Mini Series: Halloween Nails-Graveyard

Todays nail tutorial will come from my sister! She wanted to make me a spooky graveyard, and I think she accomplished that :)

Before we begin I do want to say that I am sorry for the quality of the pictures. I know that in some the colors are off. Honestly, I am not sure why. I did try to edit them but I could not get it right so I decided to leave them like that. I am sorry if this causes an inconvenience to you.!

• grey nail polish (N.Y.C- Sidewalkers)
• black nail polish (Wet'N'Wild- Black Creme)
• white nail polish (Sinful Colors- Snow Me White)
• silver nail polish (Wet'n'Wild Metallica)
• gold glitter nail polish (Santee-Copper Kiss Glitter)
• yellow nail polish ((N.Y.C- New York Taxi Creme) or gold hexagon glitter 
• Clear topcoat (Sinful Colors- Clear Coat #1064)
• nail brushes

Apply a clear base coat, then paint your nail grey. 

 With a small squared nail brush, draw on a cross.

With the same brush, draw a half oval next to the cross.

With the same brush, or a smaller one, outline your cross and tombstone with white.

Draw a small yellow dot for the moon. Or stick on the yellow hex glitter.

Draw a couple lines with the silver polish.

Finish of with the glitter nail polish over the grey so simulate stars. Add a topcoat and you are done!

This graveyard design is very simple and easy to do. If you want to jazz it up more or make it more spooky, draw on spiderwebs on the cross, or over the tombstone. Remember, your lines don't always have to be perfect! I honestly believe that not being so perfect acts character to the nails (but that could just be me, lol).

Any who, hope you enjoy this one! Next post will be a DIY :)

Until next time!

Pancakes!

 Happy National Pancake Day!

Look at all those starberries! Oh, and the maple syrup!!

I think I am hungry all over again! Haha~

 

 

To celebrate this (very delicious) holiday I though I'd share my pancake mix :) This mix here can be made in batches, stored in zip locks and used whenever up to 6 months (or so). These a soft and fluffy and when done right, he edges will be nice and crispy too, yumm.

 

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon white sugar

1 1/4 cups milk (You might need more or less depending on the consistency you like)

1 egg

3 tablespoons butter, melted

 

If you are going to store this, mix together all the dry ingredients and label the bag with the date and write the rest of the ingredients.

 

If you are going to make this to eat NOW (lol), go ahead and mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix n the egg and butter, and lastly add the milk. Go about 1/4 cup at a time until you reach the consistency you like. :)

 

 

I didn't include how to cook these, because well, I am almost sure that almost everyone know how to. But incase you don't shoot me an email :)

 

Anyways,  hope you guys are enjoying this holiday as much as I am!

And as always, if you try this send me pictured I would love to see them :)

 

Until next time!

 

 

DIY- Initials On A Tree Charm

 I am sure we've all done this; written our initials and our loved ones on a tree, right? And something in that action meant a lot to us too, RIGHT? Well, this is what inspired this DIY. I wanted to capture that moment in a charm. There are cute for an anniversary gift or a just because. You can make them for your loved ones, your better half, and even your animals. :) I think these would be cute for valentines! Maybe I should have waited until then..hmmm..
Well, since I want to post this now (hey, just in time for Christmas) let's get to it!

•  Wooden heart (I got mine at Michaels)
• something to carve with (I used an attachments from my wood burner)
• paint brush (the older, the better)
• Acrylic paint in copper an black
• Hand drill

1. Draw where your'd like your initials 
2. Using your carving tool, carve over them. You don't have to go too deep, and your lines do not have to be perfect.

 3. Paint your heart until you get a result you like. I painted my heart with maybe ten layers of paint before I was happy with it. I was wiping off paint, and using the natural quirkiness of my brush to add texture.

4. Fill in your initials with black paint.

 5. Drill your hole.
( In this picture here, you can see that I didn't go ever the carving, instead I let the carving add character (?) to my charm. )

The end result!

 I added a chain to mine, but you can put this on a bracelet. Or, if you want to add it to a ring just don't drill the hole. :)

Hope you have enjoyed this DIY! Don't forget to send me pictures if you recreate it!

Until next time!

