My husband and I drove down to NOLA to catch the second weekend of Jazz Fest and visit with family. Long story short, we had a BLAST.
Weekend highlights included my sister and I taking a trip to Hansen's (we hadn't been in forever). My sister got a half cream of almond, half cream of nectar with condensed milk and I got a Brown Pelican (cream of root beer float), both excellent choices. I saw my
2014 Snoball Shoe posted on
the Hansen's Sno-Bliz Facebook page after Mardi Gras, and as it didn't wind up getting thrown in 2014 I thought it would be nice if it had a good home. The shoe lives at Hansen's now so if you stop by, you can see it hanging out above the t-shirts next to St. Joseph:
I'm working on more new-and-improved snoball shoes this year, can't wait to share them with y'all.
We hit up Jazz Fest on Saturday and (surprise surprise) I was drawn to the Muses shoe-glittering demo station like a moth to
glitter flames. So much awesome. If you didn't get a chance to stop by (or did and just want to relive the glitter glory), here are a few pictures of the gorgeous shoes at Jazz Fest:
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| Shoes on display |
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| I so love the bedazzled tulle on the cowboy boot! |
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| More shoes on display |
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| Jazz Fest 2015 Muses Shoe |
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| Really hard to pick, but if I absolutely had to I'd say this was probably my favorite. The colors, the big rhinestones, the marabou around the top...so gorgeous!! |
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| I was also pretty crazy for this one, with the pink crown and intricate pink and white pinwheels wedge. |
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| The work area, with Muses signs in the background (We Can Shoe It!) |
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| The lovely ladies posing for a picture with their handiwork |
After an awesome weekend and much strawberry lemonade, we're back in Memphis now. We're more or less moved into our new house (including a new shoe work space for me in the garage) so I'm planning to start glittering again this weekend. If my sparse posting has left you feeling a little deprived, here are some sources for extra inspiration I wanted to share:
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Muses Shoes by Ani Facebook Page. Her shoes are amazing, transcendent works of art. Her 2014 boots are awe-inspiring. I was literally speechless looking through them - so much detail, creativity, cleverness and artistry!!
(2) Check out Melissa Lee's
Nyx purses and
magician-themed Muse shoe. Gorgeous work and she includes lots of great detail on the process of making them (which I love and always wish I could find more of online). Be warned - if you're anything like me, the realization that that's her
first Muses shoe will drive you mad with jealousy.
Awww thanks for the call out! I've been saving pics of shoes for ages. I have hundreds of older ones on my old hard drive that I really want to add but not sure how to do it since I can't give credit on most of them. :( I also want to add pictures of my collection and a few that I've made. I'm so addicted to the glitter too- pinterest just makes it worse. lol
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great trip and so happy are back to glittering soon. :) A new glitterage? CONGRATS!!!! And Yes it was a drought not seeing updates.
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