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I've played around with hotfix crystals and a setting tool like this one:
http://www.bullarddesigns.com/crystal_sets/lorna_det.htm
It's pretty easy when working on a flat and solid surface! Working on a curvy, not-so-solid surface like your shoes would take a slightly different technique but it should be do-able. If you're interested, it might be worth your while to get a tool and try it out with another pair of shoes...
You wouldn't have any spare shoes lying around, would you?
PS you can get cheaper tools but some of them rely on your placing the crystal in the right spot and then applying pressure with the heated tip. Since the applying pressure part could be tricky with shoes, I think an applicator with variable size tips would be especially useful -- you can pick the stone up with the hot tip of the applicator, the glue melts, and then you place the stone where you want it using the tip of the applicator.
Hopefully someone who's used these things more than I have will chime in and explain in plain English!
http://www.bullarddesigns.com/crystal_sets/lorna_det.htm
It's pretty easy when working on a flat and solid surface! Working on a curvy, not-so-solid surface like your shoes would take a slightly different technique but it should be do-able. If you're interested, it might be worth your while to get a tool and try it out with another pair of shoes...
You wouldn't have any spare shoes lying around, would you?
PS you can get cheaper tools but some of them rely on your placing the crystal in the right spot and then applying pressure with the heated tip. Since the applying pressure part could be tricky with shoes, I think an applicator with variable size tips would be especially useful -- you can pick the stone up with the hot tip of the applicator, the glue melts, and then you place the stone where you want it using the tip of the applicator.
Hopefully someone who's used these things more than I have will chime in and explain in plain English!
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