Decoupage on Shoes?

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Hello fellow crafters!

I have this pair of purple shoes that unfortunately bore me to death. I had this great idea to decoupage pages torn from an old 60's smut sci-fi book (I have a pile of them laying around...don't ask) and then seal them. However, when I started layering it using Modge Podge, the dry effect was crumply and uneven. Is there a better way to do this? Or if not, how would I go about perhaps putting fabric over them?

So it's not just empty words:

Here are the shoes, pre-decoupage:



Some fascinators I did for San Diego Comi-Con:







Here is a knitting needle/crochet hook roll I did for a friend. The inside:



Folded over:



All rolled up (there is a ribbon to tie it, just not sewn on yet):



A laptop bag I did for my Macbook. It's padded!



Look! The inside has polka-dots!



And finally, an ipod case to match: