Don’t you just love TOMS shoes?
I recently purchased a pair for Marisol and took to them with some Elmer’s Painters Markers. You might remember I used these markers on the Invisible Nasties Felt Creations I made for the kids.
To say that she loves her new shoes is an understatement.
She wears this outfit all the time, it’s by far her favorite, so to have a cool new pair of shoes to match, she was over the moon.
To decorate them I simply sketched a rough draft of what I wanted to paint on the shoes, then I painted one section of the shoes plain black. I know that sounds strange seeing as the shoes are black, but it gave the shoes a two-toned look. Then I painted the image of the butterfly onto one shoe, and a motion swirl onto the other shoe so it appeared that the butterfly was flying across the shoes. Then I added a little bling to the butterfly wings and put them out in the sun to dry.
Today I had to go back to the same store and purchase my teen a pair of exactly the same shoes. He thinks their cool. I’ve put them aside for Easter. Shhhh. Thankfully he doesn’t read my blog.
Did you know that TOMS give a pair of new shoes to a child in need for every pair of TOMS shoes purchased?
Also on April 5 is TOMS One Day Without Shoes campaign. Go barefoot for the day and support children in need.
Disclosure: I was compensated for this TOMS and Elmer’s Painters Markers project for Collective Bias
I LOVE Tom’s!!
They are so adorable!! You are just so talented and your little girls looks so happy!! 🙂
Hugs!
Thanks Shelby, she absolutely loves them.
Thanks Cheryl :).
So happy to hear that you'll go shoe free. Yay.Â
Goddess of Creativity and Kindness….that’s you!
(looking forward to going shoe-free now on the 5th!)
How cool are those, and what a sweet little girl! Thanks for sharing! Also, I didn’t know about One Day Without Shoes… I am planning to participate now!
So happy to hear you are going to participate Monica. I miss your smiling face 🙂
They seem to be all the rage with teenagers here too, my son asked for a pair for Easter (which he got) and his best friend (a girl) wanted some for her birthday too.
my 14 yo daughter loves Toms. I just finally bought her a pair. it’s like all the rage here. i’m probably going to get her another pair before school starts.
Personalized different items, is one way of expressing your creativity. I know you enjoy making it just for your kid, but i think this will be more memorable if your also let your child explore on her own. I know you will be proud for her.