Valentine's Day crafts

DIY: Sequined Heart Shoe Clips

This is one of my favorite posts from a few years back! With Valentine's Day around the corner, I thought some sparkly heart action was in order. I still wear these all the time too. Happy almost <3 day! I've been a fan of ban.do's sequined pieces, so I thought that I'd make my own version of their red sequined hearts today!

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

I started off with my supplies - red felt, sequin trim, and loose sequins, as I'm going to make two versions of these hearts.

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

I cut hearts out of my felt by folding the rectangular piece in half and cutting an "ear" shape out.  For the shoe clips, because I wanted the same size, I put two layers of felt together before trimming.  The smaller hearts were cut from the excess pieces and two of those guys are going to become earrings!

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

I started with the mini hearts first - I put glue down and then dropped off sequins on top and pressed them in place to stick.  I repeated this step until the entire heart was covered.

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

The mini hearts are finished!

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

Now to really recreate the ban.do version, I used the sequin trim to match.  I started by gluing the trim right at the center of the heart and then continued to follow the edges of the heart.

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

I'm almost there!!

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

And we're done!!

The minis are going to become stud earrings, the middle sized ones will be shoe clips, and the large one will become a headband!

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

For the shoe clips and earrings, I used jewelry findings - a pair of flat backed earring posts and two alligator clips (or shoe clips if you have them!) - and affixed to the back.

I added some alligator claws with glue to the bottoms...

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

...and had my pretty pair...

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

...ready to be added to my leopard flats.  My version...

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

ban.do's version...

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

My earrings glistened in the sun and my headband was rocking.

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

Sparkly hearts overload??

New Dress A Day - DIY - sequin heart shoe clips - earrings

Eh, not so much.  It's Valentine's Day, so it totally works.  And...it totally works post-V Day too!!  There is never a wrong time to rock hearts!  xoxo