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Melbourne Snapshots!

by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 24, 2010 | Life

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And welcome to another edition to Snapshots! To be honest since I started writing the book etc I haven’t been going out as much so it’s taken a bit longer for me to get enough interesting things to put together into a post >_< I’m keeping my head down and being a good working girl though!

James has been refining his cooking skills which I am loving! He worked out how to make Krispy Kreme style donuts at home!

And he even filled them with chocolate custard 😀

Everything he’s made lately has been heart shaped which is completely adorable. This is some curry we had.

Omg I found the coolest idea the other day… It’s a hot chocolate dispenser! Overkill for normal people but fricking perfect for my addiction!

I totally need one!

We visited this lovely tea shop in the Dandenongs too, though there is a post coming with lots more photos of the inside. Look at all of those tea pots! I was in heaven :O

I thought this label in the cafe we went to there was hilarious!

For no reason here is a toy dog wearing rollerskates.

We went to a bead store in Melbourne Central to pick up supplies and the owners were so nice! The store was closing down and almost everything was $1. I went back so many times and every single time he remembered me and remember I liked pink things so he would pile extra cute pink free things into my bag XD So friendly!

I picked up this awesome jewelery stand there which I’m going to pretty up in and upcoming tutorial ^_^

Omg bunnies! You all probably think I’m crazy but bunnies are illegal to keep as pets in Queensland so this was the first time I’ve ever seen one in person. They look so soft and cuddly but I have a feeling they secretly might just like biting people XD

An awesome chair in Melbourne Central deserves a photo op right?

Oh one of the funnest things I’ve done over the last few weeks was finding this little store via Celeste! It’s up just past the Target complex in the city and it’s called Tokuya… You have to enter through an optometrist and go down stairs so I think a lot of people might miss it…

But it’s totally worth it because it’s a Japanese 100Yen store!

Everything is actually $3.50 or $4.50 which makes some things a bit overpriced and some things ridiculously cheap. There are things there you just can’t get anywhere else so yay!

There’s cooking stuff, deco, stationery, gift wrapping, make up, false eye lashes, nail polish… and the list goes on. They have just opened and they are still adding new stock but I’m so excited about it!

I met one of the owners and she was just the cutest girl ever! She loved my phone deco and she said they are going to get lots more deco supplies in soon.

Verdict: totally must go back!

With all the work I’ve been doing it’s been great to have packages in the mail to cheer me up too! I had been waiting for coloured acrylics for ages and here they are along with lots of new nails to start painting 😀

I got a Bodyline package too but that’s a review for another day.

The best thing in the mail this week was a package from Tiff! She went to Japan recently and was so sweet to bring me back souvenirs!

She wrote me the cutest little letter! I lover her drawing 😀

Totally sweet eyelashes:

And the best part, it’s from the Hikaria Bakery 😀

It’s a tiny banana and blueberry waffle magnet! Finger there for size comparison.

Look at how detailed it is, she is so skilled at making little foods! You can visit her store here. Very awesome!

Woo back to work now!

Rough Guide To How I Recycled My Filofax

by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 23, 2010 | Craft, Other-Tutorials, Tutorial

The last few weeks have made me really sick of the calender programs on my iPhone. I miss pen and paper, for like 8 years I used my trusty black leather Filofax for everything and it was with me every single day. Then I got my phone and I got caught up in all the applications so the filofax started gathering dust. After a few years without it I missed the poor old thing! I drafted my very first comic book in it so it’s very nostalgic! ^_^

Unfortunately the whole black leather thing doesn’t really go with my look anymore and with no cash to spend it was time for a re-think! There’s no point it just sitting there doing nothing, Filofaxes are there to be uuuused!

Digging into my fabric scraps box I found a couple of pieces for inspiration 😀 I think this post is more of a guide than a tutorial because I’ll just give you the general idea and you can take it and run with it how you like rather than making exact versions.

I decided on a light pink satin cover and ironed it flat. I then used hot glue around the edges of the diary to attach it:

Flattening the whole thing out I trimmed the extra fabric off.

And glued down the edges. I was careful not to glue any of the inside pockets shut in the process.

The outside:

That was a bit plain for me so I decided to add a band of colourful floral fabric that was a scrap from a dress I made ages ago. I ironed it out and folded the edges over.

Very carefully I glued it around the middle.

Cuter already right?

I carefully covered the clasp thingy too and then cut a small hole so it could still click closed. This is it pre-hole:

And post hole showing how it closes:

I was so caught up I kind of forgot to take photos of the next bit sorry! Basically I used the floral fabric to completely cover the inside including all of the pockets. I’m sure you can use your imagination ^_^ I then added lace around the outsides to hide all of the glued areas. So it ended up like this:

I realised I needed some cute paper to write on too! Luckily I had a bunch of supplies left over from a Cristina Re gift bag I was given when we had out tea party earlier in the year so I set to work.

I used an old page of diary to find the right size to fit my diary.

Then I carefully cut it all out.

Hole punch at the ready…

Taadaaa cute paper!

I needed new dividers as well so I used one to get the shape and cut them out of thing cardboard.

Lastly I added some black and white flocked paper and stickers as decoration.

I used the flocked paper on the back too.

And there you have it! Super cute new diary/planner/Filofax thingy all finished and ready to be used!

I’m really happy with the way it came out and it suits my personality perfectly.

I’ve been using it for a good few weeks now and it’s made life much easier 😀

I actually enjoy writing on such pretty paper too 😀

Do you guys use a paper planner or are you all iPhone/Blackberry junkies?

Rose Print Nail Art!

by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 22, 2010 | Nails

I’ve been playing with the 3D acrylic again and I wanted something to match my dress for Manifest on Friday. This is what came out…

I am slowly getting better with modeling the acrylics, I just need more practice! though I think some of the effect is lost because the layer of gel over the top was too thick.