Monster's University! :D

One of my all time favorite movies has to be Pixar's Monster's Inc. I went and saw it for the first time for my 11th Birthday party way back in 2001 and always enjoy re-watching it. It's so incredibly clever, funny and just plain stunning to watch (those animations are spectacular!). To say I was excited about the prequel to Mike and Sulley's story was an understatement. I forced Bryce to tell me that he was also, in fact, just as excited as I was about the coming movie, though I knew he's really a Toy Story kid at heart ;) 

For those who don't know, the two main characters in the movie are Mike Wazowski, a green, short and round, one-eyed monster, and James P. Sullivan (aka "Sulley"), a big blue and purple spotted fluffy monsters. I love them both. Here they are in the latest movie. 

Well, the Monster's Inc. tradition is about to come full circle! A friend of mine's daughter turns 11 today...and guess what movie we're all going to see to celebrate?!? Yup, Monster's University! I knew I couldn't go see this prequel until I had matching Monster's Inc. nails to go with me, so I made sure to show my MU pride before heading out.

Nail art funk? No problem! Paint flowers!

I have been seriously failing at keeping up my posts lately! Ahh! For whatever reason, I've been in a bit of a funk when it came to my nail art the past few weeks. I've been stressed and busy and this past weekend I literally just read...and it was so fabulous! I forgot how much I miss reading and I am definitely going to have to make it more of a priority :)

I decided to do some funky rose like flowers to get me out of my funk and I really love how they turned out. I think it was just the thing to get my creative juices flowing again so hopefully I'll be posting regularly again soon!

This color palette is a little different but I think it still works. I used a ton of color and my medium length striping brush...which one of these days I'll have to actually take a picture of for reference. Also, I apologize in advance, this is a picture heavy post. Also, also, don't mind the sad paper cut on my middle finger ;)

Sunglow Stripes

Yeesh, I have been such a bad blogger lately! Why aren't you all admonishing me and telling me to step my game up?? ;) I finally have something new to share with you all...but I'm not overly in love with it. I'm such a tease, I'm sorry! D: I hope this weekend inspiration will smack me in the face and ask what the heck I've been doing this week. 

I actually really really love the color palette, but I defiantly failed when it came to the execution of these. They're a bit...Easter-y? I think I need to revisit these colors together in a different pattern though. My inspiration was an Anthropologie dress called the Sunglow Stripes Dress and oh my giddy gumdrops, I wish I had a spare $268 to throw at this dress. I seriously love it. And need it. Like last week. 

Southwest Inspired Mani Monday Tutorial for Lulu*s!

Happy Monday, Everyone! Wanted to share my latest Manicure Monday tutorial for the Lulu*s Blog! This was a Southwest inspired look and I seriously fell in love with how they turned out. If you have a nail art brush, these will be an easy look to recreate. Be sure to check out the tutorial! :)

Father's Day Memories

Hello, all! It's Father's Day here in the States and when thinking about something I could do to represent my own awesome Father, I landed on all of the great memories that he has helped create and been apart of. 

I've been so incredibly lucky with my family life. Growing up, my Dad always made time to take my sister and I to soccer practice, doctor's appointments, and friend's houses. He has always been there for us and is so supportive of all of our endeavors. He is without a doubt one of the kindest, most understanding and generous men out there and I am so proud to be his daughter. 

So, I decided to paint some of my favorite memories and representations of my Dad:

- I played soccer growing up and he was often a coach and always a cheerleader. 

- My love of camping started at a young age when my parents took 6 month old me camping in Yosemite...and I've been hooked ever since ;) Our family camping trips could never run as smooth as they do without my Dad. He's the Superman of camping. 

- Our family has a ski boat and every summer we would spend the weekends out at our local lake. We loved to go inner-tubing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding, and my Dad was always at the helm of the boat. He always knew just how to make my sister's and my inner-tubing the most frightening and fun experience but managed to give us confidence to pop up on a wakeboard when we decided to give that a go instead. 

So, here those are, represented in nail art format!