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Hi! Welcome to Make Thrift Buy, a show where[br]you send me pictures of clothing that you've

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found on the internet, and I try to recreate[br]them.

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About 2 weeks ago, Jacky Owen sent me this[br]picture of these LED light-up shoes, and challenged

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me to recreate them. And at first, I was totally[br]skeptical - I thought that you would need

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a degree in electrical engineering or at least[br]some basic knowledge of how electronics work

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- which I don't have - to be able to recreate[br]these. But no. No no no! Guess what?

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I then came up with a way of making light[br]up shoes that doesn’t require any knowledge

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of electronics, that should actually be really[br]easy…? I think? I mean - I don't want to

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talk too soon, because I haven't tried it[br]out yet, but I think these are going to work

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really well. So - let's begin!

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I started out by getting myself a pair of[br]shoes.

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And I didn’t own any shoes that were appropriate[br]for this project, but I found these for $10

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at the thrift shop… and gave them a little[br]clean before putting them on my table.

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For this project, I chose shoes that are hi-tops[br]and have a large tongue.

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The first thing I did was to measure around[br]the circumference of the shoes.

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This came out at 25 and a half inches, or[br]65 centimeters, so the lights I get will need

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to be at least this long.

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The next thing I did was to find myself some[br]"LED strip lights".

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These are strips of lights with adhesive backing[br]that you’re actually, apparently, able to

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cut up.[br]Because I don’t really understand how electronics

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work, I made sure to get a set that already[br]had a battery box attached, so I wouldn't

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have to do any connecting of wires.[br]The strip lights are also waterproof, which

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I figured would be a good idea seeing as I[br]want to put them onto shoes.

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Because the lights came in either 50, 100[br]or 150 cm, and the circumference of my shoes

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is 65cm, I chose the 100cm lights. And I got[br]two sets, because I have two shoes.

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So, when the lights arrived, I checked that[br]they worked – each set required 3 double A batteries.

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Awesome!

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They also came with this clicker to let me[br]change modes and colours.

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So now I just have to figure out the best[br]way of getting all of this onto these shoes.

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So the first thing I needed to do was cut[br]the lights down to the right size.

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So I looked this up in HEAPS of places whether[br]or not you could cut these, and all the websites

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I found said yes, you can, but – I’m still[br]terrified about cutting through something with wires in it.

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So… here goes nothing.

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Oh thank goodness, they didn’t explode.[br]But do they still work??

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YESSSSS.

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ALRIGHT! So, on the inside of the shoe, I’m[br]going to super glue the clicker down.

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So I basically just put a bit of super glue[br]on the back, and I held it down onto the shoe

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for a couple of minutes.

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Now, the strip lights also have this adhesive[br]on the back – I just have to peel the backing

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paper off first.[br]I connect the lights back up to the clicker,

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and using both the adhesive on the back of[br]the lights, AND some super glue to make SUPER

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sure that they’ll stay on, I attach the[br]lights all the way around the base of the shoe.

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And once that’s done, I need to figure out[br]what to do with this battery pack.

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I thread it up into the shoe like this, and[br]I think that I’m going to make a pouch for

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the battery pack on the inside of shoe’s[br]tongue.

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So I grab myself some fabric that’s similar[br]to what the shoe is made out of – this is

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just some scrap PVC fabric that I had lying[br]around.

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I draw a rectangle around my battery pack,[br]with about an extra inch on each side and

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cut this out.[br]Now I also don’t want the battery pack to

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be uncomfortable while I’m wearing the shoes,[br]so I’m going to put some batting into the

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inside of the pouch. I used some fabric glue[br]to stick some folded-up batting onto the back

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of the PVC material.

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Then I place this bit of fabric onto the inside[br]of the shoe’s tongue. I use to needle and

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thread to sew it on down the sides like this,[br]and then after making sure that the battery

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actually fits inside, I sew the bottom of[br]the pouch down like this.

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And while sewing, I made sure not to stick[br]my needle all the way through the whole shoe

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tongue – just through this inside layer[br]of fabric, because I don’t want the stitches

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to be visible from the outside of the shoe.

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I then make a little closing for the pouch[br]with another small rectangle of PVC – which

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I attach like this.[br]And then I glue on some Velcro strips so that

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the pouch can open and close like this.[br]Now, I just need to make this wire here a

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little bit less visible.[br]So basically what I do is to cut out another

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strip of black PVC, wrap it around the wire,[br]and glue it down onto the shoe, again using

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my good friend superglue.

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So – do the shoes work?

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[Loud dubstep music]

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[Grocery store sounds and shopping centre[br]music]

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"hmmm, beans..."

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[Loud dubstep music resumes]

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So - my conclusion is a definite: Make![br][scissor snipping sound effect]

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If you want light-up shoes, make these for[br]yourself because it's actually really easy

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and pretty cheap to do.

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[Dubstep music resumes]

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Okay, so I just want to add a little addendum[br]to this video. So I made these shoes about

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a week ago now and, um, I kinda wanted to[br]road test them and see how they lasted. And

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I've worn them a few times and unfortunately,[br]while it's all good around here, the lights

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stopped working here.[br]And I've figured out it's actually because

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of how my foot bends when I walk, it's actually[br]kind of torn the connector between the LED

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lights here, and it's just with this shoe[br]- the other one is still totally fine.

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So, these are actually just too cool, and[br]I need to buy more [lights] and fix this - I

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know how I can fix this but it is going to[br]require me buying more lights. But, if you

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are going to try this out, what I'm going[br]to be doing is just placing this strip of

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lights more strategically around the shoe[br]so that the bit that joins the different LED

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light sections isn't where my foot is going[br]to be bending. OR use shoes like flatforms

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(creepers) whose soles won't bend at all.[br]So I hope that's a helpful tip if you do try

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these out yourself.[br]And if you do try this out then hashtag with

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#diyannika - because I'd absolutely LOVE to[br]see how you go!

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Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed[br]it, and I'll see you all next time. Bye!