Making Sparkly Shoes

My fellow CREATE YOUR STYLE Ambassador, June Beach, told the best story recently about her daughter's sparkly shoes: June bought a bunch of crystal flatbacks, glued them onto a pair of sparkly shoes for her daughter, and sent her to school in her fancy shoes. When her daughter got home, most of the sparkles were missing. June was shocked. "What happened to all of your crystals?!" And her daughter basically says, "all of the kids wanted one."

When June told me this story, I could only think of the children's story Rainbow Fish. We had a good mama's laugh about it. Of course, sparkle isn't cheap, but how can you get mad at your child for wanting to spread the sparkle?

A few weeks after hearing this story, I found these awesome rainbow shoes in the sale bin for my daughter. I knew just what to do! I used clear drying epoxy to glue 4mm and 6mm flatbacks across the toes. I won't mind too much if she shares some of her sparkles, but hopefully there will be a few crystals left at the end of the day!