Making my TikTok debut...

Making my TikTok debut. Please follow me. I'm so late to the game. 😂😂😂😭😭😭

Where my friends at?

https://www.tiktok.com/@polish_all_thethings/video/7545951730043817246?_t=ZP-8zQY3bG6QW7&_r=1

I just did something.

I just did something.

This is going to sound STUPID DRAMATIC, but I finally merged my nail art page (Blu's Happy Nails) with my polish jewelry page (Polish ALL the Things!).  It was a long process because Facebook wouldn't let me change the page names to match so I had to trick them and do it like, a word at a time.  I went from "Happy Nails" to "Polish All The Things" and it took MONTHS.

Then on top of that a lot of things had to match up on the pages.  A big deal was that one of the pages was "Classic" and the other was the "New Page Experience" and I kept trying to upgrade one but finally figured out that I had to downgrade the other.  They could have just SAID THAT SOMEWHERE, but anyway.  I got that done.

Then at long last, tonight, the actual merge happened.  The merge itself was fast once requested.  I'm glad it's done and over with.  It's something I debated on doing for years and once I finally made up my mind the whole everything was so scary and I had so many doubts and now that has disappeared BECAUSE IT IS DONE.

Anyway, I am finally starting to feel like I have the time and creative energy to do nail art again.  Hopefully I can get back on my jewelry bullshit, too.  I've even thought about creating decorative press-on sets to sell.  I see a ton of them on Etsy and it honestly looks fun to make them, so I'm considering trying it.  I don't know.  I don't have to jump into the deep end right off, but you never know - I just might!

It's been ~1000 years since I've posted a nail pic.

It's been ~1000 years since I've posted a nail pic. Enjoy this beautiful color on my short little nubs. Gosh, I have missed this like you wouldn't believe.

Currently fighting Facebook about my page name with plans to combine Happy Nails and Polish ALL the Things. I'm hoping to be done with that soon and begin posting there again. Until then, I'm only sharing with you lovely folks.

Please don't judge my nail art or camera-wielding skills too harshly. I'm a rusty, crusty mess right now. 💜

Saffron Crocus by Kathleen & Co.;
BornPretty plate L002;
Sponging and Stamping techniques

Apparently I am JUST NOW comprehending why I'd want to use Pinterest. 😂

Apparently I am JUST NOW comprehending why I'd want to use Pinterest.  😂  I put my jewelry up on it a million years ago and never really messed with it again aside from the occasional update.  WELL, that has changed!  I've been pinning and uploading most of the evening and apparently I've hit the daily limit.  😝

For a while now when I wanted to look at my stash of nail art photos that inspire me I just went [painstakingly] through my bookmarks.  I think I was bookmarking nail art on blogs before Pinterest was really a thing.  Needless to say - that was FRUSTRATING.  So is trying to organize a bunch of screen caps on my phone.  😳😒😒😒

I don't know why it took me up until a few days ago to realize that there was a better way to manage my pics because this has frustrated me for a while.  But now that I know what's up I'm excited to clean out my bookmarks and phone storage.  I've been working on it for a couple of days now so that's awesome.  I just kind of wish they hadn't stopped me today, though, because I was on a roll!  😛

To anyone who runs pages:

I have a question:

I have been thinking about merging Polish All the Things and Happy Nails.  I don't see why they couldn't be one page.  Does that seem like a bad idea?  I post nails and jewelry both on Instagram under "Polish All the Things" because nails are things, too.

I feel like it would make more sense to merge PATT into HN because I have more likes on HN, but I'm concerned that I could not change my URL.  I guess I have a lot of things to look into.

Any thoughts or tips or reason for / against this?

I have been pretty quiet on here...

I have been pretty quiet on here, but I guess it's just because I feel about socialized out lately.  I'm not sure what it is, but I have a feeling that it's because I'm going everywhere and doing everything all the time.  Too much work.  Too much school.

At some point during all of that I have my kid and my ani-pals to take care of, chores, an online class, etc., to deal with.  Granted I'm not as stressed as last semester (yet!), but I just feel really anti-social.  In what little free time I have I've been watching nail art tutorials and nail art tool reviews on YouTube and lamenting my lack of time and money.  🙁

What I did for fun this weekend was stay holed up in my bedroom working on my Access database for Polish All the Things.  I learned a few things and it was cool.  Then I accidentally deleted part of it, but opened an older version and fixed my idiotic mistake and now I have a backup because I nearly had a heart attack when that happened and it was just super dumb to not have a backup.  Lesson learned.

Just finished my ethics homework for the week.  I think it's time to take a shower and then either work on my database some more... or possibly even paint my nails.  Nails is probably a safer bet because that ends.  I could sit here endlessly tinkering in Access.  😂

I hope you had a nice weekend.  I have no complaints.  🙂❤

So... when I'm supposed to be sleeping but can't...

