painting my sandals

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oh dear, you did read that right!

this weekend, if you're broke and have nothing else to do,

 you might want to try and paint a pair of sandals.

i swear i have not lost my mind. 

i have always been fascinated with thrift, even as a child.  i'm not sure if that is normal or not,

but it's true.

i loved listening to stories about the great depression and how people made do.

larry's grandmother shared such interesting stories with me on what it was like to raise 4 babies in minnesota in the winter with cloth diapers.  can you imagine?

anyway this post is in the american spirit of use it up, wear it out or making it last.

yesterday i painted these faux snakeskin sandals a deep navy blue.

they were in the box waiting to be donated when it dawned on me that i wanted navy sandals for summer, so instead of going out and shopping for a pair, why not try painting them?

it was easy and took about 15 minutes.

all i needed was this ordinary craft type paint and a small paintbrush, i already had both. 

i just cleaned the shoes, painted them and watched them dry.



watching paint dry is so fun.

in real life they now look like navy blue linen.

i'm pretty happy with the results and i think i'll get a lot of wear out of them this summer.

have you ever done anything like this?
share if you have.



have a fabulous weekend my friends.



xo
janet