cute Flip Floppers

Well, after much to do about pictures for this project I have gotten them all taken and we are ready to go. Did you get some cute flips?



What kind did you find? Remember you can buy stuff on sale to keep for gifts. I like the ones with a slight rise in the heel. It makes me feel a bit dressy, wearable in all occasions. They will carry you a bit farther, say like out to

dinner, or a show or out on the Casino floor. But come to think about it... any thing you wear on a Casino floor is ok with the management especially if you loose your money on the slots. But that is another thought altogether.

Ok on with the flips. Cut your ribbon to about a yard or so, I measure ribbon by running the ribbon from my nose to the end of my arm, to my figure tips. As my best friend says she has a short arm so she adds more ribbon to that measurement.

Next check the ribbon to determine what side is the front. The ribbon I choose doesn't require to any further inspection, this fabulous purple ribbon is 1 1/2 wide, however, I did buy some gold ribbon that was 2 1/2" wide, this width didn't make a good flower for these shoes, so I turned it into a flower for your hair or to fit it on a hat. I like the 1 1/2" wide.

Hold the ribbon facing you, making a mental note of, what would you like to be the top and the bottom of the flower. On the top edge, hold the wire on both ends of the ribbon, start to gather the ribbon towards the center, (NOTE don't let the wire slip past the end of the ribbon, it is impossible to regather the ribbon).




Now roll the ribbon from one end to the other placing the wire down in the center of the flower, you will need the wire later, DON'T CUT IT OFF AT THIS POINT. The ribbon should start to look like a flower.

You can now thread your wire through a needle and run the wire through the flower and draw the wire up tight so the gathering is held in place. I like to put an "X" in the bottom of the flower. (hide the ends of the ribbon within the flower, you can tuck the outer end of the ribbon under the flower and you have a flower for your flip.

Since your flip at the toe junction is made out of fabric you can thread your needle again... wire your flower to the toe junction or you can hot glue it to the toe. I found some pink heart glams and hot glued them to the center of the flower, and put some cute hearts on the size of the flips. Oh of course I cut off the remaining wire from the bottom of the flower.

I did another flip that I found at Ross's but once again the gold flower wasn't the size I like so I put together some curly ribbon wired together with our wire we got from Home Depot. The recipe the curly flips is take about 6 hanks of 2 1/2 inches of curly stuff wrap in the middle your wire, then repeat the process again so you have 2 groups of ribbons I wrapped the two groups together..then hot glued it to the toe center junction. I really liked that look. What do you think?