Glittery Shoes. For almost free.

Two things converged in my world that changed my life.

1. I started trying to organize my shoes and I realized that I have too many ugly* shoes and they need to go away so that my pretty shoes can have room.
*please note my use of the word ugly here. I would never, ever, ever say that I have too many shoes. It's not possible.

2. Glitter covered shoes became the latest Must Have shoe of the season and I approve 100%. But, all the really great ones are too expensive for me. And all the affordable ones are either ugly, or sold out of my size. (Who knew part of me was normal??)

I'm a rather stubborn girl. When I want something I will move the world to get it. So, I went through the box of ugly shoes that I was going to drop off at Salvation Army and found a pair that I knew were comfortable. Their only real sin was their unfortunate coloring. Matte black body with shiny oak oak colored toes and heels. Not. Okay. I'm almost sorry I didn't grab a 'before' picture so that I could share the ugly. But I didn't know then that I'd be starting this blog. You win again, Hindsight.

So then I was staring at my bottle of Mod Podge, looking all lonely on my counter and I decided it needed a friend. Off to Michael's I went to procure a bottle of glitter. I got a really fine glitter in a kind of coppery, bronzy mix.  (yeah, I make up words) I also picked up a sponge brush. My total purchase was $6, and part of that was the overpriced M&M's The Kid demanded.

I laid out a sheet of aluminum foil. Wax paper would work too, but with foil you can turn up the edges in an attempt to contain the glitter herpes. Or you can be real daring and not protect your table/counter with anything. I'm not that daring. Anyway, I poured some Mod Podge into a small bowl and them dumped in some glitter. I didn't measure, I was in too big of a hurry. I stirred it up and then applied it to the shoes in a thin, even layer. I did this three times, letting the shoes dry in between coats.

The picture isn't the greatest. I took it with my phone at like 3 in the morning and uploaded it to Facebook. And since I'm too lazy to get it off my phone, I just downloaded it from Facebook.