shellac.

I bought myself a shellac kit for my birthday.

Love it.

Worth it.

I am so hard on my hands at my job that this is my only chance for nails that won't crack and break!

I got my kit at Walgreens, on sale, so it was an awesome deal! It even comes with a color to start out with.

My first shellac!

I've definitely gotten better - it can be really tricky when you first start because you cannot get any on your cuticle/skin or there it will stay!

For your viewing pleasure...

tried doing just tips! 

The current nail craze happening is well... crazy! People have no limits on what the can and will do to their nails!

What do you like?

The bare nail?
One classic color?
The accent nail?
Glitter mania?
Jewels and 3D art?
Crazy detailed designs?
Or do you give up and just bite them off? ; )

twenty-six.

Another year older, another year wiser? 

My friend Sarah came down for my birthday this past weekend and it was a lot of fun. It was full of donuts, free/discount birthday treats, brunch and $2 mimosas, thai food, baby elephants, a free trip to the zoo... what could be better? Also, Husby made me a giant ice cream cookie sandwich. I should probably go on a diet now.

Here's some photos from the weekend!

brunch at East Burn

I was gifted with tickets to the zoo, but it was free zoo day
which means I still have a free zoo trip this year!

Chinese New Year. Why the zoo was free!

Also, tax return came today which means new eye exam and new eyes tomorrow! Just a little bit excited to see again.

dr. suess,

Happy Birthday to you!

I should have posted this yesterday but let's forget all the "coulda, shoulda, woulda's ". A school friend of mine (who's about to have a baby any hour!) mentioned something about a Dr. Suess nursery which I am ALL for. I've pinned enough ideas anyway. :)  Nurseries, playrooms, parties...yep, you might call it a problem. Or  a w e s o m e !

Anyway, what was I even talking about?

Oh, it was Dr.Suess' birthday yesterday and to celebrate I did some drawings of some of his iconic characters. I love drawing Suess world things. Mostly because they turn out alright. :) Anywho, here was the result of three hours of 'therapy' :)

(Oh! We also watched the new-ish version of The Cat in the Hat! I own it and had never seen it. It was fun...weird to see Alec Baldwin. Haha. And I just felt like Mike Meyer was trying to be a) Austin Powers or b) Charles Nelson Riley.)

I think these drawings would be cute framed in a nursery :)

366: days 1-7.

I have made it past the one week mark on my 366 photo project! It is one of my goals on Accompl.sh. Here is a recap of the first 7 days :)

day 1. 

day 2. 

day 3. 

day 4. 

day 5. 

day 6. 

day 7.

It was a week of birthday cupcake mess, extra babysitting money, a congested head, teen service projects, weight lifting microwaves on the bus, and belated birthday parties. Whew.

scrap party.

Today I had a little belated birthday craft party at of one of my new found favorite places/stores, SCRAPpdx. Thanks to the crafty ladies who came! I'm glad you all made something fun, even if you had to dig deep in your crafty selves :)