This is really cool!  I’m rackin my brains for that perfect gift and here you are with this fabulous idea!  How much do I need to get a customized shoes for my bestfriend?

Al

Springfield IL

Hey there, Al.  Customizing shoes is a great gift idea!  I’m glad you’ve found this site to be helpful.  Anyway, it’s about $50 or so at zazzle.com.  You can add unlimited images and words to the shoes of your choice — either lace up or slip on.  Make sure to get the right shoe size for your bestfriend, otherwise, he won’t be able to use it.

John

Yes, it is possible to create your own footwear!  Store bought shoes often gives you the dissatisfaction that it is not properly designed.  You consider your shoes as one of the primary accessories that you use on a day to day basis.  Creating your own shoes has become a habit that most people do as they want to show something more in the shoes that they have bought.  Certain Internet sites give advises to how to redesign your shoes and create something better to your own satisfaction.  Internet websites offer a wide variety of choices to redesign the shoes that you desire.

First consider the type of shoes that you want to use.  If your are a sporty type then a suggestion to create your own shoes is to go the Nike website and select the customize option.  In there, several choices are given to choose the design of your choice.  Also a suggestion for kids shoes is the Keds.com website where you can go to the Keds Studio option and find and make your own designs through computer graphics.  Another website of a brand that offers graphic pre selections and designs of your choice is the Timberland website.  In this website you can go the custom boots option and choose the style that you want to create.  In there you are allowed to visualize the color and the details of the shoe through visual graphics.

You have options in these websites that allow the customer to make their own designs on the shoe.  This makes them feel that their opinions and wants are being considered by the manufacturing companies that sell these brands.  Openness to the customers makes creating shoes a marketable option where people can be able to buy what they really want and not just what is there to buy.

In deciding to create your own footwear, you are able to make the right choices as to the length and size of you shoes.  This is not as simple as making a dress though because it takes skill and understanding to do so.  To deeply develop the understanding of shoe making, a good research and observation to the shoe making process should be first made.  Take apart an old shoe and understand the concept that was used to build it.  Take note that in building a shoe, an outline has to be made first where the leather can be wrapped around and be based on.  To create this outline that is commonly called a last, you need to have a previous old pair of shoes to place the plaster of Paris in.  Once molded this plaster of Paris becomes the primary mold where you can create your own shoes of other designs and features.

The mold of the Plaster of Paris is then used by fitting a leather or cloth that is to be the cover of the shoes.  Take note of the contours of the cut up leather.  Then sew the back seam to make it form a shoe.  This is the upper part of your shoe.  The leather is then molded again the last and creates a look that is wet.  This is made wet to form it to the last to enable you to sew the bottom tightly with strong thread and let it remain to dry.  A sole is then also cut up with the proportioned size of the shoe.  It is then attached to the leather by strong thread or glue.

Create your own shoes by deciding on the whole design of the shoe.  Take time to decide the pattern of the leather that is to be used.

Create your own shoes by determining the material to be used.  Do not be too excessive in expressing the design.  Start simply at first.  The material should be inexpensive and easily bought.  Why should this be?  If you plan to use a material that is not found in the area near you, it will cost great deal of money and might even be more expensive than the original design of the shoes put together.  Once decided on a material, try to use it to accentuate the current designs of the shoes.  Never take off any designs unless you have properly thought and analyzed it.  The moment you create your own shoes you must be able to use them.  If you are dissatisfied with the outcome, you can not return what you have taken from the shoes.  Returning the shoes to its original design might not give the original effect that it had.

Be elegant in designing and creating your shoes.  Never be too decorative as this will cover up the shoes itself.  Focus on comfort and simplicity as they are the most important thing to consider in footwear.