Pretty Things

 Getting good feedback so far on the draft I sent out. I'm not making any more solid promises on deadline until I get word it's good enough for everyone else, so it shouldn't be long but I'm not going to say how much longer anymore.

With the hockey lockout I had a lot of free time in the evening during the dead of winter. I could have been writing but sometimes my attention spans flits about so I decided to try something I had seen on Etsy but couldn't justify spending $100 on- Captain America shoes.

Cap is my favorite superhero. I have many things about my workspace with his shield logo but I wanted something a little more personalized and girly. Thus came about my decoupaged shoes. I checked out some comics from the library, scanned them, re-sized them, printed them out and glued the whole thing over half a dozen times and added some ribbon. The shoes I got at the thrift shop and the ribbon and Mod Podge were my only real expenses so they ended up being about $25.

Then last month I watched The Hollow Crown with Tom Hiddleston and that rekindled my love of Henry V. I still remember watching Kenneth Branagh's version with a friend and pausing the tape (yeah, I'm old) to figure out the plot. I was already in love with words and that film began my Shakespeare appreciation. These cost me a little more because even though I used a copy of the play I got for a quarter at the library and $15 shoes, though new this time, I spent a little more on the ribbons and the charms at the buckles but still less than $40.

Since that viewing kind of hooked me on Hiddleston, my next pair is going to be Thor and Loki. Glitter Mod Podge on black patent leather heels looks incredibly spacey, but I have to refill my toner before I complete those.