Oh, Hi There!

I'm back, and I have late Halloween pictures to share. Just my nails, not like costumes or anything. Heheh. Anyway, I only did a couple of Halloween manicures, because of everything going on lately around here. Nothing big, just been busy and so on. So, while I'm sitting here watching the election results, I thought I'd get this post in. Let's jump in and take a peek. that Obama has spoken, maybe I can try to get some sleep.

Clouds and Mountains

Today I'm going to share an artsy mani that I did, trying to paint a picture of clouds and the moon around mountaintops. I didn't do too badly, but I can see what I need to change to do it better next time around. First, let's see the inspiration pics.

The moon. Not that I really needed a picture, but whatever, I had fun googling for images.

The clouds. I was going for the fluffy ones.

The mountain. I especially like the way the clouds are wrapped around the tip.

So, why don't we look at what I came up with?

A Marble On Monday

Today I'm sharing with you a marble mani that I did with blue, black, and white. I'm late because after the perch fishing trip yesterday, I'm practically too sore to do much besides lay in bed! But it was so so worth it. We had a blast. So anyway, this marble is probably a good one to share while I'm thinking of the fun on the waves yesterday. Let's take a peek, shall we?

Friday Flashback!

Today I have a flashback mani that is kinda abstract, and pretty autumn-like in color. The temperature has been dropping a bit lately, and summer truly seems to be over. That makes me sad and happy, because while I love summer and will miss it, I also love snow, and will enjoy it, even when it's making me somewhat miserable. I tend to like it best when I can curl up by the window with a cup of hot chocolate or cider and just look out at it, not so much when I have to shovel it.

I need to take a moment to talk about something else before we get into the picture part. You see, tomorrow is The Mate's Oldest's birthday, and that is cause for major celebration. He's getting up there in years *snicker* (and I'm not saying how old he is, because I dunno how much info he'd want me to share and so on), and The Mate and he are not only father and son, but friends as well. I'm pretty glad that being in The Mate's life has brought Oldest into my life as well, he's good people. That being said, now we'll go see pictures.

Saturday Simplicity

Today I have a very simple mani to share with you, one that is easy and kinda elegant, I think. I've gone with a white base color, and done a konad stamp of a bow on each finger in blue. Sometimes it's nice to do something that isn't a whole bunch of stuff, and is just a fairly quick and easy mani, yet still looks pretty nice, in my opinion. Let's take a peek.

Friday Flashback

Well, since I shared my 4th of July manicure from this summer with you yesterday, what better time to do a Friday Flashback of past 4th of July manis? I've only got a couple pics on hand, but hey, that's okay. It's FRIDAY and the weekend is near, and it's time to go out and DO something, even if it's wrong. Not wrong as in illegal or immoral, but whatever. *giggles* Let's take a peek.

Holidaze... 4th of July in September!

I know, I know, it's way late, but I'm still playing a lot of catch-up from being gone so long. So anyway, over the 4th of July, I didn't have as much time to do a lot of celebratory manis, but I did manage one that I loved.  Let's see how it turned out!

Wednesday's Wacky Mani

I know, I know, On Wednesdays We Wear Pink, but I dunno if this counts, since there isn't much pink in this mani. There's a bit, but it's not specifically pink. So I'll skip linking up since I'm not really following the rules and all. Hee. Just a couple pics, I was in a hurry and most of them didn't turn out.

Pink Skittles?

Okay, so no, not all of my nails are pink today, but since I did skittles, and at least ONE nail is pink, I figured this would qualify for the Wednesday Pink post. Right?

I sure hope so. Because really, I don't wear pink on my fingers as often as I could, because there are SO MANY other colors I want to wear as well. Maybe if I had about ten hands I could get that many more pictures of pink polish. Hee. Anyway, let's go see the pictures.

Monday Marbling

Whoa, I think I've lost my marbles! Oh wait, there they are. Let's look, shall we?

Stripes For Thursday!

Today I should be out fishing, so I'll show you a rather bleh mani, and hopefully come back tomorrow with better. I started out with Ruby Kisses Regaled Out Blue, and then added white stripes. I really gotta practice getting stripes better, this wasn't my best by a long shot. But it was still fun, and I share everything, even if it isn't perfect. So let's take a peek.

