red sparkly shoe heels

How I made sparkly dream shoes

At a Glance

I bought my wedding shoes very early on, and soon became victim to major shoe envy. So I thought, how can I get dream shoes without spending all my money!? It turned out they were just missing some sparkle!

red shoes and swarovski crystalsI 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 glueYou’ll need crystals, tweezers, and glue.

swarovski crystals glued to heelI 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 heelI 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

red sparkly shoe heels
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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