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March 20, 2013
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Does Your Keyboard Need A Makeover?

WASHI TAPE KEYBOARD nz style beauty blogger

I know washi tape has been around for quite some time now and yes, admittedly I’ve given more than ‘just a few’ of my household and office items a washi tape makeover, but this ‘Keyboard Makeover’ I found on designaglow.com is pretty much THE coolest thing I’ve ever seen done with washi tape and I’m about to apply this to my MacBook Pro, the office Mac, my sisters laptop, my guys desktop Mac (he doesn’t know this yet – probably best I make it a ‘surprise makeover’ when he’s not home, unsure he will be as delighted with this cutesy makeover as I am).

Check out this super easy step-by-step guide:

Washi Tape Keyboard Tutorial NZ Style Blogger

Source: designaglow.com

Supplies: 
1. Washi tape: you can find this at your local craft store or on etsy.com
2. Scissors
3. Keyboard – preferably one with flat keys
4. Time!

Directions:
1. Thoroughly clean keys with rubbing alcohol and a q-tip.
2. Brainstorm a pattern or create a random design.
3. Align edge with corner of key.
4. Unravel and adhere across key.
5. Snip at edge and remove.
6. Trim corners and excess.
7. Neatly re-stick to key.
8. Repeat!

Ange xx

A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

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February 26, 2013
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In Culture

The MoreFM Summer Vineyard Tour 2013

Missy Higgins at the MoreFM Summer Vineyard Tour

Gurlinterrupted enjoyed a lovely day at the MORE FM Summer Vineyard Tour 2013, set amongst the beautiful surroundings of Turanga Creek Vineyard.

Soaking up the rays and taking in the amazing sounds of Opshop, Missy Higgins, Che Fu, Aaradhna and Jamie McDell. Check out some of the highlights from our day….

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Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

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February 8, 2013
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The Business…

NZ Fashion Beauty Blogger Business Cards

Business Cards

Lately I’ve had A LOT of people ask me where I got my new business cards made (always a good sign that they are lookin fab), so I thought heck – probably about time I give the producer of these lovely cards a plug – he deserves it and more!

I’ve worked with Simon for over 5 years on various projects, so it made sense that when I needed business cards for my website, Simon was my ‘go to’ guy.

Here’s the outline I gave Simon for my cards “I want something that’s really me!  Something that say’s fashion, beauty, lifestyle without actually stating ‘fashion, beauty, lifestyle’.  I don’t want it to look cluttered; and I don’t really want colour, but I also don’t want it to look boring or like its come straight off some generic ‘order your business cards online company’.  I want it embossed, but I kinda want it debossed too and with a real point of difference, oh – and I want it to look beautiful and clean”.  Yes, I can imagine what you are thinking, this girls not high maintenance at all! ha ha Yes admittedly it was a tall order.  But look what Simon came up with. 

NZ Fashion Beauty Blogger Business Cards

A beautiful heavy white stock used for the base of the card.  It features a mirror (yes an actual beautiful reflective mirror) with the mirror frame (which is one of my logos) embossed on one side.  On the opposite side of the card – all my website/contact details are surrounded by the same mirror frame – only on this side, the mirror frame is debossed. Isn’t he clever!!

NZ Fashion Beauty Blogger Business Cards

So, if you are after some cool business cards, printing. promo gear, or anything branded for that matter SIMON SKELTON OF STATIC COMMUNICATE is your man!! (warning…. I’ve made him swear on his life to never replicate a mirrored business card or mirror frame ever again ha ha – not that any of you wouldn’t want your own original masterpiece of course!)

You can reach Simon by visiting his website STATIC COMMUNICATE or via email simon@staticcommunicate.co.nz


Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

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January 27, 2013
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I Made You This Mixtape…

mixtape

Mixtape

So today my friends and I were enjoying a lovely chilled out ‘Sunday Session’ by the beach, for which I had prepared a playlist consisting of some of my favourite tracks.  After several ‘ooh who sings this?’, ‘what’s this song called?’, ‘can you send me this playlist?’ remarks, I thought to myself “hmmm, maybe I should create a playlist to share with all of you lovelies”.  I hope this playlist gives you all some music inspiration, jogs your memory with some long forgotten ‘oldies but goodies’, or maybe there’s even some artists in here that you haven’t yet discovered that you will soon come to love as much as I do.

I made you this mix tape….

