How-to Paint Shoes, ThreadBanger Contest Entry

congrats! the shoes are really cute, and your tut was clear and simple! have fun showing off your talents with the sewing machine! :)

if i'm painting canvas shoes, should i use fabric paint or just stay with the acrylic?

The concept is a gimme - people have been DIYing it in this way for ages. Just ask any kid who scribbled on their sneakers in homeroom. Still, the tutorial was clear, succinct and whimsical. I liked it. As to people hurling accusations of cheating, don't let them bother you. If you watch Threadbangers, you have access to the web. If you have access to the web, you have access to forums and boards on the web. Everyone who participated in this contest is on equal ground in that regard. it's not like one person comes from a big city and can ask thousands of people to vote for them, whereas someone else comes from the backwoods and can ask maybe 10 people to vote for them. Everyone has equal access to the same pool of millions of potential friends. That's how elections work: you go out and ask people to vote for you. How many web shows have you watched where when something like the Webbies comes along, cajole their viewers to go vote for them and to get all the viewer's friends to vote too. And in the end, the final adjudication fell on Rob and Corrine, so that even if someone with a piece of crap entry had managed to get thousands of friends to vote for them, they'd still have to get past R&C. So gratz, LeCoco! Your next video can now show sewing projects with your nifty new sewing machine. I look forward to it.

Thanks to everyone who voted and commented, I really appreciate your support! Thanks to Rob and Corinne for choosing me as the winner, I feel special :)

wow, on her way to 50% of the votes. I feel bad for the others, but it's also great to see a clear winner. I doubt there is cheating here - it would take a room full of monkeys to make so many votes! BTW, love the video. Congratulations.

So, I thought the contest ended on March 5, yet voting polls are still going on. Whats up with that??? As of midnight last night, Veronica should be declared the winner and polls should be closed.

computergenius is right. My brother cheats on polls all the time!

this is an awesome tutorial :) i hope an admin finds out the person or persons who keep leaving pointless negative comments and boots them.

I run 4 message boards with over 6000 members and I sent everyone of them a message to vote for this. Now I would say some of my members haven't voted yet.

well waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Have you two boys ever heard of a message board with friends all over the world???? Thats all it takes, live with it!

When you ask friends on the net to vote as she did, you can get votes just like how it works in the old Clairol Herbal Essences shampoo commercial, "I told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on. That's how I was asked to vote. Now off to email my friends and family and ask them to vote for her too!! (cause I liked her video) :p

Cheating? Hmmm.. I smell sour grapes....

she isn't cheating, she just has lots of friends on the worldwide web!

This person is cheating on votes. I have been checking the poll 3 times a day. It has always been a fight between the Decopage and the Plastic Cup Lamp Shade. Then this person jumps around 400 points within 18 hours!!!! This person is cheating on votes.

I am so making harry potter shoes >.> FANGIRL TEIM!

flipping genius i tell you. You have no officially taken ever cheap ballet flat that i've seen and now i can turn into an adorable shoe that is a one of a kind!!! love love your art work.

This is a great tutorial. The shoes look really cute. Do they get worn out quickly? I would hate to ruin them by wearing them after so much work... I love the stop-motion too.

I love this tutorial!!!! The shoes are so damn cute!!! can't wait to try it one day!! You should totally win the contest!!!!!!

I love your tutorial!!! I'm going to paint my own shoes!!!!! Thank you so much, I hope you win the contest!

How cute! Love it!

Thumbs up!!! Great tutorial!!! Cute music!!! Just delicious for eyes and ears!!!

Very cute! I may do this to some of the extra shoes I have lying around. I love the music, too. ^^

I just did a DIY, inspired by this and another blogger! Thanks! You're a great artist! here it is if you are interested http://prettyprettypirate.blogspot.com/2010/02/painted-ladys.html

OMG I'm so doing that! Can anyone find out how to... nevermind...

Oh my god!! That is a freaking awsome tute! This video was much more interesting than some of the others. The video separates itself and is memorable just because of the technique used. Woot woot!!! I'm rooting for "Painted Shoes"

love love love!! you are really good at drawing

Really good idea ! simple tutorial but really inspiring !! great job !

LOve this tutorial the turned out great!!!

ok this is a super cute idea!

what is this song??

AWW! they are so cute! I loved the tutorial xD

oh my god those are adorable you did amazing i nkow what im doing later thanks so much for the idea

those were so cute.. now i have to do it..

ah yes my favorite :)

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LOVE this episode! Shoes are ADORABLE!! what type of "good lacquer" did you use? spray? paint on? gloss? matte? I did "platform flip-flops" cpl yrs ago but paint cracked after a while. never thought about a lacquer!! and WHERE can I find the music from this band??

This was excellent and has my vote. WOW! And I am excited that a new music group was introduced to me. Thanks!

Awsome work there Coco love! Fabulous outcome! Good luck sweety! Oxoxo

cute

I loved this video: it reminded me of "Amelie" (the music sounds exactrly like the soundtrack) and the style of cinematography is almost the same as that of the opening credits. Great work, and the shoes are very groovy looking,. It's great to see a shoe related tutorial: I don't think there's been one on Threadbanger yet (or I just haven't found it).

I love the music you use and the way you made your tutorial! It is absolutely fun to watch!

i love these shoes !! especially the little sun >w

Loved the stop motion, totally deserve the machine :)

Lovely shoes. For those who would like the music. The band name is Detektivbyrån It's quite good.

Awesome! I love stop-motion animation! The music is really cute too XD Can't wait to try this

you know what would be awesome? I would love to learn how to make sneaker-heels! (ps this is really cute. I love stop-motion animation. : D)

Oh my gosh... she totally deserves a machine for that.

love, love, love it. (:

no way that is the cutest tutorial! i love the music, and the shoes are gorgeous! idk if wearing them in a city like chicago would be smart though i rarely wear my flats it's always so friggin cold here!

so awesome, so awesome! i've done it with not such a great effect.... but this video makes me wanna try again!

awww! my sister used to do this to her converse when the color wore out when we were little ;]

Awesome idea! What items did you use to keep the paint on the shoes and types of paint???

personally, i like the cookie cutters better, but thats just me...

Oh yay, I'm in the top 25, how exciting! In reply to brightdaylight, the paint on my first pair is still in perfect condition, I wore them all spring and summer in all sorts of conditions, on the beach, in the rain... only now they smell. But with a good lacquer they should last a long time.

Cutes!

lovely tutorial! thank you ... do you have any experience so far on how long these shoes stay attractive when in regular use??

I comepletely adored this! Amazing video, great music and the way the paints and brushes moved around the shoe made me laugh. So cute!