I got to thinking.....

Which is a little dangerous, right? :)

I thought, could my little doll shoe tutorial be transformed

into a sweet ELF shoe???

I just had to find out!

I printed out the pattern again,

yes, I'm a goob and had to print out my own tutorial!

Then I altered the pattern so it would have a pointed toe

rather than a rounded one. Plus I made the sole of the shoe

pointed as well. I thought one of these would make a precious

Christmas tree ornament!!

Here's what happened :)

I just love it!!!

I used a beautiful upholstery damask for the fabric,

and had purchased some trim with teeny, tiny bells...

I knew one would be perfect on the toe!

My precious friend Deborah at Confessions of a Junkyard Cat

sent me this wonderful trim a while ago

I glued it around the top for the cuff ~

I love to buy scraps of suede at Hobby Lobby and the thinness of the suede

makes it perfect to use as a sole for the elf shoe.

A length of seam binding glued to the heel and

of course I had to dampen it and scrunch!

Perfect to use to hang on the tree....

OH, the sweet adornment in the front of the elf shoe?

Believe it or not, it's an upholstery tack with the back

cut off with a wire cutter!!! I just glued it on with Fabri-tac ~

I really should be their spokesperson you know,

I'm in love with the stuff!!

I sliced about ten thin strips of sheet music
with my paper slicer thing and then accordian folded it ~
perfect stuffing to go inside the elf shoe.

 

What a sweet adornment on a gift then the recipient

can hang it on their tree!

It feels so good to make something....

I believe we as human beings crave creating....don't you?

Just as our own Creator has.

Have a beautiful Tuesday my sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn