My Kiddos

I posted a picture of my daughter when I did the picture tag and Lucy asked to see a current picture of her and my son. Well, I can’t pass up an opportunity to show off my little ones

First up is Jacob. He’s my 10 year old who was diagnosed with autism when he was around 2 and a half years old. He’s come such a long way over the years. He starts 5th grade on Wednesday and I’m so proud of him. He’s my sensitive  boy. He’s always happy and expects everyone else to always be happy too. If you’re the least bit upset, he’ll give you hugs, kisses and tell you to be happy. I love him so much.

And here is my baby girl Juliet. She’s almost 16 months old now. She’s my shy little darling. I gotta say I lucked out with these kids. There a both always happy!  Juliet does get her diva tantrum moments, but gets over it so quick. She’s also a BIG girl! She’s over the 95th percentile for height (her daddy is 6′4″) and 75th percentile for weight.

iTunes Winner!

Thanks to everybody who entered my giveaway! I used random.org and comment #33 was chosen, that means Melanie is the winner! Congrats Melanie! I emailed you with info.

Thanks again everyone!

Picture tag and Chrsitmas Exchange!

Wee, I was tagged by Rachel, so here we go!

The Rules:
1. Open your 1st photo folder
2. Scroll down to the 10th photo
3. Post that photo and story on your blog.
4. Tag 5 or more people

 

Aww, It’s a picture of my baby girl last Halloween She went as a bumblebee and my son was a policeman

It’s crazy how much the grow in one year. Now she has a full set of teeth, a lot more hair, and she’s running around like crazy!  *sigh*

Ok, I tag

Skye

Judy

nevertoomuchglitter

Tammy

kelliegonzo

gildedangel

 

Nicole over at MagicXMaid has set up a nail polish international Chistmas Exchange! What fun! Sign up ends on  September 14th so hurry up and get your butt signed up!  Now you’ll KNOW that you’re gonna get nail polish for Chistmas. Yay!

 
 

Glitter French

Time to lighten things up! I went with a glitter french here. The base color is Essie Starter Wife, the silver tip is Zoya Trixie and the gold line is L.A. Colors Art Deco Gold Glitter. The pics were taking outside in the sunlight. I normailly wera darker colors, so it’s weird seeing my nails like this!

On another note, you can see I need some serious help with my cuticles. I found this cute shop on Etsy called CozyMoments. Besides some Body Butter, I also ordered some Nourishing Nail and Cuticle Balm. Hopefully it helps. I’ll write up a review and let you know!

Zoya Polishes Came In!

Yay! I got my Zoya polishes in from the twitter promo. I ordered Dovima matte, Loredana matte, and Trixie. I love the look of the mattes but man, they do not hold up well at all. I just did them yesterday and this morning the polish is completely off 4 of my nails and half off of two of them. Sadness, because I thought it looked really cute

I wanted to try to stamp Trixie on using Konad. I wasn’t sure it would work but I thought the look of a foil finish on top of the matte would look neeat. And it works great!  Trixie picked up easy from the Konad plate and went on the nails easily.

So here’s the look. Two coats of Zoya Dovima Matte. Konad plate m64 and Zoya Trixie. Click on the images if you wanna see the bigger pictures:

 

Cops called to Jon & Kate’s Place

E online and The Hollywood Gossip are both reporting that the cops were called to Jon and Kate’s house because of an arguement. I know most people are so sick hearing about these two, but I can’t get enough!

What’s wrong with me? Seriously?

I think it’s because I watched the show from the beginning and I always hated Kate. She’s way to overbearing. And know that Jon finally grew a set, he turned into a complete douche! I honestly do feel bad for all those kids going though this, but man I cannot get enough of their drama.

Kick Ass Nails: Vol. I

While searching around for nail designs to look at I came across some terrific, dare I say, kick ass nail designs.  I’m going to post a few here so you can check ‘em out and go to their websites to see more.  (If I listed your design and blog, and for some reason you don’t want it here, please let me know and I’ll take it down). I hope you enjoy these as much as I have!

Gothic Lolita Manicure at Nails by Asami. I’d love to post a picture here, but I can’t grab it from her blog. Click on the link to see the kick ass nails though! It’s SO worth it. It’s a  clean black and white design using Konad, freehand, and nail stickers.  Very creative and it would sure stand out in a crowd. She has a tutorial up to on how she did it. 

Nautical Themed Nail Art at I Love Nail Polish.  Light and preppy, kinda the opposite of the Gothic Lolita Manicure but I love it just as much! I can picture the girl wearing these hanging out on an expensive yacht drinking champagne and enjoying life. She really captured the nautical theme perfectly, don’t you think? Perfect colors and perfect design.  Looks like she did it all freehand.  Simply gorgeous. Can’t wait to see more nail designs from her!

 

 

If you’re looking for a pretty, subtle, and feminine look check out Never Too Much Glitter’s Konad Flower French .  I can totally picture a bride sporting this look on her wedding day. A beautiful classic french jazzed up with Konad flowers. It would also be pretty for work too if you work in an office type setting.

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing your nail designs and pictures! I really enjoy them, and I hope you do too!

Win a $10 iTunes Gift Card!

I want to celebrate my rockin new look here (I think so anyway) by giving away a $10 iTunes Gift Card, so you can rock out too!  Here’s the rules:

1. Either follow me via google friend connect or subscribe to my feedburner feed.  ——>

2. After you do that, just comment on this post and tell me which one you did. Please make sure that I can find your email address, so I can let you know if you’re the winner. Either on your blog, your blogger profile, or in your comment.

3 . Entries will close on Sunday August 23rd at midnight EST.

4. I’ll use random.org to pick a winner on Monday August 24.

5. I’ll email the winner and the they will have their choice to either have the GC mailed to them or I can scratch off the back and just email the winner the GC number.  The winner will have 3 days to respond to my email or I will have to choose a new winner.

Ohh another great giveaway! Zoya Truth and Dare!

Spoiled Pretty is giving away Zoya’s Truth and Dare collections. Three winners will win BOTH collections!  That’s 12 bottles of fab Zoya polish to each of the winners! Click here to see how to enter.  The contest ends on August 16th, so get your entries in!

Fire flame nails

I wanted something a little different, so I went with flame nails. They came out ok…some nails are better than others. I started with Wet n Wild Wild Shine in Black Creme. Then, using a small brush, I put some yellow flames on using Sally Hansen Insta-dri in Lightening. When the yellow flames dried, I went over them with Funky Fingers Electric Senset. Finally for the glitter I used L.A. Colors Art Deco in Gold Glitter only on the flames, and a little bit over them. I’ll have to prctice on how to make better looking flames, but not bad for my first try, eh?

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