Last week we were invited to attend a Summer Sandal workshop to learn how to make a pair of shoes. The obvious benefit here was that we got to design our own shoes and then leave the workshop with them on our feet!

The workshop is run by Amanda at I CAN make shoes who is a freelance shoe designer & shoe maker and wanted to demystify the process of shoe making and show everyone that they can make their own shoes.

The first step was to design what we wanted to make – what leather we wanted to use and trace our feet.

 

 

The second step was to build the sole of the shoe so that we could actually walk on them.

The third step was to make a pattern for the shoe using our feet!

And then came the fun part – putting it all together!

 

My favourite part was decorating the shoes & I loved these gold skulls!

 

And finally we have a pair of summer sandals!

As we skipped out of the studio in East London we were so happy – not only had we made a pair of shoes but we now had a new pair to show off to our friends. Thanks Amanda!

To make a pair of summer sandals at a workshop, or to join a 3 day workshop to make any shoe you like with Amanda at I CAN make shoes, you can visit her website at www.icanmakeshoes.com   to see available dates left to join in.

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Don’t forget that you can change the colour of your sole and save it with Save Your Sole.

You can buy our designer repair shoe soles in red, cream, black, blue,brown, grey and white today at www.saveyoursole.co.uk

When people first hear about Save Your Sole they always ask how it works. It is simple.

Most designer shoes are made with a leather sole that is then painted with different colours to give a shiny finish to the bottom of the shoe. What they don’t tell you when you are in the shop trying to figure out which pair you love the most is that as soon as you leave the shop and put the shoes on your feet, the pretty colour starts to peel off the bottom of the shoes – almost instantly.

Really? Yes really. And just to prove our point here are a new pair of Christian Louboutin shoes and a beautiful picture of some red soles – before they had hit the street.

 And after just one outing they looked like this!

A sad state of affairs when you have spent so much money to get that perfect pair of shoes. Which is how we started. To make it easy for everyone who has been in this situation you can now buy the designer coloured rubber soles from Save Your Sole online to match the colour of your designer soles and they are shipped worldwide on the same day they are ordered.

All you need to do is take them to your favourite shoe repairer and like magic they look as new as the day you bought them.

Our designer colour rubber shoe soles are the perfect colour match.

They are so thin that at 1.0mm you can hardly even see them on your shoe, will help you grip the ground when you are walking in those impossibly high heels and will perfectly match the colour of your shoe sole. And they are the perfect solution to your sole problem.

Buy online today at www.saveyoursole.com

Save Your Sole – Saving the soles of designer shoes everywhere!

We have been to a few festivals this summer but a definite highlight was Pink performing at the Isle of Wight festival. She is an amazing performer & her acrobatic performance is something that you cannot fail to be impressed by.

We did smile though as she spun around as we caught a quick glimpse of her shoe soles & wanted to give her a pair of ‘cream’ Save Your Sole soles to protect the soles of her shoes & keep the colour the same whilst she is showing the world!

If you have cream soles that are looking a bit worse for wear, please buy our cream rubber soles online today (available in 7 different colours) and have your favourite shoe man put them on your shoes. Buy today at http://www.saveyoursole.co.uk

A few months’ ago we were walking the streets of Notting Hill – window shopping of course – when we came across this great shoe store at the end of Portobello Road.

 

The shoes are stunning but it was the yellow sole that caught our attention!

Not only do they have a great range to choose from (we felt like we were in shoe heaven) but if you want something a bit different you can choose a design and they will custom make a pair with the leather of your choice. There are so many colours to choose from the question is which one to choose?

The store is run by Alex (who was actually making a pair of shoes by hand when we walked into the store) and he is more than happy to help any shoe lover with trying on all of the shoes in the collection.

We love supporting our local shoemakers – especially when the shoes are made with such care and such attention to detail (and the staff are so helpful!) and T&F Slack Shoemakers are definitely a brand that we support!

We love the yellow soles that make these shoes different & unique. We also love that they will make you the shoes that what you want! It is every girls’ dream.

 

To view the entire collection of shoes for this season please visit www.tandfslackshoemakers.com or visit them at 32B St Lawrence Terrace, Off Golborne Road, London W10 5SX (it’s just off Portobello Road)

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Don’t forget that Save Your Sole now sell coloured rubber soles to match the sole of your designer shoe in 7 colours!

Buy today at www.saveyoursole.co.uk with next day delivery

Over the past few months we have had a lot of our customers sending us links to every type of website that has anything to do with shoes. We have really appreciated all of the ‘hot tips’ and some have been really interesting and have definitely spiked our interest.

One of the great sites that has every shoe accessory (except our soles!) to make your shoes easier to walk in is Viva La Diva. They have every type of gel pad you can imagine to make your feet happy. They also have a range of shoes boxes & shoe trees to keep your shoes in shape and looking good.  And hopefully soon they will be stocking our soles!

Right now they are offering 10% off your entire first order – we will be ordering some treats for our feet today! Just click on

PS. Don’t forget to show your shoes some love with our coloured shoe soles at www.saveyoursole.co.uk

We love this – you can do it as you laze about admiring your new summer shoes!

