Custom Wedding Shoes

I custom designed the images on these shoes specifically for the bride they were made for and the particular details of their relationship/wedding.

Here, the "Claddagh" image reflects a special tattoo she has as well as a ring she always wears. I added a Celtic knot in the heart. The flowers are exactly what her bouquet was comprised of (Calla lillies, circus roses, and hydrangeas).

I tried to make the shoes so much more than a pretty pair of wedding shoes. I wanted to commemorate the event by making a keepsake.  

I painted the bride and groom's last names and the wedding date and location here in a scrolly font, and proposal/honeymoon details (see the close-up views for more).

I designed the inside panels based on the groom's proposal and their honeymoon. The groom proposed on a ski trip at a favorite vacation spot for the two, Park City, Utah. I researched the place and used actual images of the view there to create this image with them in the foreground.  On the other shoe I created a "honeymoon" image of them using actual images of Kauai Beach, where they were going.

(A side note: the proposal image has their footsteps leading toward each other, and the honeymoon has them walking together, side by side.) 

I designed the outside panels with the location and date of the wedding and from photographs I requested of her dress and their rings. Her dress was beautifully simple with two crystal snowflake-like brooches at the collarbones, which I reflected on the left shoe and their custom-made rings, which I intertwined on the right. 

Here is a close-up of the names and other text. I added shadow to the letters to make them a bit more interesting than just plain writing. The shoes went from being pretty to being heirlooms by simply adding these personal touches.