DIY Chevron Canvas Shoes

 Hey everyone...or three followers :-) I haven't posted in quite some while. I got overwhelmed with the Hubs' surprise birthday(which went off without a hitch), my cousin's bridal shower and wedding and just good ol' life in general. So I have some major DIYing to catch you guys up on.  I figured I would start small :-). I got a pair of white canvas shoes off Walmart.com for like $7. I had all these great ideas...but didn't do any of them. I just now did something with them(only like 3 months later) but they are perfect for the summer!

What you Need:

Plain canvas shoes(I prefer white)

Acrylic or fabric paint

Paint brushes(small)

Stencil(you could free hand)

Pencil

Step One:

Load your shoe up with plastic grocery bags or something that will make it more stiff. Then get you pattern. I got a chevron pattern off the internet here and cut out a piece that I could stencil onto my shoe. Take your canvas shoe and do just that...stencil away. 

Step Two:

Get your paints out. I chose to use two different turquoisey blues 

and I wanted a coral accent color.  

It was 10:30 at night when I got a chance to paint 

and I didn't have a coral color so I just mixed a pink and orange :-) 

For those interested I used CraftSmart-Caribbean Blue, and Robins Egg Blue. 

And I mixed Apple Barrel-Harvest Orange and Bright Magenta.

Step Three:

Get to painting. This is the tedious part. I had to use small paintbrushes to stay in my lines...like I said it was 10:30 at night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Step Four:

Put the laces back in and wear them! Adore them!

 Get numerous compliments on them! I know I did!!