god forbid something happen to my hands...

Here's the shoes I finished yesterday!  I started experimenting with safety pins, and I really like the effect.

PINK POPPIES, $30

If these weren't a size 5, I would be incredibly tempted to keep them.

PIN-WHEELS, $35

Excuse the horrible blur in this picture...

PIN-FLOWERS, $28

That's all for now!

-LeG

the start of it all...

Hey y'all, I finished three more pairs of shoes tonight, but by the time I finished it was dark outside.  I'll take pics and post them tomorrow! 

I did want to, however, post this picture from my crappy cell-phone camera.  I made these shoes for my ex-boyfriend for Christmas 2007.  He couldn't wear them because one of them had a weird lump within the sole that we could never figure out/remove, but they still looked freaking sweet!

Chi-city's finest...

Kanye and Common.  Well, I'm not sure I'd still consider Kanye to be that respectable anymore.  But I used to like him!  These are made with a three-layer hand cut stencil, which I don't really do anymore, but it's where I started and a technique I may go back to in the future.

That's all for tonight!  A trip down memory lane.

-LeG

finally an update

I've been so busy with school this past week but I've finally found some time to update and post pics of some new shoes!

I would also like to thank my mom's good friend, Susan Flinchum, a recent reader of the blog, for her donation to Black & Lu.  It makes me feel really good about what I'm doing with Hopeline and suicide prevention to have someone like Susan rooting for me!

A note about requests and commissions: I won't be able to take requests until after the November 21st show in Charlottesville.  Any product I turn out before then needs to be devoted to the Artisan market, but don't worry!  I haven't forgotten about the five or six of you who have requested shoes.  I'll let everyone know when I can start filling these orders.  Thanks for understanding y'all.

SHARP BUBBLEGUM, 30$

ROCK CANDY, 30$

LEMON DROPS 30$

COSMOS, 30$

BLUE RIDGE, 35$

-LeG