Mini Series: Halloween Nails- Eyeballs

These would be perfect as an accent nail, don't ya think?

And hey, if blue is not your color, go ahead an use whatever color please you! There are going on YOUR nails after all. :)

Today, I will show you draw these super easy eyeball nails! This, in my opinion, are a Halloween staple. I hope ya'll enjoy the tutorial, and remember if you have any questions please let me know!

• white nail polish (Sinful Colors- Snow Me White)
• blue nail polish (Sinful Colors- Aquamarine)
• red nail polidh (Mary Kay-Coral Stone)
• black nail polish (Wet'n'Wild- Black Creme)
• small nail art brush
• clear nail polish (Wet'n'Wild- Clear)

Paint your nail white.

With the nail polish brush (or your nail brush) make a blue circle in the middle of you nail. 

I used the nail polish brush, and sadly it came out wonky but I think it adds to the creepiness.

With your nail polish brush, add a circle to the middle of the blue.

I put mine a bit off center so it would seem as the eye was looking away.

Now, using your nail art brush, make small red veins coming from the edges.

These are simple, draw them anywhere you want.

To finish it off, add a small white dot to the black and blue. This is to give it more depth, and it makes it look more like an eyeball when it is reflecting light.

Apply a top coat and you are done!

As for the rest of the nails, I left mines white. You could draw this on all of them but I liked it more as just an accent. Also, if you want to add a bit more creepiness to this, you could use red food coloring or red lipstick around your nail to make it seem like bloody. :)

Don't forget to send me pictures if you do try this or tag me on instagram! (SunshinesImaginarium)

Until next time!

Mini Series: Halloween Nails- Mrs. Frankestein

Hello guys!

Sorry I have been absent after a week of regular posting...I have been coming up with ideas for this mini sereies HALLOWEEN NAILS!

Unfortunately, there won't be many Halloween DIY's..but I hope the nail tutorials will keep you satisfied :)

To kick things off, I will be sharing how to create Mrs. Frankenstein. 

Isn't she cute? :)

(And yes I know shes supposed to be green, but I saw this one on google images and I liked how it looked)

• White polish (Sinful Colors-Snow Me White)
• Red polish (Mary Kay-Coral Stone)
• Black polish (NYC Black Cream)
• Silver polish (Milani-Ms Milani)
• Topcoat 
• Small nail brush
• 
  

After pitting on your clear base, paint your nail white.

 With your brush, draw hair leaving a small gap in between.

 Add a small stripe of silver.

 With the bottom of the brush (or a dotting tool) add two dots for the eyes.

Again with your brush, draw two lines above the dots you just made, and a long one bellow for the mouth.

 To finish, add two red lines for cheeks, and your topcoat. Clean around your nail and you are done!

As for the rest of the nails, you can paint them with the silver, or a green. It's all up to you.

Remember to not let the polish dry on the brush, and to clean it every time you are changing color.

Hope you guys enjoy this, and I will be back with a nother one soon :)

If there is any nail or DIY tutorial you'd like to see, please let me know!

DIY-Re-purposing old keys

What do you do when you have too many keys and not enough doors?!

You turn them into pretty charms!

I don't know about you guys, but you can't ever have enough key charms. I love to make them into necklaces, bracelets, and even scrap booking charms; they just add a new element. :) 

This morning while going through my craft hoard (yes, I do hoard my supplies), I found a box of pretty embellishments that had not yet been sorted, and several keys. I decided to turn them into charms, and was so pleased with the result I decided I would share. :)

So, lets get right into it!

• keys
• nail polish or acrylic paint
• lost of embellishments
• super glue or metal glue

1. Paint your key    

I first used the black nail polish... 

 Then lightly painted the edges with a gold nail polish to give it an antique sorta look.

2. EMBELLISH!!

You can go as crazy or as light as you want with embellishments. (FYI: the smaller the embellishment the greater the chances are it will fall off with wear)

3. Let the glue dry completely before wearing!

 

 Aren't these just cute? 

Please don't tell me I would be the only one who would wear one of these out...LOL

If you give this a try, send me a pic! I would love to see your creations :)

Don't forget you can send them to me thru instagram (sunshinesimaginarium) or by email (precious.desert. rose@gmail.com)

Until next time!

Peace & Love <3