Design by Night

I love lace up shoes that tie around the ankle. I think they are incredibly adorable and using cute ribbon for the laces makes them even better. Recently I went shoe shopping for some cute flats that I could wear with capri pants this summer. I found a canvas pair I liked with cute tie up laces but they were $50! Seriously? For canvas? No way. I put on my crafting hat (yes I have a crafting hat), drank some crafting elixir (I call it wine) and I started to hatch a plan. Why not get cheap canvas shoes that I see year after year in discount stores and jazz them up myself? So that is exactly what I did. Supplies 9-ft ribbon that is .75" to 1.5" wide 12-.25" Eyelets Eyelet tool Hammer Xacto Knife Scissors Marking Chalk Straight Pins Cheap canvas shoes (I got mine from Walmart under $10 ) Hammer Cut the ribbon in half. Using the straight pins and ribbon, start to figure out the placement of the grommets. Where you pin the ribbon to the shoe will be where you place the grommet