Spray Painted Shoes?...

Why not!

I've seen a few tutorials floating around about painting your shoes, never thought anything of it until I saw the one over at Made. Hers are orange, bright and spunky, I wanted mine to be similar. I scoured my closet for shoes that I really didn't care about, just in case it didn't work out. And way way in the back under a huge pile of shoes, I found these.

Nothing wrong with them right? Except for the fact they are a little too small and yes I still wore them, before I got a better pair.

I had some left over aqua/teal spray paint from a previous project and thought it would be the perfect color for my "new" shoes.

I know most people craft when their kids (if they have young ones) are sleeping or at school. I try for the most part but sometimes that doesn't happen. In fact I tend to craft from the moment I wake up, with large breaks in between for caring, feeding, cleaning and whatever else us moms do, to the moment I go to bed. So my supplies are usually out, all of the time.

Anyhow, I painted these back when it was warm out, warm weather means I let my children run around our backyard and sometimes that equals my son getting into my business.

He thought painting his hair was fun!

The final product

I actually think they look really good. And as you can plainly see I goofed in some spots and it ran in others. But honestly who's lookin that close?

Spray Painted Shoes!

* EDIT... Mandy @ SugarBee asked how they were holding up. Well so far so good. I didn't expect them to stay perfect forever. I have noticed that the more I wear them the more they kind of wrinkle, esp where my foot bends near my toes and I have chipped some paint off from sliding my foot against the other when I took a step. After 10 or so wears they are holding up, but like I said, I don't expect it to be long before they chip off a lot more. Thanks for asking, I'm sure it helps all those who are undecided about doing a project like this.