Category Archive

diy shoes

3bc3b4 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Bring your feline wedding party with you via painted cat shoes

We’ve got the most intimate and tearful Washington D.C. elopement coming up later this week, but I wanted to highlight one little detail that swept me off my feet. Courtney and Marisa wanted to bring their two kitties to the ceremony, but understandably, kitties aren’t down for travel. They prefer sitting pretty on the couch… to which I can relate! But to honor their presence, Courtney rocked hand-painted shoes with portraits of the two cats on them.

red bow shoe clip for weddings alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

13 wedding shoe clips to turn your cheap Payless shoes into fancy-fance footwear

For those of us working with tight budgets (or just those of us who aren’t into blowing our wedding budgets on our footwear), shoe clips can be the perfect solution. You know that super basic pair of flats you got at PayLess? Or those pleather heels you got last year at Target? Slap some fancy shoe clips on that babies and behold: your fancy-fance dream wedding shoes. For this post, I curated a collection of my favorite wedding shoe clips from Etsy, but of course you can find these things all over the place including, including Amazon.

Of course, because I’m me… I arranged these in rainbow order, including a pair of rainbow shoe clips at the end YAY!

how to diy wedding shoes alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to DIY frugal but fancy wedding shoes with appliques

Finding the perfect pair of shoes that are both comfortable and cute is a trying task so I decided to make my own DIY wedding shoes. So here’s what I did to make my (all-together) $50 pair of wedding shoes with appliques…

diy wedding shoe ideas from offbeat bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Inspiration for your DIY wedding shoes

So you’ve decided DIY wedding shoes are the way to go for you? That’s awesome! We have several great tutorials about how to DIY your wedding shoes, but sometimes you need a little inspiration for your efforts. Today I’m going to wrastle up commercially-produced designer shoes that I think the more crafty among you could get some great DIY wedding shoe ideas from.

DIY painted TARDIS shoes 11 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to paint your wedding flats on the cheap and nerdy

I really wanted to keep in the nerdy wedding vibe going with my shoe choice, so I began searching for Doctor Who or Star Wars shoes that were cute and not more than $50. Yeah, I know… I’m dreaming. So instead I bought a pair of shoes from Payless and decided to paint them. Here’s my step-by-step guide to painting my shoes…

10325755743 58938b71da b alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

MJ & Josh’s wildlife sanctuary red and gold wedding

This isn’t a Game of Thrones red wedding, but it definitely is a RED RED WEDDING! A vivid crimson dress, shiny gold and red cake, and red crystal bouquets make it a much happier occasion. But if you’re planning to live stream your wedding, these two have a really important tip for you…