My Shopping Conquest #107

Below: New 'loot' from Blackjack, the multi-label store stocking some of the coolest Japanese labels in Singapore!

Below: Cute padded corsages from Japanese label, Mercibeaucoup to add some colour and fun to your winter ensembles!

Below: I picked the 2 best looking ones from the 6 variants! 'Alexander Mcqueen-ish' red plaid... Scottish flair? Love the gold sequins and the fluffy padded design! So cute:-P

Below: Looks great on my Né-net cropped 'schoolboy' jacket!

Below: All of them looked so cute, I cannot stop at just one, so I got 2, including this 'Chanel-ish' grey tweed fabric version...sophisticated with a jab of 'Kawaii'!

Below: How thoughtful, 2 ways to attached the corsage... clip or pin.

Below: Definitely a statement decoration for any jackets, or even bags, shirts, jumpers and more...

Below: Lookbook pics from Mercibeaucoup's Fall Winter 2010 collection. Japanese guys pull off these kind of quaint street looks the best! Love his red plaid corsage on the white jumper...

Below: Or the grey tweed corsage on the tweed blazer...

Below: Girls have all the fun too, 2 on the shoulders for double the fun!

Below: Or pin it on shirts for added visual interest...

Mercibeaucoup Fall Winter 2010 Padded Fabric Corsage

Kawaii! Who can resist 'Kawaii' charm from the land of the rising sun... the Japanese are so adept at creating the cutest things, they can even turn the most 'ugly' things into the most adorable.

When I first saw these Mercibeaucoup Fall Winter 2010 Padded Fabric Corsage from my friend's iphone pics, I knew I want it. Big, loud, fun and colourful but most of all, so cute! I want all of them.

With some free time on my hands before my Diesel Craft Rebel Party on Friday, I stopped by Blackjack at Forum Shopping Mall to bag some of these!

So out of the 6 variants to choose from, I got the 2 best looking ones embroidered with gold sequins and made from sumptuous plaid and tweed fabrics. These oversized padded corsages somehow reminded me of Alexander Mcqueen (Red plaid) and Chanel (Grey tweed). They are definitely made to be an eye catching decorative piece on anything from bags, jumpers, shirts or blazers! Love it. At SGD70 a piece, it's a must-buy!

Source: Club21 Global, Fashionsnap, Hmr

Retail price: SGD70. Where to buy: Blackjack, Forum Shopping Mall

Wild Dunes’ Links Course: Fazio’s First Solo Design Turns 30

THERE ARE A FEW golf courses in South Carolina. Just a few. (Over 360.) At least one of them, the Tom Fazio-designed Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It was the first solo project for the famed architect who also designed two Pinehurst courses and has overseen renovations at Augusta National.

The Links Course continues to be ranked among the top courses in the United States. Fazio’s first design features rolling fairways, undulating greens, rustling palms, massive dunes and oceanside finishing holes. Practice facilities include a driving range, chipping area and putting green. Last year the 18th hole was restored to its original par-5 configuration along the Atlantic.

To mark the 30th anniversary, Wild Dunes Resort has put together a 1980s-inspired golf package. Priced at $225 per person per night, it includes a round of golf on the Links Course or Harbor Course, resort accommodations, a flashback 80s music CD and a signature 1980s-style anniversary golf hat. The offer is available for stays from September 7 through December 29.

On the northern tip of Isle of Palms, a barrier island off South Carolina’s coast, the Links Course is less than 30 minutes from Charleston and an easy hop from (or to) Myrtle Beach or Kiawah. Wild Dunes Resort is a 1,600-acre oceanfront property and offers a variety of accommodations and amenities.

−The Armchair Golfer

(Brought to you by YourGolfTravel.com.)

A Couple of my Favorite Layouts, old ones & new ones.

Sweet Samantha, soo simple & special just like her.

An old layout but one of my favorites.

I just love this picture of my girls.  I don't usually do a 1 page layout but this time I did.  Again super quick & easy~

Vintage: Nora Ariffin in Ad Campaign for CoverGirl, 1993 & 1995

Models (left to right): Luciana Curtis, Lana Ogilvie, Niki Taylor, Rachel Hunter & Nora Ariffin
Ad Campaign: CoverGirl, 1993
Photographer: Sante D'Orazio

Source: lucianacurtis.free.fr

Models (left to right): Luciana Curtis, Tyra Banks, Rachel Hunter, Niki Taylor & Nora Ariffin
Ad Campaign: CoverGirl, 1995
Photographer: Sante D'Orazio

Source: nora-ariffin.com

Parisian Chic.....

Net-a-Porter

Sexy & Chic!

All images from Net-a-Porter and scanned by me, Charmaine. Please give credit if taken from my blog. Thanks! :)

Name the Old-Time Players

OK, NAME-THE-PLAYER experts: How about some old-timers? Do any of the players in this grainy black-and-white photograph look familiar? Can you name one, two, or more?

No hints. You’re on your own. Who are any of these old-time players?

−The Armchair Golfer

Other “Name the Players”:
Name the Player Practicing in the Bunker
Name the Player Along on the Range
Name the Player at the LPGA Championship
Name the Player Signing the Deal in 1971
Name the Player at TPC Sawgrass
Name the Player Based on the Shoes and Footwork

I won this at CHA!

Here is one of the goodies I brought home from CHA.  I won this from a drawing!  I was sooo excited until my good friend Michelle won her Gypsy & Cuttlebug from the Provo Craft booth!  lol  I still love my new tape glider but a new Gypsy or Cuttlebug would of been nice too!  I have so many other wonderful things that I received from CHA I can't complain.  I can't wait to start getting my orders of new product...especially the new ribbon.  I ordered a ton of the new flower ribbon that is so popular right now.  I will post a few more pictures tomorrow of some of my new items.

Purple Love.....

Design Addict Mom

If your going to do color, what better way to do it than like this. I just love the color combination! Looking at these rooms just makes me happy! I discovered this beautiful home over at Stacey's blog, Design Addict Mom. To see more images of this home and to read about it, make sure to pay Stacey a visit, Her blog is FABULOUS!

Your Weekend.....

image by jen ramos

Newest Love Candy Print Colors Added !! (Via Made By Girl)

We just finished shooting our NEWEST Love Candy colors! They are now added to my shop and ready to be purchased! The 2 colors are Blu Raspberry and Bubble Gum...which would REALLY look great in KIDS rooms! 


NOTE: If you blog about these new COLORS, please let me know & I'll include YOUR BLOG in my next thank you post! Hope you enjoy them! 

image by jen ramos

Lloyd Ralphs Design....

Lloyd Ralphs Design

Don't you just love these rooms? I love the white. You know, it is so funny, but it seems like since I've gotten older my taste has changed. I use to love a lot of color and not much white. Now I'm in love with white! It's such a sophisticated, romantic, crisp, chic clean color, especially when done tastefully. I like to work my color around the white. Now my favorite style is using white with soft colors like nudes, grays and pastels. What some of your favorite colors? All designs are done by Lloyd Ralphs Design.