Nails!

I have always loved painting, my nails--but not just painting them.  Flowers, flags, fireworks, zebra stripes, hearts; you name it, and it's been on my nails.  I love the challenge of figuring out how to do it, and I love the payoff of being able to carry my finished work around with me for days.

I've decided whenever I do my nails, I'm going to post it here for you all to see, and tell you how I did it :)

In honor of my un-birthday, I decided to do cupcakes:

I used CoverGirl Boundless Color in Fuchsia Fatale as the base, NYC In A New York Color Minute in East Village for the cupcake wrapper, and Wall Street for the frosting.  I used NYC in Taxi Yellow Creme for the lines on the wrapper, and Sinful Colors Professional in Snow Me White for the sprinkles.  My staple for projects like this is a big quilting needle; I used it for the yellow lines and the white sprinkles.  I just used the brush for the blue wrapper and pink frosting.  My tip for projects like this: GO SLOWLY.  It took me almost five hours to do this, and I definitely could have done a better job.  A slow, steady hand is an essential tool--especially for a right-hander like me trying to use her left!

lovelovelove

becca