Today I blinged my heart out. Inspired by some VERY expensive flip flops, I decided to make my own. I know, big surprise there. Several days ago I searched online high and low to find out how, what, and where. I ordered my fave brand of flip-flops–Nike–and a small assortment of Swarovski rhinestones. Today’s rain kept the kids and their umbrellas and bikes busy enough to afford me some time to bling. But as always…Altus hit me square in the face, right as I sat down with my supplies.
The tutorial I found online mentioned using Perfect Positioners to help pick up the rhinestones. Using tweezers is like, not a possibility, since they would get covered in industrial-strength glue. But I forGOT to order the positioners when I ordered the rhinestones last week. Today I was making these flip flops come rain, sleet or hail, with or without the Perfect Positioners. Of course I had checked Wally world earlier in the week, but they don’t carry them. Another big surprise, right? It’s just a cute little stick with a ball of wax on the end. How hard could that be to make? Well…it’s not! Bill sat at the kitchen counter dipping some manicure sticks into my vanilla-scented candle until he had a nice big ball of wax on the end. Perfect! You touch the rhinestone, it picks it up, then you put it on the glue, and it lets go! We outsmarted Altus this time.
Not so smart, however, was my failure to calculate the number of rhinestones I was using on the first flip flop, especially since I had a limited number and was a little short of the number recommended by the tutorial. I ran about 40 crystals short, and went on a quick jaunt to Wal-mart, hoping…just HOPING…they would have one little pack of crystals. No such luck. So I’ll have to place another order online and wait for them to come in before I can actually finish these shoes. But I don’t mind, because they are really, really sassy.
So my little entrepreneurial mind is thinking, “I should go into business!!” As if I have time for that. But I could sell DIY kits…
