Design by Night

Bangles from Spring Shopping Guide I love Lucky Magazine ! Nothing is better than opening my mailbox and finding a new issue. Well yesterday I got the new issue and in the back where they have the shopping suggestions for spring I saw these cute wrapped bangles that resembled the wrapped repurposed bangle tutorial that I posted last spring. With a little time and some embroidery floss you can get the look for less by making your own. If you shop around you can make six for under $10! For my Wrapped Bangle tutorial , click here . Handmade Wrapped Bangle Tutorial by 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...

I got a mid-week surprise when I visited my blog reader and saw that I was included in Ms. Charm's City's Charm of the Month ! Not only am I thrilled to be on her blog but I couldn't be in better local crafter company ( Red Prairie Press & Yummy and Company only to name a few). So get your but on over to the site and read the full post ! Thanks Ms. Charm's City !