The Digital Dozen does Brands - Day 5: REI

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Hallelujah, it's Friday! This week was so incredibly long! But, we've made it to the end of the Digital Dozen Brands week! For my final day, I've done some REI nail art! 

So what is REI? REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc) is one of my favorite stores and brands for when I'm off on a new outdoor adventure! They sell all manner of camping and outdoor equipment and supplies and I can easily spend hundreds of dollars there in no time flat. I love to camp, so I can get lost in stores like this for hours. I also appreciate that REI is a sustainable company and have a great rewards program. It's pretty easy to love them. 

REI seems to always promote being outdoors and active and just enjoying nature - far and above some of my favorite things to do. When looking at their logo online, I found a fantastic advertisement that really summed up my thoughts on REI. The majority of the image is beautiful scenery and shows people being active in nature, and then in the corner, subtly, there is the REI logo. Kind of like REI is just there to help you out if you need them. Does that make sense? Haha 

The Digital Dozen does Brands - Day 4: Disney

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Whew! We've made it half way through the week! I'm so glad that I was able to get a bunch of manis done on Sunday because this week has felt like 3 weeks. It's been brutal. On Sunday I contemplated holding off on this mani because I had already done 3 that day and I was tired, but I pushed myself to go for it and I'm glad I did. With that, day 4 of Digital Dozen brands week is Disney!

A few of my fellow DD members actually ended up doing Disney this week as well and they've done fantastic jobs. It's pretty cool that of all the brands out there, so many of our members ended up doing this. Living in California, Disney has always been a part of my life. I loved all their movies growing up and watched Beauty and the Beast more times than my Dad would like to recount. I remember being surprised by my parents when they took my sister and I there. I will never forget waking up hearing my sister say something to the effect of "Why are we on Disneyland Docter?"...and know-it-all big sister that I was, I immediatley corrected her and said "It's Disneyland Drive! Gosh!"....and then the lightbulb went on and I realized where we were haha amazing day and Disneyland has provided many a great memory since then. 

Instead of the iconic Mickey Mouse ears, I decided to go a slightly different route and ended up painting the intro image that shows before all of the Disney films. The one with the castle and Tinker Bell flies over sprinkling her fairy dust? Yeah, that one! :D Over the years this logo has been updated and I decided to go with a more recent version because I've been obsessed with the recent Disney movies (Tangled and Frozen, anyone??). 

The Digital Dozen does Brands - Day 3: WWF

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Hi, everyone! Day 3 of the Digital Dozen brands week is going to be short and sweet. I did nail art for one of my favorite brands/organizations, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). I wish I had more to talk about, but man, I had a rough day :( I'm hoping that a good night's sleep will get my bad attitude turned around because I am a cranky kid right now haha

For those who don't know, the WWF is an international, non-governmental organization that focuses on conservation of the environment, animals, and just the earth in general. I have several WWF t-shirts from over the years and think they're just a great cause with a great (panda!) logo :) 

The Digital Dozen does Brands - Day 2: Peet's Coffee and Tea

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I can't tell you how nice it is to not be panicking and trying to figure out what to do for the next day of this Digital Dozen Brands challenge! I've only got to come up with one more for Friday and I feel so proud of myself for being on top of things! 

I'm pretty exhausted from the day light savings change Sunday so I'll keep this short and sweet :) Tonight's brand is Peet's Coffee and Tea! They're one of my favorite coffee brands (I NEED my coffee. I try to limit it, but I'm a zombie without it). I think Peet's as a company is pretty conscious of their global impact and try to use sustainable practices and focus energies on fair trade products. On top of that, I love their simple and different logo! I mean, tribal print?? Yes, please! 

The Digital Dozen does Brands - Day 1: Chipotle

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Hello, all! I can't believe it, but another Digital Dozen week is upon us once again! It's always astounding to me how quickly these arrive each month. At the beginning of the day Sunday, I had no clue what I was going to do for this week. At the end of the day Sunday? I had 4 manis done! I know, the queen of procrastination has lost her mind and some how managed to get a ton of stuff done super early. 

This week's theme is "Brands" which I was really unsure on at first. I felt weird about basically providing advertisement (if you will) of a brand or company and I wasn't sure I would be able to get into the theme. I started thinking on companies that I respected and enjoyed and decided that I would only do manis inspired by those. 

One such company is Chipotle. For those who don't know, Chipotle is a fast food Mexican restaurant that is all about sustainability. Everything from their food sources to their decor is sustainable and their food is top notch. I also had this for lunch yesterday so I had it on my mind a bit ;) I really love their simple logo and feel good about sporting it across my fingers for day one.