Posts Tagged ‘Shopping’
Latest Deco Projects!
I’m writing this in between frantically packing things for Melbourne so do excuse me if I seem a little rushed!
Everyone has requested photos of my latest deco projects so here they are! There are a LOT of photos because I’m really proud of this one!
I bought a new leather phone case for my iphone Ruri and it’s taken me a while to settle on a design but here it is in all it’s glory
Front:
Close up of the front:
Gigantic feature piece which was originally a brooch:
Side view:
The back side thingy:
Heehee this is my little Yorshire Terrier doggie screen cleaner:
Crown charm:
The inside!
The closure which used to be a hair clip:
On the inside is a mirror for on the go touch ups ^_^
The side and the back:
Back:
Close up of the back with a cute cupcake charm that used to be a hair clip ^_^
Heehee I love this ribbon!
I’ve got to say that I am beyond happy with how this turned out, every time I look at it I get a huge smile! Makes me love using my iphone even more!
Last view of the back:
One of the other projects I’ve done lately is my glasses! That’s right all the hours I spent in front of the screen writing tutorials means I need glasses >_<
But how damn cute did they turn out?
Lastly if you were following me on Twitter you would have heard that I lost my absolute favorite scarf ever on the weekend
I keep it tied to my hand bag and it fell off somewhere in a shopping centre, I didn’t even realize until we got home
But the good part of that is that I got to go scarf shopping again
What I bought:
Cute red scarf to match my bag- $3 from Footprints Op shop
Hand Painted silk scarf from the Salvos- $2
Yay for new things! I also got a very interesting wallet at the same shop but that’s reserved for another post ^_^ I love op shops!
Hope you enjoyed my deco spam, I promise I’ll reply to all of your lovely comments as soon as I get a second to relax and ‘ll update again once we’re in Melbourne <3
Just blogging about Sinagpore again la!
A warning that there are a lot of photos in this post so be warned
If these photos just aren’t enough, I’ve uploaded a large selection of everything we took over at my Flickr account. Hey it’s not everyday that someone flies you to Singapore for free so I took a lot of photos!
So starting on Thursday night, our flight was at like 11:45pm so James’ Dad drove us to the airport and we chatted before going through security and customs and doing a little shopping. We were keeping an eye out for Erica from Girl With a Satchel who was the only other blogger coming from Brisbane. We travel in style baby!
This is a kind of silly inside joke but ever since we started going out like 2 and 1/2 years ago James has been promising to buy me a mood ring and he finally did! Hahaha guess what I’m feeling!
After a few hours napping we met up with Erica, Candice and her husband Craig for an… interesting breakfast. Erica ordered coffee with skim milk and they brought her a cup of frothed milk. I ordered tea and they brought warm milk tea like you would have with pearls in it… it was very pretty though!
I bought a pair of earrings and Candice bought me a shiny pink bling ring, the shop assistants kept telling I looked like a Barbie Doll so we took a photo together
Our first stop was the Mint Toy Museum… which is exactly what it implies: a museum for old toys in mint condition. Our tour guide was hilarious, this kind of sums the whole thing up:
I got to pose with a life size model my childhood hero Tintin and his dog Snowy as well as Captain Haddock so I was happy!
We were literally like kids in a toy shop amongst all of the memorabilia! Old favorites like Strawberry Shortcake brought back childhood memories and it made me sad to see the new slutty version they’re trying to pedal now.
Next we went to the Museum of Early Chinese Settlers. You should all note that I’m saving the cutest girliest photos for a special treat on Monday or Tuesday
You’re going to love it!
We stopped for lunch at an insanely busy crowded pavilion. Everything was so cheap and there were so many smells in one small area!
It was so awes
ome to be with other people who understand the importance of photos

Our next stop was the Singapore Planning Museum. They had a replica of all of inner Singapore in miniature! Oh what’s that I spy down there?
ZOMG IT’S GIANT VIOLET ATTACKING THE CITY!
We stopped off for a spot of shopping but the museum of planning kept reminding me to look at the architecture
There were so many pretty buildings, I wish my windows were rainbow!
The next stop was Merlion park which I was totally looking forward to!
We spent ages just being silly and taking photos, most of those will be in the post on Mon/Tues.
Lots of posing!
Our next stop was the Singapore Flier which is basically a very fancy ferris wheel.
The view from the top was great!
We were fortunate that our capsule was full of awesome people!
Group shot! James, Me, Candice, Craig, Christie with little Immy and Erica.
It was such an action packed tour that Nuffnang had planned at this point we took some time out to just chill with some cocktails at the bay. I had a mocktail version of the “Sinagpore Sling” and it was yummy!
Little Immy was so adorable she had herself a bunch of admirers when the day was done. Here she is with Martin from Nuffnang, she was eating ice cream, too cute!
