The Handbag Game with Renee

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Hi everyone – it’s Renee here for this post.

Many years ago, my friends and I would play ‘The handbag game’. All us girls would rummage around our handbags, searching for things starting with each letter of the alphabet. The girl with the most letters won. It was a completely pointless game, but it entertained us during many boring moments, waiting for public transport, a round of drinks or filling lapses in conversation.

Renee's Handbag Game

Renee’s Handbag Game

So today I played ‘The handbag game’ with my work bag…..

I’m pleased to find that 10 years later, my bag no longer holds many of the questionable items it used to, however I clearly haven’t learned how to tidy my bag out regularly.

Here’s my list (some creative licence allowed):

  1. Apple phone case
  2. Black scarf
  3. Cough drops
  4. Drugs (completely legal and boring I’m afraid)
  5. Eclipse gum
  6. Fan
  7. Green nail polish
  8. Hair clips, ties and pins
  9. Inhaler
  10. Jupiter saxophone mouthpiece
  11. Keys
  12. Lip gloss
  13. Max Factor lipstick
  14. Napolean Perdis powder compact
  15. Orange nail polish
  16. Pencil case
  17. Quick fix instrument repair kit
  18. Rhythm restoration business cards
  19. Sunglasses
  20. Triangle beater
  21. Used spoon
  22. Vandoren reeds
  23. Wallet
  24. Xtra pens and pencils
  25. Yellow post it notes
  26. Zovirax

Have a great day everyone!

Love Notes Restyle Studio

Inspire Me Monday! – Baby White T Restyle Project

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Happy Monday to all!

Last week we presented you with our new project the Baby White T Restyle! Here’s the before shot…

Made by Love Notes Restyle Studio

Baby White T Restyle Project – BEFORE

With a little creativity and a crossing of the fingers we have ended up with this little number…

Made by Love Notes Restyle Studio

Baby White T Restyle Project – AFTER

All we did was position a paper doily – rubbed a foam roller in fabric paint – roll roll roll – and there you have it – pretty design for a pretty white T.

What do you think of our little restyle?

Next week we will be bringing you another t shirt restyle – we just haven’t found it yet 🙂 Amour will be hitting the Filipino ukay ukay stores in Davao City Philippines in search of t shirts needing a restyle.

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

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Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Amour & Renee xx

What’s in Amour’s Handbag?

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Happy Hump Day! It’s Amour here – I’m busy packing my suitcase and hand luggage in preparation for my flight tomorrow to the Philippines. I’ve got to get to sleep soon cause it’s a 4am wake up call in the morning…booo!

So since my handbag was looking so lovely and organised I thought I’d share with you the contents….Just so you know it weighs a tonne!

Amour's 'Saks' Handbag

Filled with all my essentials….

Now when you open up my The Sak handbag there are two items (btw my mummy bought me this bag at a garage sale for $5!):

So the pouch holds my purple Sony Cyper-shot (Carl Zeiss T99) camera and it’s charger. I just gotta keep it safe in the cutest way possible! If you don’t know me I’m a typical asian with a camera *snap snap snap* I guess I’m just Amourazzi – hmmmm I think I just found myself a new nickname!

Little Twin Stars Pouch

Holds my camera and it’s charger…

And then we come to my bag organiser – looks deceivingly light and empty – but it lies…

Cherryblooms Bag Organiser

Cherryblooms Bag Organiser

Well here are its contents!

