DESIGN CHALLENGE
Florals
BUTTERFLIES & BEADS
MATERIALS:
" 1 pair flip flop sandals
" 100 Sulyn Industries clear pink E beads
" 8 Sulyn Industries metal butterfly beads
" 12 Cousin Corp. glass butterfly beads
" 4 Cousin Corp. pink glass cylinder beads
" 12 Creative Elements mini-pink rose buds on wire stems
" .7mm Stretch Magic clear jewelry cord (Pepperell)
" Needle
" Scissors
" Wire cutters
INSTRUCTIONS
For Each Sandal:
" Prepare the needle with a length
of Stretch Magic jewelry cord.
" Stitch up through the base of the sandal strap then
begin beading by adding a glass butterfly bead and
two pink seed beads.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER:
" Wrap the cording once around the sandal strap.
Mary Ayres learned to craft from her mother and was a crafts
" Add another pink seed bead and a metal butterfly
major in college. When her two children were small, she
then wrap cording again.
saved money by creating and giving handmade items, some
" Repeat beading and wrapping alternating three
of which she submitted to craft magazines. She now makes
pink seed beads followed by a different bead.
her living as a craft designer  working with paint, stencils,
" End by tying off cording into the strap.
paper, clay, fabric, and more.
" Cut 6 wire flower stems to 3 inch lengths.Wrap
the stems tightly around the toe area of the sandal.
" Wrap stems in additional cording if desired.