I use my sheepskin boots for when we go glamping, and in the winter around our property. They are so generic that people make fun of white girls with Starbucks wearing such boots.

I wanted to make mine custom and so when I spotted
these in Costco for $30 I was sold. 

I thought briefly about dying them a crazy color , or painting them wonderful hues. In the end , I was drawn to a tool I had buried deeply in my craft room, a wood burning tool. I read up on it and apparently it will work on leather too.

I looked up henna designs as I’m currently a little obsessed with the art of body painting. Probably because I’m too OCD to have a tattoo , it needs to be temporary , and able to be changed if required or desired.

I had to freehand this design as I couldn’t find a way to transfer my design onto the boot. I used a pen as pencil didn’t show up dark enough. I was nervous.

I heated up the tool and it burned beautiful dark lines into the suede fabric. The smell was a little funky but not horrible.

I’m delighted with the end result.

These boots are now made for walking…in my style!