How to: Roses on nails

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love flowers. A lot. S of course when I saw this nail design on Instagram, I knew I had to recreate it. I love it. Its simple, but it looks cute. Would be perfect for every season! Yes, even winter! Haha 

And yes I know I am not the best at this, yet. Keep in mind this was my first time trying to please don't be too harsh, I know a lot of you will be able to do this better. :)

Anyways, here we go!

You are going to need a light color for the base of your rose, and then a darker shade for the designs.

• Sinful Colors-Snow me white (#1)
• Sinful Colors-Be Happy (#982)
• Sinful Colors-Aquamarine (#979)
• Sinful Colors-Island Coral (#1103)
• Sinful Colors- Innocent (#944)
• Wet N' Wild- Wild Shine in Lavender Creme (#454D)
• A small brush (Remember to clean it with acetone every time you are switching nail polish)

• Paint your nail your base color. Let that dry.

•  With your nail polish brush, make some dots on your nail. Here, use the light colors you've chosen. Let this dry really good, if you do not, drawing on your nails will indent your polish.

• Using a small brush, draw a c in the middle of your dot.

•  Then, draw 3 bigger c's around the middle one.

•  Draw 3 to 4 even bigger c's around the outer edge of the dot. Add small green leaves and finish with a top coat.

I hope you enjoyed! If something was not clear please let me know! And as always, if you'd like to request a tutorial on a design you can leave me a comment down below, Instagram me, or email me! Also, if you try this, I would love to see a picture :)

Fuzzy Nails!

Doesn't that look like a cute furry monster? NO? Hmm, maybe it's just me.  I don't know why, but I like how this looks, the fuzzyness is just too darn cute! There nails are as cute as they are easy; you only need two things to make them possible!

•  Flocking Powder (available at craft stores!)
• Clear nail polish

• Lay down a piece of scratch paper on your work surface
• Apply clean nail polish on your nail, and white still wet, shake the flocking powder over your nail.
• Let dry, and with a brush, brush off excess from your skin.

See, that was simple! 

One thing to keep in mind though; these don't last very long!

They WILL wash off in the shower completely, and the powder will start to come off if you get it wet even just a bit. To avoid this, you could seal it with the clear nail polish, but then they will not be fuzzy.

If you try these, let me know your results and what color you used :)

Also, if there are any nail tutorials you'd like, let me know as well! Thank you!

How to clean stained nails

If you love dark nail polishes as much as I do, you know that not putting a clear coat before the dark polish will lead to stained nails, and stained nail are not pretty to look at. I do a simple three step cleaning process that leaves my nails looking pretty again. lol

• lukewarm water
• vinegar
• half a lime
• nail brush
• lotion

• In a small container, I use a ramekin, fill it a little above half ways with lukewarm water Add a splash or two of vinegar and a bit of lime juice.
• Soak your nails in the solution for about 5-15 minutes depending on how stained your nails are.

• With the solution still on your nails, rub the lime half of them.

• Being gently but still a bit rough, brush your nails with the nail brush. Do this until the stains have come off.

• Once you are done, wash your hands with soap an massage lotion on your cuticles, and your'e done!

If you want to avoid getting stained nails; ALWAYS use clear nail polish as a base.

If you have other ways of avoiding this, or different ways to clean stained nails, i'd love to hear about it!

DIY-Napkin Coasters

This weekend I attended a Monster High themed party. Sometime from the moment I started taking pictures to when I put my camera away, a cute skull napkin made its way into my camera bag. Well, today I found it, and it was just too cute to throw away, or to be stored so I decided to make it into coasters! At a glace. you wouldn't be able to tell these came from napkins! lol

• Ceramic tiles
• One ply decorative napkin (if it is double ply, just peel off the back layer) 
• Mod Podge (Matte)
• Foam brush
• Bone folder or a plastic popsicle stick
• Felt or foam stickers (I used two small circle foam stickers)

1. Wash  and dry your tiles. Any dirt or dust will cause the napkin to be bubbly.
2. With your foam brush apply a layer of Mod Podge to the tile. You want a thin coat.

