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I haven't done any with pearls but I just did a ton of research until I came up with a "system" that worked for me. There are a few Youtube videos that demonstrate (this is a good one) but the general gist is that you get glue, like E600 or GemTac (I use GemTac), some glue syringes, crystals and a gemsetter (a stick with a wax ball on the end.
Fill the syringe with glue and pipe some onto the shoe. Some people use a paintbrush but I just smooth it out a bit with the stick end of the gemsetter. You may want to blow on the glue a couple of time to help it get tacky faster. Using the wax end of the gem setter pick up a crystal and place it on the glue. Rinse and repeat 8,000 times- literally! ;)
I would start with borders and fill in from there, it gives them a more polished look. I also like to put the gems in the top of a shoe box so I can shake them around to flip them over without the risk of loosing them.
Hope that helps!
I blinged my shoes with thousands (and thousands) of Swarovski crystals. I used E6000 glue and pointed tweezers. I sqeezed a tiny amount of glue on the area to be covered then spread it thinly over a small area (like 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch), then carefully used the tweezers to place each crystal onto the glue. I did find that doing the heel last helped, because you can hold the shoe by the heel. I put the crystals in velvet lined bead trays (the were small, shallow, velvet lined triangles that I found in the jewelry section of Michaels.
Thanks bees i'm gonna buy the things and start them next week! I hope they turn out okay :)
@Aure: Had a quick look at the ones you did - WOW they look amazing but I dont know if I have the patience to do a full shoe after seeing how long it took! I was a bit naive I think when I planned this project
@Vegas Pug: Your shoes and bouqeut look amazing together!!! I love the colours too, I am having serious colour scheme regret lately - but I have bought lots of things (including BM dresses) in my scheme colours now. I am also doing a brooch bouquet of a sort, I am mixing brooches with ivory roses! Did you do matching bouquets for your BMs? I was thinking of adding some brooches to their bouquets but I kinda want mine to look the most special lol :)
P.S bees - what quantity of gems/pearls will I need? Ive been looking at packs on ebay which start in packs of 100 and go into the 1000s. Im thinking of gettin 5mm pearls and 3mm gems. Taking into consideration I am only going to do the heels to start with how many do you recommend I buy? Thanks
These three sites might help!
http://jamaallison.wordpress.com/
http://anyazhovmiruk.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-diy-swarovski-crystal-strass-shoes.html
http://lovelygirlsweddings.blogspot.com/2011/03/guest-blogger-sparkles-bling.html
@fayrhiannon: Those seem like good sizes, though they'll look really uniform if you only use one size. I'm not sure of the look you're going for.
Uniform look by DiyBlondie (she used 16ss or 4mm crystals):
Varied sizes from 5ss to 20ss (1.7mm to 4.8mm):
I'm not sure how many crystals/peals you'll need for a heel. It depends on the sizes you use, how tall the heel is, etc. I'd start with 144 (a gross of each) and see from there.
@Aure: Hmmm I didnt think of that! Thank god for bees :) I prefer the look with the different size crystals (no offense to the the other pair) did you stick them in a pattern or just at random? BTW I have just seen your volcana shoes - they are awesome!!! That colour is amazing ive never seen anything like it!
@fayrhiannon: Thanks! For the cobalt shoe I started with the largest crystals and tried to fill in a pattern (20ss, then 16ss, then 12ss, etc). You can kinda see how I did it here. With the volcano ones I just put all of the sizes at once. It somewhat comes out as a natural pattern and I actually preferred the way that crystal pattern came out.
@fayrhiannon: The Purse Forum has a huge DIY thread:
http://forum.purseblog.com/christian-louboutin/the-new-cl-diy-thread-626141-284.html
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Hey bees,
Ive had a quick look in the DIY section but I've never done anything like this before so need some help please, like step by step instructions including all the items I will need lol.
Ive bought a pair of plain ivory satin peep toe heels but I really want to bling them up with pearls and rhinestones. Im going to start with the heel and then if I like it and if I feel they need more go from there :)
These are my inspiration pic but I'm not sure if I want them THAT bling, but I love the pearl and rhinestone together and it will match my jewellery and bag, they are way above my budget though :'(:
If anyone can help me or even link me to a good step by step guide I would be so happy
Thanks