DIY Ribbon Shoelaces: Yawn to Va-Va-Va Voom

A pair of oxfords are ADORABLE with a pair of ribbon shoelaces instead of ordinary ones. Go from yawn to VA-VA-VA-VOOM! What's also interesting is that whenever I've seen oxfords with ribbon shoelaces they tend to be more expensive than their rope lace cousins.  A ribbon shoe lace is just the most inexpensive and easiest thing to make!

Have a ton of ribbons to match any outfit imaginable! I made plaid ones to match a plaid dress I just bought from Modcloth and I got so many compliments on them! Get the how-to below!

Here's how! This is the best way I've found to make ribbon laces. I've tried using scotch tape to wrap the ends but it didn't work very well. Whenever I tried to remove the laces the scotch tape would pull right off. Here's the most inexpensive and most functioning way I've found to do it.

Step one get ribbon. I bought a yard and a half of ribbon for each pair of shoes and cut the ribbon in half. Then cut the ends into points.

Step 2.  Hot glue the sides.

Step 3. Fold in half.

Step 4: Trim edge so that it is clean.

Done!