Washi Tape Nails

 yup, that's right. i put washi tape on my nails! i love doing it! their fun & decorative & the don't chip! that is definitely the best part! it's a fun, easy way to spice up your nail art. hopefully you have more colors & variety than i do ;)

what you'll need is: nail polish in white & another color of your choosing as well as a base/top coat {i used Sally Hansen "Hard as Nails", Love & Beauty "White", & Maybelline Color Show "Audacious Asphalt"}, washi tape, little sissors, & time. 1. trim, file, & clean all of your nails. 2. paint a base coat. 3. paint your nails. for the figures you will be placing the washi tape on, paint one coat of white polish. with your other nail, paint them a fun color with as many coats as needed. let them dry a good amount of time before painting the next coat. 4. this can be alil tricky because you want to cut the washi tape out in the shape of your nail. it's out if the tape is too wide once you cut it out, you can trim it up once it's on your nail. rub the tape until it lays flat. if you need you, you can take the tape off to move it. it's not very sticky so don't take it off too many times. once the tape is all trimmed up, paint a top coat on the tape including the tip of the nail. let dry & there you have it! fun nails! let me know if you give this a try! i'd love to see how you made it work for you!
happy friday!

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First Friday in April

 

 

 

 

 

the husband & i took some friends to the Downtown Prove Gallery Stroll this month. we were all pretty impressed! my husband & i have did this in feb here but knew we'd have more fun if we took some friends. we all were pretty excited that the weather was so nice! all we cared about were the exhibits outside! maybe next month we'll actually look through the whole thing when my sil is in town with her kids!

Birthday Gift/ Eye Opener Video

this was a birthday gift to my sister-in-law {sil} & she loved it! her husband loved it, her co-workers loved it, i loved it! don't worry, i also made her a manicure set cause i know how much she loves to paint her nails. this was one of the reasons i may be getting carpal tunnel lol but i think she's worth it though ;) i wonder what i will crochet next?!

on another note; i saw this wonderful video that really helped me open my eyes. Dove is always trying to show women that we are beautiful. we are our own worst critics about ourselves & we need to start seeing ourselves the way others see us. i know my husband is always telling my a positive about myself after to say something negative. i really need to change that.

String Lamp Shade

we will be having quite a full house in about a week so i have a few finishing touches on our guest room. right now its just a bed, nightstand.... that's it lol because the room has no windows {the joys of living in a basement apartment} i felt it needed some more light. so i hit up pinterest & found just what i needed!

that is 10x better! i just love my string lamp! i found & followed this tutorial & it worked out great! i didn't use yarn though, just embroidery thread nor did i put Vaseline on my balloon, but i still thought it turned out pretty well. now this is a fragil lamp shade, so i just might throw it away when we move out of the state. good thing it was so easy to make! i would like to make at least one more for the other side of the bed as soon as i find another night stand. guess it's time to check out the D.I.!

I'll be okay… eventually

i've been absent from the blog because my husband & i have suffered a great loss a few weeks ago. once it happened, we've been making ourselves pretty busy. i have been having a hard time being alone with my thoughts so i have been watching hulu & netflix non-stop & i'm pretty sure i'm developing carpal tunnel from crocheting so much. we've talked to family who gave us so many words of kindness & love. all have been praying for us. some, sadly  have gone through what we are going through so it was relieving to hear them say exactly what we were feeling.

at first i would just randomly cry. i had a hard time seeing women have what i no longer had. i stopped looking at instagram & a lot of the blogs that i followed because it was so hard. i didn't want to go to church because i had nothing to keep my mind busy so all i would focus on was how sad i was. same goes for when we went to the temple as a ward.

luckily, as the days went by, i was starting to feel better. i was beginning to feel like the old me again. i had come to terms what had happened & i was getting over it. General Conference came at such a wonderful time for me! talks were given about eternal families, the importance of being women, & Christ love. one that really stuck out to me was Elder Quentin L. Cook's talk "Personal Peace: The Reward of Righteousness". my favorite quote was this:

We all long for peace. Peace is not just safety or lack of war, violence, conflict, and contention. Peace comes from knowing that the Savior knows who we are and knows that we have faith in Him, love Him, and keep His commandments, even and especially amid life’s devastating trials and tragedies. The Lord’s answer to the Prophet Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail brings solace to the heart:

“My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;

“And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high.”¹⁹

yup, definitely needed! so after all of this, i felt fine; until i went in to the doctors this last wed. i was going to make sure that everything physically was okay. again, i see all of these women have what i no-longer have. & that dong nurse; she asked if i'm okay. i, of course, say that i'm fine but i hesitate alil when i answer. so she asks "are your really okay?" tears, depression, & all of those feelings of loss hit my again. o know she was concerned but it would have been a much better day if she didn't ask. our family members have asked how i am & i was okay with that. only one of our friends knew & they have done a great job not bringing it up. but that dang nurse! lol so the past few days have, again, been filled with random crying sessions, not getting out of bed until needed, trying to stay busy. i love my Heavenly Father & i know that this was all part of the plan. it's a sucky part but it was most likely needed. i wont find out til later but i'm okay with that. i know it was nothing i did. i will be okay, eventually.