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.!

Wheeee! What a Crazy weekend!

I am finally not running crazy and am able to post again. This weekend was a whirlwind. Friday my family and I went to the amusement park. Saturday we tried to recover. Sunday we went to my parent's town. While there we saw my oldest son's Shakespeare performance, it was amazing! We finally brought him home after 3 weeks of camp and left my youngest son with my parents for a week. Next weekend will be the first time I will have all of my spawn together since the begining of summer! Summers are always insane around here. But let me show you how much fun we had!
We went on lots of rides! My youngest rode her first big roller coaster and loved it! Of course she still loves the easier going rides too!

I'm not sure why, but NASA was there. They had several tents where kids could do activities and learn about NASA. It was really fun! We even got an autograph of a real astronaut! Here's my son looking at one of the telescopes they had:

We rode on lots of rides:



We walked way too much. We drank our weight in water because of the heat. And we had a fantastic time!