So I seem to be on a bit of a “Geek Love” kick this Valentine’s Day, because the next nails I did were 8 bit hearts. Or pixelated hearts. Whatever you want to call them. I love these, because they are so simple, but so pretty! Squares, of course,
Man, I am terrible at getting holiday nails up in time! I always do a decent job of painting them, and even photographing them on time, but blogging them? Not so much. This time I at least posted them on Instagram, so that’s probably the best way to keep
When it comes to Christmas, I have a huge pet peeve–people referring to holly as mistletoe. They are not the same thing. I found this drawing to highlight the difference. It’s a little sassier than I was going for, but it gets the point across succinctly. I really
So I’ve been on a nail polish buying spree on eBay cause you can get some nice brands for about half price. So I’ve got some cool new colors to work with and was really excited to use a dusty mauve by OPI called Steady as She Rose
Happy Valentines’ Day, everyone! I spent the morning digging my car out so I could go to my all-important job that my managers do not feel I could accomplish at home. (I could. How do they think I graduated college if I wasn’t capable of working at home?). But
This manicure I’m using for three purposes! I’m still participating in the Strum my Heartstrings challenge by The Lacquered Landlubber, but I also wanted to participate in my first actual nail art competition! Nail Art Canada is having a Valentines’ nail art competition, and I’m really excited
Today’s theme in the challenge is “Symbols of Valentines Day,” and according to the 8 katrillion emails Victoria’s Secret has sent me over the last few weeks, a big symbol of Valentines Day is apparently lingerie. I’ve done corset nails before (a bajillion years ago) and was
Today’s Valentine Challenge theme from The Lacquered Landlubber is simply “french tips.” I actually did 3 manicures ahead of time and photographed them, so that I can keep my Friday manicure all week, so I knew I needed to do something simple enough that I could do it quickly.
So I decided to join, for the first time ever, a daily nail art challenge for Valentines’ Day! It’s hosted by The Lacquered Landlubber (who has the cutest blog style ever and you just have to love that name!). We’ll see how this goes! One thing I figured
So I skipped day 5, Toys, because a) I had no idea what I wanted to do and b) work was crazy last week. So onto day 6, Christmas food. I went with candy canes, mainly because I am pretty much addicted to candy canes, but also because they’d
So this one I struggled with this one some, as most of my family’s unique traditions do not translate well onto the nail (like the fact that we have lox and bagels on Christmas morning). So I went classic with this one. Christmas gifts! I realized that none of
Winter/Holiday/Christmas manicures are my absolute favorite! I love the Christmas season and I think creating holiday manicures makes it even better. So when I saw the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge, I knew I had to participate! I missed the first day, which was a shame!
Fall seems to be just about everyone’s favorite season. At the very least, it’s my boyfriend’s favorite. He says it’s because it’s “cuddle season” and he is a “natural-born cuddler.” Whatever, I just like the way fall smells. But, I do love the manicures fall
I am crazy proud of these nails, both in the idea and the execution. I have the cutest skeleton stamp, so I knew I wanted my next Halloween nails to be bone themed. I ended up making them kind of like stylized Xrays of some of the cooler looking sets
I had a grand idea for these witch themed nails. I was going to make most of them look like witchy striped stockings in black and green with a witch hat or shoe painted on the thumb or accent to pull the whole theme together. Buuuut then I didn’t
So I’ve decided to start participating in some challenges and events and such run by other bloggers in order to start making some new blogging friends. I’ve also discovered reddit for those same purposes, but that is a whole ‘nother story. This is an event run by blogger
Aaaaahhhh! I’m going to go see Ironman 3 tonight! I don’t know why I am so damn excited though. I may love superheroes, but this level of excitement is kind of weird. I guess I just get excited when I have a social life, because it is very
Okay, so I just got a new set of stamps (that I’m actually planning to review for you all soon!) and I ADORE some of the designs on them! I was particularly inspired by a plate that had a full nail stamp with gears. Cause, c’mon, who doesn’
So for whatever reason, I adore circuses. I adore going, but I also adore them as a design scheme. I think I just like the excuse for bright colors? Or maybe because the main color is red (my favorite). Regardless, I am obsessed with circuses and carnivals enough that I
I cannot for the life of me remember if I saw these somewhere in other colors, or if I thought of them myself, but it is more than likely that I saw them somewhere and imitated them. Mostly I was excited about my new purple color from Revlon. I think
Okay, these are ADORABLE. Sadly I painted them right before a great personal tragedy in my life and thus the only picture I have of them is one taken with my friend’s iPhone. Thank you Jenn, else these would have been lost forever. I actually pre-planned these, which is
That turquoise nail is just so cool! I adore these. I wore them to contra dancing, and I don’t remember exactly what made me start thinking about Southwestern jewelry, but I love the result. The accent nail is done by splattering black paint with a straw over a that
Writing the title of this post tripped me up a little as I did not know whether to write “2012” or “2013” in the title. I went with 2012 since I am talking about New Year’s Eve, which is still 2012. I have been questing for the perfect gold
Merry Christmas ya’ll! Now get off the internet and back to your families. Unless you are lonely this Christmas, in which case shoot me an email by clicking my name under the Contact title in the sidebar. I’ll make sure to respond and keep you company :)
I hate the heck out of winter and cold weather, but at least I can write this sitting with my feet by the fireplace (gas fire, which is good because fire-lighting is not my forte). I was even actually blogging when I took the picture! As opposed to putzing around