Barefoot Sandals

Have you ever went to the beach or pool party and wanted a nice pair of slippers, flip flops, sandals or didn't even feel like wearing any shoes? Now you don't have to wear shoes! But you can still make your feet look pretty. Yup!, you can also wear these with shoes as well.

The idea of making Barefoot Sandals or Toe (Foot) Thongs as some people call them have crossed my mind for some time. Last year a lady asked I if make them cause she is having a beach wedding, well I think it was on a catamaran actually, but she didn't want to wear shoes but after all it's her wedding and she wanted to look great for the big day. So I tried making a few after some research online, and she loved the end result.

I noticed that in Barbados barefoot sandals don't seem to be a popular thing, even though the it's an island and most people go to the beach. Majority of the people that show interest in them and that have bought them are persons living outside the Caribbean or that don't have summer 365 days a year. But I do enjoy making them, they can be easy to make or very intricate depending on the design you are going for and the materials you choose to use.

The most popular materials to use for this project are:

• stretch cord/ elastic cord (clear)
• beads:- small ones to go around the toes and some accent ones to make bring out the design
• chain

These are a few pics of some I recently made for Bridgetown Market.

These are some other that I made between last year and this year also. These were mainly made using, seed beads, elastic cord, fringe beads, accent beads, glass beads and crystals.