James made me take this picture of him next to the bus. Low brow humor…
That night we went to a crazy shopping center called Mustafa. There is no way to describe it other than insane. So huge, sold everything from cosmetics to diamonds to cheap shoes to frozen goods to ANYTHING. It was so hard just to find the exit once we were in *_* The lights outside were beautiful though.
We had dinner at a celebrity hot spot (apparently) and out the front there was the ultimate deco project… a motorbike!
I had the most disgusting grass jelly drink for dinner. It was like frozen rice noodles in sugar water. ICK.
After a good night’s sleep we were ready for shopping again
Quick breakfast and some photos.
We headed off to Orchard Rd for fancy upmarket shopping.
I bought a bunch of Japanese magazines, I was so happy! They are like 1/3rd of the price compared to Australia!
The boys played Wii Sports Resort while we all shopped.
Then it was our last shopping stop for the trip…. SIM LIM SQUARE! Everyone had been waiting so long to get here, it’s basically a whole shopping center devoted to gadgets and cameras
I wanted to get a video camera (mission unsuccessful) and James wanted to look at lenses. We ended up spending 3 hours there because everyone wanted to bargain for things! Some of the guys got really good deals t
oo
I had a hilarious experience with Grace as she put on her famous Singaporean accent to try and bargain on my behalf
The shop keeper was a nut job and he was yelling at us not to leave! Grace’s bargaining skills were so awesome she even got $5 off a steam iron which was supposed to be set price!
While we were wandering around waiting for the boys to finish haggling Kruppy took us on his magical tour of the past and educated us on the subtitles of the landline phone
Apparently his tour made him so tired that he felt the need to try out a magic eye massaging gadget… hahaha! I sure hope he didn’t sustain any lasting damage ^_^
Oh and I couldn’t help but share the signs we could see from the hotel… Frog porridge sounds interesting! We were all daring each other to try it but there just wasn’t time!
After all that there was time for one last hurrah online and then a dash to the airport!
Erica can testify to the fact that our taxi driver was the funniest man in the universe! He was giving us the good old cab driver philosophy and saying we should work less and enjoy life before our retirements! We were convinced he should write a book.
At the airport we grabbed some dinner and did a dash to the plane (almost missed it oops!). James couldn’t believe there was a Burger King, he was so excited! In Australia Burger King is called Hungry Jacks because when it first arrived the name was already taken, so it’s a novelty.
On the plane back I managed to get some sleep, dinner was some kind of fish which was icky but smelled good.
The best part was desert which was chocolate covered icecream bites!
James really enjoyed his hahahaha!
And that was our lovely trip! Now what you really want to see… the loot
Here’s the candy!
Things that I bought:
Nuffnang Australia had these awesome shirts made up for us, I love the one I got!!
And look… FOREIGN BUENO! And yes it tasted just as good
Damn Kinder, just sponsor me already
To say thank you very much to Nuffnang and all the sponsors James and I made this photo <3
I had such a wonderful time, I wish it had lasted longer but it was lovely and it all feels like a dream now
Outfit and a Touch of Happy Shopping
Sorry for the lack of updates guys
I have been a little stressed lately and with stress I tend to get sicker and have less energy so I haven’t had as much time for blogging as I would like.
So today I thought I’d share some shopping I did recently! A few people have asked me to write my guide to shopping so this is a little bit of a preview!
A while ago we did our shop at Chermside which is a large center on the Northside and I got a few little presents
T2 is the most delightful tea shop. I could spend hours just smelling their shop. I bought the loveliest Strawberries and Cream green tea and Sleepy Good which is a tisane for relaxing that really helps me sleep at night.
My favorite purchase that day was actually a cashmere cardigan from Peter Alexander which was on sale (yay!). I am a huge advocate of creating outfits which look like a million dollars for much less but sometimes it’s nice to go for that big brand item. The girl who helped me was lovely and wrapped everything up in cute printed tissue paper.
I wish more stores would use beautiful sturdy paper bags like this! The little bow on the dog’s collar is actually a ribbon too!
And here is the cardigan! I think this is a very French co-ordinate inspired by the over romanticized version of France in my head. Ah yes of course everyone owns a poodle, has a view of the Eiffel Tower and rides a cute little bike everywhere, though I imagine that carrying a baguette all the time could get annoying
Oui oui un baguette sil vous plait! J’ai une trousse d’écolier rouge. Le singe est sur la table.
I bet there would be an awful lot less war if countries were more like the stereotypes in my mind. Also there would be less irritating people in the world asking me if I ride a Kangaroo to work.














































































