Intro to Mikafying.

Dang it. I was doing so good! I don't know what happen! Actually I do! I have traveled a lot and had medical stuff going down on top of work. Oh and I have been working on my future career! That's right. I am designing shoes as well as giving my friend's shoes makeovers. And I must say, I absolutely love it. As most of you know, I have a heart problem that makes it hard to do a lot of physical activity. I discovered I can redo the shoes on the days that I can't go to work or when I'm exhausted from my heart. Its so convenient and I am really happy that I can still work my passion for shoes even if I can't do other, more strenuous things like taking care of kids.

Anyhow, I suppose I should tell you about what I do. I call my shoes, "Mikafied" because I am so not creative when it comes to naming things. (I mean I named my pig 'Peanut' because he is a pig and pig starts with 'p' and peanut also starts with 'p.' Thus, Peanut's name came about.) Back to shoes though. I take an old pair of shoes and I cover them with fabric., securing it with glue. Then, I take trim and go around the bottom and wherever I feel it should go. Then, I add embellishments or whatever. Sometimes I cut up the shoe for cut outs or if I want to change the silhouette of the shoe. Example? I took a pair of shiny, black knee high boots and transformed them into leopard print ankle booties with gold and black trim.

How I Got Started:
My friend/coworker/roommate Christina loves shoes. But she is afraid of getting 'crazy' shoes because... well actually I don't know why she is afraid of it. All I know is she gave me a bunch of her old, plain shoes and told me to make them pretty. So I did! I was really scared at first because I had never done anything like it but in the end, they worked out great! Well, except for the glue. I'm having issues with that still so if any one knows what glue works best for a permanent bond on all surfaces, please let me know! So far I have finished three pairs of shoes and am currently working on the 4th (which is a glitter pair so I'm super psyched cause who doesn't love sparkly things?) I spent kind of a lot to get started. I bought glue and fabric and trim and whatever I needed but after the first one, everything gets cheaper. So I definitely recommend this to crafty people because it is easy and cheap (ish.)

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Love, Mika.