Stop, Drop, and Decorate!

I had a plan.  For the most part, I stuck to it.  The shoes were not part of the plan. 

I had to drive downtown Chicago today for a doctor's appointment.  On the way home, since I would already be in the area, I decided to go to Whole Foods.  My eye surgery has been scheduled for August 7, and I decided that I should try to improve my health to some degree before then.  Good thing I was already going to the ultimate healthy food market.  I bought lots of seafood, produce and some green rice whose name escapes me.  I assumed it cooked like any other rice.  I was wrong--it cooks much faster.  I ended up with a soft, green mush.  It was edible, but definitely overcooked.  What I really liked though, was the color.  I think I'll plan a space around that color.  It was lovely.  Sorry, I didn't take a picture, but I will do before and after pictures of my "green rice room" whenever that happens.  And in addition to all the healthy food I bought, I picked up a 5-pack of those big, delicious butter cookies they sell at the pharmacy while I was picking up my prescription.  Oops...

Also in my plans was to finally tackle the tornado that came in when my daughter returned home.  She's still dressing out of her suitcases and my laundry pile has grown exponentially.  I made good progress, and probably would have made more if it wasn't for those darned shoes.  See, what happened was...

I've had these gold Naturalizers for awhile.  Of course I found them at a thrift store.  My size, nice heel, gold.  'Nuff said...I'll take 'em!  They're comfy and cute, but I could tell  that they used to have some sort of adornment, a chain perhaps, because there are two loops on the front of each.  I do have some yardage of gold chain, but I had another idea.  

I have a collection of beads.  I have beading tools.  I have beading books.  What I don't have is anything that I've actually made from beads. ( It was a brief obsession but I still think I'll get into it one day, so I keep them.) I was switching back and forth between organizing the bead box and putting away the dozen or so pairs of shoes that line my foyer.  That's when I came upon my gold shoes and got this idea.  Of course it couldn't wait until I'd finished cleaning because I just don't work like that.  I stop, drop and decorate.


I decided on this pretty blue bead with copper trim.  Each bead is about an inch long, so two fit perfectly into the gap on my shoes.  I strung them with copper wire, and threaded each end through one of the loops.  Then I brought each end to the opposite side and threaded them through again.  I did this a few times, then took the ends in one hand and twirled the shoe with the other.  This made the ends of the wire nice and tight.  I tucked the twisted wire between the two beads and wound it around the middle until it made a little knot.  Then, just a squeeze to make it skinny enough for the two beads to come together over the knot. And that's it.  They look really nice and I can't wait to wear them!

I was so busy admiring my shoes that I never did get back to cleaning.  I did however make some lovely, mushy green rice. And yes, the cookies were divine.