#shoe customization

Get some Walmart boots for like 15 bucks, silver thumbtacks, some chain, and whatever silvery things you want!

Put the thumbtacks into the edges of the soles and hammer them in as close to flush with the shoe as you can! Add the chain and shiny things and you're done!

okay so I had these crusty white converse and I wanted to dye them a fun color so I would actually wear them! Here’s what I’m working with:

Eugh. First I took out the insoles and laces and scrubbed the shoes with a toothbrush, then and them soaked in oxi-clean for a couple hours. (Including the laces and insoles they were NASTY)

They look gross as hell, but a little better. I’ve had these for like a year, so they’re pretty dirty. Oh and I also scrubbed them with baking soda a couple times for good measure. here’s what they look like afterwards:

once they were all clean I started on the actual dye. I used electrical tape to tape off the soles and the logo, but as you’ll see this didn’t really work too well 💔 (foreshadowing)

I’ve also heard you can use Vaseline to mark off the soles and stop them from getting dyed, but you’ll need to look into that yourself 😭

anyway, then I put a bunch of hot water in the sink, I think like 3 gallons (but it depends what you’re dying) and poured in one container of dye

My sink looked really bloody. Then I dipped the shoes in and held them there for about 3 minutes. this is what they look like straight out of the dye bath! (^_^)

Yayyy!! Then I sprayed them with some dye fixative and let them sit for about 30 minutes.

Then I rinsed them off with cold water and waited for them to dry.

unfortunately, I the tape didn’t do a perfect job of keeping the dye out so some of the rubber got stained 😓

Noooooo 😭💔

I got most of it off using some nail polish remover. (I also heard magic erasers work well, but I didn’t have any)

Once they dried, I laced them back up and they’re done!!

Riot Grrrl doc martens B)

These have already been claimed, but feel free to hmu for custom shoes and jackets!

+bonus pics below of the moodboard I made for inspo, boots pre-painted, and boots freshly painted but wo chains yet