Embroidery on Everything!

Embroidery is pretty hot right now in the fashion world, and I'm jumping right on that trendy train!

I was shopping at one of my favorite stores....you know the one.... it has a big red circle and a dot in the middle...yep, that one!
Anyway, I saw this purse that was marked down to $10.48. Yesss!
Nearby in the jewelry section there were embroidered patches for around $6. I scooped one up that I liked.

I love cranes. They're so beautiful!

This patch had an adhesive backing, but there was no way that sticky backing was going to last on the vinyl purse. I had to break out the fabric glue.

I peeled off the protective backing, put a generous amount of fabric glue on it, and

stuck that puppy...errr...crane right on!

Let it dry overnight.

Boom! A new custom purse for $16.48!

Ya know what goes well with a new purse? NEW SHOES!!!

I did the same thing to these slip-ons that I got at the same store for $7.48!

YA! SEVEN DOLLARS!!! WOOT!

I ordered the patches from an online store, and I was ready to beautify my new shoes.

The patches were too big for the front of the shoe, so I CAREFULLY trimmed off some leaves.

Have no fear! I glued the extra leaves to the back of the shoe!

Gluey Glue-ing for shoe-y shoe-ing

I'm ready to wear!

You might have seen this purse already in my previous post....

See you next time!

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