Stylish Shoes for the Crafty Fashionista

by Mary Meinking

Overview

Stand out in a crowd with a pair of great shoes. Cover old shoes with a fresh coat of paint or a fashionable fabric. Keep your feet dry while looking good with painted Wellies. Use cool buttons to bedazzle your flip flops. Learn how to turn your old castoffs into hip footwear that you can wear to the mall, the beach, or just around your house!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429665544
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Series:	Fashion Craft Studio
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	IG690L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

About the Author

Mary Meinking grew up in Iowa and went on to graduate from the University of Kansas, where she met her husband-to-be, Scott. They married and had two children, Brittany and Benjamin. She works as a graphic designer during the day but writes for children at night. Her non-fiction articles were published in a dozen different children’s magazines. Mary’s written over two dozen nonfiction books about arts and crafts, extreme jobs, animals, pop stars and history. When not working, writing or hanging out with her family, Mary enjoys doing arts and crafts, baking, gardening and traveling. To learn more about Mary visit her web site: www.MaryMeinking.com

Table of Contents

Thinking Outside the Shoebox 4

Which Shoes to Restyle 5

Flip-Flops That Pop 6

Wild Tie-Dye 8

Cute as a Button 10

Puddle Jumpers 12

A Dab Will Do Ya 14

Top Tapper 16

Purr-fect Shoes 20

Flowers for Your Feet 23

Princess Slippers 26

Twinkle Toes 28

Golssary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

Handbags, nail art, hair accessories, jewelry—if you want to home-style your wardrobe, the Fashion Craft Studio series has you covered. This entry invites readers to “think outside the shoebox” by taking those “comfy but boring shoes” from the back of the closet and turning them into attention-grabbing stunners. From casual tennies to ready-for-prom heels to poofy home slippers, Meinking leaves no shoe unstyled. Most notable are the “Flip-Flops That Pop” (which involves knotting deflated balloons around the strap of a flip-flop—it sounds weird but looks pretty darn cool) and “Puddle Jumpers” (using painter’s tape and markers to make tiger stripes on regular old rain boots). Some of the more complicated shoes seem destined to fail, but all of them are attractive and modeled by a teen on each spread. The pictures are bright and helpful, the text clear, and certain words (decoupage, insole, vintage) are defined right on the page. It’s almost guaranteed girls will try some of these.

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