Alternate title: “Moon Boots”
Those were the first words out of the hubs mouth when he saw these boots. At first he got a death stare for the comment but then I decided that it wasn’t too far off, in a good way of course!

Part of all this decluttering is going through some cousin hand-me-downs to see what will actually work for us and what we need to pass on. Check out these awesome boots from Children’s Place. The exterior was a little worn but so far as the soles and interior of the shoe went they were in great shape.

Step 1: Wipe them down, tape them off, and cut any random strings.

Step 2: Spray with Primer. I was using a more expensive spray paint than usual, so I wanted to make sure 1 can would do it. I used the Walmart special primer to cover up the purple metallic.

Step 3: Spray your final color of spray paint. I went with the Rust-oleum Metallic- Brilliant Metal Finish. Originally I was going to tame down the color to a pink or brown. However they were metallic purple before and I just couldn’t stand for them to lose their spunk! It took several coats and I had to keep repositioning the shoes to get in all the creases.

Step 4. You could be done there, but I wanted to take advantage of those cute embroidered flowers. At Joanns, I found these Puffy Velvet Fabric Markers on clearance. I bought them on a lark, but they ended up being perfect for this project.
Following package directions, I colored flowers with the paint marker.

Wet flower

Here is the whole boot colored with the paint marker. (Dried, but not puffed)

Step 5: Use your heat tool, this one was purchased for embossing, to slowly go over the paint until it puffs up. This was my favorite step.
Artistic Bonus! – Painting on the stitching meant the paint job was uneven as the paint seeped between the threads. When I used the heat gun, the paint popped up in such a way that it looks like chenille. I love it!

Little Ms Foxy loves her boots too! As I was editing pictures she was standing next to me going, “Pretty shoes! Pretty shoes!”
See they don’t look quite so in your face when a cute little 3 year old is wearing them with a cute little dress.

I can’t wait to experiment more with these Velvet puffy markers. The boots pretty well exhausted the pink and purple, but I’ve got 4 colors left to play with.

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