Swarovski Stilettos - By Verity Vale

Step 3 Start Stoning Heels:

Prepare your work area, lay the flat back stones out face up on a plate rather than on the table so they are easy to move or tidy.

I use a cocktail stick as a tool with a small piece of white tack wrapped around the end to lift the stones and have a few ready for later, as the glue after a while will make it less tacky.
I also have a few cosmetic cotton buds (the pointy end ones or trim a normal one to a small point) ready to mop up any excess glue that leaks from under the stone.

Then get comfortable, as sticking these little suckers on takes hours, it takes me around ten hours to do one shoe!

Heels: I
Tend to start on the heel first at the base and work around and up the heel from the inside to the outer edge as I get further up. First one line around and then another on top to build up the layers.

I pick up a stone on the end of my stick on the shiney side,squeeze a small dot of glue on the back and gently tap it in place.
A small amount of glue around the base of the crystal I normally leave as it dries clear and helps give extra stick to the stone as its on a shoe and needs to be stable because of wear.

Too much excess glue and it can be wiped away with a damp cotton bud.
The small gaps at the edges can be filled with smaller flat backed stones to make it look neater.

I tend to do a few lines of stones on one shoe and then do a few lines on the other, just so they match in the end.
I found after doing one complete shoe for hours, its harder to remember where you started the first time with the other shoe and more difficult to get them to look even as an end result.