I always have a million manicure ideas running through my head, but when I sit down to actually paint my nails, I can't remember any of them. Enter today the post-it note. This was the first time that I've actually written/drawn out my ideas ahead of time. Usually when I sit down to do a mani, I paint test swatches on a paper plate.
Time after time I just frustrate myself doing so. I sit waiting for my test swatches to dry, and in the end I get too exhausted and do not feel like painting my nails. Or my all time favorite, I paint a full manicure on, and then look at it, absolutely hate it, and immediately take it off. Not only am I wasting my polish by doing this, I'm wasting my time, energy, and nail polish remover. Then I look at the clock and it's 1am and I have naked nails.
tToday while I was bored at work, I started doodling random designs with a Sharpie on post-it notes. After a few random swirls, hearts, and stars, I thought to myself "I should totally draw out some mani ideas!" Once that started, I was unstoppable. And the result.....
Can we tell I just learned how to watermark. lol. I wanted to watermark because these are my ideas, and while they are a crappy cell phone picture, I didn't want them surfacing the web with no credit to my lil ol' self. Selfish? Possibly, but it bothers me when people steal without giving credit. Like my post tomorrow, totally a cutepolish mani, and she will be getting her credit. Seriously, love that cutepolish girl whoever she is.
I'm off on a tangent, my bad.
As you can see, I went crazy, Easter ideas, Sesame Street nails thanks to @Inkyinkgirls on Twitter, clouds/sky thanks to my ring finger of my Spring Flower nails, bugs, and more flowers. I cannot wait to try all these out on my nails. I'm super excited for Easter week to try all the different ideas. May have to start a bit earlier than the exact week of.
The brightly colored post-its were amazing to create little ideas on. @kristenbailey77 nicknamed me "The Post-It Queen" earlier, thus the title for this post. I embrace it, but I may steal @MissMeganails idea and make a nail art binder. If you ladies ever have any nail art inspiration for your own nails, seriously, write it down!!! It made everything so much easier!!!!
Quick Thanks:
While I am rambling, I would like to say thank you to all my new followers on my blog and my Twitter. I am so happy that I decided to start blogging a little over a month ago. The support from those who I have connected with is amazing. It inspires me to paint my nails more, grow my collection, and just be an overall polish addict. This week I hit 1,000 page views, and while that is a small thing for some, it's huge to me. I never thought that my nail art would be liked by anyone or that my blog would ever have an audience. It's just so amazing to me. I read @PolishPixelle's post on her blog about 5,000 page views, and I could totally relate to her post. It's beyond awesome and I cannot wait to see how big my little blog grows. Contests? Giveaways? Who knows, it could happen. As I stated in my first post, I was inspired by so many nail art sites, and I hope that I can inspire some girls out there as well.
Ideas:
I'm always looking for new manicure ideas. If you have any, feel free to comment on the Mani Ideas page.
TL:DR
Summary:
- I doodled a bunch of mani ideas on post-it's. I'm now the post-it queen.
- If you have your own ideas that you want to personally try, seriously draw them out...so much easier.
- If you have any ideas of nail art you want me to try, comment on my Mani Ideas page.
- Thank you all for your continued support of my blog and nail art :)
Have a good night and thanks again!!! I'm off to paint my nails :)
Love it! So glad I connected with you and enjoy following your blog and your success! Xo
ReplyDeleteIf you're the queen I'm definitely the princess. I can't walk into an office supply store without practically having to drag myself past the post-its so I don't buy them all. I bought a HUGE pack at costco forever ago and I still haven't used them all but I just obsessively love post-its. :) And I draw my nail designs out, too. Usually in my journal. I keep all these ideas, and then NEVER do them. Seriously, I think I've done like 2 out of whoknowshowmany that I've drawn out. o.O
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad you followed me on Twitter so I could find your blog. I love meeting new bloggers. They're my favorite. :) I wanna connect with everyone and find a clique to come up with and be the new wave of elite nail bloggers. ;p Big dreams. ;)