Mark Ronson – Valerie (performed by Amy Winehouse – remixed by Mark Ronson)

Late Night Alumni – Angels and Angles

Metisse – Boom Boom Ba

Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up to Dry

Adele – Cold Shoulder

BOY – Little Numbers

BOY little numbers

Duffy – Warwick Avenue

SBTRKT (feat. Little Dragon) – Wildfire

Iyeoka – Simply Falling

Rock Mafia – The Big Big Bang

Plantlife – Your Love

Aloe Blacc – Loving you is killing me

aloe blacc loving you is killing me

Ellie Goulding – Your Song

The XX – Intro

The Civil Wars – Billie Jean

Jason Mraz (feat. Colbie Caillat) – Lucky

Amy Winehouse – You Should Be Stronger Than Me

Rudimental (feat. John Newman & Alex Clare) – Not Giving In

Dead Weather – I Cut Like A Buffalo

dead weather

Belleruche – Alice

Bloc Party – Hunting For Witches

Bruno Mars – Locked Out Of Heaven

Cat Power – The Greatest

Florence and the Machine – I’m Not Calling You A Liar

Erykah Badu – Woo

erykah badu woo

James Blake – Limit To Your Love

Kate Nash – Nicest Thing

The Civil Wars – Dance Me To The End of Love

Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait

Kings of Leon – Ragoo

Little Dragon – Ritual Union

little dragon

The Kooks – She Moves In Her Own Way

Damian Rice – The Blowers Daughter

Sia – Buttons

Birdy – Skinny Love

Lykke Li – Everybody But Me

lykke li

Marina and the Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot

Metronomy – Heartbreaker

Kimbra – Settle Down

Nelly Furtado – Say It Right

Nouvelle Vague – In A Manner Of Speaking

nouvelle vague

The Raconteurs – Steady As She Goes

Sia – The Girl You Lost To Cocaine

Tegan & Sara – Walking With A Ghost

Zero 7 – Throw It All Away

I hope you like your mixtape – if there are some artists/songs here that you haven’t heard before, head on over to itunes and check them out.
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Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

January 26, 2013
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In Culture

KIKKI.K CUTENESS You & Me Collection

kikki.K so much love

Inspiring you to put pen to paper to send meaningful messages and gifts, kikki.K has launched its You & Me Collection (Sooo gorgeous!).  A delicious array of greeting cards, creative DIY items and ready gifts, the collection features beautiful love heart and love bird illustrations and a rosy pink, red, white and gold foil colour palette. Perfect for Valentines Day!!

Take a look at the cuteness…

kikki.K DATE NIGHT KIT YOU & ME NZ $19.90

Date Night Kit, $19.90
Share the love with a partner or someone special, with this super cute kit – including: 2 x Paper Cups, 2 x Paper Straws, 2 x Placemats, 2 x Napkins, 2 x Coasters, Menu & Conversation Starters

kikki.K Pad and Pen you and me collection

Printed Notepad, $11.90 & Everyday Gel Pen, $5.90
The perfect way to send some love this Valentine’s Day

kikki.K you and me collection

Wooden Blocks, $19.90
A gorgeous set of wooden blocks to give some love to any space at work or home. Display the blocks to spell ‘L O V E’ or ‘YOU & ME’

kikki.K

Greeting Cards, $6.90 each  Wooden Stamp Set, $29.90
Create a gorgeous, personalised card or project with this gorgeous set of stamps. 

The collection is available now in all kikki.K boutiques and online at www.kikki-k.com.


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Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

January 7, 2013
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Gurlinterrupted Has An Official Facebook Page…

Hello Lovelies

Gurlinterrupted now has an official Facebook page and I’d love for you to head on over and show your continued support of Gurlinterrupted by clicking here ‘GURLINERRUPTED OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE’ and hitting the ‘like’ button.

By hitting the FB Like Button on Gurlinterrupted’s Facebook Page you will be kept informed of upcoming giveaways, latest articles, inspiration and more – so stay informed, hit the LIKE button.


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Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

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December 30, 2012
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In Culture

The Prettiest Salad Of Them All…

POMEGRANATE & KUMARA SALAD…

This is currently my favourite salad.  Not only is it delicious but visually, SOOO PRETTY!!  I discovered this on one of my favourite foodie blogs by Jeanine Donofrio called Love & Lemons and I have been making it for every occasion ever since.

Perfect for summer – this salad is ALWAYS a hit and guaranteed there will ALWAYS be someone asking after the recipe.
It’s festive, fun and simply divine! 

In essence, it’s roasted kumara tossed with tangy feta, sweet pomegranate seeds & toasted pistachios. This is so incredibly simple to throw together – even I can do it!