Space To Be is a new way of creating your own space to be whatever you choose every day. Whatever type of down time you need in your busy day – you can now find it. They have three great hypnotherapy downloads – the Ultimate Unwind, Hey Gorgeous & Single and Fabulous which you can download instantly from their site and listen to every day to get you through the long summer days.

We love ‘Hey Gorgeous’ as our space to be this summer. You can download this now by clicking on this link http://www.spacetobe.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=heygorgeous

To buy you own Space to Be or for more information please visit www.spacetobe.co.uk and download your ‘Space to Be’ in minutes!_________________________________________________________________________________

Save Your Sole sells protective shoe soles in a range of summer colours (especially red) for the bottom of your designer shoes!

Please save your sole today at www.saveyoursole.co.uk 

Yesterday we spent the most amazing day with Amanda Luisa from I CAN make shoes. Amanda Luisa is a freelance shoe designer who has been making shoes for high profile clients in both Australia and the UK and now wants to demystify the process and teach everyone how to make shoes.

She is holding 3 day workshops in her studio in East London and teaching you how to make your own shoes – and the best part is you get to design them, pick the materials that you want to make them with and you leave the workshop with a new pair of shoes that are custom made by you. We love the grey heels that have been made out of arms cut out of a woollen jumper – very cool!

The workshops have been in high demand since they launched so if you would love to make a pair of your own custom made shoes (with the help of an amazing shoe designer) contact Amanda Luisa now at info@icanmakeshoes.com for workshop dates & prices.

For more information you can follow ICANmakeshoes on

• Twitter at www.twitter.com/ICANmakeshoes or
• Facebook and watch what people are making now at www.facebook.com/ICANmakeshoes or
• Read the blog at www.amandaluisa.com for lots of photos of amazing shoes!

 Join a workshop today and make your own pair of shoes at

www.icanmakeshoes.com

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 Once you have made your own pair of shoes you can resole them with one of six colours (red,blue,black,cream,white,grey & brown) from the range of designer soles for designer shoes at Save Your Sole

www.saveyoursole.co.uk

 

We love when we meet people who love shoes as much as we do (and are also running a business that is all about inspiring women to achieve their dreams) and yesterday we met Nadia & Susie from More To Life Than Shoes.

They believe that there is ‘more to life than shoes’ and their mission is to create a new type of network of groups of women across the UK who meet up once a month to discuss their goals & aspirations for life and then talk with the group to get the support they need to achieve them.

It’s not about high power networking in power suits – it’s for all those people with a dream who are a bit unsure as to how to achieve it! For the current groups their discussions range from how to finally take the step to step up your own business to organising to sky dive which had been a wish for one member for 10 years.

To learn if there is More To Life Than Shoes and join a group near you today you can follow Nadia & Susie on

– Twitter at www.twitter.com/morethanshoes or

– Join them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages#!/pages/More-To-Life-Than-Shoes/153459114213

www.moretolifethanshoes.com

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And don’t forget if you want to show your shoes some love this summer please resole them before you wear them – find your sole mate for your shoe with Save Your Sole

www.saveyoursole.co.uk

Designer shoe soles for Designer Shoes

 

 

After what seems like a year of window shopping – last week we were lucky enough to get our hands’ on a new pair of Nude Peep Toe Claude Louboutin heels. The last pair in our size at Selfridges and just in time for the start of the UK summer.

 

But before we wear them out onto the streets of London we will be making a quick visit to our friendly cobbler to have our red rubber soles fitted to the shoes – we want to make sure that we save our sole before we ruin them!

So to celebrate at Save Your Sole we are giving away a pair of Red 1.8mm Vibram® rubber designer soles to one lucky person this week so that you can save your sole as well! Not to mention protecting the colour of your shoe sole, giving your shoe something to grip onto the ground with and prolonging the life of your investment.

All you have to do is subscribe to our blog, tweet about our soles, follow us on Twitter or join us on Facebook and you will be entered into the draw to win!

Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/saveyoursole

Join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=154782985753&ref=ts

Subscribe to our blog at www.saveyoursole.wordpress.com

The lucky winner will be drawn on Friday afternoon – good luck everyone!

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You can buy red rubber soles right now to protect your designer shoes at

http://www.saveyoursole.co.uk/thedesignersole/range/1/

We deliver worldwide with soles sent on the same day as you order!

Email us at helpme@saveyoursole.co.uk for further information

On our shoe shopping journey’s we have come across a number of shoe repairers (who seems to also be comedians waiting to get their big break!) who have come up with some great store names. We think this one is Australia is quite clever. We have seen so many shoes that need recovering I think that this is a great place to send them.

This pair went to shoe rehab with Save Your Sole – think you could say that they have definitely been ‘recovered’ with our Vibram soles!

Make sure that you always look after your designer shoes and resole them when they start to wear away. There is nothing worse than a stunning pair of shoes with a dirty old sole.

www.saveyoursole.co.uk

Buy red rubber Vibram soles to resole your red soled shoes now from Save Your Sole