Poison Ivy Pumps (pic obese)

[Meilan Firaga]

I decided to try my hand at decopauging shoes with comic book pages.  My ultimate goal is to one day to this to a pair of knee high boots with either Green Arrow or Deadpool comics, but for a first try I used some cheap shoes I picked up on sale at Wal-Mart and Batman comics that featured Poison Ivy from the clearance comics bin at Half Price Books.  All in all, I think they turned out pretty well.


Both shoes, newly finished, on top of my laptop.  Ignore the glitter.  It was for another project.  XD


Ivy coming on to Robin, featured on the left shoe's toe.


Outside of the left shoe.  The text says "Far From the Tree", which was the name of one of the issues I used.


Inside of the left shoe.


Toe of the right shoe.  I'm particularly proud of the detailed cut out of Ivy I used here.


Detail of Batman holding Ivy on the right heel.


Outside of right shoe.  This is probably the only part that has a lot of consecutive panels on it.

[tesseroni]

love. these.

[starcakes57]

awesome tastic im ganna have to try this too! did it make the shoes fit differently?

[Knotmad]

Great! I love how the overlap in images keeps the 'comic book feel'. Poison Ivy is so hot. People with Poison Ivy shoes are even hotter.... I'm also tempted to try decoupage on shoes. Can you wear them out without damaging them? Were you using that 'outdoor' mod podge?

[Tadiera]

*POINT* I have that NaNo sticker on my laptop too!

[froggie0424]

If you are a size 8 American, I have some knee high Doc Marten's I can sell you.  Message me if interested. 

[pollyprissypants]

I love these! Great job!

[pollyprissypants]

Great! I love how the overlap in images keeps the 'comic book feel'. Poison Ivy is so hot. People with Poison Ivy shoes are even hotter.... I'm also tempted to try decoupage on shoes. Can you wear them out without damaging them? Were you using that 'outdoor' mod podge?

Yes, I second all those questions! These are just too fantastic to not be able to wear, right?

[Knickertwist]

Those are too cool!

[Meilan Firaga]

If you are a size 8 American, I have some knee high Doc Marten's I can sell you.  Message me if interested. 

Unfortunately, I'm a size 9 or 10 depending on the shoes. 

Great! I love how the overlap in images keeps the 'comic book feel'. Poison Ivy is so hot. People with Poison Ivy shoes are even hotter.... I'm also tempted to try decoupage on shoes. Can you wear them out without damaging them? Were you using that 'outdoor' mod podge?

Yes, I second all those questions! These are just too fantastic to not be able to wear, right?

I used regular mod podge combined with spray on acrylic sealant.  I can't really wear them well in rain (though I wouldn't given the type of shoe that they are), which is why I'll be trying the outdoor Mod Podge on my next project.  They do start to bend and crack at areas where the shoes take stress--i.e. the bend near the toes--but it honestly doesn't make them look bad. 

My one bit of advice: make SURE that you sand down the surface thoroughly before you start gluing pieces on.  If you try gluing it down to an unsanded surface, the paper pieces will have to be held in place until they are somewhat dry.  I also recommend doing this while going through a movie marathon.  Total hours to complete the shoes is around two or three, but there was a LOT more time spent waiting on parts to dry.

[jnny_heck]

These are amazing. I love them. I'm going to try it myself, maybe with the black canary?
-- thanks

[Stars_Fire_17]

These are absolutely amazing

[AlmostDawn]

Those are the most awesome shoes ever. Thank you for the tips too. I seriously want to try this now.

[dropoffradar]

amazing! i hit 'this rocks'

[H00lie]

I am so going to try this out!! What a great idea!!

[Sandroo]

LOVE THESE!

[librarylover]

These make me wish I could wear high heels again! How cool!

[the_snackmaster]

Kind of a silly question, but here it goes: How did you get the material so even on the shoe (if that even makes sense)? Did you you an exacto knife or something similar after everything was dry to get rid of the excess glue/paper? This is lovely! I have wanted to decoupage a pair of heals for quite some time now! I hope mine turn out as awesome as yours did.  

[Meilan Firaga]

Oh, wow!  I didn't check this topic for a while and had A LOT more comments.  XD  Thank you, everyone for all of the wonderful compliments!  I've started my next shoe project, though with work getting in the way I can only do little bits at a time every couple of days.  Green Arrow combat boots. 

Kind of a silly question, but here it goes: How did you get the material so even on the shoe (if that even makes sense)? Did you you an exacto knife or something similar after everything was dry to get rid of the excess glue/paper? This is lovely! I have wanted to decoupage a pair of heals for quite some time now! I hope mine turn out as awesome as yours did.  

The great thing about Mod Podge is that it dries clear, so you don't really have the problem of big chunks of glue so long as you're using something to brush it on.  I didn't really have an issue with excess paper since I cut all the pieces down rather small.  The only places I had excess paper was on the edges near the toe and a few spots on the bottom.  In those instances, I just folded the paper over the area and glued them down.  For instance, if you look at the sole to the shoes, there's about an eight of an inch of comics on the bottom near the toes.  XD  When you start covering the shoes, paint the glue onto the shoe first, lay down your image, then paint over the paper with the glue again.  The paper pieces will bend more easily when they're damp with the glue, and then you can just mold them to the curved surfaces. 

I hope that answered your questions!

[krizzle]

OMFG. *want* I am going to have to try and make a pair. This was AWESOME.

[shynii]

The colors on these are amazing! The green from Poison Ivy and the purple insides - so great!

[sildavia]

I love them!!!! but I need to know what kind of Mod Podge did you use! I used this tecnique in a pair of shoes with a candy print paper and they looked wonderful, but they only lasted one night  the paper took off of the sides. I used "Fabric Mod Podge" do I have to use the "outdoor" one? I hope you answer me and sorry for my English!!!

[glitterweazl]

These are awesome! I may have to try my hand at something similar....
Fantastic job!

[composite_creature]

i love poison ivy! i think shes the sexiest villain