Paperclip Earings

In my last Show & Share features I featured some paperclip earrings. I was browsing around and found these paperclip earrings and immediately fell in love with them! I dug through my desk and found some paperclips. Grabbed some thread...wish I would have had floss in the color I wanted. Floss would have been way easier, but I wanted to use what I had on hand.

So here's what you need:
2 paperclips
earrings
floss
glue - use liquid stitch or tacky glue

Open all 3 sides of paperclips forming a triangle. Slide earring part onto paperclip.

Glue together ends of paperclip and begin wrapping floss around the
entire paperclip adding a dab of glue every so often.

Once you've covered the entire paperclip begin making the web like earring by wrapping in all different directions. On my next pair I would make sure to wrap long way in the beginning of wrapping. To finish it off I put a dab of glue at the top and wrapped the end around it multiple times.

This was so simple and took very little time to do. I love how they turned out and I'm so excited to wear them! I love earrings and these are so light weight you don't even notice they're there! I have plans to make more so I'll share those when I get them done! Enjoy!

Green to Coral Shoe Makeover

My fabulous sister-in-law is taking our family pictures this weekend. I decided to go with coral, white and tan for our colors. We've always done blacks or browns so I'm excited for some bright new fun colors. I found our outfits easily, but was stuck when it came to finding shoes for myself. I have small feet (size 5) and it's difficult to find shoes that fit that aren't a fortune. If you know me you know that I have love shoes and would say that I have a slight obsession! To accommodate my obsession and thrifty living style I cannot pay more than $30 (if that much) for a pair of shoes...I just can't bring myself to it! So I've been on the lookout for some cute white or coral wedges to go with my outfit and kept coming up with nothing! I've seen a few people that do shoe embellishments, but I decided to do a total shoe makeover. I've been going through my stuff and have a pile of things that need to go to the DI (local thrift store). There on the top of my pile was this pair of green shoes that I got for $5 about five years ago. I loved the shape not necessarily the color, but I still got them. They have hardly been worn and were making their way to the DI until now. Also in my pile was an old swim suit and it had the perfect color of coral lining. Here's how it went.

Before

Sorry I don't have more pictures! I really had no idea what I was doing or if it would even work and I was just going with it.

1. Lay material over the area that will be covered and cut an approximate shape making sure to leave extra to tuck under to glue to the inside. I used modge podge and it worked fabulously!
2. Start at one end putting glue just at the edge. Only put glue on the outside of the shoe when absolutely needed. 
3. When wrapping the fabric to the inside cut little slits so the fabric doesn't bunch up and lays flat.
4. When doing the heal I pealed back the liner (silver) on the inside bottom. Glue the material on and then glue the liner back in place. 
5. Once the entire shoe was done I added the ribbon ruffle. I did a straight stitch with my sewing machine and then gathered the ribbon. Attach to shoe with hot glue or modge podge. Just a little note if you use modge podge you will need cloths pins or bag clips to hold it in place while it dries.

 What do you think? Not bad for some old stuff that was going to the DI right? I absolutely love how they turned out and they will work fabulously for our family pictures! I hope you enjoy! If you have any question please email me or leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you! Also if you haven't clicked on the side to follow me please do! Have a fabulous day!