Diy prada inspired platform sneakers | foam magazine project

crazychick · #1 09-27-2011, 01:43 PM

a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-I6DPVtfnI/TmNXWV83ixI/AAAAAAAAEXI/6Wh80EOmybM/s1600/apairandasparediypradacreepers1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="416px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-I6DPVtfnI/TmNXWV83ixI/AAAAAAAAEXI/6Wh80EOmybM/s640/apairandasparediypradacreepers1.png" width="640px" //abr /div style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"Recently I had the pleasure ofnbsp;working with a href="http://foammagazine.com/"FOAM Magazine/a on a DIY project for their magazinenbsp;(a href="http://foammagazine.com/articles/990-diy-canvas-creepers"see here for their online post/a), a pair of raffia embellished creepers (aka platform sneakers). /divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br /span lang="EN-US"I know I wasn’t the only person who fell in love with the prada platformnbsp;brogues complete with raffia edging. I decided to get crafty and have a try at making a similar pair. Never one to copy something exactly, I/spannbsp;made anbsp;black and white version to pay homage to the A/Wnbsp;monotone colour trend, and stuck with only a slight platform - you can always do more of a platform by adding more layers of foam if you like./divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S_RjSf7aM1A/TmNUtJiXKgI/AAAAAAAAEW8/LV-un2jUmZg/s1600/Slide1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="480px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S_RjSf7aM1A/TmNUtJiXKgI/AAAAAAAAEW8/LV-un2jUmZg/s640/Slide1.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /bspan lang="EN-US"You'll need: /span/bbr /div style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"Anbsp;pair of lace up canvas sneakers (try a cheap shoe store or supermarkets)/span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"Foam for the platform – I used a pair of old flip flops/span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"2 shoe soles – I cut them off a very old pair of sneakers but you can also get them from a cobbler or buy an extra pair of canvas sneakers in a different colour./span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"Flexible glue and a hot glue gun/span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"Raffia – I used plaited straw raffia from a craft store./span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"A stanley knife and sandpaper for adjusting shoes/foam for the platforms so they fit together./spanbr /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ISyKGfBQFwM/Tl46vWWbHMI/AAAAAAAAEV0/aC7WbKTpStc/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="430px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ISyKGfBQFwM/Tl46vWWbHMI/AAAAAAAAEV0/aC7WbKTpStc/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers01.png" width="640px" //a/div/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"br /span lang="EN-US"bStep 1. /bGlue the sole and the foam together using the flexible glue. Then glue the sneakers to the foam. /span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"bStep 2./b Press the three layers together and let dry overnight. I weighed mine down with some bricks to apply the right amount of pressure. nbsp;/span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"bStep 3/b. Once the glue has dried, hot glue two layers of raffia around the edge of the shoes to completely cover up the foam. Make sure any join of the raffia is centred at the back of the shoe. /span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US"bStep 4/b.nbsp; For a finishing touch I threaded the sneakers with the black laces from the old shoes I took the soles from. You could use any colour laces - neon would be fun! /span/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cs7q6I9YBI0/Tl47OgeGhcI/AAAAAAAAEV4/m1H4e_kRpvc/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="472px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cs7q6I9YBI0/Tl47OgeGhcI/AAAAAAAAEV4/m1H4e_kRpvc/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers02.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G01lQst6Ueg/Tl47t5vMCJI/AAAAAAAAEV8/LiAnzBCvCqw/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="448px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G01lQst6Ueg/Tl47t5vMCJI/AAAAAAAAEV8/LiAnzBCvCqw/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers03.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cXKuVy2pb-g/Tl48EQWUzNI/AAAAAAAAEWA/uSYgXjV7uB0/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="440px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cXKuVy2pb-g/Tl48EQWUzNI/AAAAAAAAEWA/uSYgXjV7uB0/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers04.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0rzKJS5ycGU/Tl48SBR3_eI/AAAAAAAAEWE/ptBmgKlxF5k/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="412px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0rzKJS5ycGU/Tl48SBR3_eI/AAAAAAAAEWE/ptBmgKlxF5k/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers05.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dozNLZw0P4U/Tl48hUhtm3I/AAAAAAAAEWI/miA8T3VxqsI/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="446px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dozNLZw0P4U/Tl48hUhtm3I/AAAAAAAAEWI/miA8T3VxqsI/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers06.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VPht1-TQsoc/Tl486zok2-I/AAAAAAAAEWM/guZpkNY399A/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="458px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VPht1-TQsoc/Tl486zok2-I/AAAAAAAAEWM/guZpkNY399A/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers07.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8JYmkO-5NXU/Tl49RRfz9wI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/CKNNVW43nZw/s1600/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers08.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="452px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8JYmkO-5NXU/Tl49RRfz9wI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/CKNNVW43nZw/s640/apairandasparediyraffiacreepers08.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"span lang="EN-US"And voila, your very own raffia embellished creepers! 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