hello cutie

A cute little kitty design based on these pillows :)

under my umbrella ella ella.......

Still sick, but I was so excited to use this plate from Konad (M8) that it actually cheered me up for a little while (that and the grilled cheese and tomato soup my sweet husband made for me). Really happy with how it turned out :)

ROBOTS!!!

The amazing interchangeable mani! 16 robots to choose from!! (if you count the right hand too!)

"N" is for nautical!

Probably one of my favorites! This is the first time I've done a whole nautical mani totally freehand and I love how it turned out!

Hearts (of course!)

I could not resist trying this cute little mani I saw on Nailside the other day, and how perfect that it should coincide with todays letter!

its tokidoki!

I spent a ridiculously long time on this but I don't even care because it is totally awesome. That's right, awesome.

like a coogi sweater, but for your nails!

I am really into this woman from Germany's blog right now. Her name is Susa and her blog is http://supanails.tumblr.com/. She is super talented and her designs are ridiculously dope...

almost as dope as Biggie.

rainbow toys!

Jillian Phillips is a graphic designer from England who specializes in babywear. I found a collection of wall decals that she designed called Rainbow Toys and I think they are so adorable!
Here is my take on them :)

and here  is the mess I created

last weeks nails

So last week was the Ann Arbor Art Fair and I worked ridiculously long hours in unbelievable heat. I didn't have time to blog all of my nails, but I did manage to keep them cute throughout the whole ordeal! I can't remember all of the different polishes I used but I don't really own anything you can't but at the drug store. There were one or two franken-colors when I couldn't find the right shade but most are pretty standard.
day 1.

day 2.

day 3.

day 4.

day 5.

and today's nails.

Hopefully I'll get back on track tonight (if this storm doesn't knock out the power!)

Buzzy Bee :)

I love this and I think it might stay around for a couple of days! The yellow I used needed 3 coats which was a bummer but the color is great.

• base coat - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri -Lightning
• design - Kiss Nail Art Paint in Black and White

monokuro boo!

I found an adorable print the other day with pigs and pears and I was showing my friend at work, Amber. Pretty much, if its cool, Amber already knows about it. So she tells me these little pigs are characters from San-X called Monokuro Boo. I started looking through pictures and I fell in love with this one:

so here are the nails!

• base coat - Konad stamping polish in white
• design - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Wet Cement, Kiss nail art Paint - Black, Mabelline Express Finish - Racy Red

cherry blossoms!

I had completely forgotten that I had ordered image plate M66 from Konad last week and it arrived today along with some other pretty great stuff. I love the designs on this plate, and they transfer so well! I decided to use just the cherry blossom stamp...

• base coat - China Glaze - For Audrey
• branches - Sinful Colors - Nirvana
• cherry blossoms - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Speedy Sunburst

I'm really happy with how this turned out and am tempted to leave it on for more than one day ;)

leopard love

I did these to match a dress I bought yesterday. I realized I've been using mostly image plates and I was a little nervous about doing these free-hand but  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Wet Cement, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Sonic Boom, and Konad stamping polish in black.

They ended up being a perfect match :)

friday i'm in love......with orange!

I saw a tutorial on The Daily Nail for a design called Whats the Mod-er? and thought I would give it a try. I have an adorable orange/black/gray summer dress and I wanted to use these colors without it looking too halloween-ie.
Here is the dress......

and here are the nails :)

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Sun Kissed, and Wet Cement, and Konad special black stamping polish. This was super black, but it got goopy very quickly.

nail obsessed

My newest obsession is nail art. I started out by hand painting designs on my nails then found a whole WORLD of incredible nail art. My first hand painted attempt was these little bows -

very time consuming but they turned out really cute.

After doing a little research, I found a great site called weheartit.com. I tried the newspaper nail art tutorial, found here, and read about image plates from a company called Konad. I ordered plates, stamps, nail polish, and I've had different nails every day since. Here are a couple I've tried so far:

This is Sally Hansen Xtreme wear in Mint Sorbet with image plate BM20 (from Bundle Monster) done with white Konad polish.

I used the black Konad stamping polish as a base coat (only one coat needed!), Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Mint Sprint, and image plate BM06. I reversed the design on my toes, and when I took it off tonight it had stained my nails green : /  Other than the staining with this particular color I have been really happy with this line.