Fun with Nails!

While recovering I am still being slightly crafty. My daughters and I had a blast yesterday painting and designing nail decorations. We surfed pinterest for some ideas then went to town! My youngest daughter choose to go with a cupcake theme and my oldest went with a marble effect. So here is a tutorial for the cupcake nails:
Start with clean dry nails. Paint the tips of the nail the color you would like for the cupcake liner. We choose blue with purple stripes.

Then paint a semicircle of white on top. Dip down a few times to get the effect of icing dripping over the edges of the liner.

Then decorate your cupcake. We just put a few dashes of yellowish color for sprinkles. Of course after you decorate add a "cherry" of red nail polish on top. Cover with a clear coat to make it last a bit and enjoy!

As for my other daughter's nail we didn't take during pictures so I will have to write a tutorial another day but here's how they turned out:

We had so much fun doing this!

Oh Boy!

Summer is officially started in our house! Yea!!! Graduation ceremonies have been held, final exams are finished, and the kids are so excited! I always loved the beginning of summer feeling, so many possibilities await! So now for some pics!
I am going to be in so much trouble, just look how beautiful my girlies are:




On another note, I want to join some sort of blog challenge or link party but I haven't decided which one to go for. I like the idea of challenging myself daily. Are there any out there you like to do?

I also want to really stock up my etsy store. I have a tendency to give away my crafts, but I'd really like to sell some too! Maybe I should challenge myself to some sort of craft challenge. Also, what is the deal with this new t.v. show?


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How did I miss this? My BFF Dede and I MUST get on this show! I will definitely be glued to the t.v.!

End of School Again...

It is that time of year again, the end of school. With five kids in four different schools I am running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. The spawn have different schedules of half days and off days and field days and graduations and more. So today I am off to field day number one, the second one is Monday. I also will be dragging my second oldest along since he is off school today. As of one week from today they will all be done with school! Then starts the chaos of summer, weeee!


I am also busy trying to make some teacher appreciation gifts. So far here are a few ideas I am kicking around:



http://www.houseofhumble.com/2012/03/reclaim-plastic-bottles/



http://sadanorris.blogspot.com/2010/08/busy-busy-opps-thimble-holder-tutorial.html



http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/book-bag-craft-1109#slide-1

At least those are some ideas I want to do. This weekend will be hectic because the hubby is working, the two oldest are job hunting, and my baby girl will turn 9 on Monday! Arghh! Nothing like a bit of insanity to keep you sane right?

Argh! My Babies are getting too big!

This weekend was a busy one around here. My oldest daughter decided she wanted to raise some money so she had a bake sale at a local convience store. I left pretty much everything in her charge. She got permission from the store owner, helped me bake a shit ton of goodies, and sold her little heart out! I am so proud of my girlie!

So sweet right?
As for my oldest baby, he went to PROM!!!!!! I can't believe it! He looked so amazing and his girlfriend was stunning!

What a surreal experience it is to have your kid go to prom. The rented tux, the corsage, the fancy dinner, etc... For my own prom I went with some guy from work and had a blast with my BFF. I can't wait to hear all about it. I don't know all the details yet because at 10:30 a.m. my son is still out! He went to an after party at a friends' house and I pick him up in about an hour.

Hippie Headbands

One of the blogs I follow, http://scenicglory.blogspot.com/ is always visually stunning. I love her picture at the top and I think I had headbands on my mind. I started out making a hat but quickly changed my mind. So I made my girls some rockin' hippie headbands, in their favorite colors of course!

Then I decided to get all artsy-fartsy and take some pictures of my beautiful girls