Design you own Valentino shoes

If you have big money your eyes will already be drawn to a pair of these Valentino Swarovski shoes with a cool price tag that can set you back a smooth £1045.00 and rightly so if you can afford it,
Valentino is a distinguished brand and one of the luxury design houses from Italy, the shoes are made with leather lining and sole from 100% calfskin,

They offer a pointed toe with adjustable leather ankle straps on just under 4" of heel, they are decorated with gold studded detail and swarovski crystals with all the fine Made in Italy quality you would expect from Valentino, they are due for release this Autumn/Winter 2014 collection and can be found at Luisaviaroma for pre-order.

Valentino Swarovski Camouflage Shoes

Crystallized Heels

Pointed Toe

Now if you cannot afford a pair of these cool shoes it is ok, you have the option to create you own pair and this can be done quite easily, all you need to do is find a similar pair of shoes fit for you and at a price that suits your budget, you can find many great deals with online shopping or in your local town during sales, (talking about sales it is sale time right now so take full advantage),
Next you will need some Hotfix Rhinestones, so you can either glue these to your shoes manually or hotfix these using a hotfix tool the choice is yours, we would choose gluing if you are heavy on your feet and hotfixing if you are lighter,

Take a look at the design above as you can see the crystal design creates a camouflage effect, the colour of the crystals used for this are Light Peach, Black Diamond and normal Crystal, these crystals can be purchased for as low as £0.49 per 144 stones at AmourRocks,

Flatback Crystal Rhinestones

Black Diamond Rhinestones

Peach Rhinestones

We would suggest you use a chalk pencil and draw the design upon the shoes, camouflage is so easy to draw so don't worry if you are not a budding artist, you could practice on piece of paper first though if you are unsure,
Once you have drawn the design upon your shoes start applying the crystals, aim to fill each section of the camouflage with one colour, then start the next section with the other colour until your shoes are fully covered and fit for a princess.

Nike Swarovski Basketball is a piece of art

The things you can do with swarovksi crystals is endless, we have seen cars fully crystallized, shoes fully crystallized, dresses fully crystallized etc but never have we seen a basketball fully crystallized until now,

The Nike Swarovski basketball is a piece of art, obviously this basketball could never be used to shoot some hoops in a live game but for a true fan of the game it is a work of art that could shine out upon your side displayed for all to see, it was designed by a team of Nike graphic designers who show cased their original work to which hundreds showed up to see with all proceeds going to charity,

We would estimate it would be near £15,000 to £18,000 for this basketball, perhaps it is the most expensive basketball in the world who knows, but one thing is for sure it is that’s it is pleasing to the eyes.

We like it and are sure NBA fans like it also.

Luxury basketball covered in Swarovski crystals