DIY Sparkle heels,

With the escapades of Winter and Spring frozen as memories, and me being back home on the sunny island of Singapore - I'm more than pleased to fall back into the reverie of DIY craft ♥ These dusty court shoes have been idling in my cupboard for quite a while, hence the sudden thought to jazz it up a little. What more beautiful a transformation from a dull pair of formals to a sparkle of silver to your plain outfit?

For this, I used my old pair of court shoes which has been faithfully serving me during my labourious council duties and office stints. Coupled with a few other materials from Art Friend (favourite store of all time!) such as Mod Podge (seriously useful, you might want to purchase a bigger bottle as an investment), an old brush, sparkly glitter any colour of your choice and Hi-shine glaze. It gets quite messy so do line the table with some rough papers, once you're done let the glittering begin!

1. Line an old plastic tub with aluminium foil, and mix the Mod Podge and glitter in the proportions of 2:3. If you wish, you may add more glitter to thicken the mixture but this was what I did after experimenting with it :)

2. Ensure that your shoes are clean and dry - and begin to adorn the surface of the shoes (you might want to use gloves if you're afraid of being messy, I love the messy craft feel though!)

3. Allow it to dry for an hour or less, and coat it with a second layer. This helps to strengthen the coat and cover the gaps you missed the first time. If you wish, you may coat it a third time.

4. Allow the shoes to dry for an extended period of time, e.g. 1-2 days and spray it with the Hi-shine glaze to hold the glitter coat together and ensure that the shine doesn't fade! You might want to do this outdoors because of the glaze fumes. Dry it for an hour and viola, you're done! Perfect for dinner dates with a black sleek dress ♥ 

Update: took a picture with my outfit, whilst playing with Mirrorgram!

Ciao!

Melbourne'11 Part V

Last part to my Melbourne photojournal - Melbourne is such a gorgeous city, especially the outskirts ♥ These were taken on the way to Philip island, which was a long drive from the bus we boarded from Federation square in the heart of the city. We also spotted wallabies hopping about along the way in the plains!

Philip island is the coastal home to many little penguins (the world's smallest penguins) where each night at sunset, they return ashore after a day of fishing. It was really amazing to have witnessed this magical procession at Summerland beach, even though photography was banned. But I couldn't resist not sneaking a few of shots of the rainbow gradient sky, which isn't very apparent in the picture because I hesitated and the sun was setting. Photography is banned because the light caused by flashes blinds the penguins for life, although some tourists still go ahead and take their selfish flash shots which is very unfortunate.

Made our way down to one of the park ranges early morning to have breakfast, and where I had the best marmite crackers ever....and where mumsie fed canaries with some bird food provided at the side. They're really intuitive!

Hello conductor at the Puffing billy station, the railway train ride was pretty overrated and it was extremely cold during winter, especially with the wind gushing when cruising through the woods.

Pitstop at a wine vineyard, and had an expensive Italian meal because there was no other restaurant in plain sight (and we were hungry), the pasta was good at least!

Pelicans are such mesmerizing yet awkward looking creatures, which makes them really beautiful. They don't smell very nice though, and I was almost certain they were gonna bite me after my snaps so I scurried away.

On the last day, we decided to head up the Eureka tower aka Skydeck88, a 297.3 metre skyscraper in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne. It's the 10th tallest residential building in the world, and the highest public vantage point in a building in the Southern hemipshere. The view wasn't fantastic, but it did give us a glimpse of the landmarks we have been visiting in the past week.....the outside portion of the viewing platform was freezing though.

Overall, it was a good trip, albeit the cold although visiting in Spring or Summer would be tons better. The city's very easy to orientate yourself in, and the culture is very cosmopolitan so we had a mixture of cuisines during our trip (spotted a lot of small Japanese joints frequently hehe), it's the countryside that needs more brain work getting around - but the bus day trips at Federation square are a godsend so you might want to check them out :) Goodbye Melbourne, till we meet again!

Pictures taken by my trusty Canon IXUS 1000HS

Melbourne film pictures

Melbourne Part I

Melbourne Part II

Melbourne Part III

Melbourne Part IV

Snippets of life II,

Summer has been really kind to me thus far and I'm really thankful, in fact it's probably one of the best college summers I've had in a long while ♥ Filled with so much love, family and friends!  I really felt like I had a terribly refreshing break, a sojourn in laid back fashion (or you could say a respite before school starts) In the midst of which, I've also completed a 10 week internship stint, and met amazingly talented individuals whom I've enjoyed talking to and learning so much from - definitely keeping in touch with all of them :) So here's a photograph log of the later part of my summer, mostly taken from my mobile phone camera. Enjoy, ciao!

Sugar free chocolate from San Fran

Wardrobe spring cleaning

Cupcakes from Mu parlour @ Holland village

Hair salon magazines

In a heartbeat ♥ 

QTpii spotted on my bed

Ippudo ramen @ Mandarin gallery

Showing Lydia how I can have a kawaii pose too ^^

New Lucky claypot rice @ Holland drive, not bad but long wait!

En route to MBS skypark observation deck

ACE investor forum: great eye opener from startups!

Late after-dinner sweet treats, especially good after tennis

Workday lunch break with the PRU gang!

Hibiscus tea for brunch @ Wild Honey

Me doing what I do best

So much respect for this abstract ring designer

NYDC mudpies are awesome, 'nuff said

Mini adventure with Amanda during lunch hours!

Happy fourteenth to my pretty sister :)

USS!

Din Tai Fung @ MBS

Dinner @ Ban Heng pavilion restaurant with the family

Camera-ception

     Gorgeous purple rose earphones

Persimmons in a cup for tea break!

While waiting for mumsie @ the fitting rooms

Hello why does my owner do this to me

Table tennis matches @ work

Like owner like dog

Half done Jelly hearts for the party

Salmon teppanyaki

Polaroid camera rental from the sweetest owner

Failed armswag hahaha  

 

Prepared with so much love ♥♥♥

Warm and snug in the bathrobe

Floating around on a lazy Saturday

Post dinner chat over a pot of chamomile tea

Shopping with my birthday vouchers ^^

DIY nails!

Revolving restaurant @ Prima tower for Dad's birthday

Passing my 21st midnight mark @ Shuffle

Prata at Mustafa (because swee choon was closed)

Yiangmeng thinks digestive biscuits have emotions

Biggest poodle I have ever seen

All clad in black in town

Spotted @ Typo

Kite flying and picnic with amazing ex-colleagues!

Lovin' the cosy ambience @ Wild Honey

Pretty pink carnations ♥

En route to marina barrage

Can't wait to design the inner paper lining!

Overrated chendol @ ABC market

Before decorations for my 21st party

Matric fair balloons, hope you guys liked it!

Geisha tea @ The Courtyard Fullerton hotel

Starbucks birthday cake

Pink nails!

Almond caramel cheesecake tart for Shiany's 21st ♥

Sean's saddistic yet stress relieving iPad game

Wild honey catch up with my BFF, thank you :)

At the usual hairdresser's

Working hard or hardly working?

♥