Supernatural!

No, it's not ghosts, but it is a mani inspired by the supernatural. I wanted to try to find something a little less common, so rather than go with ghosts or haunting kinds of things, I went with something that was way supernatural in the past, but is kinda known nowadays. I chose St. Elmo's Fire, and tried to make it look like it was against the night sky.

St. Elmo’s fire sometimes looks similar to lightning but it is a separate meteorological phenomenon. Although called “fire,” St. Elmo’s fire is a luminous plasma that can glow a bright blue or violet. It can also appear like an eerie fire burning at the top of tall, pointed structures like ship masts or aircraft wings. It has also been reported on leaves, grass, and tips of cattle horns during a stampede.

Unlike the thunderous boom which follows lightning, St. Elmo’s fire can be heard “singing” on an aircraft’s radio, a frying hiss or buzzing sound running up and down the musical scale. It is often as a precursor to a lightning strike.

Sailors would regard St. Elmo’s fire with religious awe, an omen of heavenly intervention. It was named after St. Erasmus of Formiae, the patron saint of sailors. It has been recorded over the centuries, starting with the ancient Greeks, Julius Caesar, Columbus and Magellan. After Benjamin Franklin’s lightning rod, the phenomenon was seen more on land, sparking fear as the ghostly blue flames inspired stories of spirits and hauntings.

If you'd like to read more about it, and see some pictures, then just click on this sentence. Then, I'd love it if you'd check out my interpretation of St. Elmo's Fire on my nails.

Wave Your Flag!

Whoooo! We're up to day 28, and today's mani is one inspired by a flag. I've done American flags a few time, so I didn't want to go with that. I've seen plenty of British flags, and some others, and I kinda didn't want to do those. Finally I settled one one that I thought would be fun, and pretty, and that means something to me. I decided to go with the Czech Republic's flag. It's a clean and simple design. We're using some Czech commands for our dog. I have Czech ancestors in my bloodline. Seems like three is enough, right? You can click on this sentence to see info about the Czech Republic, with a picture of the flag.  So now let's see how I did this on my nails.

Almost Skipped Today's Post!

Since I'm all thinking about Jack and what's going on there, and what I can possibly do to help, I thought about passing over the challenge post, but I figured I'd go ahead and post it. I'll be reminding people until I'm blue in the face about it, and you probably don't know Jack, so you might want to see other stuff here too. But you'll have to click to see the pictures.

It's Becoming A Pattern!

Well, more like I was inspired by a pattern, but who's keeping track of that kinda crap? Not me, that's for sure. So anyway, I was thinking that it would be nice to do something that I love, and I love stained glass. So I chose to be inspired by this pattern:

Seriously, how can you not think that's pretty awesome? So, let's take a peek and my take on this one!

Fashionably Late

Okay, no, I'm not late, but I felt like saying that. Anyway, tonight's challenge mani is supposed to be inspred by fashion! So here is the picture I found and was inspired by.

I attempted to do something similar to the white dress on the left there.

I Love To Read

So, since I love to read, you'd think that it would be so easy for me to come up with a book to inspire some nail art, right? But no, I just kept thinking of books and deciding that I just couldn't manage that one, or I didn't want to try this one, and so on. Finally one came to mind, but I was thinking that it would be ridiculous to use that one. However, after a few hours of not figuring out any other books, that one was still in my mind, so I went with it. What did I choose? Click the link and find out!

Oh Look, Color Inspiration!

Today we start looking at the manis inspired by things, and the first is one inspired by a color! Well, I thought for a while, and since I'm really wanting this to happen, I got inspired by the color of snow!

So let's see how I did!

In Black And White

Oooh, such an original post title! We're at the day 7 mark of the challenge, and today's nails are black and white.  Not a whole lot to say about that, is there? I'm all sorts of wired up and scattered today, I guess I'm just overflowing with holiday spirit or something. Hee. Plus we got something like 4 inches of snow, and it's all white and pretty (and it makes my bones hurty - yikes) outside. Anyway, let's take a peek at the nails.

Friday Fail!

I've seen other blogs do a fail on Fridays, so I thought I'd share one of mine today. And some random pictures just because. I was attempting to do a black and white water marble, and for some reason I just couldn't get it to marble well, and this post is here because of that. Hee.