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Samantha
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Dead Shoe Revival by Samantha

November 4th, 2010 6:52 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Take a pair of shoes; artify them. Tie the laces together and throw them over a telephone line (or otherwise install them in public).

Holy flying guacamole batman!!! It's been nearly six months since i've done any sf0-ing!

(said in a low gravely voice) well then I think it's about time you get your butt out there and task.

And upon taking this sage advice from the wonderous flying weasel, I can now present to you, "The Dead Shoe Revival" (yay!)


I don't know what it is, but I have a very hard time letting go of my old shoes. I suppose it's all of the miles i've walked in them, all of the places we've seen together. It's odd, because once my shoes get so beat up that I can see my socks through the holes, I always go out, buy new shoes, and just store my ratty old shoes in the back of my closet.

I've recently moved, and I found a bag of six shoes that are unwearable that had been shoved into a deep crevasse in my old closet.

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I had these shoes in high school.

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I learned how to play golf wearing these shoes

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I had to wear these godawful shoes for work. They practically started dissolving, and my boss said i needed new shoes.
( I told him I'd get new shoes as soon as I had more cash)

I decided that in order to finally seperate myself from these old shoes, I would decorate them, and install them for everyone to see in a public place
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I decided to go with a wizard of oz kind of theme, and make them red, and their path yellow.

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so I added some red racing stripes here and there to spruce them up a bit, then went to search for just the place to put them.

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I once discovered that if you drive far enough south of my grandma's house, you'll find a big ol' river, with a freeway bridge stretching over it.

many people like to hike around here, and old walking paths were established. It was one particular path I chose to become the yellow brick road for my shoes to tread upon.

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I used chalk to draw up some wonky bricks for the yellow "road"

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So now anyone who happens to walk along this trail will be able to enjoy and be mystified by the trail of trotting shoes.

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Calling card

Calling card

ever important


Black and white shoes

Black and white shoes

I had these all the way back in high school.


holes by my toes

holes by my toes

They were TERRIBLE at keeping out rainwater, or any kind of moisture for that matter. Step in a single puddle and my socks were soaked.


Tan shoes with white laces

Tan shoes with white laces

I learned how to play golf in these shoes. These shoes came with tan laces, but i had to replace them when the originals tore.


coming apart at the seams

coming apart at the seams

The manufacturing must have been poor though, because the seams would unravel like crazy.


chewed heels

chewed heels

These shoes also suffered through a puppy teething stage, and the heels took quite a beating.


My damned old work shoes

My damned old work shoes

They WERE black, and whole at one point, but no more. These shoes were made by the freaking devil; poorly make, and uncomfortable as hell. I'm glad to be rid of these.


spruce 'em up!

spruce 'em up!

some lovely ruby red paint for decorating


all done

all done

woo! If they weren't all broken, I might just have worn them again!


totes chique

totes chique

just look at those sexy lines


Follow the path on the right

Follow the path on the right

The irony of the strewn yellow leaves along my "road" is not lost on me.


LITTER

LITTER

"can" not have this. (boy that was a terrible pun)


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This is where to find it, if you ever look.


all in a row

all in a row

Where are they going?


OMG CHALK

OMG CHALK

a taskers best friend


Drawing up the bricks

Drawing up the bricks

freestyle is the only way to go.


messages left behind

messages left behind

"FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD"


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Wave to the barge driver. Or dive down into the foliage to avoid detection, whichever works.


the whole setup

the whole setup

you'll notice that I still left plenty of room for hikers to pass by.



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posted by rongo rongo on November 5th, 2010 9:11 AM

I know what you mean about not throwing away old shoes. Art is a good thing to do with them.

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posted by Kate Saturday on November 9th, 2010 7:57 PM

those shoes are spruce like a puce moose!