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Organize your shoes with DIY cheap & easy polaroids.
I've always loved shoe boxes with polaroids on but the film costs soooooooo much these days! Luckily, I've come up with a cheap alternative which looks just as good!

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published 5th August 2010 • See Cat Morley's 1145 projects »

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Step 1
First of all, you need to take nice photos of your shoes against a white background.
Step 2
The photo will end up looking something like this, so opening it in Photoshop or any image editing program and perform some magic on it....
Step 3
First, crank up the levels to make the image really white.
Step 4
Then select all the areas that aren't white and fill them with white.
Step 5
For the next step, you need an image of a polaroid. You can either scan one you already have or use my PDF - download the attachment up top!
Step 6
Create a new layer and paste your polaroid image in to it.
Step 7
Set the polaroid layer to "Multiply" in the settings and your shoes should appear through the little window.
Step 8
Now you need to print these out. The easiest way is to go to a photo printing machine. If you use my template, you can do two polaroids per photo.
Step 9
Cut these out neatly with a pair of scissors.
Step 10
To make the polaroids look even more realistic, gently fold them over to create a slight crease.
Step 11
This gives them a nice curve.
Step 12
Place some double sided sticky tape on the back of your photos.
Step 13
Stick to the front of your shoe box and you'll never forget what's in each box!

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Mamzelle Gribouillee ! · Francestown, New Hampshire, US · 39 projects 18th March 2011

I like it, it's original !

Alias Dani · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 20 projects 24th August 2010

At first, I thought, man....that's gotta be annoying and expensive, but then I saw you weren't using actual polaroids! That is so cute. Sadly, I don't have enough room to save my shoes in the boxes. They're all in one big basket. That is an adorable idea though! I will definitely use the fakie polaroid idea for something else though!