Spear a bead through its hole, and sew the thread through the ribbon again, pulling the bead flush with the ribbon. Tie a couple of knots and partially pass your needle through the flip flop strap and back out again on the under-side (don’t bring it all the way through to the top side). The idea is to create a line of beads that runs straight through the middle of your crystal bead circles). There is something truly satisfying about making something out of melty beads and around here, we just love it.

Add your beads one at a time sewing them on, (I put a small drop of hot glue under all of the large and medium sized beads as well as the seashells before sewing them). Take your ribbon again and wrap it around and back and forth across the center "V" of your flip-flops to fill in.The options of the three beads (including the different shell colors) worked great for me and I like the variety. I enjoy many of the more traditional crafts and hobbies including sewing, embroidery and working with felt and fabric. Continue to wrap the ribbon around the other side of the strap until you get to the bottom, where you cut the ribbon and glue it down to the inside. It turned out that for everyday wear they’re a bit thin and so I decided to craft with them and see what I could come up.

You can use a paperclip or a pair of pointed tweezers to push through these 3 holes to make them big enough to accommodate the twine or thin cord. Bring your needle back through the middle of the strap to the top side, and repeat the process of threading 2 pearls, 1 silver and 2 pearls, passing through each silver bead to create a line of beads through the middle of each circle. Start by threading crystal and silver pearls onto each stand, and bringing together with a silver bead to make a loop.Let’s just say that I figured out that Instructables needed an ‘Embellish your own Flip Flops’ set of instructions, and I just so happened to be making a pair of embellished flip flops! Each bead has to be sewn on separately, not strung together first and then sewn on (unless you are going for that strung-together look.

Go from side to side and work your way back along the flip flip strap until all your beaded circles feel secure (you’ll create a kind of zig-zag pattern with the cotton on the underside of your strap).

You cannot cancel a purchase by refusing to receive the item without at the same time giving us clear notice of this. Push your needle back through the middle of the flip flop strap, and from the underside pass the needle through the very tip of each loop of pearls to create a small tacking stitch. As with my flip flops, that slack can be folded over and sewn into the project, completely covered up by the bling.

Now thread your needle onto one of the side strands of cotton running along the part of the strap that sits on the outside of your foot.Once your design is filled turn your iron onto the appropriate setting and iron the beads into place, making sure to use a protective sheet on top to keep from ruining your iron.