2013 Shoe #8 - The Mardi Gras Doubloon Shoe

I wanted to do a really over-the-top Mardi Gras shoe centered around that classic Mardi Gras combo of purple, green and gold (pretty funny article involving purple, green and gold here).

After 2012 Mardi Gras, I picked up some on sale crafty things at Michael's, including a bag of doubloons. They were generic Carnival-themed doubloons (with masks on them) and very lightweight so I felt like I could put plenty of them on a shoe.

The finished shoe: the green and gold were Tulip glitter, the purple was Recollections (in color "Muse"). The shoe was black leather in a somewhat punk-esque pathwork style, so I followed the segmentation already present in the shoe. After all the regions were glittered, all the edges/seams were lined with hot pink sequin trim and clusters of doubloons were glued on.  "Muses" was written in hot pink glitter (Recollections in color "Raspberry") to match the trim.

King Cake baby, hanging out in the clusters of doubloons on the front of the shoe. Sole and interior were glittered green.