have you looked on the show off your shoes thread?? cuz i think i remember one or two ladies had pictures up of self-blinged (if that's a word!!) shoes, so they'd be the ones to ask :)

I havent bought them yet have seen a satin pair and a leather pair what would be best?

If you use hotfix crystals in swarovski or rhinestones theres no need for adhesive, they come with their own adhesive backing which melt and adhere to surface on heating. A lot quicker and tidier than glue.

i have started to bling up a pair of shoes but now i have ordered another pair but will still be using my bling ones later on and im planning on doing my 3 girls shoes to my are ivory satin and the hotfix was really easy to apply

bay of e .....just search for hot fix they have tons of crystals and pearls also the wands on there. x

i got mine of the bay also got my kandi kane wand of there to theres loads of people selling them.

i did my own and my flower girls i agree with a few of the girls the kandi cane is great as that is what i used as well ,all the shoes i used were satin ones and they worked out great, the bay of e is the place to go hun as there is such a large choice for you to choose from xx

There is a photo of mine on my profile, I did them with 4 sizes of crystal, 2mm, 3mm, 4mm and 5mm. I used gem-tac glue and a gem picker. They are made of suedette. I am currently doing my bridesmaids ones, they are sating pumps which I am doing with clear crystals.

They're really nice love the green very different x

Yea I think I will I reckon it will be cheaper to do myself x

i just dont have the patience to do them myself which is why i've sent them away

Are they going to be the same style and colour? Have you many to do? Your ring is an absolute cracker - good job your h2b!

They are all in flat pumps with clear crystals. They are all taller than me (I'm only 5'1) so they need to be in flats as 2 of them are 5'10! Yea, he did very well with the ring.

It took me about a week to do mine, working a few hours a day, so it really didn't take long and was quite easy, you just need time and patience!

I reckon I will give it a go I like making things myself like the sense of achievement x

Thanks for this Sian!!

Really should have looked before i posted my thread. Oops!!

Have you got your shoes and made a start on adding the bling?! Would be good to see your progress or hear how you're going on.

I've ordered my shoes today and bought crystals and gem-tac from the bay. Will be something to look forward to doing once they arrive. Not DIY anything so far for the wedding so this will be a little project for me to work on and it will be good to have something to focus on to take my mind off everything else, I just hope i've got the patience. Ha! Ha! Will start with the pleated front of the pumps and see how i get on with that to decide whether i carry on or not.

I love this idea of bling on your shoes. I love anything sparkly!!! I really love Peaseblossom idea of coving the whole shoe. I was wanting to get my shoes dyed to the same colour as BM dresses but think I would prefer to add the sparkle instead.
But I don't know if it would look nice with my dress. My colour is cadburys purple and I would love a lace dress and don't think sparkly purple shoes would look rite with the dress!!!

Love them x~Hails~x

I think sparkly shoes go with anything MrsBroady2B looking forward to doing mine x

got to say tho the pics are not great and there alot prettier in real life x

I did my own:

And i literally just started in one corner and just went along..there was no logic or routine but i was told a very good tip...especially when came to the smaller ones, use a cocktail stick..dip it in the glue and leave it to try, then when its gone tacky its really good at picking up the small gems... even though I had a gem setter the head of it was soooo much bigger than my smallest gems.

Then when it came to the other shoe i did the size by size, so had them lying next to each other and placed the 5 big gems in the same place as the other shoe and took it from there. Once i got into the swing of things only took me about 4hrs in total, if that.

I even used nail varnish remover on the sole to remove the inking/label & was so worried i'd screw it up. Just patience, steady hand and take your time, breathe and enjoy it!

Good luck & let us know how u get on.

xx

hello i used
E6000 9ml clear industrial strength adhesive glue bead GEM rhinestone diy craft glue.
i got it off ebay. i also did our initials on the bottom of my shoes. heres a couple of pics x