Love under the stars

This style was a replica of my original pair, only it was on grey TOMS, set at nighttime, and was on a smaller canvas (the shoe size was a lot smaller!)

The Phantom of the Opera?

I was very surprised when an elementary school girl came up to me and asked if I could decorate her red TOMS "Phantom of the Opera" style. Who knew kids still watched the classics? :)

The red rose was my favorite part to draw on the shoe... the mask definitely was a pain. But it all worked out in the end!

I apologize for the shockingly red color in all the photos... I overexposed the images on accident. hahaha oops!

Grey trees

A simple design of a tree with black sharpie on grey canvas TOMS. I was inspired by the cool, whimsical look of Urban Outfitters that day...

The girl I decorated these TOMS for is named Mikyla-- hence the name written on the side of the shoe. :)

How it all began...

A lot of people ask me how I started drawing on shoes. Well, it all started about a year ago in the month of May. I attended a TOMS "Heart & Soul" festival with my friends at a sister church. There was music, food, and of course, shoe decorating! The church announced that whoever decorated the most creative-looking shoe would win a giant prize! I decided to enter the contest, and decorated a pair of white TOMS. On the TOMS I drew a boy and a girl sitting in a field playing "he/she loves me, he/she loves me not." Soon enough, I discovered that many people liked my shoes! I ended up winning the prize that day, and from then on, whenever I wear my winning pair, people become inspired and ask me to decorate their shoes. It's such a relaxing pastime and I enjoy every second of it!

Here are some recent pictures I took of my original decorated TOMS (sorry, they're a little old & dirty now...):

As you probably have noticed, I got a little lazy with the coloring-- especially in the lines! But I learned to be more careful hahaha :)