https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402997 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:32:04 +0000 carrie 402997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great idea!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402988 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:24:33 +0000 Rachel 402988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very impressed with craft time with Lyn. Those are so awesome. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402957 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:28:18 +0000 lyn* 402957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used a bunch of newspapers to stuff up the shoe so I didn't have to hold it. I have very shaky hands and it was fine!</p> <p>I anchored both elbows on the table (if yours don't reach, use books on either side to support your elbows). I just made sure that the brush was relatively dry before doing the sides.</p> <p>I have clonked around in my house with these, so far, no probs.</p> <p>ETA: btw; this is how real ones wear out - <a href="http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Christian-Louboutin-Pink-Straw-Pump-Heels-38-/390331018229?pt=US_Women_s_Shoes&#038;hash=item5ae18aabf5" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Christi.....5ae18aabf5</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402955 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:26:38 +0000 Kari 402955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun, crafty Lyn! I'm also interested to know how they hold up after walking.</p> <p>May I ask if you did anything special to protect the shoes (the part above the sole) while you were painting them? Did you tape them up or anything, or do you just have very steady hands? (I'm Miss Shaky Fingers over here.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402954 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:25:35 +0000 lyn* 402954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Weird thing I found out; apparently that's how the red soles came to be - nail polish! "The Parisian shoemaker says he came up with the idea of giving all his shoes a red sole in 1992 after painting red nail polish on the bottom of a pair of shoes, because he felt they 'lacked energy'."</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1376169/Christian-Louboutin-sues-second-footwear-designer-copying-signature-red-sole.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/fem.....-sole.html</a></p> <p>********************************</p> <p>And here's a YouTube Video... apparently a lot of girls do this! This tutorial uses spray paint instead of nailpolish:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vsRJDAo0wo&#038;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402947 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:14:36 +0000 Angie 402947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one word for you:</p> <p>COOL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402886 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:11:20 +0000 lyn* 402886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sure; I'll let you know :)</p> <p>I am thinking of using clear coat on them too... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402875 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:53:46 +0000 Aida 402875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>May I request an update on how well the polish holds up after using the shoes for a while? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402865 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:39:16 +0000 MNsara 402865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun idea! I'd love to do a red sole pair. Need to think about what shoes.</p> <p>The idea of other colors and/or sparkly ones is pretty cool! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402733 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:24:08 +0000 lyn* 402733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>3rd coat of nail polish has been applied + touch ups!</p> <p>PS: q-tips with nail polish remover = very useful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402730 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:21:22 +0000 MsMary 402730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ZOMG, lyn*! Have I told you lately that you are SO MUCH FUN!!!? I swear, if you didn't exist, we would have to invent you!! XXX OOO </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402724 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:06:39 +0000 lyn* 402724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The original pumps are Naturalizer - I got them last year on clearance for like $14; I think they're about $80 or 90 regular.</p> <p>I like their wide widths. They're comfy </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402720 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:54:37 +0000 Anonymous 402720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a vision of silver and gold bottomed pumps in my closet. Great idea, Lyn </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402719 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:54:13 +0000 Kristine 402719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very cool! Are those comfortable? I love the style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402716 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:52:52 +0000 lyn* 402716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am thinking PURPLE SPARKLE for my next pair </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402713 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:51:26 +0000 Aida 402713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh Rae! I'm thinking turquoise soles!! Lyn* I enjoyed craft time </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402711 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:49:36 +0000 rae 402711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loves it! Think of all the fun colors nail polish comes in! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402702 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:31:46 +0000 lyn* 402702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HAHAHA; unfortunately, I think he's too daft to catch me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402700 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:24:24 +0000 Queen Mum 402700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>now, that is a brilliant plan DL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402698 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:21:32 +0000 DressLover 402698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Better yet, lacquer them up good and slick, stage a potentially disastrous slip at work, and go crashing down in "The Boy's" arms! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402697 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:19:26 +0000 Queen Mum 402697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>coat it with some high gloss varnish and you wont't have to walk to work... you can slide </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402696 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:19:13 +0000 DressLover 402696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My Loubou's are turning green with envy over here! That's a nifty trick! And much less expensive than paying a cobbler to put sole protectors on to get the red color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402695 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:18:13 +0000 lyn* 402695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah; Nail varnish ... nail polish ... </p> <p>Now that you mention it, I bet my dad has actual varnish. Hmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402692 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:15:47 +0000 Queen Mum 402692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>well, how much fun is that!!!<br /> When you say varnish, are you talking about the nail polish, or did you put a coat of wood varnish over the nail polish. Not sure about your Canuck vocab here </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/craft-time-w-lyn#post-402686 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:02:42 +0000 lyn* 402686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dear YLF,</p> <p>YAY! Red soles are not copyrighted! (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/08/11/new.york.shoes.ruling/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2011/BUSINE.....es.ruling/</a>) ... tee hee; so I've always wanted a pair of red soles, so ... I got nail polish today. Just the cheapest I found because it wasn't going to go on my nails! I saw this on TV the other day (I think it was on MarketPlace) ... so I decided to paint up the bottom of my heels. :)</p> <p>Photo 1 - Supplies!<br /> Photo 2 - First coat of varnish; you'll notice that the bottoms are quite hard and not grippy, so I got some "sole stoppers" (clear) that you can see in the picture.<br /> Photo 3 - Second coat of varnish; one more and that's all the polish I have!</p> <p>I also decorated up a Hello Kitty button. The tiny thing looked really lonely. :p Everything is made with scraps from the craft basket!</p> <p>Photo 4 - New Hello Kitty button on my Medic bag :)</p> <p>Much love,<br /> Lyn</p> <p>ETA: Photo 5 - Dr. McNinja button! </p>