Friday, April 5, 2013

The Muses Wreath, the Muses "M" Flag and a couple of Blue, Green and Silver shoes

There are a couple of color schemes that I can repeat over and over on Muses shoes: purple, green and gold (Justice, Power and Faith, y'all), purple and gold (Love purple, live gold), black and gold, pink and more pink....

Another classic combo is green and blue and silver/which, which appears in a lot of Muses-related designs, particularly the image of the blue and white "M" tile wreathed in leave. This color scheme and/or combination of foliage with NOLA tiles motif appears in throws (like these beads and this notepad), the title float, the M flag that denotes a Muse is in residence, etc. A little more research on the title float and NOLA tiles is in this post. The wreath seems to be a pretty big Muses symbol; here are former honorary Muse Patricia Clarkson and "Emily-Gras" honoree Emily Mueller both sporting their snazzy Muses wreaths.

I worked on a blue, green and silver mule (with the Muses "M" bordered with some glittered plastic leaves) and blue and silver shoe in 2012, and did a blue and silver shoe in 2013

I've got a base coat of glitter on two blue, silver and green shoes so far, pictures below:

Green, blue and silver shoe #1 - shown with the cover of the Muses Notepad from 2011 (I think?)

Needs a little touching up (some of the borders aren't as crisp as I'd like), but the overall layout of the shoe color-wise is pretty set here. The green interior of the shoe is Tulip (color "Emerald Fine Jewel"), the silver and blue are Recollections (colors = "silver" and "marine"). It doesn't show in the pictures here, but the sole of the shoe is a lighter teal blue (I think Martha Stewart, not sure what color).

Followed the line of the shoe to make a pretty silver accent boarder that crisscrosses before the open toe.

Green, blue and silver shoe #2 - another open toe high heel. Same silver and blue glitter as the above shoe (Recollections), with Martha Stewart on the bottom (color "emerald).

Martha Stewart "emerald" sole and heel

Shoe #2 with the wreathed Muses M. I'm pleased with what a great color match the Recollections in "Marine" is for the blue of the lettering in the tile.

Lots more still to do: at a minimum, they'll need some of the edges bordered with sequins and, of course, "Muses" written on them. These may get some of my mini NOLA tiles and a big glitterred Muses M's (with or without a wreath. TBD). I got some cheap green sparkly doodads after Saint Patrick's Day (holiday themed rhinestones can sometimes be crazy marked down at Michael's after the holiday in question). I also found these awesome green leaf sequins at Joann's, can't wait to do something with those.

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