Custom Kicks! With bonus Vans Tutorial

I have been wanting to do this for AGES. Absolutely ages. And I finally had an excuse, thanks to MAKI, who ran a contest to win their new book.

Do you want to know how I made them? Really? You sure? It's top secret stuff... Ok then, here's a little tutorial for you!

Step 1. Draw monsters on paper to see how they look.

Step 2. Draw monsters on shoes with pencil. Begin painting with fabric paint.

Step 3. Paint more.

Step 4. And more. Don't give up.

Step 5. Outline monsters with fabric marker.

Step 6. Set paint with hairdryer.
Step 7. Wear.

I have a bit of a thing with monsters at the moment. I'm going to wear these lots in the future. Vans are so comfy, too! :)

I also have pictures from my final Fibre Art display, and my latest life drawing class, which I'll put up soon. Yay for shoes!

Shoes, glorious shoes!

Yesterday, I bought 8 pairs of shoes. Yes, that's right. EIGHT pairs.

3 pairs were from various opportunity shops or thrift stores. They'll be used for my fibre art project.


2 pairs were brand new shoes I'm intending on customising. They're just for practice really, so I got one rubbishy canvas pair, and one leather old lady pair. Pure shexyness.


3 pairs of brand spanking newness were for me. Because I like shoes. And they were cheap. Number One Shoe Warehouse has awesome two for one clearance sales.


The best part of this is that I spent under $50. And that's NZD.
Plus, there's a cookie in it for you if you can guess both the cheapest and most expensive pairs!