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Toothpick Scratch Art

28 Monday Jan 2013

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

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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...

Work in progress…

Here are some close ups of our finished artwork.

Close up time...

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!

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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

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.

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Biscuit Tin restyle

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

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

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T shirt Restyle – for Jasmine

11 Friday Jan 2013

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baby, Children, Clothing, Jasmine, Kmart, Love Notes Restyle Studio, recycle, restyle, Shopping, t shirt, Tshirt, upcycled

 

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Jasmine in her T’s

 

Normally we would do this type of restyle on something second hand. Due to being so busy over the holiday period we just got the Tshirt from Kmart. These basic Tshirts were only $3 each! Say it with me – BARGAIN!

 

Original Tee from Kmart

Original Tee from Kmart

 

The first one was embellished with Burnt Flowers made from pajama pants. The same pajama pants were previously used in our PJ restyle.

 

The second one was printed in an ombre style whilst using a paper doily as a stencil. We did this previously in the baby white T restyle.

 

We think Jasmine loves how they turned out! Her mummy loves them too 🙂

 

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T shirt Restyle

 

Tell us about any Tshirt restyles you have done. We’d love to be inspired by your ideas!

 

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

 

 

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Tin Can Restyle

07 Monday Jan 2013

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can, craft supplies, recycle, restyle, tin can, upcycle

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Tin can restyle…

Once upon a time a pasta sauce was made and all that was left behind were these lonely little cans 😦

We found some scrap material and ribbon from our stash…

We made some glue then put it all together. Ta da! What do you think of our restyle?

Have you done any projects from empty tin cans? Please share them with us 🙂

Take care, until next time, keep restyling!

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Dreamcatcher Restyle

02 Wednesday Jan 2013

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dreamcatcher, Love Notes Restyle Studio, Oliver Tweet, recycle, restyle, upcycle

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Mischa with dreamcatcher restyle

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a great time partying with your loved ones – we sure did!

Our client Kadyn wanted a gift for his mother in law that represented one of the loves of his life – his pet parrot – Oliver Tweet 🙂

The end result was Oliver’s fallen feathers worked into a dreamcatcher.

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Isn’t Oliver just the cutest?

We love how it turned out! What do you think of our restyle?

Thank you for supporting us Kadyn!

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

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DIY Posy Flower – we call it ‘The Burnt Flower’

07 Friday Dec 2012

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Accessories, Candle, Do it yourself, Flower, headband, Pinterest, recycle, restyle, Tealight, Tutorial, upcycle

We first saw the Posy Pin Tutorial by Grace Laced in the beginning of our life with Pinterest.

They are so easy to make and are our favourite of the DIY flowers. The end result is always very elegant and doesn’t look cheaply made at all. We have also found many great ways to use them – from headbands, to tank top embellishment and various other restyles.

Here is our tutorial on how to make ‘The Burnt Flower’. It’s our first one, so we are  open to any feedback you have so that our future tutorials are easy to understand and full of FUN!

Flower - Tools

Flower – Tools

You start with circles of polyester fabric (like satin or organza) – around 3 – 4 different sizes (and around 2-3 pieces of each size) depending how ‘full’ you want your flower to look. It doesn’t have to be neat and perfect – the messier the better!

You will then need a candle and lighter – in the picture we have a normal candle (it is all we had) – but normally we would use a tea light candle. It’s easier to manage the flame. For your first few times you will want to have a small bowl of water nearby in case of any out of control fires.

Step 1 - burn edges

Step 1 – burn edges

Step 2 - burn centre

Step 2 – burn centre

Step 3 - assembly time

Step 3 – assembly time

With this flower we used a button (again all we had on hand) but you can use any sort of bead as well or a clump of beads. We’ve even used an old earring before!

Final product - The Burnt Flower

Final product – The Burnt Flower

Here’s a few links to Pinterest of how we’ve used this little gem in different ways.

Polka Dot Dress Flowers

Pajama Pants Flowers

Disco Shoes Flowers

Necklace Flowers

Bracelet Flowers

Flowers for Headbands

You were warned that we loved them! Hope you enjoyed our first tutorial. What’s your favourite DIY flower?

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

Amour & Renee xx

 

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Inspire Me Monday! – Singlet Restyle or Epic Fail

29 Thursday Nov 2012

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Davao City, Philippines, restyle, singlet, ukay ukay

Yes we know its Wednesday – Let’s not talk about the lack of Monday that it is 🙂

So this week we decided to restyle a singlet that was recently purchased at the Gaisano Ukay-ukay.

Here are the before and after shots – Similar to our last restyle it was made by painting around some paper doilies. This time we used a smaller doily and layered them with the use of blue and purple fabric paint.

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Singlet Restyle Project

We think it didn’t turn out quite as planned but there is a messy cuteness to it – What do you think? Restyle success or epic fail?

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

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Gaisano Ukay-ukay – Davao City, Philippines

26 Monday Nov 2012

Posted by lovenotesrestylestudio in Trash or treasure

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Davao City, Filipino people, Gaisano, Love Notes Restyle Studio, Philippines, Provinces, restyle, singlets, t shirts, tank tops, ukay ukay, Urban Dictionary

Hi everyone!

It’s Amour here today for this post. I’m now in Davao City, Philippines for work. So while I’m here my husband and I went to check out the local Gaisano Ukay-ukay.

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Gaisano Ukay-ukay

So what is Ukay-ukay – you might be asking? It is a Filipino provincial term meaning ‘to mix up’. Here is the definition straight from Urban Dictionary – “a term used for places that sell secondhand goods (such as clothing, shoes, bags, furniture, etc.) at dirt cheap prices usually shipped from the US Salvation Army to third world countries like the Philippines.”

When we got there it was still daylight but within 10 minutes the dark had crept in. This made it harder to dig around cause there wasn’t much lighting. Plus I had to be careful where I stepped as there were random holes and cement blocks in my path!

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The ukay-ukay…

For under $10 AUD I was able to get 12 items – all t-shirts and singlets for restyling later.

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The ukay-ukay purchases

Take care, until next time…keep restyling!

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Inspire Me Monday! – Baby White T Restyle Project

19 Monday Nov 2012

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children's clothing, Davao City, Flea market, Inspire Me Monday, kids clothing, Love Notes Restyle Studio, Philippines, pre-loved, recycle, restyle, t shirt, ukay ukay, upcycle

Happy Monday to all!

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

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Baby White T Restyle Project – BEFORE

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

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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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Baby and Kids Market – Kellyville NSW Australia

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Aussie, Australia, baby & kids market, baby clothes, baby goods, charity store, Filipino, Flea market, kellyville, NSW, op shop, Philippines, pre-loved, recycle, restyle, trash or treasure, ukay ukay, upcycle

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

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