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Spring color polka dots

2016-03-11T10:31:00.001-08:00

Another Pinterest inspiration...

Spring 2016 Floral!

2016-03-11T10:29:00.001-08:00

I was inspired on Pinterest, after many months of silence and bare nails, I'm getting back in the game!

Absent blogger returns

2015-11-05T10:18:00.001-08:00

Hello old friends, we meet again! I have been so very busy, remodeled and sold our old home, bounced around 2 rentals and had our new home built and bought and just moved in! I foresee some new nail art coming very soon and I'm excited about it. In the meantime, here are some designs that never made the blog since my absence! You will notice I had a brief fling with at home acrylics, it was fun but I'm glad that's done and I'm back to natural:

Hot Summer Ombre

2014-05-16T10:23:00.003-07:00

Another quick post, I've still been super busy the the posts have been slim to none. Anyways, Summer is just around the corner & I'm on a neon fling, I've been panting my nails a different neon color every few days & today I saw some nail stickers in a hot pink & orange fade & I went crazy over them. They applied very easy & they make me smile when I look at my hot summer nails!

Pretty Purple Roses

2014-04-11T06:54:00.001-07:00

Some pretty, purple roses to make you smile on a wet spring day!

Not much explanation needed here, just wanted to paint some roses, so I did...ENJOY!

Spring Color Swatches

2014-03-27T13:48:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to make a comeback here, life has been very busy with many changes & getting around to blogging has fallen on the back burner. I haven't even been painting my nails much, it's been odd & a little sad, but when you have big projects on the line such as remodeling a home to sell, moving into a rental, taking real estate agent classes & tying things up to quit your current job, nail painting doesn't seem quite as important.

Anyhow, with spring already here & so many gorgeous spring colors dancing around in my head, I had to take time to paint.

Inspiration

I guess with the home remodel I have paint swatches on my brain & I wanted my nails to look like I was trying to pick the right color to go with, so I swiped some random "test swatches".

Feeling simplistic today...

2014-01-20T10:25:00.001-08:00

Starting the year out with a very simple polka dotted Mani. This new year is full of new plans & projects, so I will be quite busy & probably a little scarce in the first quarter. You will see an occasional post, but probably not as frequent. That being said, one of the new plans this year is to have a baby, yay! So in my web searches I find myself drawn to all things baby & found this really cute little dress that made me smile & I thought how pretty those colors looked together...voila, polka dot nail inspiration! the only difference is I reversed the colors.

Inspiration

Bye Bye Baby, Baby Goodbye!

2014-01-03T09:26:00.002-08:00

As 2013 came to a close, here is a look back on some of my favorite things:

Christmas take 5: "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!"

2013-12-24T12:21:00.000-08:00

For Christmas week I wanted something elegant, sparkly & simply pretty. I picked hollies. I used one of my favorite glitter polishes, can't remember the name, but it's really sparkly, has a holo effect & also changes color in UV light. It was the perfect choice & I'm really happy with the result. I now feel like my Christmas spirit is if full swing & I can proceed with the celebrations.

Here are my Holly Jolly Nails...MERRY CHRISTMAS to all & to all a Good Night!

Christmas take 4: "...walking in a Winter Wonderland!"

2013-12-19T15:10:00.002-08:00

I got a Christmas card in & was suddenly inspired, so off with the red & on with the "winter wonderland"!

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Christmas Take 3: Oh Christmas Tree...

2013-12-19T09:18:00.000-08:00

It's the week before Christmas, all my shopping is done, all my presents are wrapped. My brother & sister who are in the army are home for Christmas & we're going to have a wonderful time!

This week's design I was inspired by a picture I found on Pinterest, but for the life of me I can't find it anywhere today. So if you know who did this lovely design, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.

Anyways, it's just a simple little tree but it looks very elegant & the white contrasts so well on red.

Christmas take 2: "....and a Partridge in a Pear Tree"

2013-12-13T15:35:00.001-08:00

Today I was trying to really get creative because I have done so many similar Christmas designs & I didn't want to be monotonous, but it still had to be Christmas-y. So I started singing carols in my head landed on the 12 Days of Christmas. I remember loving this song as a kid & settled on doing the Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Inspiration

Company Christmas Party

2013-12-10T08:38:00.003-08:00

I did a couple of the ladies nails for our annual Christmas party!

Yesi's Snowmen

Ena's Snowflakes

Christmas take one:

2013-12-05T11:06:00.000-08:00

As promised I am back! I am still nursing some very short nails, but then again my nails have never really been long, anyways I'm kicking off the season with a very simple Christmas plaid design. I copied 100% from this site, she did a matte version & mine is a bit more sparkly!

Inspiration

Merry Christmas!

Broken nails

2013-11-20T09:03:00.000-08:00

Hey followers, just a little note to let you know, I will return soon with some Christmas nail art next month. Right now I am nursing a few broken nails & one swollen finger from remodeling my home, but the house is looking great! I, on the other hand, am feeling a little bit like Wile e Coyote :-)

See y'all soon!

Hocus Pocus "BOOK" Nail art

2013-10-29T14:37:00.003-07:00

HOCUS POCUS is my favorite Halloween movie, I know I'm not the only one out there that thinks it's a must watch every year, it's already queued to play on my TIVO right now.

heehee!

