Lace Glove Tutorial ^_^

I’m sure you’re all sick of my talking about Melbourne… but Melbourne is cold. I’ve never lived somewhere that actually requires me to wear gloves so this is a bit exciting for me!

Glove Tutorial

Of course I couldn’t just have normal gloves! When we were moving I was also very short on time so I had to think of a way to make my plain old $8 Kmart gloves cuter in a big hurry and only using things I already had.

Glove Tutorial

So what I used was:

  • Pink gloves from Kmart
  • Rose lace
  • 2x lace collars
  • Matching ribbon

Have you seen these lace collars before? They used to sell them everywhere but I haven’t seen them in a while. I bought them thinking I would put them on a black blouse when I was into Lolita but this seems like a much better use now 😀

Glove Tutorial

So what I did was very very easy… I put on the gloves to make sure where I was sewing was stretched out enough and carefully pinned the collar in place around the top of the wrist.

Glove Tutorial

Because they were meant to be collars the lace flares out and the pattern is more on one side. I pointed this towards the edge where my pinky finger was so they have a cute flare to them.

Glove Tutorial

I stitched it all in place then placed some lace over the top.

Glove Tutorial

When sewing it on make sure to stretch the fabric that way it will stretch enough to fit over your hand.

Glove Tutorial

Lastly I added a nice big fat bow on top because you can never have enough decoration!

Glove Tutorial

Taadaaa!

Glove Tutorial

And there you have it, I didn’t buy anything new, I used up some of my old stash aaand now I have cute gloves ^_^

I think you could really replace the lace collars with pretty much anything, even just a frill of other matching fabric. It didn’t take more than 20min to do so they are the perfect quick craft to do at night while watching tv.

Invitation: A Bit of Chocolate Heaven at Koko Black Melbourne

Just a quick note tonight…

That’s right there is a Nuffnang blogger meet up happening in Melbourne and Penny from Jeroxie (Addictive & Consuming) and I are organizing it ^_^

So if you happen to be in Melbourne and you looooove chocolate as much as I do you should come and join us at Koko Black in Collins Street at 1:30pm Saturday the 24th of July.

If you would like to come along please RSVP here: A bit of chocolate heaven at Koko Black so we can keep track of everyone.

I’m hoping this will be a really good chance to meet a lot of you lovely people in real life instead of from behind the keyboard and because it’s a bigger event hopefully you won’t be too shy to come and say hello ^_^

We hope to see as many of you as possible on the day! 🙂

Let me know if you’re coming so I can look out for you!

Sneaker Sunday- Home Foot Spa Reviews!

Sneaker Sunday time!

We all love our sneakers, they are totally awesome but feet need pampering so this week Valerie and I are going to show you some options on how to give those feet what they really deserve!

To two reviews today.

Firstly the best $18 I spent the month we moved here:

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

At home foot spa from Kmart. Firstly I couldn’t believe that it was actually $18… So freaking cheap, I haven’t seen them in stores for less that $40!

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

Basically you pour water into it and turn it on. It massages, whirls heats the water. Awesome in theory but in this case you get what you pay for…

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

This is where the problems start… it only does 1 out of those 3 things: Massage

It doesn’t heat the water and it doesn’t whirl/bubble. I probably just got a faulty one but the train fare back to a Kmart is around $20 so it seems silly to spend that money when I would get $18 back!

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

But you know what? Even after all of that this was completely worth the money because after a long day of walking I pop the kettle on, fill the tub up and massage my feet to my heart’s content!

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

I read a great a magazine, put on some music and chill out.

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

By the time the water cools I am relaxed and feeling like a big pool of jelly. Having this feeling at home is something that I just love.

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

Verdict: If I hadn’t got a faulty model I might love it more. I’m not unhappy with the features I have but I am annoyed that the others didn’t work. I can’t vouch for the quality of any other models so I’m giving it a 3/10. If I was going to buy again I would spend the extra money and get a really good one from Priceline or something ^_^

Now once you’re finished your foot spa you, what better way to top it off than a delicious foot/leg treatment??

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

I tried out the “Tired Leg Gel” from Montagne Jennesse! I absolutely adore their face masks so I thought this would be a nice way to relax.

It comes in a little foil packet and is a thick consistency. There is a generous amount and even if you wanted to do your whole legs you would probably have left overs.Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

The smell was *very* cherry (which I’m personally not a fan of) and it has an insane cooling sensation when you rub it in. This sensation might be really overpowering for some of you, I found it to be a bit unpleasant because it’s the dead of winter here so I was freezing XD

In the Summer though I can see how this would be really lovely after a hot day.

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

I found it to be quite sticky even after rubbing in for a long time. It would go really well with an extended leg rub from your significant other! XD

Sneaker Sunday- Foot Spa Reviews

Verdict- Very nice feeling, very relaxing but better for Summer but not Winter!

So neither product I used today was completely successful but the most important thing to take out of this is that you should take time to try things like this and pamper yourself and your feet a bit! They spend all week carrying you around so the least you can do is give them half an hour of loving!

Check out Valerie’s Sneaker Sunday post this week about her spa experiences!