DIY Summer Sandals

In the summer, I have an obsession with open toe pumps, flip flops, sandals and WEDGES!!!  LOOOOVE THEM ALL. Besides laying out in the sun by the pool, I think these are my favorite part of summer.  This is what I made....

Don't mind my nail polish...I am waiting one more week before I get them done for my brothers wedding. :-)

Here is the reason why I decided to make them.....

Brody and I went to the mall one day last month in Cape.  I walked into this store and on the table was the most adorable pair of sandals. They were adorable.  I picked them up and when I looked at the price tag, I dropped them....NO LIE!  I could not believe they wanted $39.00 for these cute sandals.

I put them back on table and continued to shop around the store.  I couldn't stop thinking about these cute sandals as I shopped.  I decided to go back and look at them.  As I looked at them I was trying to figure out why they were so high. I finally decided I can make these for half the price!  So I took a picture of them and went to Hobby Lobby. HA!  They all know me and Brody by name in there.  I bought a spool of black and white zebra ribbon.  They didn't have black and white cheetah ribbon.  It was $4.99 for the spool, but was 50% off so I paid $2.50.  I then went and bought 2 packs of black iron on rhinestones.  They were 2.99 a pack.  The sandals were plain black and I bought them at wet seal for $6.99.  I got 10% off of them.  The pair in the above picture are silver sandals but I wanted black.  Wet Seal had silver but if you know me then you know I love black.  All together these sandals cost me approx. $15.50.  How cool is that?  That store was charging more than double for the same thing.  I am very pleased with them and got to wear them last night.  Josh had an appointment to show one of his apartments so we decided to drive to Marion since we don't make it there very often.  We went to Walt's Pizza.  YUMMY!!!  We sat outside on the covered patio...B E A U T I F U L !!!!  Josh's mom watched Brody.  He also took me to Chill over by Shoe Carnival in Carbondale.  That place is a gold mine.  I still like Dairy Queen for the price we had to pay at Chill. YIKES! :-(

I just love looking at them and knowing in my head that I didn't spend $39.00 makes me smile even bigger!!! YEA!!!!  One last photo just because I am so happy with them!

Let me know what you think?  Would you like me to make you a pair?  I have extra ribbon! :-)

XOXOXOX

Brianne