The Missing Pin It and Do It #4 – Plant Spoons Restyle!

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Soooo ummmmm we were just working on the summary post of all of our pin it and do it challenges for tomorrow – and we realised that we are missing #4! Poor number 4! *blush*

That’s ok – we had a restyle that we were going to post later on in the week – so instead here it is 🙂

Here is the pin that inspired us on Pinterest. We did a slightly different spin on it – we painted with old nailpolish instead.

And here it is…

Plant Spoons Restyle

The Tomatoes Plant Spoon

The Lavender Plant Spoon

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Pin It and Do It #10 – Blue Jean Tutu (aka The Tutu Belt)

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Hi everyone!

So here is our 10th Pinteresting challenge for this Pin It and Do It Challenge. We are officially Pin Obsessed status! Now before we start – this is not a restyle project – but what girl can resist a tutu???

Here is the pin that inspired us on Pinterest.

This is how we put it together…

The how did we do it…

And now the end results – we have two of the cutest little girls modelling them for us – Nina and Brooke-Lee.

Nina in the Peacock Tutu Belt

Brooke-Lee in the Ballerina Tutu Belt

Aren’t they just too cute for words? Say it with me – ADORABLE!!!

We couldn’t just stop there so we also made them matching hair pins…

Nina’s Hair Pin

Brooke-Lee’s Hair Pin

Please tell us what you think – we are planning to add this product to our Etsy store when we get it sorted. So stay tuned 🙂

Thanks again to Nina and Brooke-Lee and their beautiful mummies Donna and Marie!

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Inspire Me Monday – Sweater Project

29 Monday Oct 2012

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Happy Monday! Last week we had posted a vintage turquoise jumper/sweater.

Sweater Project

This is how we restyled it.

This also covers our # 8 and #9 for the Pinteresting challenge – Pin It and Do It Challenge.

For Pinteresting challenge #8 – neck cushion restyle – we were inspired by this pin and here’s our end result – so cozy!

Neck Cushion Restyle

For Pinteresting challenge #9 – sweater bracelet restyle – we were inspired by this pin and here’s our end result – it’s just too cute! We did a few but only pictured one of them.

Sweater Bracelet Restyle

Now it’s time for a new inspiration. This week it’s the pin from Amour’s wedding bouquet.. You just gotta love the bling and we want to see it used again in a new way.

Wedding Brooch Restyle Project

What do you think we should restyle it into? Where do we start? Inspire us…

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Garage Sale Hopping

28 Sunday Oct 2012

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Hi it’s just Amour here for this post – I went “garage sale hopping” with my little sister Jade. What is that you ask? Well we do a little online research and find a cluster of garage sales to hop around to. We plan our day, pack our wallets with small change and arm ourselves with bottles of water. Then we’re off!

Garage Sale Hopping

So today’s adventures took us to Epping, Turramurra and Wahroonga. All of these suburbs are in NSW Australia where we live. We had two to go to in Turramurra and one in each of the other suburbs.

Now here they are in pictures – Grab a cuppa, this post is picture heavy! We don’t have a picture of the first one in Epping – we were there for less than 5 minutes and didn’t get a thing aka it kinda sucked – the rest were great 🙂

Hop #2

Hop #3

Hop #4

Now for the fun stuff – my purchases…

Pretty pink metal coasters…

Teacup set…

Gorgeous yellow purse…

Lots of singlets/tank tops…

Pretty plate sets…

Chinese red pajama set…

Nude flats…

Brand new bag organiser…

Orange tweed shift dress…

I also got a book on sewing and a styrofoam head. All in all I spent $12 for all of it – I think that’s great! What do you think?

My favourite buy today was the yellow purse. Jade is a freak for anything yellow, so I’m going to restyle it into something unique and just for her.

Tomorrow morning we are going to the Blacktown Markets – It is on every Sunday at the drive-in theatre. We used to go there heaps as kids and this will be our first time back as adults. We are super excited!!!

On that note – I better get to bed – gotta get up in a few hours and hopefully find me some more treasures 🙂

 

 

 

Op Shopping – Salvation Army Family Store Seven Hills

27 Saturday Oct 2012

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This post is a little late – but here goes!

Last Sunday we stocked up on some supplies at our local Salvos. We got there 5 minutes before the store opened and sat in the car eagerly waiting for the doors to open. We were so excited to see what was on offer and it ended up taking us about 15 minutes to walk through the doors – there was so much fun stuff to look at!

