a trio of cuties

Still doing mani's - just haven't been able to post daily :( Here are a few from a couple of weeks ago:

I wood for you

Wood grain stamp!

stick 'em up

I just received these nail art stickers today - it's the first time I've used anything like this but I kinda like it!

light hearted

More cute heart designs from cutesville! I can't control myself, I have another one planned for tomorrow too!

gold blossom

Something a little light and springy :)

wrapped up

Just playing around with color tonight; I'm a little under the weather and I didn't have the energy to do anything super detailed :)

happy holidays from cutesville!

I thought for Christmas day I would go all out and use some of the more "traditional"  stamps :)
It didn't show in the picture but there is a really pretty glitter coat over the pink base

color me bad

Back to a little hand painting tonight :)

peacocky

I got a new Sally Hanson Insta-Dri color today - Blue Streak - and it sooo pretty :) I don't really have many metallic colors but I couldn't pass this one up.

light as a feather

Another Shany mani ;)

luck of the draw

Tonight I though I would try my luck at picking out a random color and plate.
Here's what I came up with :)

wild card

I had no idea what to do tonight so I just started looking through all of my image plates....
This is what I ended up with :)

proud as a peacock

Used just nailpolish for this mani and I forgot how long it takes to dry :(
The colors are more glossy than the paint and I really like the gold. This was inspired by a classic peacock mani that I saw on Supa Nails blog - if you haven't checked that out you should, she is awesome.

cutesville meets betseyville

I love the colors Betsey Johnson uses - everything is so vibrant! Here is a mani I did based on one of her rose patterns <3 I used acrylic paints for the design and I find it so much easier!

and here is the original:

laser V2

Nailside is pretty much top dog when it comes to the laser mani. I tried it a few months ago but I found it really difficult to keep the tape even and the nail polish just wouldn't stay where it was supposed to.
I ordered some graphic chart tape last week so I decided to give it another go. What a difference!! This stuff is great; I got it in 1/8th in and 1/16th in. The tape sticks to the nail very well and its the exact same width every time. So much easier!

Oh Deer!

While coming up with a new challenge I've decided to go through all of my image plates. I have some ridiculously cute ones and I am really looking forward to some fun mani's. Tonight's is a deer stamp that I've been waiting patiently to use for about a month!

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 :)

Lace mani

Had to do kind of a quick mani tonight so I did an all-konad stamped design.

jaguar!

While trying to find inspiration for the letter "J" I found this post on the Houston Zoo website. In a nutshell, it says that while leopards and jaguars have incredibly similar coats, jaguars will have black spots in the middle of the dark rosettes. Although leopards sometimes have that too, so I guess that little tidbit of information is pretty much useless. Thanks anyway.

flower print

I picked up a cute little print dress the other day and just happened to have the perfect greens, blues, and purples to go with it. Looks like the obsessive nail polish collecting is paying off!
I also stopped in to Zingerman's Roadhouse for dinner tonight (which was awesome, as usual) and ended up talking to a super nice couple, Ann & Matt. We got to talking about nails and purses and such, and Ann mentioned a friend who she thought might enjoy my little blog - so if you see this, hello!
So here is the dress:

and here are the nails: