Last week I worked at the school and listened/assisted in a lesson about the newspaper. Yes, I know what to find in the newspaper but this was the inspiration for my next project...
a newspaper AND a pair of patent leather wedges that I really never liked with a scuffed toe.
I decided to cut out big and little meaningful words, quotes, fonts and made sure to include different parts of the newspaper.
I included:
headline
date
movie listing
index
sports
article
crossword puzzle
classified
Dear Abby
etc...
After I had a good pile to work with, I started with a matte finish of mod podge to the shoe and to the back of the paper that I would attach. I really hadn't thought it through as to how it was going to be placed so I added a few larger pieces that I knew I wanted to be prominent. Then started to fill in the blanks with words, symbols and other bits and pieces.
After the entire patent leather was covered I put a top coat of the same mod podge I was using. When I put the shoe on, I realized it needed another protective coat because the paper was going to rip where the shoe naturally bends. I used an old rag and rubbed mink oil all over the paper and especially where the shoe would bend to keep it from drying out and cracking.
The placement of some of the random words actually worked well together as if it had all been meticulously planned! SUCCESS.
