Sunday 31 March 2013

Repainting Shoes

My dress shop arrived yesterday! I've begun decorating it, and I'll make a post when I've finished with 'before' and 'after' images :)
One of the many accessories it came with are these shoes:

They look pretty awful, not something you'd want to see in a boutique! So I decided to repaint them because they will only be on display, so it doesn't matter if the paint makes them go hard.
I had a bit of a 'brain-wave' and I decided to paint them with nail varnish. I didn't have anything to lose because they were so horrible!

The result was a smooth, glossy finish. They now look like red patent leather shoes! No brush stroke marks and it dried so quickly.

I used Barry M regular nail polish (£2.99) in 262 Bright Red.

Sylvanian Families Fielding Mouse Family Mother

Bridget Fielding modelling the freshly-painted shoes.

They look much better now in my opinion! I was going to paint the buckles gold but my mum said they looked better just red.

Also, Happy Easter, hope the Easter Bunny bought you all lots of chocolate :)

3 comments:

  1. I think the shoes look a lot better now in red! Didn't think of using nail polish! Very good idea!

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    1. Thanks! It's very quick to use and the results are great!

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  2. Wow great idea Lily! Those shoes look better than before, great job! :)

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