First things first – here’s their location – 183 Prospect Highway, Seven Hills NSW Australia. This place is huge, after 2 hours, we didn’t get through the whole store!

We were so stuck with our noses in different things that we forgot to take photos of the store so that we could share them with you…so instead…Here are some of our purchases…

Op-shopping Funess

more purchases…

We can’t wait to make lots of fun and exciting stuff with our stash – so we’ll keep you posted. Tomorrow is garage sale hopping day for Amour and her little sis Jade. We’ll take lots of photos so we can virtually take you with us!

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Inspire Me Monday – Polka Dot Dress Project

22 Monday Oct 2012

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Happy Monday – it’s time for a new inspiration. Last week we had posted a satin like polka dot dress.

Polka Dot Dress

We ended up making a few items for our Etsy store – Headbands and hair clips galore – and an embellished singlet/tank top thrown in. Our Etsy store is nearly ready so watch this space 🙂

Restyled singlet and large hair clips

Restyled Headbands

Restyled hair clips (medium)

What do you think of our restyle project?

This week we have a new item for you to give us some inspiration. A vintage turquoise jumper/sweater.

Sweater Project

What do you think we should restyle it into? Where do we start? Inspire us…

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

 

Pin It and Do It #7 – Mermaid Slipper Nails

18 Thursday Oct 2012

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First of all sorry for any confusion caused – we accidentally deleted the original post – argh! So here we are re posting 🙂

This is our Pinteresting challenge #7 for the Pin It and Do It Challenge. The pin that inspired us on Pinterest is Mermaid Slipper Nails by Katy at Nailed It. Check out the tutorial its heaps easy.

So here’s how we started…a metallic green base with pink glitter polish.

nail polishes

We decided to put the glitter part at the tip of the nail. In the tutorial the glitter part is at the bed of the nail. And here’s the end result…What do you think?

Mermaid Slippers – Love Notes Style

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

 

Inspire Me Monday! Black Wedges Project

15 Monday Oct 2012

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It’s another Monday so time for a new inspiration. Last week we had posted a pair of very plain black wedges.

black wedges

This also covers our #6 for the Pinteresting challenge – Pin It and Do It Challenge.

For Pinteresting challenge #6 – Shoe Restyle – we were inspired by this pin and the Halloween season. Here’s our end result – it’s so ugly, it’s pretty!

Googly Eyed Shoes

We ran out of googly eyes and the batch ordered on ebay have not arrived yet but we couldn’t resist showing you how it has progressed so far.

What do you think of our restyle project?

This week we have a new item for you to provide us some inspiration. A brown and white polka dot satin dress that we got at a swap meet. It’s such cute material.

Polka Dot Dress for Restyling…

What do you think we should restyle it into? Where do we start? Inspire us…

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Pin It and Do It #5 – Polka Dot Nails

14 Sunday Oct 2012

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This is our Pinteresting challenge #5 for the Pin It and Do It Challenge.

The pin that inspired us on Pinterest is Polka Dot Nails.

So we gave it a go…we used a BBQ skewer to make the dots…Shout out to Michelle for doing Amour’s nails!

Polka Dot – The process

And here is our finished version…

Red and White Polka Dots!

We loved it so much we did it a little more in different colour variations – which one is your favourite? We also found an easier way to do the dots via this pin – DIY Nail Art Tools.

Polka Dots of Many Colours!

We are getting just a little obsessed with the different nail art tutorials out there – Just look at Amour’s new additions to her nail polish collection!

Nail Polish Box Set

And because that wasn’t enough…

But wait, there’s more…

So you will see us start to put some of our own tutorials together – it’s just too much fun!

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

 

Pin It and Do It #4 – Bleeding Nails

11 Thursday Oct 2012

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This is our Pinteresting challenge #4 for the Pin It and Do It Challenge.

The pin that inspired us on Pinterest is Nailed It – Bleeding Blue. Check out Nailed It – they have some pretty awesome designs – Easily could get lost in there 🙂 Also their tutorials are very simple to read and look like heaps of fun!!!

And here is our finished version…

Love ❤ Notes Style

The three colours used were light peach, red and black. We love the design and it is relatively easy to do as you don’t really need a steady hand – the messier the better. To do the lines we used an old applicator from a liquid eye liner.

Next time we would change the colours. The black we used on the tips was just too heavy for our liking.

What colour combinations would you want to use? Next time we’re thinking yellow, aqua and chocolate brown.

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!