So...I wanted a pair of Toms. Wanted them reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaally bad. So I went to buy them. And couldn't find the ones I wanted. It turns out that the ones I wanted aren't sold that way-they were made the way I wanted them. Are you following me? I saw a pair of Toms with cute embroidered flowers all over them. They were an aqua blue with red orange nd yellow flowers all over them and I fell in love with them. I was ready to shell out the $60+ to acquire them, too, and then I learned the cold hard truth.
So, I figured I would buy some and paint them. Perfect. But then I realized that not all of my projects turn out well, so maybe just maybe I should practice on a cheaper pair of canvas shoes first. So, I went on Amazon.com and looked for a cheap pair of canvas shoes and found fake Toms. Yep. Not Bobs, not Toms, just a regular old canvas Toms like shoe. Awesome. Even better for $16...Yep...$16.
So I painted them. And I love them. I painted navy blue "wires" with lighter blue birds sitting on the wires. Then I took puffy fabric paint and wrote some quotes on the bottom, outside, left and right of each shoe.
I used:
"...Do what you love and do it often..."
&
"...Life is better with friends..."
I like these shoes.
Excuse the ghostly pale legs. Thank you.
