Top & split pants courtesy of Boohoo, DIY flower crown, Yves Saint Laurent Ring

Some people say that they'd rather be comfortable than wear pretty clothes, I think Boohoo challenges that statement perfectly by providing their customers with the most comfortable split pants known to mankind! If you're keen to grab some Boohoo goodies, they're currently having up to 50% off on selected items and if you enter 'EXTRAS' at the checkout you can grab yourself an extra 10% off :)

On another note, it looks like this is going to be my last blog post for the year...how did a whole calendar just slip by so fast?

2012  started off as a year so full of trials and tribulations. Looking back at the new life adjustments, new responsibilities and new friends that I've made this year, the deeper gratitude that I now feel for the current people and opportunities I have in my life fills my heart with so much love.

So, as my last blog post for the year this one will be a small keepsake of 2012.

This year I:

• Attended my Graduation Ceremony at the University of Technology Sydney for completing my Bachelor Degree of Business
• Walked over a pathway of 400-800 degree celcius of burning coal at Unleash The Power Within, which you can read here :-O
• A new work opportunity was presented to me and I went from Account Manager for E-Web Marketing to Creative Director for Bellagio & Co. During the entire process and hopefully for the rest of my professional career, I've been given invaluable advice and mentorship from the CEO and COO of E-Web Marketing on how to improve my business acumen, become a better leader and a better person and I am ever so grateful for them.
• I've met some really great bloggers and PR agencies this year, to top it off I got to go on my first sponsored trip to Melbourne, all of this thanks to my blog. Where would I be without the World Wide Web! 
• Guest Lectured the Post-Graduate Marketing class at UNSW as well as the Undergraduate Marketing students at Monash University and had a blast!
• Was interviewed and featured in a BBC Documentary 'Generation Asia'. The camera really adds on the pounds doesn't it? Haha 
• Although I haven't had a lot of time to focus on it, I feel like I've surpassed leaps and bounds in my previous obstacles with Anniepopshop. Things are now running smoothly and wheels are turning themselves which I'm happy about!
• My CEO and I started a non-profit organisation to inspire more people to choose happiness as a part of their every day life. It's called Punnky, which stands for Positive Uplifting News Network and within 6 weeks I generated over 70,000 fans. Hopefully by 2020 this turns into 500 million happy people :) 
• Finally commited myself towards getting fit at least 3 times a week with 3 amazing trainers and cut out a lot of bad food in my diet. With the exception of cheat days of course ;) 
• Recently I got to serve morning tea and give gifts to the residents of Charles Chambers Court for Mission Australia which really made my Christmas special!
• Have made new relationships including one I hold dear to my heart with the last person I expected but is now the first person always on my mind :) 

And in a few hours I'll be making my way to Vanuatu and New Caledonia! Have a happy and safe new year every body and remember to thank all your friends and family for sticking by you for another year of greatness :D

DIY Flower Crown

DIY Flower Crowns, Cut out dress by ASOS

I'm not sure where my recent fixation with flower crowns came from, I think it might have something to do with the fact that I spend too much time on the internet and I somehow end up browsing pictures of the different types of flower arrangements that the brides of today have been favouring..

So instead of feeling the sudden need to buy flowers, like a normal person would, I felt the need to wear the flowers.. on my head.. I don't think many of my friends will understand it but they're so quick to make and so pretty to look at that I thought I'd share it with you :)

How to Make a Flower Crown

What you'll need: 

• Fake flowers: You'll be able to find plastic and foam flowers at Spotlight, Lincraft, dollar shops and home decor stores. These particular ones are from different dollar stores & cost me around $2-3 a bunch 
• Headband 
• Felt paper
• Hot glue gun + hot glue
• Scissors
• Ribbon (optional)

1. Cut a strip of felt paper which is going to cover the area of the headband which you want to cover with flowers. Thickness of the felt will depend on the size of the flowers you use.

2. Hot glue the felt to the headband. Make sure you try the felt + headband first to make sure that the felt doesn't uncomfortably sit on your head/touch your ears. Also remember to be quick when using the hot gun, it will harden really fast so I suggest you hot glue the felt and headband together a centimeter or two at a time.

3. Hot glue the flowers onto the felt, one flower at a time

4. Cut an arch felt (this will go at the back of your flowers)

5. Turn your flower crown around, hot glue in between the flowers

6. Hot glue the felt to cover the back of the flowers

7. If you want to decorate the back of your flower crown you can fold and hot glue some ribbon onto the back


And you'll have yourself a brand new flower crown! :)

DIY YSL

YSL Arty Ovale Ring in Turquoise

Unfortunately some time during my blog hiatus and the frenzy of my mid-semester exams I misplaced my Green YSL Arty Ovale ring. I admittedly did mope a little over the loss but with work piling up I had to carry on with the million and one things I had left to do.

And now in return of my hiatus, I have somehow stumbled across two new additions to the YSL family - the first is possibly the most affordable YSL ring, an easy DIY which I'm excited to share with my lovely blog readers! :)

All you need is:

1. One empty YSL lipstick and...

2. The mighty strength to pull it all apart (with the help of pliers if you have pansy arms like me)


and you've got yourself a new accessory!

This wonderful DIY was inspired by Madame Broschinka

As for its turquoise friend, a few weeks ago Jeremy went to Singapore and without even knowing that I had lost my ring, he came home and surprised me with a new Arty Ovale which I've been wearing to death. I'm also slightly obsessive over Ben & Jerry's ice cream and he bagged me a few delicious lip balms while he was there! Thank you for thinking of me, thank you so much for the gifts :)

Pssssstt

DIY hand chain

So I guess this is my little 'I'm-sorry-I-never-got-around-to-a-proper-post-this-week' post. But if it's any consellation I'll let you in on a little secret..

I will be working at the Peeptoe Shoes warehouse sale next weekend! The sale begins Friday 13th August until Sunday 15th August at:

Building 4/ 190 Bourke Rd,
Alexandria
NSW, 2015

We'll be open from: Fri: 9am - 5:30pm, Sat: 9am - 5:30pm and Sun: 9am - 5:30pm

There will be shoes from $75, clutches from $20 and jewellery from $5!

Looking forward to seeing you all there, I'll be back to regular postings as soon as I get a little more time to myself in the week but for now I bid you farewell and..
happy shoe shopping!

xx

Drip Drape

Ksubi Top, DIY body chain, Bardot skirt

I've been meaning to get some things off my chest....and onto my feet! hahaha

Mirror mirror on these shoes...please tell me how to overcome the credit card woes that come with you. I woulld really appreciate it if somebody could forward a message to Mr Jeffrey Campbell to let him know that he will be held responsible for my early demise. These Xmas, Clinic, Exam and Xanadu wedges have me wrapped!

With all shoe business aside I'm finally free of exams, home from a wonderful getaway in QLD and ready to get back into the swing of things! I've had a couple of things on my blogging agenda but I'm in the process of collating things for ANNIEPOPSHOP (which I plan to have up before the end of tonight!) so I'll get to all request posts soon after.

As for the formspringer that asked about the things I managed to grab from the Minkpink sale, I've been able to snap up a few pics for you during the process :D

I'll be sure to come back and answer all formspring questions + edit this post with an announcement once new things in the popshop are up so I will ttys! (:

What's' on my nails: OPI My Private Jet + L.A Girl Double Platinum

Too many photos and a DIY

Updated with some questions I've missed!

An old shirt, machine-washable acrylic paint, scissors, paper, tape, pencil, paintbrush plus 5 minutes of your day and you've got yourself the simplest little DIY.

I also whipped out my scissors and some chalk to shred an old pair of black jeans. Surprisingly enough I'm becoming quite the pants girl - which makes me wonder - what's happening to the world?

Things to do: Fix the car, get my fulls, post up items for blogshop, buy that desk and nailpolish post up next.

Questions, Questions!

Anonymous: i was just wondering, seeing you friend works at model co would she know whether the Model Co Turbo Lash Wand actually works? or even better have you tried it :)?
I haven't tried the Model Co Turbo Lash Wand but my Model Co friend Wendy suggests that you're better off not grabbing the Turbo Lash Wand and invest in the Shu Uemura heated curler instead which surprisingly isn't all that pricey!

And from these piccies you would've noticed the dissapearing of my faux bangs, those clip-ins can be found at market city for a measley $15 and they've proven to be lots of fun! Hehehe

Anonymous: where did you get your black and white striped mini dress from? ITS SOO CUTE :D
I'm sorry I missed your question before! The dress is actually navy and white, it was on sale for $15 at supre! :P

Anonymous: in one of your previous posts, you wore a pair of shoesone shoes. just wanted to know how you found your way around the korean website and how the shipping and fees were.
I actually don't reccommend ordering from the site unless you have a friend that could help you find your way around it. We ordered together and although the things were quite cheap, shipping fees were quite high, our parcel took a long time to arrive and was left at the door on arrival - exposed to the dangers of the world!

Anonymous: how much is the shu uemura lash curler?
I think it's around $30-$40 or so but I haven't actually checked.

Anonymous: where did you get the braclet from? where you drew the chanel symbol on the shirt
They were from Equip, I bought them a long while ago though. They're actually all scratched up close!

Anonymous: Aww Annie you look amazing! You should seriously do a post about your diet and provide some tips as to how you stay so thin! xx
I appreciate that you thought of me as thin, I really do! Because as decieving as these photos may be, I'm actually quite a meaty girl. I can hardly pull my old skinnies past my kankles and I definitely do not remember the last time I could comfortable slip into size 6 clothing. My golden years have left me to soon! But I guess I really only have myself to blame - I'm not afraid to wolf down fast food and can't seem to fit an excercise regime into my week. Laziness has defeated me.

Anonymous: annie you're so beautifulllll P.S you never told us about your trip to fiji!! how was it? did you take heaps of photos? my friends and i were thinking of going there during midsem break so if you could please do a post about it soon =) Ooh! Midsem breaks are nearing, I should post about Fiji soon - it completely slipped my mind!

Anonymous: hey annie sorry if this sounds a bit stalkerish :P but when u went to future music festival a couple of weeks back u wore over the knee high socks & ive been searching for affordable ones do u have any suggestions? sorry if it sounds like a dumb question
Those thigh high socks were my saviour! They left me with clean legs after a long day of galavanting around the dirt :D They were super cheap, about $6 or so from Paddy's Market.

Anonymous: hey annie. just wondering if they still have the bardot no.9 singlet in the parra store?
Yes we still do!

And to those who have commented with their tumblr, I've been meaning to reply but I can't figure out my way around tumblr for the life of me! Do I... type it in formspring? Mm. This is embarressing LOL.

I've also come to the realization of my over usage of the word 'actually'

Warning: Photo heavy!

Pardon my absence!

What a kickstart to my Tuesday. I woke up half an hour before class and I live an hour away from uni, I made a speedy exit from home and presented infront of a student body with my daggy stockings, bed hair and no makeup .... and for that brief moment, I wished everybody grew cataracts to cloud their eyes. I'm terrible, I know :(

Monday was eventful though, I helped my friend Kimberly with her photoshoot project which was also a great chance to finally showcase the DIY hand and body chains I've made :) the weather could have been kinder to us though!

Photos were taken and edited by Kimberly Ngo and some were edited by Quang!

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Here were the materials I used to make my hand and body chains. Silver chain from Spotlight and mum's jewellery pliers. My mum makes jewellery as a side hobby and she puts me to shame! haha if this post wasn't so photo heavy I'd upload some of her little creations but I'll save that for next post :)

And to top it off, another haul. Boy is this one hell of an entry or what! Sick of me yet? :)

I mentioned a couple of times in the vid that I'd put pictures up on my blog but I haven't had the chance to snap them in the daylight yet so - will do next post! It also seems that my photobucket bandwidth has expired, piccies will be up and refreshed in about 30 or so days but for the time being I get ugly exceeded bandwidth banners. BOO!