Wedding Crafts
My sister's wedding was last August, it was amazing and beautiful and I still can't believe she is now married. I helped her with some of the things for the wedding, such as some planning and crafting to give it a nicer feel to the wedding.
We would spend days looking on Pinterest and Etsy for ideas for things to create for the wedding to make it seem special. One of the best things I did was her shoes.
My sister, as she loves pink and the wedding colours were Fuchsia Pink and Turquoise, decided she wanted pink shoes for her wedding day. We bought all the shoes for the bridesmaids and her from the same place so they were all the same colour (cream) and shape, and later we dyed them and added some glitter, this is how they looked after, nice and pink.
After from the front
From the back
Step by step this is what I did.
What you will need:
- Shoes to dye (obviously)
- Colour dye. Make sure its the correct dye for your material of the shoes. I used Dylon Fabric Paint Deep Pink colour I got from Hobby Craft.
- Paint brush
- Modge Podge
- Glitter (Pink in this case)
Step 1.
Painting the shoes. Simply I put down some protective cover (newspaper in this case) and got my paint brush and fabric paint and painted away. After I had completed one coat, it was obvious that it would need at least 3 coats or more. I did 4 coats in the end and I completed over two days to insure the fabric paint completely dried before adding another coat on top, or the brush stokes were very visible.
Step 2.
Once the shoes were completely dry it was time to add the glitter. This is the fun part.
So she only wanted the heel and the very small part at the front of the shoes with glitter, so I started with the Modge Podge. I applied a fair amount, being careful not to go over the lines, and before it dried I applied a lot of pink glitter. With the heels it was slightly difficult to make sure the glitter was even all over but with another paintbrush I moved the glitter around to give it an even look.
Step 3.
I completed the two heels and left them to dry which took about 2 hours completely, just to be sure.
Step 4.
I then did the same with the Modge Podge and glitter at the small area at the front of the shoes. Once they were completed I left them to dry for approximately 1 hour, just to be sure again.
Step 5.
After the glitter was all dry I applied another layer of Modge Podge just to create a clear protective layer over the top so the glitter doesn't fall off through out the day/night. And then left them to dry, and that was it. They were complete.
This was the first time I had dyed/painted any type of fabric and it was successful as my sister loved the shoes and danced all night in them.
I helped with creating other crafts for the wedding such as a table planner on a mirror and creating little card bird cages.
Firstly we glued the twigs, which were found at the back of the garden, using a glue gun and a lot of glue to the mirror. I then sprayed these little birds I found in a pound store blue, and once they were dry we glued them to the twigs.
Unfortunately I don't have a photo of the finished piece but you can imagine. Just picture little blue birds on the twigs in the first picture :)
And these were the bird cages that we sprayed half pink and half blue.
The best thing is knowing that my sister and her new husband enjoyed their day.
