My lovely brother bought me a pair of boots that i requested. when i saw the picture of the boots i thought OK they are a little ugly but ill decorate them anyway so they will look hot. The old adage never judge a book by its cover comes to mind. The picture of the boots did not do it justice at all. i got them from him on Wednesday and i fell in love with them they are simple but so cute and i love them so much.
I was then placed in a dilemma. One part of me said don't spoil them with glue or spray paint use them just like that. The other part of me said just man up and do the damn thing. i started to brainstorm then i came up with the idea that if i use Velcro on the boots to put the bling and just stick it onto the boot it will not be damaged.
Off to Samaroos San Fernando i went, with a fellow masquerader, we got the bling and the Velcro and the feathers and thus the Velcro decoration of my boot was created. I have never heard anyone do this before. i did not steal anyone's idea or anything . To me i thought of this Velcro thing by myself.
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| the boot with the bling and the feathers |
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| the boot withe the velcro added |
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| the boot with the bling |
Below are the before during and after of the blinging of my boot. all i need to complete it is the leg pieces from my costume and more fluff feathers for the top of the boot.
KUDOS to you Babs!! it looks great, however these questions come to mind.
ReplyDelete1. Are you going to spray paint it gold or yellow since your costume IS YELLOW?
2. What are you going to do with the beautiful leg pieces that comes with the costume??
thanks EJ. i know you want me to spray paint them but i'm not. i know you want to kill me for that and since day 1 you said no to the black. but alas i'm accentuating them with the silver bling that u see there. the leg pieces will go under the fluff feathers or it will replace them and the feathers will go to the side like wings. thank god for the Velcro because i can try different things without spoiling the boots.
ReplyDeleteLawd woman, are the boots leather? lol, you do you madame! lol
ReplyDeleteLol!!! Babs, they look great BUT like L's said......your costume is yellow and boots black..hmm!! Well, just make sure you SUPER accentuate it with feathers and bling so that it'll take away from the black. Good job though!! You are soooooooo ahead of us in the prep girl..lol!
ReplyDeleteThe black is way too harsh for the costume, BUT, it's "her money, she pay for it, so nobody cyah tell she nuthin!"
ReplyDeletethanks guys but im sticking to my guns with this and i make these boots look fabulous. when im done with them they will be black with embellishments. so this was just a prototype to see what i can do. when its done you guys will see the finished product
ReplyDeleteI think you are making a grave mistake by going with black for that costume. I mean, look at the costume it's the backdrop of this blog, black will just, sad to say, kill the costume. But, hey, to each her own huh.
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