February Photo A Day

Here are my photos for the February photo a day challenge done by Chantelle. In march I will be doing two challenges, the photo a day, and the art challenge that my amazing friends Kate and Sarah are doing. I'd love to here your opinions about the photos!

Valentine's Nails

I love valentine's day. My family has a tea party every year, and making valentine's for my friends is really fun. My friend Katie and I did our nails and we both did tutorials. Be sure to check out her design! Here is a fun design to do on your nails for Valentine's Day.

You will need:
~ Nail polish {of course}
~ Pins and toothpicks

Here are the four colors you will need: top coat, red, white, and gold.

First, paint your nails gold. I do one coat, then come back and do a second. Let it dry.

Now put a small amount of red nail polish on a piece of scrap paper or a card. Dip the pin head into the polish, and create to dots that barley touch on your fourth finger. Take a toothpick and drag it through the drops and bring them to a point. You now have a heart!

On your thumb, repeat this process on the upper outside corner. this one should be larger than the one on the forth finger. Now add a small amount of white nail polish to the card on a different spot, and repeat the process right next to the big heart on your thumb. It will be much smaller. Make sure that when you use the pin head again, it is clean, and that you use the other end of the toothpick, unless you want a swirled red and white heart.

You now have a classy, fun manicure for Valentine's Day. What do you think?

Photo A Day Challange

Whooh! It's been a busy month! I have not posted in a while. I am preparing some fun valentine's tutorials. I have been doing the photo a day challenge over at fatmumslim and here are all my pictures from January.

Glitter Ornaments

I love how easy these are to make, but also oh so pretty. You need only three things to make these.

• Clear ornaments (glass or plastic) that the tops can be removed from (they have them at Michael's)
• Liquid food coloring
• Glitter

Remove the tops from your ornaments. Depending on the size and shape, put a drop or two of food coloring inside. You can coat all of ornament, or create a design by swirling it in specific ways. Because of the point in my ornaments, most of the coloring and glitter collected in the bottom and fanned out from there. You can pour any extra onto a paper towel or into another ornament.

Now add the glitter. You can create a funnel by snipping off the end of an envelope, or folding a piece of paper. Now shake the ornament, covering the hole, making sure it coats all the places where there is dye.

Let them dry, then put the tops back on.

 You can put ribbon or twine through the loop if you want. These make a great gift, and it's very easy to make lots of them at one time.