Hi Everyone! Today is day 22 in the 31 Day Challenge and we're in the home stretch. Thank God! I honestly do not know why I do these challenges! Sometimes towards the end it feels so much like a chore instead of just being able to wear what you want lol!
Today's theme is Inspired By A Song. I chose one very near and dear my heart. My parents would have been married for 50 years on September 8th, but complications from chemo therapy took my dad's life on August 9th--one month short of that anniversary.
I spent the past almost 50 years of my life knowing without a shadow of a doubt my parents loved each other. I've told many people over this past month and a half the only time a heart can break is if it's filled with love. An empty heart simply cannot shatter. When you love so much and so hard that makes the loss all that much more unbearable.
And while this seems sad and many of you might feel so bad for my mom you should know just as I do some people will never be that lucky. To have a love that last's a lifetime.
Their song is Moon River from the lovely movie Breakfast At Tiffany's. I did this mani today in honor of their love and friendship
These are my parents Al and Sandy Lutze--every romance novel ever written seemed to be about them
I'm so thankful I grew up with the most loving parents a girl could ever hope for
I hope all of you know the meaning of a deep true love in your lives..
Stop by tomorrow for inspired by a movie! I have a couple of ideas for which of my fave movies I can do!
Have a great weekend!
Hi Everyone! It's already day 21 in the challenge! I decided to go for something I've never done before--a plain and simple ombre mani. Before I got into stamping, which helped add fuel to the polish collecting fire, my "problem" color was purple. Lots and lots and lots of purples. Mostly dark ones though lol. I hauled out a few of the ones I had and just did a simple ombre.
I actually had this on yesterday and people at work were perplexed by the whole "why do you have a different color of purple on each day?" Sometimes the "real" world just doesn't get the "nail" world LOL!
The lightest purple I had wasn't a cream so that sort of ruined the effect, but still I had to go with what I had. I'm just not a pastel person at all therefore I need to add a pale lilac creme to my list of need to pick ups lol!
Tomorrow starts the more complex challenge ideas
Inspired by a song--this one will be near and dear to my heart. I hope you stop by to see it.
Have a great day!!! Happy Friday!
Hi everyone! Day 20 of the 31 Day Challenge is water marble. I haven't done one it what seems like forever so I decided to use some colors I got from two sweet friends of mine. My friend and co-worker Ashlee gave me Sally Hansen Insta Dri Snappy Sorbet forever ago and I've never used it and my friend Wendy gave me the super gorgeous Misa Golden Thread when my dad was sick and again never used. I decided to pair these two with OPI Wooden Shoe Like To Know for a pretty fallish looking water marble!
I think this looks pretty snappy even if my pinkie looks more like Mars the angry red planet lol!
Snappy Sorbet really looks neon with these colors instead of just a bright coral
I like how this turned out--it was just like riding a bike!
What's up for tomorrow
A color--hmmm how interesting.
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Hi Everyone! It's day 19 in the 31 Day Challenge and that can mean only one thing---Galaxy Nails. I have to admit it though I'm not a huge of galaxy nails. I might have been once but really once you've done them they're just . . . done. Maybe I'm just not creative enough to do galaxy nails that blow me away.
I'm not not a fan which is why I didn't take many pics of this mani lol!
Maybe tomorrow will be better let's see what's up next
Water marble maybe I'll have more luck with that one!
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Hi Readers! Do any of you have the "bad picker" gene? Not the gene about being bad and picking your nose, but rather the gene where when it comes to a choice of mate--boyfriend, girlfriend--spouse you're just a flat out bad picker. I have the gene. It's not discovered yet but I surely do have it. One day when they do discover it I believe they will call it the Laurie Effect, or laurieism--but believe you me that gene is as real as the smart gene--or the can't lose any weight gene.
Last year when I did the 31 Day Challenge I thought it would be cute to toss together Hard Candy's Mr Right and Mr Wrong and I decided I want to use them again in this year's 31 Day Challenge and YES another successful pairing of the two!
Mr Right is a gorgeous dark blue shimmer--he reminds me a bit of Phallic. Mr Wrong is a super cool glass flecky purpley goldy bronze lol!
I really love them both!
Ii thought for a minute about stamping over this mani but I just love the blue in Mr Right so much I didn't want to cover him!
Which one do you like better Readers--Mr Right or Mr Wrong? And I wonder what our choice says about us????
Wow more than half way through the challenge!!! What's up for tomorrow
Galaxy nails--hmmm I'm not a huge fan of this look for some reason. Maybe because I suck at creating them??? You'll have to tune in tomorrow to see how they look!
