Hi Everyone! Do you remember on Monday when I told the story of how my dad had to crush my dreams when he told me Tarzan wasn't real so there wasn't going to be anyone to save me from quick sand or from being mauled by a lion? Well today is another one of those days!
When I was a young girl I was totally in love with the cartoon Aquaman from The Justice League. Honestly I think I had something for Atlantis period because I really had a crush on Patrick Duffy in The Man From Atlantis too. Anyway I really loved Aquaman. I honestly don't know why because today I can tell you swimming in the ocean absolutely terrifies me. Cue years ago when I professed my love for Aquaman and talked about getting married to him and my father having to break it to me that cartoons weren't real and you couldn't marry a cartoon. Cue a young girl's broken heart yet AGAIN! Jeeze dad cut a girl a break why don't you?
Cue modern day when the news broke my heart throb Jason Momoa was going to be playing Aquaman! OH MY GOD is this fate of what? I wanted to marry Aquaman and the guy I have a major crush on is going to be Aquaman! It is fate I tell you!
Today I did a mani based totally on the new improved super hot Aquaman who will played by Jason Momoa--way to go Jason! I'm pretty excited for the up coming movies and seeing The Justice League in action again--Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman woot those are going to be some good times for sure!
I based this mani on the picture that's been all over the internet showing Jason as they new Aquaman
OH MY LANTA! Doesn't he look amazing???!!!!
Seriously I can barely stand it!
I used one of my favorite Messy Mansion plates for this MM21 and then did an accent nail with VL1. I really love how it turned out!
What do you think? Get out my mani with the new Aquaman pic
What do you think???? Are we thinking this is fate that my man crush is now playing Aquaman?????? Is my dad shaking his head at me up there in Heaven? Is Lisa Bonet going to come gunning for me after this??
I'm going to pop over and check out my cohorts--they have been nailing it this week!
Hi Everyone! Happy Sunday! I consider myself very lucky to live in Wisconsin. As far as beauty goes it is a truly lovely state. There are still farm lands to see and corn fields to walk through. Up North in Wisconsin you'll find some of the most beautiful lakes and forests and the bluffs near the Minnesota border will leave you speechless. While I was born and raised here my heritage is not of the indigenous people of Wisconsin. I am actually German, Scottish, Irish and English. I have absolutely no Native American roots. I can say I'm not happy any time History is involved with the indigenous people of the United States. Learning your "free" country came because of the destruction of those who were here first does not leave a good feeling in me.
I'm sure many of you know I have a huge crush on Jason Momoa from Game Of Thrones and The Red Road and in addition to crushing on his fine form I also follow him on IG. Pride Of Gypsies has been sharing a lot of news regarding the recent events happening in Hawaii at Mauna Kea.
Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii and it is one million years old. In Hawaiian Mythology the peaks of Hawaii are sacred and Mauna Kea, which means white mountain, is the most sacred of all. In ancient times only only high ranking tribal chiefs were allowed to visit the peak of Mauna Kea. Those living on its base relied on it's vast forests for food and they quarried at flanks to use the hard stone for tools. The introduction of settlers from overseas with their animals and disregard for the island itself started to damage the mountain's ecology.
Fast forward to the age of the modern man who seems so much more interested in learning about life on other planets that in the process damages his own Earth and has little regard to the destruction he leaves in his path. Currently scientists are trying to build yet another telescope on the peak of Mauna Kea. This telescope when finished will be the largest telescope ever built.
At what cost should man "reach for the stars"? Mauna Kea is sacred land to the native people of Hawaii. How would you feel about someone coming in and tearing down your church or your mosque or your synagogue? Why does man always think it's his right to go to a place already inhabit by others and take it for his own? There are already several telescopes on Mauna Kea--why do we need one more??
It's simple--I don't. I don't believe we need one more. I believe mankind needs to stop searching for answers out there in the vast universe and get under control the many problems facing him in his own world--Earth. Earth in it's beauty that includes the peaks of Mauna Kea.
After reading several pieces of literature and following the news reports as well as Pride Of Gypsies posts on Instagram I support this cause. Living here in Wisconsin there isn't much I can do. But I did do what I could. I signed the petition which you can find HERE And I donated what I could to change.org to make it visible to others.
I hope the Governor of Hawaii takes notice and takes to heart what he is really doing by allowing TMT to build this telescope. I hope scientists all around the world understand why it's wrong to destroy what we already have in front of us to search for something beyond our reach.
My mani today shows my support--We Are Mauna Kea
Hawaiian tribal art today thinking of the ancestors of the beautiful island of Hawaii
My turtle symbolizes long life and at more than one million years old Mauna Kea was here long before us and should be revered
It's time for the world to stop what they are doing and take a look around. What you see before you will not last until we do something to keep our Mother Earth healthy. It does us no good to search for something out there when we are already ruining the wonderful planet we already live on
From my heart in Wisconsin to the native people of Hawaii--Aloha!
Hi Everyone! Sorry for sure a late post today but my mani totally did not turn out :( Once again Kleancolor metallics ruined a great design! UG! Curse you Kleancolor! After this I'm getting smart and just flat out tossing these babies out!
So I attempted to do some cool Native American tribal nails last night with one of my new Marianne plates and it looked great until the topcoat hit it! UG!
I promised I'd share fails alongside the successes though so here's my Digit-al Dozen Does Countries & Cultures mani for day 4
I really want to try this again with some better polishes. Maybe I will this weekend and we can compare which ones are better!
I'm sure my friends have come up with something much better so let's head over and take a look!
Hi Everyone!!! Happy Sunday! Another glorious day here in sunny and pleasantly warm Wisconsin! I survived my 4k walk, my feet don't even hurt AND I get to spend some time with my friend Emily today making up some sheer polishes and leadlighting our guts out! But before I do that I want to show you how I extended my neon gradient mani from yesterday. I simply stamped over it!
My friend Sheila from the Pointless Cafe blog is who taught me all about extending a mani. I'm really glad I decided to do that with this mani because I think it only added to it and now it's so gorgeous!
I love how you can still see all the colors of the gradient with this stamping!
It's still so colorful!
It drives my niece, Alex, crazy when I stamp over my neon gradients LOL! I just think it makes them look better
How about you--do you like stamping over a gradient or just leaving it plain?
Here's a collage of the mani sans stamping
And then here's a collage with the stamping which do you like better?
It's a tough decision!
I'm excited to hang out with Emily today and even more excited to share the results of my leadlighting attempts!
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
