Good as new, Old Navy, $6.
But they're kinda boring.
SOOOoooo. . .
I cut two strips of fun fabric and hemmed them.

Then I bunched them up like this:

And sewed them along the edge:

And then [kinda wrapping the ruffles underneath the top edge of the shoe] I hand-stitched them to the top of the flats:

It took about 10 minutes total.
♥

I'm linking to these parties.
24 comments:
Wow! What a difference...they look so cute with the ruffle. I heart thrift store finds.
Just found you through Oh My Darling ... I'm now your newest follower!
oxoxo
Denalee
SO CRAFTY GIRL! I love these - you are really talented!
Adorable!
Oh how cute are those, Mandy?! You are so darn talented ;D
This is so creative! I know you say it took 10 minutes, but I've never really been able to sew! So adorable! Happy to be your latest follower (here from Oh, My Darling)! xoxo
Really cute! Love them!
so cute! you have such vision!!!
smiles, gina
Super CUTE!!
These are so cute. I have some old shoes that could use a facelift :)
Ps. I would love to be featured on "Love me Two Times". Thanks so much for asking!!
How cute is that! great idea as always! I love following your blog :)
Aww- Super cute idea!! xo- karrie
www.hellopretty.net
Beautiful! Following you from Blue Cricket Designs! I redid shoes recently (well, I had the idea and had a friend paint them). http://amijustmom.blogspot.com/2010/07/painted-shoes.html
what a great idea! they are much cuter now! i love!
i love this!so feminine and flirty! I;ll be featuring your tutorial with a link back here on Aug.27th in the afternoon! thanks for linking!
Becca
These are just too cute! Clever idea.
Wow! Totally cute!
How cute!!!! I love this -- I'm so going to be updating my flats this weekend to add some ruffles. :) Thanks so much for the wonderful tutorial!
Oooh, those are really cute!! Great ruffle! :)
Very cute! I've got some boring shoes that could really use a little spicing up! I'm totally going to have to try this!
Saw you at All Thingz Related!
OHHH' SO PRECIOUS! any ballet flats, and then cute sweet ruffles too? LOVE IT! jen
Super cute and easy! Think I'm going to have to make a pair!
Those look great! Thanks for sharing your cute shoes with everyone at Anything Related!
{Rebekah}
Very cute! Thanks for linking up to Sister Sister Sunday!
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