If I won the lottery I wouldn’t run out and buy a boat. I’d wait on the townhouse on 9th street and I’d stop by Hermes another day for my custom croc Birkin. Because before all of those things I’d have a bigger dream to fulfill- to go to M&J Trimming and buy up their entire wall of studs. I’m constantly tempted to stud everything I own, but the teeny bags of studs seriously add up and covering a jacket or a pair of shoes in the beautiful hardware is a serious investment. Puffy paint applied in hershey-kiss-like spikes creates a convincing studded look that requires no tools.
I have 2 questions for you.
1. Are those oxfords? Cause they remind me of Vans.
and 2. Did you use a tool to get the puffy paint to make a pyramid?
Yep just some tie-on oxfords from Aldo! The shapes are made by starting to apply the paint in a dot but leaving the tip of the puffy-paint bottle near the surface of the shoe. Squeeze out some paint leaving this tip stationary and then slowly pull up. This makes it get the hershey kiss shape.
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I’m so excited to find your blog! This is fabulous!
Cool idea. This is a great alternative to actually adding spikes.
Amzing idea, but what is puffy paint? i’ve never heard of it in the uk?
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does the puffy paint chip off
This is so cool!! Such a clever alternative to studs (which fall off way to easy and are a pain in the butt). How does the puffy paint hold up???
really well so far! I used white so it gets a little dirty, but I wear them ALL the time.
As far as finding some less expensive studs… studsandspikes.com has the best prices I’ve found. I used that site to get a bag of 1000 studs ($35), which I then used to cover the front of a vintage letterman jacket.
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