I had a very difficult time yesterday trying to find something to be thankful for. I heard the news the very lovely and very courageous Diem Brown lost her fierce battle with ovarian cancer. Diem, a young woman of only 32, reminded me SO much of my own beautiful sister. Lisa. Both of them were young woman when they were struck with deadly cancer. Both of them fighting for 8 long years. Both of them losing their beauty and spirit to the ugliness of cancer.
But then this morning I remembered something both of them had taught me--what it is to have COURAGE. Out of the darkness there will be light.
Today I am thankful for courage. I am so thankful for how hard my sister fought, if she hadn't I would not have had 8 more years with her. I am thankful for the journey Diem allowed us on--she shared her story and words of encouragement through blogging during her long battle.
And because of COURAGE today I am thankful for all my friends who are cancer survivors. The road is sometimes very long, and very bleak, without courage there would be no strength to carry on.
Today's Digit-al Dozen Thankfulness is dedicated to all of those who are fighting cancer and who have lost their battle--I am thankful for the courage you have shown us all.
Hi Everyone! This week in my advanced nail stamping group our theme is foils. Stamping over foils or decal method with foils. Foils are gorgeous BUT topcoat just kills them! It's the saddest thing in the world. I feel like I have a pretty good method for using them and it's true that a uv gel topcoat doesn't do nearly as much damage with wrinkling and cracking but man getting off soak off gel is a pain in the keester!
I am lucky enough to own a couple foils that are holo though! So win win for the mani today!
I put on my Elven Gold from Dollar Nail Art. It's a gorgeous green and gold foil with no holo. Then I stamped over it with an image from Daschica's SdP I plate. It's a very celtic look!
Isn't it gorgeous?!
The trick I learned with foils is to have the smoothest surface you can. I do two layers of foils over basecoat and ridge filler and I think it makes a world of difference
I've heard there are water based varnishes you can find in the craft stores that won't wreck a holo foil. I might be on the hunt for some and see if it works. This is our theme all week long so I'm sure I'll be doing some more foils again this week.
I'm definitely going to have to haul this one out again for St Patrick's Day too!
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
