decorating shoes – Jonathan Fong Style

Bollywood Shoes – Makeover with Shoe Attitude

admin — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:09:06 +0000

Ever since I discovered Shoe Attitude printable film, I’ve decorated a lot of shoes, but these could be my all-time favorites. I wanted to create some custom shoes for my friend Joanne’s birthday, so I found these plain white sneakers at H&M and decided to spin some Shoe Attitude magic on them. Joanne loves Indian culture and art, and she loves her cat Opie, so I put them on the shoes, to make some snazzy Bollywood sneakers. For these sneakers, I tried something new: adding some sequined trim along the stitching. The trim not only added some bedazzlement, it also hid imperfections where sections met, and reinforced the Shoe Attitude film at the edges. These shoes! OMG!

What I used:

White Keds-like sneakers from H&M

Images from Dover’s “Designs from India” Book and CD Rom.

Elmer’s Extreme Glue Stick

Sequined trim from Joann Fabrics

Beacon Adhesives Fabri-Tac

These are the plain sneakers “before.”

I sized the images to fit the sections of the sneakers and printed them on the Shoe Attitude film.

Working a section at a time, I rubbed a glue stick on the surface. I used Elmer’s new “Extreme” glue stick.

Position the Shoe Attitude film ink side down on the glued surface and smooth with your fingers.

Trim the excess film with a craft knife. Then continue with the other sections.

I used Fabritac to glue sequined trim to the seams. The trim hid all the imperfections.

Here are the finished sneakers. Hooray for Bollywood!

Here’s an earlier video I made on how to apply the Shoe Attitude film. to shoes.

Disclosure: I am a designer/spokesperson for Craft Attitude and Shoe Attitude, and the Craft Attitude links on this page are affiliate links. However, I was loving and using this stuff way before I did any work for them because I believe in the product so much. So there you have it.

Using Shoe Attitude While Hula Hooping

admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:29:31 +0000

It’s so easy to decorate shoes with Shoe Attitude, I do it while hula hooping.

Jonathan “Font” Shoes

admin — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:22:39 +0000

Maybe it’s because of my advertising background, but I love fonts. I will drive by a restaurant, see the sign, and think to myself, “Oh, they’re using Scriptina.” I love Helvetica. Futura. Rockwell. But especially Helvetica. So recently I decorated my shoes with some of my favorite typefaces using Kodak Shoe Art Film aka Shoe Attitude. They are so graphic. And for the first time, I decorated the rubber toecaps, which was really easy because the shoe art film stretches around the rubber and conforms to the shape. With all the words on these shoes, you could say that they “converse.” Ooh, bad pun.

Just my type!

Watch the video of how I decorate shoes with Kodak Shoe Art Film.

Comic Book Sneakers

admin — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:40:55 +0000

I discovered the wonders of Kodak Shoe Art Film aka Shoe Attitude at the CHA 2012 Anaheim Show, and became an instant fan. In fact, I was such a fan that I’ve become a designer and spokesperson for the company, using the shoe art film to make all kinds of things that have nothing to do with shoes. Yes, the product is that versatile. I still love decorating shoes, though, and here are one of the favorites I’ve made. I found vintage public domain comic books online and printed them on the film, and then applied the film to my Converse All-Stars. I guess you can say, this is how I get my “kicks.” Check out the video below for my scintillating how-to video.

Converse sneakers and Shoe Attitude

These shoes are too cool.