It's Mother's Day!!!

Hello! I know it's been forever since I've posted anything but I figure that this is a great way to get back into my posting.  It's Mother's Day and I have to admit that this is one of my favorite holidays despite not being a mother myself.  I have had some incredible women in my life who are excellent examples of what women and mothers should be.  My grandmother, Clara, aunt, Sandy, and  cousin, Ashleigh, sister, Megan, and of course my mother, Sherry.  These women have been there for me in my darkest of times and celebrated with me in my brightest moments. 

My grandmother is the most wonderful person.  She lets me sit in her kitchen and blather on and on about literally nothing and still loves me.  My aunt is fiercely strong and one of the best defenders of people that I know. My cousin juggles a military lifestyle with a toddler and is doing such an amazing job that I can't help but admire her.  My mother is so kind, giving and caring that I don't know how she does all the things she does.  There will never be a way for me to repay her for all that she's done for me alone, let alone my siblings and others that she's taken in. 

My mom has always been my best friend, biggest cheerleader, and sometimes when I need it the kick in the butt.  This all became clear to me when I went to college.  I started cheering my sophomore year and my mom drove to every game that she could to watch our horrible college team lose and me cheer.  She also was the one person who could reach me when I was so terribly depressed during my divorce.  I asked her one day to sit and watch The Last Song with me.  It's a tearjerker and I knew I needed a good cry and she of course said yes.  I'm not going to give away the movie but the song I Look At You plays at the end and I broke down and bawled my eyes out all while sitting on my mom's lap.  (Yes, I am 23 years old and still sit on my mom's lap when I'm sad).  She just let me cry it all out of my system and helped me rebuild myself.  I would not be anything without her love and support and it's truly not enough to let her kow this on just one day of the year but this is the day that it's socially acceptable to be sappy about how much I love her.

I feel it's appropriate to mention new mothers.  My sister is 21 and has two children by marriage and I have never been more proud of her than I am when I see how much she loves and adores them.  She is doing such an amazing job and will continue to do so I'm sure of it.

So I apologize if this post is a little overly emotional but o well.  

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there, know that you are loved and appreciated!

PS Here is the music video to the song that I mentioned earlier.  And yes it is my mothers ringtone on my phone =)

31 Days of Nails Challenge!

Days 7 and 8 are combined because I've been super lazy =)

Day 7 was a black and white design...I love vintage things so I googled this image and loved it...and tried to recreate it on my nails which ended up being more challenging than I thought.

Day 8 was metallic.  I only have one polish that is metallic enough to be featured during these challenges so here it is!

THe picture shows this as a really yellow gold and while it is on the yellow side it is not nearly as vivid as in the picture.

On another notem I am going on vacation and will be taking a hiatus of sorts on the challenge (not that I;ve actually stuck too closely to the time limit) but I will get back with it soon after my vacation is over... there maybe one more post tomorrow, depending on how much packing I get done tonight =)

31 Days of Nails Challenge!

Hey everyone!

Here is my violet design, it's pretty simple but I liked how it turned out.  I find that I'm really attracted to darker colors when purchasing polishes so one benefit of this challenge is it has made me realize that I should expand my color selection =).

The darker color that I used (Essie Carry On) is super dark and almost black looking when worn alone...though I think that lighter purple underneath brought out the purple side ofthe polish.

Until the next post!

31 Days of Nails Challenge!

Hey everyone! Sorry for the delays in posting, I'm crazy tired and was really busy yesterday so no posts and I'm now a day behind because I had zero energy or inspiration today.  Anywho, on to the blue design.

So I am in love with the color on all of my nails (China Glaze Sexy in the City).  It's a bright blue with a slight teal and green shimmer to it...I'm borderline obsessed haha!

To wrap things up I will get right back on track tomorrow, I swear.  Be prepared for some purple nails =)

31 Days of Nails Challenge!

Here is my green nail design and I tried a new technique but of course didn't let my base color dry long enough before trying it out so I smudged it all up and then had to go back in and try to fix it so I am not completely sold on this new technique but maybe I'll try it again sometime...who knows.

Like I said, this design idea didn't really work out the way that I dreamed it would but it's still an interesting idea and I'll try it again...eventually. 

31 Days of Nails Challenge!

Yellow makes me think of sunshine and daffodils and lemonade and numerous other things.  It also makes me think of high school.  My high school colors are purple and "gold" or yellow lol.  So these nails are a kind of throwback to my high school...Go Eagles!

I am finding these color challenges more difficult than I thought I would...I don't want to just paint them a solid color because I feel like that's too easy but finding new and interesting ways to combine the shades of the colors that I'm using is proving to be a little difficult...but I guess that's why it's called a challenge right?

PS Sorry that I'm a day late on this one but Tuesdays are pretty busy for me so we'll probably have to expect 2 posts on Wednesdays instead.

31 Days of Nails Challenge!

Today was a day for Orange!

I have a whole whopping 4 orange polishes and being a redhead I tend to steer away from bright oranges because I am just not a huge fan despite the fact that orange is supposed to make your skin look more tan (it would take a miracle for me to be tan).

So after painting and repainting my nails a few times I finally am satisified.  My other designs just didn't seem to be orange enough so I just went for it.

I didn't want to do too much clean up afterwards because I had already painted them twice and I really just wanted the dang things to dry so I could go wash my hair. Haha!

It's fairly simple and I'm not madly in love with it but it does satisfy the orange theme so I'm content.