Rub 'N Buff European Gold Upcycled Ballet Flats DIY

Rub 'N Buff European Gold Upcycled Ballet Flats DIY! Do you ever find a great pair of shoes...but it's not a color you'd wear? Or do you have some shoes in the closet that are pretty worn out?  Or you need a great pair of shoes for a costume...but they need a new color? This is a great upcycled craft for making shoes last longer, work for a costume or be a color you'd wear! Using Rub 'N Buff to transform shoes into gold!  Upcycle old shoes and give them new life using Rub 'N Buff European Gold metallic wax. Great for Halloween costumes, cosplay, or just to add some metallic to your closet. Perfect for a back-to-school refresh! I found these shoes and really liked them...mostly. I love the tooled leather look, I love the shape, I love the fit...but I will never wear this color. I'm like batman, I dress in black.  I needed to change them into a neutral color that I would wear. Yes, gold is neutral. Stacy London taught me that on "What not to wea...

Steampunk Gun Makeover!

 Steampunk Gun Makeover! We turned a cheap plastic pistol into a prop worthy of cosplay! My son had a great idea to make his dad a fun tricked out gun for Christmas.  It was a dollar store type gun. Light weight and really dinky. Dan used Rub 'n Buff and coated it silver and gold.  We used old watch parts and we busted apart an old hard drive too and used  E6000 to glue them all over the gun.  I let the 12 year old do all the design work. These parts still spin too!  We used the telescope and looked at the cogs and parts up close...so cool! They look like big sharp table saw blades!  We had to prop up the gun while parts dried...  It took a few days worth of drying. One side at a time...  Love his tiny little fingers! Did you know he was born like this? When I was holding him as a baby in the hospital, our insurance guy came in and had forms for me to sign. I set baby down between my draped legs and signed the ...

William Hartnell Blue Crystal Signet Ring--1st Day of Doctor Who!

Okay, so I thought it would be fun to do a Doctor Who Day countdown! Like the "12 Days of Christmas"...but for Doctor Who! Come back every day for the newest project! I am posting these now to give you time to do this yourself.   Start on December 13th and make a very geeky someone in your life extremely happy! (if you do...please tell me in the comments--I'll be your best friend!)  On the 1st Day of Doctor Who, my true love gave to me... Blue Crystal Signet Ring--or in our case--Jewelry! William Hartnell--The man who started it all! Notice his Signet ring?  It's blue. There's a bunch of info on the signet ring here . Let's just sum it up by saying it was a large blue crystal that had special abilities! It could supply power to the TARDIS doors and unjam  locks...it made appearances here and there through different incarnations. So of course, this makes our first Doctor Who DIY. The Blue Signet Jewelry! I just so happened to h...