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Pretty cool shoes, huh? Not quite $170 worth of cool, but not much is... they are the Jeffrey Campbell Tick and are sold out like everywhere. I remember seeing a DIY for this over on Annie Spandex involving many silver thumbtacks and wanting to try it. Seriously, I thought this was such a cool and easy DIY so many thanks to Annie Spandex for being awesome and innovative!
I knew I had a pair of Unlisted by Kenneth Cole wedge sandals that I inherited from a friend that would be perfect. I finally had a reason to go to Home Depot, so I picked up a bunch of thumb tacks and started on them about two weeks ago. After like 200 tacks, my thumb really hurt so I stopped for a few days. Last Thursday I brought them over to the boys house to work on them during Project Runway (which turned out to be the hardware store challenge, and I was promptly made fun of, but whatevs)... I did about 300 more tacks, and realized I needed to buy some more (and my thumb was numb and bruised again!) So all in all it took 750 tacks (about $10 worth) and I think they turned out great! Okay, they are a little too big on me, but like I said, the shoes were FREE from a friend who only wore them once, so I'm willing to deal with it... Hooray for $10 shoes!
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Oh wow they look great - I have that tute on my to-do list with a pair of wedge mary janes - at least I know to get a LOT of thumb tacks now :D
Wow. I'm impressed. Also, not to sound creepy, but you could be a foot model. I would not pose sockless right now for all the JC Tick shoes in the world.
oh, a german blogerette 'bloomingvogue' did this diy projekt aswell.
great idea, girls.
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Oh wow! Yours took more than mine. A hammer can help with the pushing, but yeah, my thumb was a little tender the next day, too. Anyway, they look awesome! Way more interesting! Thanks so much for the shout-out and for showing me. :D
Those are way cool! Two thumbs up on the follow through!
Holy wow, that's a lot of tacks. They turned out great though!
shiny and awesome. sometimes a little pain is worth saving crazy money.
Oh your poor thumb! That being said this story made me giggle! The shoes are very cool and I never would have guessed it would take that many thumb tacks! I cannot wait to see what you pair them with!!!
i am in awe of your many skills my friend. hope the thumb heals soon!
Hey $10 and a sore thumb beats $170... These look really good, you know how some DIYs look, well, DIY? Not these...
whoa that's crazy! your shoes look so cool!!!
Its rally very fine ladies shoes. its looking so good. thanks for sharing with us...
I like these shoes really very nice shoes thanks for sharing this collection
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