Contents of my Bag Organiser

Hmmm I wonder if i can fit anything else in there…

  1. Bag Organiser – from Cherryblooms
  2. Kindle e-Reader – I’m reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
  3. My notebook – for jotting down ideas and the odd doodling
  4. Passport holder – from Urban Originals
  5. My passport – can’t leave home without this one!
  6. My iPhone 4s – This is my Australia phone and I seriously don’t know how I ever lived without this little beauty!
  7. myphone swarovski phone – This is my Philippines phone, so that my hubby can text me without the nasty international rates
  8. Fold-able fan – from the Philippine Eagle Farm in Davao City, Philippines – it’s really hot in the Philippines so I gotta keep my cool somehow 🙂
  9. Hand sanitiser – Tuberose & Jasmine from Nougat London
  10. Hand cream – Tuberose & Jasmine from Nougat London
  11. Eclipse chewy mints – for minty freshness
  12. Sorbent clean & fresh wipes – cause you just never know when you need ’em
  13. Lucas’ Papaw Ointment – best stuff in the whole wide world!
  14. Ummmm kinda missed this number – oops sorry 14
  15. Indisalon Nutrition Nail Spa  – by Etude House – to keep my nail cuticles in check. Check out their stuff – it’s full of girly goodness!
  16. Pen – for all that jotting and doodling and filling out immigration and customs paperwork
  17. Nail file – cause I always break a nail when travelling – actually I already broke most of my nails just packing the suitcase – bah!
  18. Purse – I don’t know who it is made by but I bought it at SM when I was living in the Philippines
  19. Keys – 2 for house, 1 for work
  20. Handbag holder – these things are great – you clip it to the table and your handbag hangs off it – mine has a peacock on it
  21. Mirror – to make sure I’m still pretty or have food in my teeth – and it’s got a pretty elephant on it
  22. Hair comb – by Paganini – these are great, no matter how tangled my hair is it easily gets the knots out. The metal bristles spin as you comb – trust me it’s great!

So that’s it – Amour’s handbag! This went way longer than it was meant to – but was so much fun! Hope you enjoyed it too 🙂

What’s some of the items you just have to have in your handbag?

Amour xx

Baby and Kids Market – Kellyville NSW Australia

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Hi it’s just Amour again for this post. Last Sunday my little sister (Jade), my niece (Jasmine) and I went to the Baby & Kids Market. This is a market where you can buy new and pre-loved baby goods. This one was held in Kellyville NSW. These markets are held all over Australia so check out their website to see where their next market will be near you. That’s if you are an Aussie 🙂

So here are the pix of the market itself…

Baby & Kids Market - Kellyville NSW Australia

Baby & Kids Market – Kellyville NSW Australia

Look at all the pretty items at the JasmineJayde stall – they aren’t handmade but still so pretty and they have definitely inspired me for some future projects.

JasmineJayde Stall

JasmineJayde Stall

And look at this gorgeous dress – wish it came in my size!

Pretty Dress!

I wonder if I could make my version of this…

Now here’s the part we all love…the treasures purchased 🙂

The treasures!!!

My niece Jasmine will continue to be the best dressed baby in town!

Later this week I’m off to the Philippines for work and to see my hubby! It’s been 4 months since we last saw each other  While I’m there I’ll also be checking out some of the local ukay ukay. Ukay ukay is the Filipino Flea Market or Charity Store or Trash and Treasure or Op shop or whatever it is that you call it in your neck of the woods – basically I CAN’T WAIT!!! 🙂

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Amour xx

Inspire Me Monday! – Bangle Restyle Project

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Hi everyone – so this week we bring you a Bangle Restyle Project.

Here are the before pictures of our raw(ish) materials…

Bangle Restyle Collage

Bangle Restyle Collage

We used an old t shirt, scrap material and nail polish to restyle these bangles. With a little hot glue gun and lighter action this is how it turned out…

made by Love Notes Restyle Studio

AFTER – Bangle Restyle Project

Gotta love accessories!

This week’s inspiration piece is a baby long-sleeved t shirt aka the Baby White T Restyle Project!

made by Love Notes Restyle Studio

Baby White T Restyle Project

What do you think we should do with it? Please inspire us in a comment below. We’d love to hear from you 🙂

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Love Notes Restylee Studio

Melbourne Cup Day in Australia

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Hi it’s Amour here. As promised in last Monday (Inspire Me Monday – Brooch Restyle Project) here are some action shots of my sister-in-law Michelle and her friends having a ball on Melbourne Cup Day.

