I was looking in the office supply section at Target and I saw this notebook.
couldn’t help myself.
worked with colors I already had instead of searching for these specific colors. 
Essie “Turquoise And Caicos”
light green & white nail art stripers
I’m still trying to get into the holiday season spirit.
I’m going to start holding my fingernails above my head…. and see what happens. lol
Sinful Colors “Out of This World”
metallic red & metallic green acrylic paints
I did it. 
Now I can truly say Happy Holidays….. and mean it.
Shamica requested a candy cane design. And now I’m happy she did. I feel like my fingernails will taste like Christmas candy.
Sinful Colors “Ruby Ruby”, white, glitter red & glitter green nail stripers
It was supposed to be a candy cane. I promise. LOL….. I have no clue why it looked so different in my mind when I was devising it.
After the first nail was finished, I determined it looked like some tinsel-y garland wrapping around a foil tree… which suits the holiday theme just fine.
so there you have it. I’ll try a candy cane theme again in a couple days. and see what it ends up looking like. ha ha
OPI “Designer De Better” (Muppets Collection) 
I almost stopped right here. This foil polish is so pretty, so so pretty…
however, I pressed on in my quest to summon some holiday cheerfulness. I attempted CANDY CANES!!!!!… ended up with garland. smh. if it wasn’t an acceptable garland…… that would have been a MESS.
I’m just saying…. it was supposed to be a candy cane design! lol
happy holidays
funny that people are paying attention even if you don’t think they are….
my coworker commented that I didn’t do a design on my nails “today”….. but my “new french” manicure (from yesterday) IS a design!!!!!! classic…. but still a design, no doubt….
I had an extremely long day, so, to unwind, I had to stir things up. And “do a design” lol.
this color just caught my eyes. and the new purple paint I got this weekend was waving over there from the side, so I splashed some dots on. I can tell when I really like my nails….. I look at them over and over……. I can’t keep my eyes off these.
Sinful Colors “ Hazard” w/ purple acrylic paint dots 
expression…
good for the soul??
concept better than reality:
Nicole Miller “French Vanilla” (base)
OPI “Green-wich Village” & dark pink acrylic paint (applied w/nail art brush")
Color Club Nail Art Striper “Crème de Razzery” & “Glitter Hologram”
Reality better than expected:
OPI “Sparrow Me The Drama”
green acrylic paint & Color Club white nail art striper 
inspired by:
TopCoatIt’s "argyle nails” 
new attempts: 
OPI “You Don’t Know Jacques!”
Color Club Nail Art Striper “Crème De Razerry”
Stripe Right green nail art striper
i love it. 
Essie “Chastity” (base)
Color Club – Nail Art Stripers “Mint” & “White”
Contributor Dee Dee gave me the nicest thank you card last week. That isn’t really surprising… she’s thoughtful like that.
The card was so pretty I couldn’t get the envelope print out of my mind.
And then it kinda ended up on my nails. 
I tried to keep it simple, so I only tested out the hologram top coat on the nail of my ring finger. It’s SOOO pretty. It took all kinds of self-control to keep from slathering that beautiful topcoat across the other nine nails…well (I did slip. I put it on the pinky nail of my other hand. I couldn’t resist.)
The base color is OPI - “Malaysian Mist”… dark pink, brown and orange acrylic paint applied with a dotting tool.
Top Coat – INM’s Out the Door – “Northern Lights” (Hologram Top Coat ‘Gold’”)
When I started, my plan was just some basic cheerful nails…. because I really need a mood lift. 
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As the task progressed….. do you realize how many ways there are to make a flickin’ smiley face these days??!!
Emoticons are taking over…. except ones with botox -__- LOL!
it did improve my mood… and is teaching me steadiness with a nail brush. 
When I saw the snowflakes “falling” on the main page of the blog site (yay!), I immediately got excited. I LOVE snow. Love is an understatement.
Now mind you, I’ve been practicing good snowflake designs for like two weeks. And still no presentable snowflakes in sight for my nailbeds. 😦
Now this one from cutepolish vids is adorable….
…. and though I love her designs, and I love using my dotting tool – it seemed too simplified for my lofty expectation of my artistic ATTEMPTS… As I still haven’t mastered even a “neat” snowflake.
then I found this snowflake tutorial. I liked. More dots, but it was a tiny bit more complicated.
I ended up with a sort of in-between snowflake from the two… and I could only withstand the painstaking task on the fingernails of my ring fingers…. this nail art is work! 
I used the appropriately named “Avalanche” for the base color, and white polish with a very skinny nail striping art brush for the snowflake. I used a glitter polish with a dotting tool for some sparkly spots. When it actually snows here in Chicago [I wish it would hurry up and snow!!], I’m doing a snowflake design – again. (does this one count?)
China Glaze “Avalanche”
I am from Ohio. First from Dayton, and then we moved to Columbus.
My Dad is a Buckeye fan…. so, of course, SO AM I!!!!
Contributor Dee Dee and I will have a “forever feud” about her wack Michigan team versus those auspicious Buckeyes!! 
With Monday’s announcement of the new head football coach at The Ohio State University, I felt it was a wonderfully appropriate time to show some Scarlet & Gray love.
Maybelline Express Finish “Racy Red”
OPI “Suzi Takes the Wheel”
white acrylic paint (dots)
Color Club black & white nail art stripers 
I took inspiration from Urban Meyer’s press conference tie & mic cover. I may have to practice writing out “Ohio State” with my nail art tools. lol
GO BUCKEYES!
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