So... when I'm supposed to be sleeping but can't I sometimes go on YouTube and watch nail art videos.  I bet that's a shocker to you all.  😂

Well, I've never tried acrylics (wearing them OR doing them).  But I've seen some video tutorials and it looks REALLY fun.  I feel like I want to try my hand at doing them.  I have no time or money for that right now, unfortunately, but maybe I can go to school for that after I finish the school stuff I already started.

I don't think I'd have the patience to do that as a career, but I could definitely see me enjoying doing it for fun or for some side cash.  I don't want to do stuff like plain French tips, though.  I want to do the crazy stilettos and the aquarium nails and stuff like that.  OBVIOUSLY.  😛

I just woke up.

I just woke up. I didn't intentionally fall asleep, but I don't think it could be helped.

I feel like I've really missed painting things. Leslie's nails last night made me sad that I had naked nubs. She was wearing a really nice color.

Then today so many people liked my stuff that I felt like "Oh yeah. And I'd planned to do this and this and this."

I'm really hoping since my schedule is going to be changing up soon that I will have time to have Happy Nails once again and will be able Polish All the Things again soon. 😃

BTDubbs, I almost have 2000 likes on my Happy Nails page and I'm not sure how that happened, but I am NOT complaining!  😃

Polish All the Things was featured on another Etsy Treasury!

Polish All the Things was featured on another Etsy Treasury!  Woohoo!

winter is coming by NewKarakoalRain on Etsy

Well, this happened while I was gone:

Well, this happened while I was gone:  I'm in an Etsy treasury now.  Pretty cool!

Trendsetters by Emmelin Golling on Etsy

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I have been Pinterest-ing like a mofo.  I think I have to walk away from the computer now.  Literally, my arm hurts.  LOL

So for those of you who didn't know (and I'm betting that's most of you because I haven't really announced it before now), Polish All the Things is getting a make-over.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE the meme, but more people like my jewelry than I ever thought would, so I started feeling like maybe this is getting more serious than I thought, and maybe I should have a more original look.  I do so love it when people recognize the meme and say "Oh, I'm a fan of Hyperbole and a Half, too!"  I think that's great and it's always nice to meet someone who GETS that, but I'm not really trying to freeload off of her recognition.  Plus, there are like, ZERO high-res meme photos, so that's not so great for business cards and banners and the like.  LOL

So, I've got an amazing new logo that I will upload soon.  That thing was a group effort.  LOL  There was one element I knew I wanted, then Shaun threw in an idea I could NOT pass up, and then my graphic design guy put it together in a magical sort of way.  I can't wait to show it to you.  If you are just too curious, check out the new profile pic on my Polish All The Things page for a little preview.  😃

Anyway, I guess that doesn't have much to do with Pinterest except that in lieu of all of this making-over stuff, I thought I should get out there more socially.  SO, I just updated a brand new Pinterest COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY, as well as added some stuff to my Etsy.  I also have a new Twitter, AND I will be working on Instagram, but not tonight.  I got new jewelry parts in, so it's time to play with that instead.

If you need to follow me any of those places, check my Polish page.  My URL's and all that jazz are over there.  ❤

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING WITH MY LIFE?!

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING WITH MY LIFE?!  I have almost 200 nail blogs unread in my reader.  😳

As you can see I have nubs here.

So... I've gone like 3 weeks without doing anything noteworthy to my nails.  I have over a hundred nail blog posts to catch up on reading in my feed.  HOLY COW.

As you can see I have nubs here.  I have been working around the house a lot and using my hands a lot.  Like, I'm always cleaning stuff and washing my hands, but lately with the house repairs and re-arranging that was just above and beyond what my hands and nails were used to withstanding.  So most of my nails broke off.  I'm sure that the neglect, (in addition to all of the abuse), didn't help.

As much as I dislike it they'll grow back, and la la la.

So this is something I've wanted to try for a while.  It took minimal effort.  All it required was a few different shades of nail polish.

What you do is put down your bottom color and make sure it's a nice coat or two.  Then with the rest of the colors when you pull the brush out of the bottle wipe off as much of the polish as you can.  Like, get it as dry as you can without going too crazy.  Then smudge what's left onto your nails.  I think this is called a "grunge" look, but I am 3 weeks out of the loop so don't hold me to that.  😛

I kind of wish I'd used more color under the black.  You can see it, but not really enough.  I was afraid I'd end up covering all of the yellow, but I'll know better for next time.  Kind of looks like vomit, doesn't it?  😂

This gives a similar effect to the crackle polishes, but in this case you can control how much of the underneath colors show.  With crackles you just have to put them down and let them do their thing.  And you can't really layer those too well.  So, just a little something easy to try.  Post some photos if you do!

Various polishes;
Dry-Brushing technique

I have not been doing my internet reading lately.

Ohhh... I have not been doing my internet reading lately.  I have 200 nail blog posts to catch up on.

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Hands-down the BEST nail blog I've found.

Hands-down the BEST nail blog I've found.  For some reason she just abruptly quit in June, so that's sad.  🙁  I hope she's ok.  But she does some beautiful, interesting stuff!  Read back through her archives when you have time!

https://chloesnails.blogspot.com/