Toothpick Scratch Art

28 Monday Jan 2013

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Canvas, children art, crayon, kids activities, paint, repurpose, restyle, scratch art, upcycle

Toothpick Scratch Art – Final

We had an unsuccessful photo canvas living in the garage – this was the perfect project for my niece and nephew to get involved in 🙂

Here’s what we did:

First I painted the canvas with a layer of white acrylic paint. Set aside to dry
Myself and the kiddos just coloured the whole canvas in different coloured crayons. In no ordered way – just however we felt
I then painted over our crayon masterpiece with black acrylic paint with a foam roller. This was to ensure it would be a nice thin even layer. Set aside to dry
This was the fun part! We got a toothpick each and just started scratching into the black acrylic paint. Again in no ordered way – anything goes!

Work in progress…

Here are some close ups of our finished artwork.

Close up time…

What do you think of our artwork? We love it! Now I just need to find a place best to display my new artwork 🙂

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Add Color to Your Space Without the Commitment of Painting (apartmentguide.com)
Scratching the Surface: Amy Donaldson (artsyforager.com)
Easy DIY Art Collection (abeautifulmess.com)

Biscuit Tin Restyle

22 Tuesday Jan 2013

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grey, Love Notes Restyle Studio, recycle, repurpose, restyle, rosette, tin, upcycle

My niece Jasmine uses an old biscuit tin to hold her many hair accessories. It wasn’t very attractive….here is a picture of it…

Unstyled biscuit tin

So I spray painted it with White Knight Squirts quick dry gloss enamel in ‘gum grey’. I let it dry overnight and then glued on some rosettes my mum made from scrap material.

Biscuit Tin restyle

What do you think of my quicky restyle? I think it looks much better 🙂

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Inspire Me Monday – Brooch Restyle Project

05 Monday Nov 2012

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Accessories, bangles, black, bracelets, brooch, fascinator, feathers, Inspire Me Monday, Love Notes Restyle Studio, Melbourne Cup, recycle, red, repurpose, restyle, upcycle, wedding

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!

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

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Accessories, bibs, Cobwebs, Cupcakes & Crayons, cushion, DIY, headband, just out of pinterest, Laughter and a Touch of Insanity, Love, nail art, nailpolish, nails, Pinterest, recycle, repurpose, restyle, shoes, singlet, tutu

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:

Bleach Print Bibs
Baby Singlet Restyle
Tie to Headband Restyle
Plant Spoon Restyle
Polka Dot Nails
Googly Eyed Shoe Restyle
Mermaid Slipper Nails
Neck Cushion Restyle
Sweater Bracelet Restyle
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

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!

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!

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!

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.