Salad components:

  • 2 medium kumaras, cubed, plus olive oil, salt & pepper for roasting
  • 2 cups baby salad greens (baby kale, spinach, arugula, etc.)
  • 1/3 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1/3 cup crumbled feta
  • 1/4 cup toasted pistachios, toasted & chopped
  • handful of chopped cilantro
  • 2-3 chopped scallions, white and green parts

Dressing:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 clove minced garlic
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon sherry vinegar or white wine vinegar
  • salt & pepper, to taste

 Instructions:

  1. Roast the kumara: Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Chop the kumara into bite sized cubes. Drizzle with some olive oil, salt and pepper, and roast in the oven for 20-30 minutes, or until the edges start to turn a darker brown. Once cooked, set aside to cool.
  2. Make the dressing: Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, honey, garlic, salt & pepper. Taste & adjust. Set aside.
  3. Assemble all salad ingredients, toss lightly in the dressing.

And you’re done!  If you’re not a fan of kumara just swap it out for ingredients you do like, such as potato or roast pumpkin.
Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

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December 29, 2012
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Have A Sparkling New Year With This Cute New Year’s Eve Idea…

A gorgeous idea for New Year’s Eve (and comes with a free printable download).

If you’ve saved some sparklers from Guy Fawkes as I have, with the intention of using them on New Years, this is a super cute idea that I came across on Lilluna.com.

If you are hosting a party on New Year’s Eve, or heading along to someone else’s bash you can take these along to hand out to guests, that is, if you have enough to go around.  Alternatively just placing a box or 2 on the table as part of the table setting is just as effective.

If you still have your sparklers in their original box – fantastic – just click here lilluna.com for a printable gift wrapper (as shown above), cut to size, wrap around the box and seal with tape underneath – quick & easy!  If you don’t have enough boxes you could tie say 2 or 3 sparklers together with twine and print tiny versions of the above picture, hole-punch the corner and attach it as a gift tag.

Happy New Years!!

Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

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November 20, 2012
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Twitter Secret Santa

WANT TO TAKE PART IN THE NZ TWITTER SECRET SANTA 2012?
IT’S WHERE ALL THE SECRET SANTA STUFF HAPPENS……

I’m so happy to see NZ Twitter Secret Santa is happening again this year 🙂 Something tells me it’s going to be even bigger and better this year with many of NZ’s ‘high profile’ personalities getting involved! It’s not like your dull ‘Corporate Christmas Secret Santa’ where basically everyone that is taking part has to! The great thing about NZ Twitter Secret Santa is that those that are signed up to take part, have done so because they genuinely want to be involved and are willing to take the time to pick out a cool gift based on your Twitter profile.

It’s super easy to take part in this years #NZSecretSanta and hundreds have already registered. To be a part of this growing Christmas Twitter Community, all you have to do is:

  1. REGISTER
    Click on the register button to sign up. You can do that here
  2. RELAX
    Wait for your Secret Santa persons details to turn up via email (details will arrive early December)
  3. SEND
    Once you have your persons details, send your amazing gift to them – someone somewhere will be doing the same for you 🙂

For full details – check out the ‘FAQ’ page here.

 

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Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye

November 19, 2012
Gurlinterrupted
In Culture, Fashion

City Designers Market

It’s been a while since I visited the City Designers Market (CDM) and to be honest, I have no idea why or how I forgot about this little gem!  This is such a great market because; (A) it’s supporting local designers – in fact, more times than not, the actual designers themselves are there, (B) Location – perfect for grabbing a coffee, parking up on the bench seats in Freyberg Square and ‘people watching’ (a guilty favourite pleasure) after you’ve perused all the designer goodies at CDM, (C) you can get genuine bargains on fab designer garments (and not just any ol designers either – well established, amazing and creative designers)!  The City Designers Market is a boutique clothing market above High St, in the heart of Auckland’s CBD. A collective effort from six designers: Flox, Harriett Falvey, Hannah Morgan, Misty Lang, Ribbon on a Bombshell and Selector clothing; located at 1 Freyberg Place, High Street, Auckland.

Now, here’s the thing….I’ve yet to leave this sassy little indoor market without purchasing something (and when I say ‘purchasing something’, in reality I mean ‘purchasing at least 2 or 3 items of clothing’) so don’t say I didn’t warn you!!

City Designers Market

1 Freyberg Place, High Street, Auckland 1010

Fridays 9am – 6pm,

Saturdays 10am – 5pm

Visit them on Facebook here and click the Mailing List button (located at the top of their FB page) to ensure you’re kept up to date on guest designers, sales and more.

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Ange x
A Girl Interrupted By Fashion, Beauty & Anything Pretty That Catches My Eye