Shoe clips are great for dressing up a pair of shoes. They allow you to inexpensively change the look of shoes you already own (which is very "make do and mend"). You could also customize a pair of shoe clips to exactly match a special outfit. You can buy blank shoe clips to decorate (Etsy has sellers that carry them), but here is another alternative. This has to be one of the easiest tutorials I have ever done...
You will need:
A large pair of clip-on earrings
Some ribbon
A glue gun
Step 1) Glue a small loop of ribbon to the inside centre back of your clips.
And you're done. See? I told you it was easy.
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| Before: Cute but a little plain |
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After: The clips really jazz up the shoes. They also allow them to be worn with both
cool and warm brown tones (rather than just cool brown tones). |
I love this idea! I often see the prettiest clip ons but they are so big they'd look silly on my ears. Next time, I'll have to grab them and make shoe clips. I'm having a giveaway on my blog for vintage shoe clips. Come on over!! :) x
ReplyDeleteVery good idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post! :))
xx
Pippy
Thanks, this a a great use for clip ons, I see them at jumble sales, don't really wear earrings so pass them by. Shoe clips! Ideal use for them!
ReplyDeleteI suppose you could make designs from scratch and get the earring backs from a craft supplier? (I don't know why I am making things harder for myself, that's very me!! Doh!).
@Perdita: You can buy actual shoe clip backs from some places. I've seen them for sale on Etsy before, and some craft stores might carry them as well. They might secure a little better than earring clip backs.
ReplyDeleteLove it! I have shoe clip supplies but kinda fell off and haven't made any..this is super easy and inspirational :D
ReplyDeleteLove the color of these clips!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and clever! xoxo
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