At the beginning of the year while my roommate and I were surfing online, I stumbled upon these adorable shoes. I didn’t get them because I didn’t need them and I don’t usually spend that much on shoes (I’ve also never bought shoes online before).

When I finally decided on cosplaying as Sophie I re-found the same shoes, completely on accident. ;p I ordered the color “begie.” Even though the brown shoes would be a better match to Sophie’s I decided to go with the lighter ones because I knew I’d wear them more often after the cosplay.

Only thing is when I received them the color was much different from the pair online. :o They were almost white instead of the dirty tan in the original photo. I really didn’t like the white so I decided to dye them, using a mixture of black and brown acrylic paint and water. It was enough water so that the mixture stained the canvas rather than covering it.

And here’s the result. :D The boot on the left in the photo is the stained one and the boot on the right is the original. The color is much more even now that it’s dried, it’s still a little wet in the photo. I’m really happy with how it turned out! c: