Sparkly Summer Flip-Flops

I know summer is almost over for most of the country, but here in sunny Cali it doesn't end til about October. So if it's not cold in your part of the country, here is a little project to help you take advantage of the warm weather and show off those pedicured toes.
 I recently looked down at a pair of flip-flops I had on and realized that about half the crystals were gone! They are my favorite pair, so I thought to myself, "I need to find a few new pairs". And so began the search, that ended in nothing and me frustrated. It wasn't that there weren't any at all, but the ones that were out there were either too expensive (upwards of $50) or cheaply made. There are so many types out there but nothing I wanted. after searching for a couple of days over the internet I decided to just make them myself. Then I could do what I wanted to do to them.
I took myself to the local craft store (Michael's) and bought what I needed. I picked up some rhinestones and glue, then I went to Walmart and picked up three pairs of rubber pool flip-flops. You can find them anywhere really. At Michael's I spent just under $30. This included 3 packs of iridescent rhinestones (small, medium, and large), and 1 pack with all three sizes in clear. Each pack was $4.99 and then the glue was $5.99. Not bad since I could get at least a couple pairs out of the packs and still have rhinestones left over. The flip-flops were $2.28 each!!! What a bargain! It all worked out to roughly $8 per pair. Not bad considering there's some out there going for $75! No I'll stick to making them.
So below are some directions for a pair of sparkly flop-flops.

  

Buy your flip-flops, glue and rhinestones and grab a pair of tweezers

You can use any size or color rhinestones. Use your imagination. Here I used clear ones on the black shoes and below I used the iridescent ones for the white shoes.  the pictures don't do them justice. They are much prettier in person!