Coldplay inspiration :)

One of my favorite bands is Coldplay and I absolutely fell in love with the song Paradise!-partially because it reminds me of myself and partially because I danced around my work holding one of my most favorite kids to that song :)

Maui inspired shoes!

 My favorite place in the world is Kaanapali, Maui.  Therefore, I had to do some shoes as a tribute to this wonderful place! I chose neon colors because they remind me of Maui..

 The Hawaiian islands

 A hibiscus flower (because who doesn't associate this with Hawaii??)

 I did plumeria on the inner parts of the shoes, I love plumeria so much I got a tattoo of one :)

 The back says "Aloha" and "Maui"

C's shoes

 These were made for my sister, who wanted a peacock color scheme.  Only after I sent her a picture of the shoes did she say "Not an actual peacock feather!!" So may I remind you, please be specific about what you want! Thankfully, C is okay with having these :)

 I did some swirls on the right shoe and a peacock feather on the left.

Like I am with plaid, C is with polka dots.  When I get stuck and need some advice on what to do with some white space, C is first to say "POLKA DOTS!!!!"

WSU shoes!!

 If you know me, then you know I'm obsessed with WSU. So is my family...so I made these to wear to games in the fall/winter when they are hopefully going to make it down here (the new Pac-12 is really cramping my game-watching style)

 The start of the shoes.  The silver made the black bleed a little into the red, I got super excited and made sure to do that all over the WSU emblem and Cougars!

 The finished product! I discovered I'm obsessed with plaid and apparently stripes :)

Marilyn Monroe Shoes

 Marilyn Monroe (Andy Warhol inspired)

 I made these for my friend K who is IN LOVE with Marilyn Monroe.

There's some cheetah print on the side for her other love, animal print!

 K loves pink too, so I had to include that ALL over the shoe :)

 The quote on the back reads "We should all start to live before we get too old.  Fear is stupid. So are regrets." -Marilyn Monroe

On one shoe, the Andy Warhol inspired Marilyn face and a diamond on the other.  Because diamonds are a girl's best friend :)

Shoes!

So after quite a few attempts at painting shoes, I've decided that I'll start making them for friends/family/strangers.  It takes me a couple of days to come up with ideas and complete the shoes, totaling about a week per pair of shoes. 

I'm currently buying shoes from Target.  There are some pretty cute Mossimo white canvas shoes there, but I can do pretty much any pair of canvas shoes. 

If you're interested, send an email to vbkenz12@aol.com and let me know what you would like! I'm currently completing orders for $50.00, which includes me purchasing the shoes.