 3.  Place your napkin on the tile where you want it. With your bone folder or stick, gently press out any bubbles and wrinkles. You will not be able to get them all without the napkin ripping, but it helps to start from the middle and gently push out the the edges.

 4.  Once the Mod Podge has dried (about 20 minutes) sand the edges. You can rip them off gently if you want a more homemade look.

 5.  With your foam brush, add ONE layer of the Mod Podge to the napkin. You want to try and get the whole length with one stroke to ensure no further wrinkling or ripping will occur. Make sure you get the edges really well! If it starts to wrinkle use your finger to slowly smooth it out.

 6. Let dry completely.

 7.  On the bottom, add small pieces of felt or foam stickers so they wont scratch your table. I used two round foam stickers cut in half.

YOU'RE DONE!

Imagine making some for every occasion you have? No? Okay.

I hope my nieces will like there, they love Monster High almost as much as leaving their cups on tables. Haha. I am sure they're mom will appreciate them using them. :)

DIY- Bottle cap charms

• Bottle caps (I bought mine at Michael's)
• Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
• 1inch round patterned paper (I used scrapbooking paper. I pinned some for you here)
• glue and brush

These come together easy and are very versatile.

If you are printing your own images, uses a heavy cardstoc or photo pater.

• First you want to brush glue on the inside of the bottle cap. It has to be a light layer.

• Now set your paper circle in. If your bottle cap has holes, or you plan on making a necklace, make sure you line up your pattern with the holes. With the brush, layer on a light coat of glue. The glue will keep the paper from curling.

• Once the paper is dry, you are going to add the dimensional magic. Make sure you DO NOT SHAKE IT. Shaking will create bubbles, and those and not good. If your cap has holes, use that as a guide for how much dimensional magic to add. If you get bubbles, blow them with a straw or poke them with a safety pin.

• Let the dimensional magic dry for at least  24 hours before you handle the bottle cap.

From here you can apply a magnet on the back, add a chain, or decorate any way you want.

Hope you have fun making these!

Funnel Cakes!

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
powdered sugar
oil for frying
funnel, or pastry bag, or a ziploc with one corner cut off

If you have a deep fryer, start heating the oil. If not, use about 4-6 cups of oil, a deep pot, and put it to heat.

In a bowl mix in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the eggs and the milk, and whisk or stir until there are no visible lumps. Add the vanilla extract and mix well.

When the oil is hot. pour the mixture into pastry bag (or whatever you are using) and pour into the oil in a circular pattern. Let it brown, then turn to the other side. When done, place on a paper towel and sprinkle with the powdered sugar.

DIY- Decorated pencils

I don't know about you guys but plain yellow pencils aren't as fun to have on your desk as much as pretty decorated ones. I tend to keep a cup of pencils on my desk for card sketching and what not but yellow was getting pretty boring to look at, and its not fun writing with a yucky colored pencil. So, getting bored with my pencils I decided I wanted to decorate some.

• Pencils, if you have any holiday pencils, those would be perfect for this
• spray paint
• tape
• anything you want to use to decorate ( I used acrylic paint, nail polish, nail decorating tape, paint pens...)

• All you have to do is tape around the eraser part and spray paint. Make sure you are doing this outside and put paper or a bag on the ground! 

Let the spray paint dry according to the directions.

• Once the paint is dry, you can start decorating them anyway that you want. 

 

-If you are using nail polish or acrylic paint, you will need something to stand the pencil on to dry so none comes off. You can use a Styrofoam block for this, or just paint half first.

-When using things like stickers make sure to seal them with modge podge or white glue so they wont peel off

-If you want to use scrapbook paper, only roll around the pencil ONCE, doing more will quickly peel off when sharpening. Make sure to also seal in the paper will modge podge or white glue

Hope you have fun!!!