How I made sparkly dream shoes

Guest post by Caroline

red shoes and swarovski crystals alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)I bought my wedding shoes very early on and, in my line of work, I get to meet a lot of brides, and I soon became victim to major shoe envy. So I thought, what are my dream shoes? Where can I get my dream shoes? And how can I get dream shoes without spending all my money!?

To be honest the shoes I had already bought where lovely… but just missed something. It turned out they were just missing some sparkle! So, I popped on eBay and bought a few bags of Swarovski crystals in the same awesome colour as my shoes and got sticking.

red swarovski crystals in a bag with tweezers and glue alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)You'll need crystals, tweezers, and glue.

swarovski crystals glued to heel alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)I recommend getting a few different sizes of crystals so you don't need to be quite as strict with your sticking pattern. I used 2mm, 4mm and 6mm.

swarovski crystals being applied to heel alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)I also got myself a cheap red felt tip pen and rubbed it over those white dusty looking super glue marks as I worked and it worked a treat.

finishe sparkly red shoes alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

red sparkly shoe heels alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)
Photo by Lauren McGlynn

It took a few weekends and quite a few more bags of crystals, but i did it! I made my dream shoes and saved myself a ton of money too! I heart them.

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