Michelle with the fascinator we made…

Close up time…

How beautiful is Michelle – she makes the fascinator look extra special!

Fun with the girls (Michelle, Anne and Jenny)

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Amour xx

 

 

 

Inspire Me Monday – Brooch Restyle Project

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It’s another happy Monday everyone! Last week we posted Amour’s brooch from her wedding bouquet.

Wedding Brooch Restyle Project

Being that tomorrow in Australia is the Melbourne Cup we thought we would go with the theme – so a restyled fascinator it is 🙂

Fascinator Restyle

Not the best picture – but Amour’s sister-in-law will be wearing it tomorrow for her day at the races – so better pictures to follow tomorrow 🙂 You may also notice that the brooch looks a little different – that’s because at the last-minute Amour couldn’t part with her brooch – but a substitute was found.

What do you think of our restyle project? Gotta love anything with bling and feathers – right?

This week we have a new item for you to give us some inspiration. A bunch of bangles from the markets. *walk like an Egyptian* Come on – you all had a Bangle song go through your head 😉

Bangle Restyle Project

Can’t wait to show you how we restyle these beauties. Please comment on any inspirations you wish to share with us…we’re always open to suggestions.

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Blacktown Drive-Ins Market

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Hi it’s just Amour again for this post. Last Sunday my little sister (Jade), my niece (Jasmine) and I went to the Blacktown Markets. Blacktown Markets is located in the Blacktown Drive-ins on Cricketers Arms Road, Prospect NSW, Australia.

This post is mostly pictures – so grab a cuppa and maybe some chocolate to get you through it 🙂

During the whole time that I was taking the pictures of my new items my niece Jasmine kept trying to get into the shots – so here’s one just for her – she is so cute!

Take my picture aunty!

So here are the pictures of the markets itself…

Blacktown markets – oh where to start?

So much to look at!

The oh so cute cake stall

The cake stall was Nana Jacks Cake Art and they had some truly cute creations! They can be contacted via +61413572122 – their website is coming soon!

Now here’s the fun part – the purchases…

nailpolish, bracelets, shoes and spray paint *happy sigh*

Jade modelling the apron, kids books and future restyle projects

More future restyle projects

Box of dye anyone?

I spent a total of $45 for the whole lot! My favourite purchase was definitely the box of dye for $7! Can you imagine what I could do with all of that? So can’t wait!

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Pin It and Do It: A Pinteresting Challenge – The Summary

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Earlier this month we joined Trish at Love, Laughter and a Touch of Insanity in her Pin It and Do It October 2012 Pinterest Challenge. I discovered this via Kelly at Cobwebs, Cupcakes & Crayons.

This post is to summarise all of the fun things we did this month – We hit Pin Obsessed status! We were busy so here goes:

  1. Bleach Print Bibs
  2. Baby Singlet Restyle
  3. Tie to Headband Restyle
  4. Plant Spoon Restyle
  5. Polka Dot Nails
  6. Googly Eyed Shoe Restyle
  7. Mermaid Slipper Nails
  8. Neck Cushion Restyle
  9. Sweater Bracelet Restyle
  10. Tutu Belt

And here are the photos – so grab a cuppa and a snack while you wait for the pictures to load 🙂

Bleach Print Bibs

Baby Singlet Restyle

Tie to Headband Restyle

Plant Spoons Restyle

Polka Dot Nails

Googly Eyed Shoe Restyle

Mermaid Slipper Nails

Neck Cushion Restyle

Sweater Bracelet Restyle

Tutu Belt

We had heaps of fun so we can’t wait to join the next one! What do you think of what we did?

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

edit 5th November 2012 – link to inspiration pins

  1. Bleach Print Bibs
  2. Baby Singlet Restyle
  3. Tie to Headband Restyle
  4. Plant Spoon Restyle
  5. Polka Dot Nails
  6. Googly Eyed Shoe Restyle
  7. Mermaid Slipper Nails
  8. Neck Cushion Restyle
  9. Sweater Bracelet Restyle
  10. Tutu Belt