I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to do Valentine's nails...

I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to do Valentine's nails to go with this ring, but I didn't.  Life isn't working out like that right now.  Maybe next year.

Might share a few nail pics from when I had time in my life.  😂  I used to look festive... on my nails - at least.  😛

I am Grumpy Cat this week.

I am Grumpy Cat this week.  Oh well.  😂

I was getting ready to chop my nails off yesterday, but then I remembered this plate and thought "I bet I could fit Grumpy AND her "NOPE" on there if I do this now."  I just barely got it all on there, but that's ok.  Since I was too tired and brain-dead for homework I painted my nails.  It cheered me up so it wasn't a waste of time.  🙂

My nails are almost long enough to make my nail beds sore.  I generally don't like them to be too far over the ends of my fingertips because I type a lot and I'm clumsy.  😂  But I figured I could live with them for a few more days to wear this.  🙂

Grumpy's pattern that you can't really see around the edge of her is a triangle pattern that is the same (but a smaller version) of what's on the rest of my nails.  I didn't really think about it not showing up because I have small nails, but that's why the rest of my fingers are done in a triangle pattern.  It's not like I have triangles on the brain or anything.  😛

Recycle by China Glaze;
Bundle Monster plate BM-S162 and MagnoNails plate A;
Stamping technique

Pardon my blinding whiteness...

Pardon my blinding whiteness, but I had to shine a light on this polish BECAUSE RAINBOWS.  😳  I did manage to sit down and paint my nails yesterday, but I will admit that it took WAYYY longer to decide what to do than it took to actually do them.  I have too many choices between stamping plates and colors and other embellishments.  I'm so out of practice and haven't been following the blogs since last year so I'm out of the loop and even doing something simple like this was a struggle to come up with.  I guess if I don't use my creativity it will get rusty, too.  🙁  Unfortunately, I don't see this year being any easier than the last.  Or the next two after that.  Boo!  At least they are freakin' pretty, though.  🙂

Eternal Beauty by Color Club;
Mash plate Mash-40;
Stamping technique

Mario Brothers Stamping

I've had a pretty good weekend, so yay!  I got to see my friend Shauna yesterday.  We see each other so rarely, but it's always nice when we can manage to get together.  I got to paint her nails which I've done so little of lately, but that made my day.  I probably talked her freaking ear off, but maybe she'll hang with me again one day.  😂

In the meanwhile check out Shauna's Mario Brothers nails!  🙂

Over the Moon by Color Club;
Fab UR Nails plate FUN 3;
Stamping technique

THESE ARE ABOUT TO BE MINE.

THESE ARE ABOUT TO BE MINE.  I am gonna have so much animals on my nails and probably on jewelry, too.  😳

Yay for having time to do things! 😃

Yay for having time to do things!  😃

I did the rays of holo with a stamping plate, but you could easily do this with tape.  I really need to bust out the tape and see what I can come up with.  It's been a while!

Notice my sad little thumb is cropped out.  He might not make it into the next few photos.  I filed all of my nails down a bit so he wouldn't feel too shitty, but he's seriously pitiful anyway.  LMAO

Research polish;
Taping technique

I feel pretty accomplished.

I feel pretty accomplished.  Despite the fact that I am exhausted (woo, holidays!), I finished a necklace for one of my best friends.  Might not seem like much, but I made the stone in August of 2014... so it's been over a year that I've been "working on it."  LOL

One of the major hold-ups was the chain - metal bothers her skin, so I had to do something different from my usual for her.  I ended up grabbing several colors of these rubber cord things and she picked the purple / gray one.  I had gray, a blue / gray, and also black, but not surprisingly, she chose the more odd color.  This stone does include a purple / pink shimmery polish in it, but it doesn't show in every light.  The cording is also weird because the purple in it doesn't always show.  I got a few pics in different lighting to try to show that.

All in all I think it kind of oddly works together.  I probably would have put it on the gray or black if it was my choice, but I'm boring and Laurel is not, so that's ok.  As long as she likes it I'm totally happy, too.  😃

So that's one down - I have one more to go!  I'm hoping to finish Emily's in the next few days.  I'm trying to complete what projects I can before school starts back!  😃

I really wanted to do some holiday nails, but...

I really wanted to do some holiday nails, but tragedy struck when my thumbnail met the doorknob. It broke off down beyond the quick and not only does it hurt - it's ugly, too! Then, while attempting to work on some jewelry I slipped and sliced the same thumb with pliers - right near the cuticle. It is a very sad thumb. I think a band-aid and bed-rest are in order!

I cut loose this weekend.

I cut loose this weekend.  I drank TWO Vanilla Lime Dr. Pepper's from Sonic, we watched American Ultra (which was awesome), and oh yeah - I did my freakin' nails!  I'm a happy girl!  🙂

I know these are far from the most impressive nails I've ever done, but I REALLY REALLY wanted to use the awesome flaky polish that I bought myself for my birthday.  It's Ferris Wheel by ILNP and it's BEAUTIFUL.  Also, check out the foil stamping polish - it pops over black!  So excited!  *-*

These were meant to be celebratory nails - Woo for finishing a year of college!  I guess they would also work for New Years.  Didn't mean to skip right over Christmas, but I have a few days left yet.  😉

Research polish;
Research plate;
Stamping technique

Confession Time:

Confession Time:

I was a total nerd last night.  But I had so much fun!

I don't know if anyone remembers or cares that I was making a database for Polish All the Things, but I was.  And then life got in the way.  Last night on a whim I picked it up again.  I added a lot more data and linked some tables for the first time.  I am so stupidly excited over this.  😃

I wish I could spend all day working on it some more, but I have other things I gotta do.  Boo for most of it.  😕