Hi Everyone! The title of today's post should really read, "There Ain't No John Deere Here"!! I was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin. Home of the Case Tractor. When we looked out at the fields growing up the tractors were red, nary a green and yellow tractor in sight. I graduated from Case High School named after Jerome I Case the man behind Case Company. today I work for Case IH right were the Case Magnum is manufactured every day.
Today my brand is our company logo Case IH
Jerome I Case founded the company in 1844 as the Jerome I Case Threshing Company. It operated under that name for nearly a century but by 1970 it was merely known as Case. In 1999 Case merged with New Holland Agriculture to form CNH Global. The company lives under 2 brands Case CE which is the world's third largest brand of construction equipment; and Case IH which is the world's second largest brand of agricultural equipment.
We manufacture the Magnum 340. Let me tell you IT IS HUGE! You need a ladder to get up into it! It's quite a sight seeing several of these loaded up on a flat bed heading out for some lucky farmers out there. During the company picnic in the summer you have the chance to climb up into one and a get a ride. I haven't done it because I don't want someone staring at my huge rump trying to get up into the cab LOL!
Here's a pic of the Case Magnum 340
The Case Company, CNH and now Case IH is a long standing part of Racine, WI. It's been here my whole life and I'm sure will be long after I'm gone. I'm proud to represent a great company as part of my brands week!
Let's check out what everyone else did for their brand today!
Hi Everyone!!! Happy Wednesday! I'm typing this up Tuesday night so I'm not sure it will happen BUT it's supposed to snow again! OIY! We had almost 50 degree weather the other day and now snow again. They were talking between 1 and 5 inches. If I wake up to snow on the ground I am going to be so hacked off!
I might need a nice cool refreshing beverage to help me cool off and I can think of none I like better than Pepsi! Yep this girl is not a Coke girl. I love Diet Pesi and especially Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi! I knew I was going to have to attempt some Pepsi nails for brand week and here's what I came up with!
Pepsi was first created in 1893--can you believe it! It was first named Brad's Drink. In 1898 it was renamed Pepsi-Cola and in 1961 was renamed to just Pepsi. I find it rather interesting that both Coke and Pepsi were first created to be a product to aid in digestion.
The Coca-Cola offered to buy Pepsi way back when on 3 separate occasions but as you can see it was a no go. I'm glad, I definitely prefer Pepsi to Coke!
Our brand week is coming along amazingly well! I think all my fellow Dozeners have come up with great ideas! Check out what everyone did today!
Hi Everyone!! Day 2 of the Digit-al Dozen Does Brands and I've got some cute Disney nails today. It seems like no matter where you go these days Disney is everywhere. If you're some who likes to surf the net or check out Buzzfeed on a daily basis there's a Disney Princess this or a Disney Princess that. But I'm just sticking to the cute little guy that started it all!
Mickey Mouse is the official mascot of the Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studio in 1928. He is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world.
My look isn't really "new" there are tons of images all over the web of the cute little mouse ears mani. I decided to change it up a bit and make it my own by adding the accent nail of yellow and red dots with stamping from FUN6. I think it turned out pretty darn cute!
I thought yesterday was a great start to our Digit-al Dozen Does Brands week, let's check out what everyone came up with for today!
Hi Everyone!! Happy Monday! This week kicks off Brands week for the Digit-al Dozen. Man let me tell you when I first heard about it I thought "brands??? what the heck do they mean by that?" I struggled for a while because my first thought was really not what I'm sure everyone's else first thought was LOL!
I'm kicking it off in style with some yummy double stuff oreos!
The Oreo Biscuit was first introduced in 1912 by The National Biscuit Company which was later named Nabisco. The Oreo was first launched as an imitation to the Hydrox cookie. When they were first sold you could buy them for 25 cents a pound!
Oreo has come a long way since 1912, today you can get golden oreos, lemon oreos, double stuff oreos, heads or tails oreos and the list goes on and on. My personal favorite are the double stuff because come on who doesn't love double stuffing?!
Getting my Oreo cookie look was easy I used OPI Emotions a black textured along with OPI Solitaire a white textured for my "cookies"
Let's check out what everyone else came up for their first day of brands!
Hi Everyone!! Happy Hump Day! So far it's looking good for having no snow on the commute in to work this morning. The past 2 days have sucktastic. It's almost as if everyone has forgotten what it's like to drive in the snow and we've had over 63 inches of it this year so you'd think they'd be pretty used to it by now LOL!
I bought the limited edition polishes Red Dog had up for sale a few days ago so I could get my Mardi Gras on and man are they lovely! Both Harlequin Ball and King Cake are once again incredibly original and absolutely stunning. I decided to start with Harlequin Ball because it has diamond shaped glitter in it because YES I love diamond shaped glitter and I was sooooo glad I did!
I topped it over Elevation Tronador simply because it was also new and sitting next to me--Tronador is quite stunning and will get a post all on its own shortly!
Harlequin Ball is filled with gold and purple circle holos both large and small as well and green and gold diamond glitter and of course it has Red Dog's signature micro holo shimmer.
I had to settle for pictures under the stove top light since there was no sunshine out for these pics!
I stamped using both Pueen 46 and BM420
This is just such a fun mani! I really love the look of Harlequin Ball over a dark color but I want to try it over something light too. And you know I'll shre it with you when I do!
Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope everyone has a fantastic day!!
Hi Everyone! A couple of weeks ago I found a celtic knot drawing I really wanted to recreate. The first time I attempted it I was solely going by memory and I'll tell you what--my memory of it absolutely sucked! So then I tried it again and felt pretty good about it until I compared it to the drawing and once again I just hadn't nailed it so I decided to give it one more go and finally SUCCESS! At least success as close as I can get it.
Here's my first attempt
Not sure what's up with Blogger but when I look at this pic it's coloring is horrible!
But that's not all, this is my inspiration so you can see how truly off I was!
Yikes doing things from memory really sucks!
This was my second attempt. I felt pretty good about it at first
But then I looked at my inspiration and realized the green is wrong and that I needed a more mint green.
So this is what I ended up with
Finally! Now I feel really good about it!
This must look complex but really it's just some rainbow colored stamping over black. I used my DRK-B plate for the stamping. I'm glad I kept trying to get what I really wanted
Supposed to snow ALL DAY here today--OIY! I'm thinking of breaking up with Winter--how about you???
Thanks for stopping by!!! Hope you all have a fantastic day!
Hi Everyone!! Happy Monday! Sorry I've been MIA for a few days. As usual I got busy with work and yadda yadda yadda same old story. The good news is we finally have the seasonal help on board--woot!!! I like all of the ones I've trained who will be working with me too, what a plus! Now if we could just get caught up before the season really starts we'll be doing okay.
Since I've had such a busy time of it lately and since it's done nothing but snow lately I decided to cheer myself up with a bright and cheerful mani!
How's this for fun?! Isn't it cute?!!!
The yellow polish is an unnamed polish I got from my Red Dog Designs
It's a lovely yellow gold with teeny gold holo glitters. Super sparkly and lovely. It sure helped put a smile on my face!
I stamped with BM01 and Pueen 46. I guess you don't need warm sunny weather to bring out the warm and sunny on your nails!
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a fantastic day!
