Weddingbee Blog

I previously shared that I was never really shoe obsessed before getting engaged. The lust for designer heels that Carrie Bradshaw seemed to usher into the mainstream never really hit me. I like shoes and I have plenty of them, but only after getting engaged did I really start poring over footwear options.

My suspicion is that during the early days of our planning, our “to-do” list seemed long and I was intimidated. Shoes were something I could handle. Shoes didn’t require signing contracts or vendor meetings. So I went shopping.

Remember the $8 pair of shoes I found at the J. Crew Warehouse Sale in Richmond? I was pretty proud of my deal, but the more I looked at the shoes, the more I wished the flower embellishments at the toe weren’t so worn and rumpled from being thrown in a big box with dozens of other pairs of shoes at the sale.

Photo by Miss Mink

One Saturday morning, I decided to poke around and see if I could fix the flowers.

Peeling the flowers up, I realized that they were sewn together and glued to the shoes. Maybe I could pull them off, iron them, and reattached them to the shoes!

Photo by Miss Mink

I couldn’t believe how quickly I reached the point of no return. I peeled a little more and the flowers just kind of fell apart. Oddly, I felt really badly about ruining my $8 shoes. As I looked at the fabric petals on the table, I was thinking “I want my little flower back!”

Photo by Miss Mink

Here’s when my practical side took over. Thank goodness this happened over the weekend and not last spring, when shoes seemed like a big deal. At this point, some of the little details just don’t feel as critical as they did early on. They’re shoes. They’ll be under the dress and won’t be inspected too, too closely.

I decided to get a pair of shoe clips to take the place of the flowers. I considered making my own, but found a fairly simply pair by Absolutely Audrey and snapped them up. After they arrived, I wound up finding these shoes clips all over Weddingbee!

Photo by Miss Mink

I’m not head over heels (ha!) for the entire look, but I’m happy that they look more polished and less ragged than before.

I could have draw this out and searched every vintage shop in town for a pair of shoe clips. I could have spent hours scouring eBay and Etsy for clips, too. In the end, I’m happy that I fixed my little mistake quickly.

What’s your favorite source for shoe clips?