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Hi Readers! Happy Monday! It's another week of overtime for me so 10 1/2 hour days loom ahead of me. I think my nails today are going to keep me alert and apt though! I've probably mentioned it before but I have 2 sisters, one is here with me on Earth and one is in Heaven. My whole life growing up there was a lot of Laurie! Lisa! Lynelle! Sometimes mom just called us laurielisalynelle because she didn't know who she was scolding LOL! I'm the oldest, then came Lisa, then Lynelle. Lynelle and I had to say goodbye to our sweet Lisa three years ago and it's hard for us now to be known as just Laurie and Lynelle, but we go on because--well because we have too. I decided to do a gradient with the two Zoya's I have with my name--Laurie and one of my sister's names--Lisa. I've suggested Zoya use Lynelle a zillion times but so far no good. Recently I snagged 3 of Sonoma Nail Art's Halloween Polishes, Here Lies Robert, Sincerest Pumpkin Patch, and Deadly Zins. I happen to know the creator of Sonoma Nail Art's name is Michelle which is darn close to Lynelle so I topped my Laurie and Lisa gradient with Michelle's Deadly Zins! And how fitting it is to go with day 17 in the 31 Day Challenge which is glitter!
First up just a pic of my Laurie and Lisa gradient.
It's lovely! What cracks me up though is how the total opposite of our personalities the colors are. Zoya Laurie is a super pale pink while Lisa is a shiny micro glitter red. Lisa was neither bold or outrageous--which red usually signifies. And I'm DEFINITELY not a pastel pink type of gal LOL! Still they are beautiful and look great together just like Lisa and I did!
I topped this lovely gradient with a couple coats of Michelle's Deadly Zins AND stamped on it!
Don't you just love the bottle label???? OMG it's to die for! Deadly Zins is a mix of red glitters in various sizes along with some tiny black and fuschia glitter! Really lovely!!!
I love it when I can stamp over glitters! They just look so cool that way!
I also love who subtle the gradient looks topped with Deadly Zins--just really spectacular!
I'm super elated with this one and really didn't know if I could pull off a successful glitter! So let's see what's up for tomorrow shall we?
Half Moons! Oooh I have a great idea for this one!
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Hi Readers! My little sister, Lynelle, and I have a long standing argument on what is the most romantic scene in any movie. I one hundred percent believe it's from An Officer And A Gentleman when following the morning after Paula (Debra Winger) gets a bit up in arms with Zach (Richard Gere) and she tries to leave the hotel room. She tries and tries to open the door but to no avail. And why? It's because Zack is standing behind her his arm raised above her holding it closed. Then he zooms down for a kiss on the neck and I'm sorry Reader's but that's all she wrote! I LOVE THAT SCENE! Basically I love that movie but honestly to me it's the most romantic. GAH I love how Richard Gere kisses, the way he holds onto the woman's face with his hands--heaven I tell you! Sheer, freaking, heaven! Lucky Carey Lowell!
Lynelle disagrees with me. She thinks the most romantic scene in any movie is from The Last Of The Mohican's when Hawkeye (Daniel Day Lewis) and Cora Munro (Madeline Stowe) are about to be separated. The are hiding in a cave behind a waterfall--okay I'll give her that, THAT is freaking freaking romantic, and about to be caught. This is what Hawkeye says to her "No, you submit, do you hear? You be strong, you survive. . . You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you." Okay maybe those words are alot more romantic than just bending down to kiss someone's neck but still I'm not caving in and I think my movie moment is more romantic lol! Still The Last Of The Mohican's what a freaking fantastic movie--GORGEOUS scenery. And really what a wonderful book with a tale full of love and loss.
I'm feeling the Native American roots I so wish I had today Readers. The theme in the 31 Day Challenge today is tribal and here's what I came up with
I thought about trying my hand at freehand, but then really who do I think I am, so I settled for stamping and I think it turned out pretty good!
I thought about earthier colors as well, something more Aztec like but really I liked the red, blue, yellow and white together a lot more.
I'm glad this is a weekend because I really don't think I would wear this at work lol! My friend Lizzard (Lizz) is wanting a tribal mani though so this might be right up her alley!
As you can see I did some striping with red, blue, yellow and white, then I stamped using images BM314 and Mash-42. It didn't take nearly as long as I'm sure most of friends took freehanding theirs LOL!
Let's see what's up tomorrow in the challenge shall we??!!!!
Ahhh glitter my nemesis--I saw that because I'm not a glitter fan. It's not so easy to stamp over glitter so I'm usually not a huge fan. I hope I can come up with something cool!
Do any of you have a favorite romantic scene from a movie? Care to share?
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