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lundi 5 août 2013

How To Easily Make Personalized Flip Flops

By Lela Perkins


Having personalized flip flops is a great way to make a statement about your fashion sense without spending a great deal of money. These inexpensive summer shoes can be bought at a variety of different stores at varying prices. When you are buying, you may even want to buy more than one pair so you can practice your designs or simply have more than one pair to choose from when you are ready to go out and show them off to your friends.

While they can be bought made with different materials, it is likely you will find the shoes that have material foot straps are going to being the easiest to work with in this particular case. Once the style and color has been chosen then you just need to think about the materials you will add to you shoe.

The choice is yours when considering what to put on your shoe. The only thing you will want to keep in mind is that the material to be added should be lightweight. Most people prefer to add various different materials such as small ribbons, glitter, beads and embroidery designs. Many crafting materials can be purchased at crafting stores or even discount stores.

After you have chosen materials, think about what kind of design you want to display on your shoes. Some people simply put various different items on their footwear with no particular pattern in mind, while others have a specific vision in mind once they have finished with their footwear. You might want to sit down and draw out a plan of how you envision the shoes when they are completed.

After choosing your decorations, you will want to take the time to consider how to put the decorations on the shoes. Depending on the material being added to the footwear, most people will either glue or sew on their designs. If using glue, a glue gun can be invaluable to help get the job done.

If you do decide to use the glue to decorate your shoes, be sure to only put a small dab on the area where the decorations are to be placed because you do not want glue spilling over and being seen after the project is complete . Once you are finished with your design you will need to allow the glue to harden on the footwear before you wear them to help prevent the decorations from coming off when they are used.

If you have chosen to use a needle and thread to hold you design on remember to use thread that is thick enough to hold the materials yet, not too thick that it would be uncomfortable on your foot. It is also important not to add to many layers of thread, like the glue, you do not want to see the thread too easily when looking down at your feet.

Because the shoes come in so many different sizes personalized flip flops can even be a fabulous project for children to do as well. Do be sure to have a grownup present while the children are working on their shoes to ensure that the children are able to create their shoes safely and that the work being done is age appropriate for each child.




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