Soda Pop Top Purse

My Inspiration:                                 

                         

This Pop Top Bag

My Creation:

                      

                                          Not too shabby!

You Will Need

Soda Pop Tops (alot!)        Ribbon         Hot Glue Gun                   Purse (from Goodwill, cost $1.50) 

(I thought I was going to need a needle, thread and safety pins too but as it turns out, I was over complicating things and hot glue works just fine!) 

Time to do: A few hours

How It's Done:

Cut a piece of your ribbon a couple of inches longer than the width of your purse. Thread a pop top onto the ribbon at the end and secure it with hot glue. 

Thread more pop tops, making sure that they are all facing the same way, until you have enough to cover the width of your bag. Secure the last pop top with hot glue, the same way you did the first. (I just wrapped the ribbon around the middle of the pop top and glued.)

 Space the pop tops how you want them, the tighter you pull the pop tops, the less ribbon will show.

I did each layer individually so once you've got your strand of threaded pop tops and both ends are secured, hot glue the strand to the purse. I started at the bottom and worked my way up and then around to the back.

Then you just repeat! Make lots of strands of pop tops and then glue them down, one layer at a time!I alternated the way the pop tops were facing and it created a cool zig-zag pattern that I totally dig!

I had a few blue Diet Redbull pop tops that my husband had saved for me along with the regular soda ones. I HAD to use them so I made this little flower by hot gluing the tips together in this flower pattern. I didn't like the center and I had some extra ribbon so I tied this little bow and hot glued it on top.

Voila! Pop-top flower.