With fall quickly
approaching, I was on the hunt for the perfect ankle boot. Now, last season I
had purchased a couple pairs and hated them! I didn’t have anything against
them personally, I mean they were SO cute and in style! But I absolutely hated
the way they made my bottom half look. You see, the bottom portion of my legs
are the size of toothpicks while the top portion is a little thicker (this is
where I carry most of my weight). So when I wore ankle boots I felt like Danny
DeVito as the Penguin in Batman. I needed an ankle boot that was thicker/wider
around the ankle so that it would even out my proportions and I also wanted a
boot that wasn’t your average, run of the mill.
I searched tirelessly for weeks
but couldn’t find any that jumped out at me until I came across a listing for these
“Gypsy Boots” on Etsy. These boots were literally the raddest looking things I
had ever seen! They were belted, laced, feathered, some even had bullet casings
on them…I knew I had found THE boot! I began searching through “Crooked Halo
Designs” and noticed that you could have the shop owner make a custom pair of
Gypsy Boots according to your style/design specifications. I was down like
Charlie Brown!
I immediately
began messaging Hanna, the shop owner, about purchasing a custom pair and how
exactly to go about it. I liked a few pairs of boots already listed for sale in
her shop but I wanted some that reflected my own unique style. However, I was
really unsure what to even call my style. I feel like I’m all over the place
most of the time and pretty much just like what I like! So this is the
description I sent to Hanna regarding the style I was looking for…
“My style is more
along the lines of vintage Indian maybe? Haha! I love old lace, a lot of
tribal, Native American themed fabric, with a really feminine girly look. I would like either a light or dark
brown boot. The older & scruffier, the better!”
If I was her, I probably
would have rolled my eyes. To me, this style didn’t even make sense and was all
over the place! But, she thought it was great and let me know she would get
started on looking for the pair of perfect boots!
2 days later I
received a couple pairs of boots that Hanna thought I might like and asked me
to take a look…
It was love at
first sight! It only took me a split second to decide on which pair I wanted!
After selecting my
boots, Hanna let me know she would start gathering up accessories for them and
get back to me with more updates! 2 weeks later I got the message I had been
waiting for…I had 4 mock-up designs to choose from.
I had the options
to pull elements I liked from each of them, pick one of them or none of them. Once
I let her know what I liked and didn’t like from each of the styles, she went
to work and began styling them out.
About 45 minutes
later she sent me pics. of my boots from all angles so that I could make 100%
sure everything was how I wanted it before everything got super-duper-never-coming-off
stuck on!
After giving her
the green flag to finish them up, my listing was ready the next day and I got
to feast my eyes upon the finished product! They were PERFECT!!
This was such a fun and exciting experience working
with Hanna at Crooked Halo Designs! She is very professional and has such an
amazing talent to be able to make these perfect little booties out of the lousy
style description I gave her! If you’re the adventurous type like me, I HIGHLY
recommend working with her personally and designing your own perfect pair to
fit your own unique style! The entire process takes around 3-4 weeks, a $75 deposit is required up front and when your boots are finished you are required to pay the remainder of the total price.
Feel free to check out Hanna’s shop on Etsy, Crooked Halo Designs
and click on the ‘Booties’ section to browse through all of her fabulously
unique designs!
xoxo, karabears
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