Bookish Shoes!

I’m officially on vacation for the coming week — no work, no tutoring — and I’m basically filling the week with all the things I don’t have time for during the work week, including blogging.

Ajie, my very talented FFP ‘seezter’ (you may have seen her work here and here) has been running a successful arts and crafts business for some time now, and she does customized sneakers (among other things). I finally found a plain white pair of sneakers I liked, so I decided to get Ajie to do them (those are her preliminary sketches above).

Ajie’s done shoes for a bunch of Flippers already:

(Clockwise: Joko’s, Mike’s, Cecille’s and Marie’s shoes)

Ajie asked me what I wanted, and she captured it to a T — which I bet was pretty challenging, given the structure of the shoe I chose (and the size of my feet)!

Here are some work in progress photos:

(all photos above courtesy of Arts & Crafts by Ajie)

I finally got the finished pair this weekend and I’m super happy with the work Ajie has done.

In fact, I already wore them to mass. Tadaaah!

And look — glitters!

Squee, I love it! Thanks, seez!

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You can reach Ajie via her Facebook Page: Arts and Crafts by Ajie.