Classy Clutter *Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM!* ♥ The Paper Mama Just Something I Made | The Creative & Inspirational Journal of Cathe Holden Creative food craft ideas | Edible Crafts | CraftGossip.com Peas and Crayons The Looks For Less » Blog Archive » Manicure Mondays – Feather Nails My sister is back in Florida visiting from Washington and we’re having so much fun together! She did the way popular lace manicure for me last month and I dared her to come up with another manicure as fun as the last. We ended up in Michael’s with a cart full of feathers and boas and this is what we came up with. Feather Nails Manicure Ingredients: Bag of {faux} FeathersA Base CoatA Base ColorThick Clear Top CoatTweezers To recreate my feather nails, first prep your nails with a base coat – I used Essie’s Protein Base Coat , followed by a base color. Next, top one nail with Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat and press a feather into the nail using tweezers quickly before it dries. Thanks so much to my sister for another fun manicure!
Pretty Handy Girl | A DIY Blog Empowering You to Complete Your Own Project Water Marble Tutorial. Supplies: orange stick or... Water Marble Tutorial. Supplies: orange stick or toothpick, shot glass or cup (the smaller the circumference, the less polish you end up wasting), room temp. water, nail polish, tape (optional, but it helps with the clean up) I like to begin by prepping my nails with base coat and one coat of polish. Here I used China Glaze Innocence for a nice neutral base. Steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Most importantly, have fun! We would love to see pictures of all your water marbling attempts, so get dipping! Narrating Life Lots of different ideas alisaburke Tutorial: Shabby Chic Dangly Earring Display This fun little shabby chic earring stand, made from an altered picture frame, is a great way to hang and display all your beautiful, dangling earrings. I had the idea for this project after we talked about my love affair with dangly earrings and how to display them. I don’t know about you, but I just love seeing them all hanging in a row! :) The next day I made this earring frame, and it was so quick, easy, and inexpensive to put together, I knew I had to share it with you! Cost: Less than $10 Time: 30 mins Supplies: picture frame, 12′ of picture wire, acrylic paint & brush, staple gun (or nails/tacks, etc) I started out with a black 8×10 picture frame from Walmart, $3. Since the frame wasn’t real wood, I was a little concerned with how it would turn out once I painted it. But as you can see from the above images, this little inexpensive frame did great! I gave the frame a couple coats of paint with this almost-but-not-quite white acrylic paint using the brushes pictured.
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