Spikey Ballet Flats - A Tutorial

Last summer I found a couple pairs of ballet flats at Wal-Mart for nine or ten bucks a pair so I thought I would be cool and grabbed two pair (One black and one purple) well, not five minutes into wearing the first pair I got the beginnings of a blister. Gish darnit! I was stubborn though, instead of taking back the unworn pair and donating the other I kept them. The first pair I carefully removed the grosgrain ribbon and voila! no blisters except now I had a very boring pair of shoes. Which also looked a little unfinished. So the two pair sat in my to-do box for a year until I could figure out how to use them. Enter ebay and the awesome cone studs I found. I couldn’t wait to attach those bad boys to my girly shoes and when I did, I was in love.

Now they are not only much more comfortable they are cute too! Also, I found that with the studs, the stitching holes worked perfectly.

They were super easy to make. The hardest part is getting your hands on these little babies. I bought mine from an Ebay seller called Crush Crush, I think they also have an Etsy account but don’t quote me on that. I bought ten and I wish now I had bout a hundred (Instead of the pyramid studs that I can’t seem to lay straight!) they are so much fun to use.

Thanks to the threaded bottom of the stud, all you need to do to fasten one to your object is make a hole big enough for the threaded bit to fit through and screw the cone stud on top. Easy peazy lemon squeezey!

I really think they turned out fabulous. Just a little bit of rock and roll for this soccer mom you know what I mean?

I haven’t quite decided what to do with the purple pair yet, I am thinking a bright contrasting ribbon of yellow or orange woven around the edge, not sure but I’ll share them when I get to it.

Three cheers for my first Tumblr tutorial! Although, I do have a crafty blog over here @ Blogger with a lot of crafty/refashioning DIYs if you care to check them out. Mostly children and holiday related as I have a little one whom inspires me endlessly.

Will you make your own?