When you were a kid/tween and would hang out at your friends house, did you get up to things that in retrospect seem a little odd? I've mentioned before about the time my pal and I dressed in disguise and went 'spying' around the neighbourhood and that we also use to 'make' perfume (from watered down shampoo, flower petals and anything we found in the bathroom) but we also use to have odd manicure sessions where we'd look at my friend's older sisters nail art 'bible' and try painting fun things on our nails.. The nail art book did have amazing designs (tigers, mini Da Vinci paintings, epic marbling) but they had all been painted on with watercolours and a tiny brush, not blobbed on with nail paint brissles. We did eventually improve on our skills but I have many memories of us all getting angry at our Salvador Dali style 'elephants' and 'palm trees'
Anyway, I found a tiny artist brush the other day and thought I'd revise the ideas in the book a little
I used Barry M nail varnish
and a tiny paintbrush
I also found some cute parrot earrings in Primark for £1
Has anything from your younger years inspired you at all?
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I've also drawn across a map of all the places I hope to visit next year, I've been looking at Amtrak tickets and they're quite reasonable
New Orleans/Austin/Memphis/New York/maybe Chicago/Seattle/Portland/Grand Canyon/L.A
Hopefully I can just save the money!
your nails are so cute! i used to make perfume as well and everything stupid like that.. ohh, good times:')
ReplyDeleteYour nails look so sweet! x
ReplyDeleteLove your nails they look great, I'm far too unsteady to attempt that! By the way me and my friends used to make "perfume" with flowers (stolen from neighbours gardens) too! xx
ReplyDeleteWow, the trip looks epic - I'd love to travel soon, but I also need to get saving first! x
ReplyDeleteyour nails are so pretty! I may have to give them a go!
ReplyDeleteI so want to do a Rad Trip in America! I recently drove all around Australia! Ah it really is amazing! I hope you get to visit everywhere you'd like to :]
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My friend and I used to do the 'spying' thing too!! We'd cut peep holes in newspapers and pretend to read them while sitting in the park, we'd hide behind bushes and note any mysterious goings on and my Mum was driven slightly insane by my need to fingerprint everyone who came into the house with my ink pad! Being a kid was fantastic! Lol! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your nails!!
Jem xXx
Harriet the Spy! Oh the good old days. I worshipped the trees and little homemade mummies after reading the Egypt Game. My mother caught me leading my sisters and brothers in a heathen procession to bury a pet chick and she grounded me for a week for my pagan influences. No more Zilpha Keatley Snyder. :))
ReplyDeleteArianne from A + B in the Sea
What a cute idea! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love those parrot earrings! Your nails look great. My sister got one of those books for Christmas, but I never got around to trying the designs.
ReplyDeleteMerci ,)
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed when people are able to do cool things on their nails like that! I love the parrot earrings btw, I saw those a while ago and so wish I bought them!
ReplyDeleteYour nails are amazing! Love them :) also your travels look so exciting, I'd love to visit some of those places x
ReplyDeleteAwesome nails! And definitely go to Portland, you'll love it. Such good food and music!
ReplyDeletecheers,
--Megan//The Martian Tide
Your nails are amazing, I don't know whether I'd have the patience to do it. Beautiful blog- now following :)
ReplyDeleteSian xx
awh thats the cutest! xx
ReplyDeleteawh thats the cutest! xx
ReplyDeleteYour nails look wonderful. Brilliant idea!
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ilikeitfast.blogspot.com
very cool blog, creative!!
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reflectandfancy.blogspot.com
Where can I find a nail bible like this? I need it in my life!
ReplyDeleteThe nails look rad, I bought some teeny paint brushes but still can't seem to do perfect little hearts like that.
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