Fairy kei on a budget: DIY Nile perch sneakers~

Hello once again! Today i'm finally going to make my first DIY post!
So for the longest time, i've always wanted the nile perch converse that are all decorated and such~ But i could never get my self to pay 70 dollars for them just knowing that i could easily make them myself~ Well today i actually did! Now, the converse i have aren't super adorable lavender ones, they're just plain purple , but they still look cute! You can buy cheap pastel converse style shoes from bodyline for a low price of $4!!~ Here's what we are going to recreate:

I didn't have all the stuff to make them exactly the same, so i just put my own twist on it! You can add what you like though~~
You will need:
* A pair of converse or similar canvas shoes
* A thread and needle
* Tacky glue or even super glue
* Lace, ribbons, and any other decorations you want to use

The first thing you want to do is to make sure that your shoes are somewhat clean. Scrub off any dirt with a damp washcloth, and then dry them a little. You can take out the laces if you want to paint some sort of design on them, but i didn't. My shoes just happened to not have laces in them~  You can skip this step  if you bought new shoes just for this, but i'm just using my old gym shoes > <

Next, cut your lace for the trim~ Just wrap it around the top part of the shoe, and cut it to fit! After that, sew the ends of the lace to each side of the sneaker~ You don't have to sew all the way across, and you'll see why in a second. . . Also, it just makes it easier, because the canvas is kind of hard to sew through~

After you've sewn the ends it should look like this! Then just go to the back of the shoe, like at the top in the middle, and sew again~ This way the lace should stay put for the most part~

Now, just take the edges that weren't sewn and use hot glue or tacky glue to make them stay to the edges! Then you are done with the lace~
After that, you can pretty much decorate them with anything! I used little crafting jewels and pink bows! You can just glue them on, but if you want you can sew things on to, like wings, patches, more lace, beads, ect.

This is how mine turned out~~

i clipped some cute accessories on them from Chocomint and Milky way cute~
I'll have to find some cuter pastel sneakers so experiment with next time, i wanna try putting bunny ears and a tail on. . . Or maye even some wings! Just be creative~~ This was kind of a short tutorial, but it is super easy, and i hope you try it out! I'd like to see what you cuties can make!
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