Hello my Sweet Nail-art lovers. Good news for all the facebook fans, i finally got my own page where, and i am inviting everyone to joy me where. I hope you guys will comment your butties off where, and also please share your own Nail-art, in my album "Fans Nails". Nail-Art World on Facebook And here is the manicure :) I know it is spring now, but this just what my mood was like.
One of my muses (I'm not sure which one) guided me to create this Gotta Have Faith Charm Bracelet today:
"Faith." It's as simple as that. And as complicated as that, I guess. It seems rather fitting that the bracelet arrived the day before Holy Thursday. Sometimes we forget what Easter week is really all about. Anyway, really, this is a COINCIDENCE, I swear, that I made this today.......
This silver-plated double tier bracelet is approximately 7 1'4" long with a lobster claw clasp. The charms include a church, a dove, an angel (I know, I know) a fish and of course the letters spelling out "faith." The beads include cracked quartz (which gives a nice sparkly effect) as well as brown and green acrylic bead charms. I think I might just have to wear this one!
The week's been long in the sense that it's the second week of spring break in our house. Yes, I said SECOND week. Last week the girls were home for a week and this week my son is home for the week -- their schools have different spring breaks! AAaaarrrgh! Well, at least all are looking forward to Easter and what the Easter bunny might bring! Next to Christmas, this is a great time to be a parent.
Normally we have a grand Easter Egg Hunt for about 100 people each year around now. Only this year things were just too hectic to pull it off. Hopefully we can reinstitute it again next year. The kids do love it so. Any Easter traditions at your house?
TTFN
"Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and sudden, startling joys."
Hey Y'all! Well finally I received all the items I got for the contest and have had a moment to upload the video. The theme for this contest is Prom Nail Art designs. If you haven't seen this year's looks yet, check out maya575p's youtube and her 2010 Prom dresses & 2010 Short prom dresses for inspiration. She also has some good videos with hairstyle looks for prom. I've seen some dresses for this season and I bet y'all can come up with the awesome design so I can't wait to see what you got. =)
The rules of the contest are basically the same as last one:
1. You must be a subscriber. http://www.youtube.com/user/lololicious69 2. You must follow my blog. 3. Must be an original video & design. 4.No stamping. You can use rhinestones and any nail decorations! {I love it =)} 5. You should post your entry as a video response to this video. 6. It can be either a live tutorial or a slide show but you must show the steps of your design. 7. You must title your video My entry to lololicious69's prom nail art contest. 8. You can enter as many times as you want! 9. This contest is open internationally. 10. Contest ends at 12:00 AM EST on Monday May 3.
Hey Y'all! This is the design I'm currently wearing on my nails. I created it with Stardust confetti glitter from confetti.com mixed with acrylic. They have glitter kits that are so cute! I also used silver glitter acrylic that I mixed with silver glitter I got from Michael's craft store. I topped the design off with tiny Turquoise star Rhinestones that I got from karlinsu88 ebay store.
For this design I made my thumb different than my other fingers. I faded my stardust glitter on that tip & I did the other tips with a smile line. After applying the glitter to the tips I encapsulated the entire nail with clear acrylic & then filed & shaped the nail.
To decorate my design, I created a star on the tip of the thumb and a crescent moon at the manicure line for the rest of my nails. I did this with the silver glitter acrylic. And as a final touch, I applied a small turquoise star near the cuticle of each nail.
Hi all, sorry for my late late post, yay i miss blogging a lot, I have a lot of pix I want to share with you guys... First, my Skin Md package which came from sweet Allya of paintedtips my price in Vday Contest, second RAOK from SHEY she gave me lots of nail polish, a strawberry jam and a coin purse from Baguio City. Then my mini haul. And last but not the least, my NOTD i made for my lil' sister, my cousin and my latest mani.. Hope you like them....
Hi all, sorry for my late late post, yay i miss blogging a lot, I have a lot of pix I want to share with you guys... First, my Skin Md package which came from sweet Allya of paintedtips my price in Vday Contest, second RAOK from SHEY she gave me lots of nail polish, a strawberry jam and a coin purse from Baguio City. Then my mini haul. And last but not the least, my NOTD i made for my lil' sister, my cousin and my latest mani.. Hope you like them....
