DIY Stringing My Purple Flip Flops

Welcome to the second blog on stringing flip flops. These are the ones I am stringing today. As you can see today I am stringing a pair of purple leopard print flip flops with ivory puff ball ribbon.

You'll need a pair of flip flops, 12 - 18 inches of satin cording and a yard of the puff ball ribbon. 

 Step One: Cut off the plastic piece that goes over the foot. This leaves the three holes in the shoe for your ribbon and cording to be strung.

 Step Two: Cut the 18" cording in half. Each shoe will need 9". Then fold the 9" in half and knot the cording where you feel it will fit between your toes the best. You may need to adjust this later depending on where it feels comfortable between your toes.

 Step Three: Push the satin cording up through the bottom of the shoe so the loop is on top. This will be used between your toes and to hold the side puff ball ribbon in place. Run the puff ball ribbon through the toe loop.

 Step Four:  Then push each end of the puff ball ribbon through the side holes on each side of the shoe.

 Step Five: Place flip flop on your foot and pull the puff ball ribbon through the holes on the bottom until the shoe has a comfortable fit on your foot. This is were you may want to adjust the toe loop for a better fit.

 Step Six: Once you have the ribbon where you want it, place pins in the ribbon. Remove flip flop from foot.

 Step Seven: Pull the ribbon all the way through the holes to the back so you have enough room to knot it. Make a knot as close as you can to the pins.

 Step Eight: Pull the ribbon back through to the holes to the top of the flip flop. The knots should slide into the holes previously made for the plastic piece. Carefully place glue underneath the knot to insure it doesn't pull out of the hole. Be careful not to use a lot of glue as it will come out of the hole on the top part of the shoe and make the ribbon hard against the foot.

Here is the completed newly string flip flop. Now do the other one to match. =)

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DIY Flip Flopping My Flip Flops

Flips flops are a dollar store find this year. I saw a woman restring her flip flops and thought "What a GREAT idea!" DIY my own pair! The plastic piece in between my toes always causes me pain and scratches my skin raw when I walk. Usually they become uncomfortable after a few hours of wear.
 I was in the dollar store the other day and bought almost a pair of every color they have. I think I left only the orange color on the wall. 

This set I used 6 strands of shiny satin cording. I measured it up against the plastic piece on the shoe and added 5"- 6" for braiding and knotting. I braided the front part that fits through your toes with three sets of two strands each. Total 6 strands.

 

After I got the braiding as long as I wanted in between the toes, I separated my 6 strands out into two sets of three strands each side. Then braided out the sides with 3 strands each. Then I threaded the braided strands through the side holes to the bottom of the sandals. I fitted the scandals to my feet. I knotted the strands and pushed them up into the holes.

They are knotted at the bottom of the sandals.
The knots fit into the holes where the plastic pieces use to be so you don't feel the knots when you walk.

These are much more comfy on my feet now. They don't scratch or rub my skin off. I can wear them all day if I want and don't even notice them.

I wish I had taken pictures while I was doing it but I wasn't really sure it would work. Well, I have a few more sandals to work on and I will definitely take pictures of those in the process. ;-)

Meow! My lovely's and be playful!

Tropical Swim Suit

This is a fun tropical looking swim suit. It has multiple tiers of ruffles and a key hole in the front. It is a halter top that ties up around the neck from center front. I love how the fuchsia, green and teal colors of the flowers and plants stand out against the white background.

I found this fuchsia lace bathing skirt to wear with it. It has the bikini bottoms with a lace overlay.

I bought the black bathing skirt to wear with my other lace swim suit but I can wear it with this top too. I don't know if I like the fuchsia or the black skirt with this top better.

Here is the lace bathing skirt that I bought for my black lace swim suit top. It also has the bikini bottoms under the lace overlay.

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