pattern below on a Laser Printer or copier. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size).  Note: the print out MUST BE FROM A LASER PRINTER OR COPIER TO WORK. Remove the shoe laces. Roughly cut out the patterns and tape in place on each shoe. In a WELL VENTILATED area, take the Chartpak maker and rub the back side to transfer the image to the...

Want a cheap way to have some cute summer shoes? Turn a cheap pair of  white canvas tennis shoes (I got mine for less than $6) into cute saddle shoes! Usually saddle shoes are black and white, however since you are creating them you can paint them in any color you want. I picked a tiffany blue. Supplies Canvas tennis shoes Tulip soft Matte Paint Paint brushes (I used two, one was a quarter inch flat brush and one was a round finer point brush) Pencil Paper towel Scissors Download and print this template for the front of the shoes. Since shoes are 3-dimensional I cut my template out of a paper towel. This will allow you to mold it to the shoe. Remove the shoe laces. After you have cut the template out of a paper towel, place it on the shoe. The point should point to the center on the shoe's laces. Trace the outline using a pencil on the shoe. Note : Since your shoe might be larger or smaller depending on the size you might need to tweak the template a bit. ...