I found this really incredible nail design done by Lexi Martone based off the the character "Book" in the movie, who's more like the Sanderson Sisters pet than just their spell book. For her design she does an amazing 3D version using acrylic sculpt material, here's her nails:

Inspiration

Well, I have never done anything 3D & didn't really have time to experiment this time around, but I did the very best 2D version I could come up with...ENJOY:

Pink Ribbon design for 2013

2013-10-25T11:06:00.001-07:00

It's pink ribbon month again, gotta show some love for the "ladies", here's my support nail art design:

A few Fall Designs for 2013

2013-10-25T11:00:00.001-07:00

I've done a few nail art designs for Fall this month so far, I didn't LOVE any of them enough to keep them on for very long, but figured I'd go ahead & post them anyways.

Fall 1 Inspiration

Fall 1

Robin Moses Fall 2 Inspiration

Fall 2

Fall 3

Halloween Nail Art Contest Entry

2013-10-10T15:35:00.000-07:00

Here's my entry for Born Pretty's Halloween nail art contest, fingers crossed!

31 Day Challenge Round Up:

2013-10-04T10:02:00.001-07:00

So I completed my very first 31 Day Challenge, it was a lot of fun & not half as scary as I've been thinking it would be. I'm happy I finally decided to try it out & really enjoyed pushing my creative limits by trying some techniques I had never tried before. Some didn't turn out how I wanted them to, but oh well, I guess everything can't be perfect all the time, I will just have to practice some more!

Here they all are with links to the original posts.

If I had to pick I'd say my fav's of the bunch were Flowers, Half Moon, Secret Garden (book), Crosses (Pattern) & the No water marble (tutorial). I'd love to hear which were your favorite in the bunch!

31DC2013 Day 31: Honor Nails You Love!

2013-10-01T05:45:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, it's the last day of the 31 day nail challenge, WHOHOO!!! I can't believe I made it, didn't miss a day & really challenged the heck out of my right brain cells.

Today we honor nails that we love. It's a little bit cryptic, so I took it to mean literally a lovely lady's nails that I love. There is one blog that I follow, it's in french, called Pshiiit. I don't know her real name, but this girl has the most beautiful hands & nails I've ever seen & I would like to honer her by using one of her nail art designs as my inspiration. I have huge nail envy, being that I have small nails & short fingers, plus my hands are a little pudgy so it doesn't look half as elegant as I would like. I have resigned that this design won't ever look as pretty as hers, I can only hope it does her justice & that she might be flattered.

I did a little bit of a twist though & used some color changing polishes. So you will see in the indoor pictures it's silver with pink just like hers, but outdoors they're burgundy, it was really cool seeing the color change!

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outdoor sunlight

indoors

outdoor sunlight

31DC2013 Day 30: Inspired by a Tutorial

2013-09-30T06:58:00.000-07:00

Coming close to the end of this challenge our prompt for today is "inspired by a tutorial". I picked a tutorial from one of the YouTube channels I follow, MadeByAdriana, she has some very pretty designs & makes it all look so easy. The design is a pin marble design, which I discovered I liked creating & it's a wonderful alternative to water marbling which is such a pain.

31DC2013 Day 29: Inspired by the Supernatural

2013-09-29T08:46:00.000-07:00

Today we create a design inspired by the supernatural & I'm super excited. I am a HUGE fantasy/syfy/supernatural fan & so picking something actually became something of a task as I just have too many favorites to choose from. But my choice came down to that of a literal translation & picking the show "SUPERNATURAL" as my inspiration. If you have not watched this show here is a synopsis: Sam & Dean Winchester are brothers & they, along with some friends, fight monsters such as demons, werewolves, vampires, wendigo, leviathan, etc... It's a great series & the fact that the guys are freakin' hot is an added bonus. My BFF is going to completely die over these nails, lol!

These are the Winchester boys...Yowza!

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These are the symbols they use to protect themselves:

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This is the Intro Song:

And here are the nails:

31DC2013 Day 28: Inspired by a Flag

2013-09-28T07:45:00.000-07:00

I've been on a streak of British TV shows lately so it's fresh in my mind. I've caught up on "Dr. Who", "Sherlock Holmes", "Merlin" & even watched the old mini series "Brideshead Revisited", that & my enduring love of Harry Potter movies as well as pretty much any British film. I could list a slew of reasons for picking this flag today, one being the utterly enjoyable time I had visiting there whilst on my honeymoon in 2007 (And yes, I am talking out loud in my best British accent while typing this out) Allons-y!

31DC2013 Day 27: Inspired by Artwork

2013-09-27T07:11:00.000-07:00

My artwork choice today is one painted by the very talented artist Leonid Afremov called "Late Stroll". I love how he layers paint on top of paint in multi color swipes creating a unique visual effect.

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So, I commence what I think is going to be a very liberating painting experience in which I will be able to throw colors around in reckless abandonment & create something gorgeous! Well, after "swooshing" several layers I realize the paint wasn't really coming out as planned & I had to add quite a few layers to capture the depth I was looking for. It was somewhat frustrating that I couldn't get it just exactly as I wanted, but overall a very enjoyable experience. Having gone through all that makes me appreciate even more the great talent that is Leonid Afremov.

Without further ado, here are my very artsy nails: