Last year was the 25th anniversary of the Steel Magnolia's stage play, so I did the blush and bashful shoe. This year is the 25th anniversary of the film, so I made another pink shoe for one of my favorite fictional Louisiana belles, Shelby. Like the 2013 blush and bashful shoe, I went for a pink palette (something that looked "hosed down with pepto bismol") and accented with silver, because Jackson and Shelby would be celebrating their 25th anniversary, which is the silver wedding anniversary. I trimmed the shoe with some big iridescent pink sequins and white and silver wedding-style trim and a nice silver magnolia with a rhinestone center. The white and silver trim was leftover from a Southern bride's wedding second line umbrella, so it felt like a good fit for this theme.
This shoe obviously had to be primed with a few coats of white spray paint before glittering. The pink is actually the Recollections tinsel-style glitter, which I'd never worked with before. I like the texture of it a lot, I'm definitely going to use it again. The color is "blush," which is just too perfect. The silver is ArtMinds and there's a Martha Stewart pink on the sole, that doesn't really show in any of the pics. It's a little darker than the pink of the main shoe.
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After doing two of these, I've decided that I'd really like to do a Steel Magnolias shoe every year. I don't know what it is, but I have a serious soft spot for Steel Magnolias. Maybe next year I'll do a Miss Merry Christmas Shoe? A Truvy's Beauty Spot Shoe? Or another pink shoe for Shelby (Shelby would've loved Muses, it would've been her hands down favorite).
These are all so incredibly beautiful! I caught my first shoe last year and my husband and I used it to hold his ring in our wedding ceremony the following Saturday! In case you need someone to throw to we are always there, sidewalk side Philip St. ;-) Happy Carnival!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of doing a different theme version every year. I want to do multiple versions with a Purple Haze theme.
ReplyDeleteI've come to terms with the fact that I just love Steel Magnolias too much to only do one or two shoes in that theme. Purple Haze sounds like an awesome theme to riff on year after year.
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