Okay, so I REALLY like (LoVe) the jewelry from Robert Redford's Sundance catalog. So much so that I've created another piece of jewelry inspired by one of his artists' creations. (For my other piece, see my March 26, 2010 post entitled Sundance-inspiredChain Drop Earrings and Tutorial.) This time it's a necklace. Mine looks like this:
His looks like this:
A little different, but I like the way mine turned out. He calls his the Neo-Necklace. What I loved about it was its simplicity. Like Sundance, I mixed and matched stones/beads and metals to create a one-of -kind adornment. Mine is 24" long, not including the drop. It's made of crystal and pearl beads, a silver charm, and antique brass, vintage copper and gunmetal chains all woven together to create its unique look. Here's another look:
And my favorite looks like this:
It was SO easy to make, once I'd figured out what I wanted to use. It's as light as a feather and really sparkles in the light. Yay! If you get a chance, go over to the Sundance catalogand check out their great stuff ~~ clothes, too (to die for!). They may be pricey, but sometimes a girl has to have what a girl has to have:) Enjoy!
Sorry I missed last week's post. A head cold and a seriously busy week at work got the best of me, I'm afraid. The good news is, last week's manicure is already scheduled to post next week, so I'm caught up for two weeks now. :-)
I decided to play with simple brush marbling this week - and I was going to do a video for you, but couldn't find the tripod. I will definitely get this done sometime
Psssstttttt.....I just found something I really want to share that could help you and your blog or online shop get some recognition. I know that Christmas seems like its awfully far away, but really, there's no time like the present to get in the spirit of things!
to see how you can win the opportunity to have your blog or online shop mentioned in the magazine. Holiday with Matthew Mead is a "book-azine" celebrating and offering inspiration for the Christmas holiday season. To be released in October 2010, Holiday is offered via online orders only - in limited quantities - and will not be sold on newsstands.
But, by simply following the BUY HOLIDAY MAGAZINE link below their banner, you can reserve your own copy of this beautiful magazine, with guaranteed delivery of the magazine straight to your mailbox! Holiday with Matthew Mead is144 pages of holiday inspiration with well-known and admired designers, bloggers and top-notch features, printed on beautiful paper and not drowning in ads!
I know that I can't wait to get started on designing my 2010 holiday jewelry collection! How about you?
Hey Ladies! This design has got to be my favorite that I've ever done!!! I am so pleased with how it turned out. This design is my entry to Madamluck'smega nail art contest. Her contest is skill level based and you can enter 2 times per level. So much fun and very challenging. Be sure to check out her channel and subscribe because she is another of my favorite youtubers! Her nail designs are always fabulous and she makes it look so very easy!
Now on to the design! This design was inspired by a number of elements. I wanted to do an Easter design because winter has been so long and I have Spring Fever! Of course HelloKittyKrazy always gets me inspired with her Kitty designs and cute 3d nail art designs on youtube! Now she started a blog as well!IHaveACupcake recently did an Easter bunny nail art tutorial that I thought was so adorable because the bunny had big floppy ears. Then my hubby got me a Hello Kitty Ty beany baby with a head band that was bunny ears =) That was so sweet LOL
But anyway that got me thinking. I decided that I should start drawing my design ideas when they pop in my head. And this is what came forth. Also y'all know I've been wanting to do a Hello Kitty design for quite some time now. I've been practicing but this is the 1st that I feel I should make a tutorial for. I did do one other design for a frind of mine last week but unfortunately, I didn't record it. Here's a couple pictures of that design. It was actually on her natural nails & I made Kitty's face on aluminum foil.
But, I digress! Lol! For the Kitty Cottontail design I used lime green glitter acrylic with confetti flowers, baby pink acrylic, florescent pink glitter acrylic, white and clear acrylic. All the acrylics were mixed by me. I got the glitters from JoAnn's Fabrics and the baby pink was made from L.A. Colors pink eye shimmer dust.
I have gotten some requests recently to show how I mix my glitter & color acrylics and I will be doing that and an updated storage and nail art collection video as well. In the past few months since my 1st video I have gotten A Lot of stuff. It's a bit disturbing! LOL! On another note, I'm still waiting to receive the last part of my contest prize =( But if I don't get it by April 1st, I'll begin my contest anyway!
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