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cowboy boots

I am very proud of these!  I pull them out on special occasions, like when I am dressing as Patsy Cline for the 58 millionth time for Halloween or when I know a lot of artsy folks will be in attendance, such as conventions and such. 

These boots were white.  I needed cowboy boots for the above mentioned costume.  This was before cowboy boots came en vogue and could be purchased at Nordstroms and Payless. So I headed out to Gresham, the east side suburb of Portland.  I first stopped at Culpepper's, but that was a joke.  They had expensive stuff fit for a rodeo queen.  And Patsy was a Honky Tonk Angel, no rodeo queen, everyone knows that.  Plus, I am not rich.  Not yet anyway.  But I digress.  So I headed to Coastal's, which is a ranch/farm feed store.  Low and behold in their clerance department (would I be anywhere else?!?) there was a pair of white womens Durangos for only $30.  This was the lowest price I had seen for boots that were not totally hideous. 

White durangos

I picked them up in a heartbeat.  It wasn't until after Halloween when faced with the knowledge that I would not be wearing these boots anywhere else besides costume parties, that I might want to alter them.  I had originally just thought of painting them a solid color, like Hot Pink.  But I never found any paint or dye suitable for wearable leather.  Then while working at Collage, I realized that we carried a paint called Lumiere by Jacquard that would totally do the trick!  So I sat down in front of my TV and while watching Adam & Steve on DVD, I painted up my boots.  Was I nervous?  A little.  But when I thought about it, I had not worn the boots for two years because they were so plain and drab.  So what did I have to lose? 

You will notice that within this collection, there are little boot earings.  I saw these charms at Collage that were just plain silver.  Since I already had the paint, I just did a miniature version of the boots and attached earing hooks via jump rings to the charms.  Voila, I have matching earings and boots! 

Cowboy boot earings

Basically, what can be learned from this project is, never settle!  If something does not totally satisfy you, MAKE it satisfy you!  *I am talking about crafts namely.  Not human relationships!*

Mama and baby boots