Adventure Time, Summer and Curry – Melbourne Snapshots

by | Dec 9, 2012 | Life

Late Halloween snapshots are late XD

I was Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time and James went as Finn. Lottie was Jake too but she declined photos haha.

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This is officially the laziest costume ever, I just coloured my hair with pastels and made the crown. The rest I had in my cupboard!P1100472

James and Toby (who was a pumpkin)!

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And Celina who was a mouse. Lottie had a quick costume change to be a witch but it didn’t last long.

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Instead of carving pumpkins (because they are freaking expensive) I carved a capsicum (which was still $3.00!!!).

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Totally the same thing 😀

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We spent the night trying to watch scary movies and eating waaaay too much candy.

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The boys accidentally spilled the mocktails all over our new couch, here is James re-enacting -_-

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James put TOO much effort into the food, it was all delicious. There may have been a minor fire but we’re not talking about that >_>

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Celina gave me my Christmas present early, they made me guess what it was and I’m terrible at that!!

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TAADAAA dress makers dummy!

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I was so excited and I can’t WAIT to start using it, it’s going to make sewing so much easier!

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Within about 10 minutes of having it I couldn’t help start to drape something XD

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Lottie got her first day out and was both thrilled and terrified XD

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It’s been getting dark much latter. It really messes with my brain when it gets dark at 6pm one night and then 9:30 only a few weeks later *_* It feels wrong eating dinner  before it’s dark!

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But it does make for pretty photos!

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The last orange leaf around our apartment. Very pretty.

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So bright *_*

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We were lucky enough to have Vanessa from Nessbow visit us too!

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Lottie isn’t great at posing for photos XD

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Now that it’s Summer it’s getting warm enough to enjoy Bubble Tea again! I miiiiiised you bubble tea!

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James made little rice men having a spa in our curry too. I’m very lucky to have a man who will create food scenes to make me laugh. That seems random enough to end this on 😀

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A New Method For How To Make Glitter Sneakers

by | Dec 8, 2012 | Craft, Shoe-Tutorials, Tutorial

Today’s project is a new version of my old post about glitter sneakers. Even though I haven’t done a Sneaker Sunday post in aaages I still love them and I still love customising my own!

This is my latest pair of glitter sneakers. You can see the old technique of painting the glitter sneakers in this post.

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You need:

  • Glitter
  • Fabric glue (not pva like the last tutorial)
  • Paper to put down so you don’t make a huge mess
  • Sneakers
So rather than buying new sneakers I decided to redo my old deco sneakers. I did these 3-4 years ago and while they are not in terrible condition they are a little worse for wear.

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There’s a post on how to maintain sneakers and shoes which are decorated in case you’re interested too.

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Anyway the first step was removing all of the deco pieces and bows and giving the shoes a thorough wipe down.

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The key to this version is to use wash and wear fabric glue. The brand doesn’t matter but it need to be washable. In the old version I used pva glue and mixed the glue and glitter together. That way does make a smaller mess but it takes longer and because the glitter is fairly encased it’s not quite as shiny.

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Put sheets of paper down so you can easily clean up the mess later. So section by section coat each side of the shoe in a generous amount of glue. Then while the glue is still wet slowly tip glitter on. Be generous and don’t worry if the glitter piles up.

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After the glue is dry to the touch shake off the extra glitter. Leave the shoes to dry over night and then brush off any remaining loose glitter OUTSIDE. You want to be very thorough with this brushing and make sure every possible piece of loose glitter is gone or else you’ll leave a trail of glitter everywhere you walk. I took mine into the shower and banged them together until nothing else came off.

And that’s it! Because this is fabric glue it holds on to the glitter so well that no top coat is needed at all. Super shiny = winner!

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Now you just need some shiny clothes to go with them!

It’s time for another month of Vlogs!

by | Dec 7, 2012 | Life

Hello! It’s that time of year again, it’s time for a month of Vlogs!

We were off to a bit of a bumpy start with them but we’re getting along find now!

The first lot are going to be posted here today and the rest will be included in the Round Ups on Mondays from now on.

Now I have a phone with a good enough camera and I can upload directly from the phone I’m finding it much less stressful than the last two months I did so I’m considering just keeping going with them. Though I say that at the beginning of the month, we’ll see how I feel at the end XD

Day 1! Introductions

Day 2! Baking Apple and Custard Pies

Day 3! BBQ and Daiso

Day 4! The Boyfriend Tag

Day 5! Thrift Shopping

Day 6! How I Cut My Fringe

See you all tomorrow 😀

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