Happy Hedgehogs & Happy Dots

Happy Friday Love Bugs,

It's Friday, yay, and I have the day off today, yay. So, I get a three day weekend, whoot. I do have to take a kitty to the vet later on today for her snotty nose allergy issues she gets and then tonight my sister is coming in to hang out but other than that I am having a pretty lazy day!

This morning I did some hedgehog nails. Let me tell you these were a lot harder to draw than I thought they would be. I kinda love these and think they turned out so cute :) I then decided to add some dots and I think they look super cute with the hedgehogs!

I did two bases here, the darker is Sally Hansen X-treme Wear "Pinch of Punch" and the lighter is China Glaze "In A Lily Bit". I used nail art brushes and a dotting tool to with several different polishes I did not feel like typing out to draw the hedgehogs and dots. I then put a coat of Different Dimension "Cold As Ice" on the others to finish.

Pinch of Punch and In A Lily Bit on their own, both of these are so pretty!

Have a great rest of the day and a wonderful weekend. I don't really have anything planned this weekend so it's going to be a lazy one and low key and I am okay with that.

I leave you with today Dino and Miss Betty snoozing, aren't they so cute when they cuddle together? I love it! Talk soon :)

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Sparkly Blues for Winter Blahs To Come, Blah!!!

Happy Dead Day!!!

Tonight is the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead already. Can't believe it's here. This season has been really good I think. With the new showrunner the show feels fresh again and my sister and I have been thoroughly enjoying this season and do believe that it's about to get so very creepy with The Whisperers coming into play. We can't wait!!!!

Today we are going to have Thanksgiving dinner again with my Mom's church, so excited for more good food later on, lol :)

This morning I decided to do some shades of blue nails for the Winter blues like temperatures we've been having the last several days. On Thursday it was so cold out, Friday morning it was 17 degrees, ugh. I hate the cold and am so not looking forward to the many more months of cold we have to look forward to bah and the first day of Winter hasn't even got here yet, gah!!! Yesterday it rained all day and was cold but at least it wasn't snow!!! 

I think these did come out really pretty with all the glitters and sparkle, hope you like them too.

I did three bases here, China Glaze "Fade Into Hue" (pinky and thumb), Essie "In the Cabana" (ring and index) and Color Club "Hydrangea Kiss" (middle). On my pinkies and thumbs I put a coat of Maybelline Color Show "Blue Glaze", on my ring nails I put a coat of Color Club "Beyond the Mistletoe", on my middle nails it's a coat of L.A. Girl Splatter "Spatter" and on my index nails is a coat of an unlabeled random beauty store polish, no idea the brand or name, lol.

China Glaze "Fade Into Hue" (pinky and thumb), Essie "In the Cabana" (ring and index) and Color Club "Hydrangea Kiss" (middle) on their own. These were perfect bases me thinks :) 

Have a great day today my friends. Here's a feel good since I haven't posted one in a long while and this one is awesome and so true:

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about dancing in the rain."

LOVE this one. I leave you with Miss Betty and her cute as heck tongue blep, she's so adorable when she sleeps with the blep :) Well, she's adorable all the time :) Talk soon xoxo

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Happy Turkey Day Turkeys....and......Turkey Legs!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Loves,

Happy day of thanks (even though I believe every day should be days of thanks :) ). I have so much every single day to be thankful for in my life. I am truly blessed with the life, family, friends and animals I have in my life.

Casey and I are going to his Mom and Dad's later on today for the holiday. I love his family so much and always look forward to spending time with them. This coming Sunday we are going to my Mom's church for their Thanksgiving dinner so will then spend the day with her and my sister and all the good people that go to her church.

For today I have some turkey and turkey drumstick nails to celebrate Turkey Day today. I actually prefer the the white breast meat to the dark leg, wing and thigh meat but wanted to do a drumstick cuz' they look cute :) It's been a couple years since I did turkeys and so glad I did this year, they are so cute me thinks!!!

I used three bases, Essie "The More the Merrier" (pinkies and thumbs), China Glaze "Casual Friday" (ring and index) and China Glaze "Spring Jungle" (middle). I used several different polishes to draw the turkeys and drumsticks that I just don't feel like typing them all out, lol. The glitter on my index nails is China Glaze "Glitter Me This...." and on my pinky and thumb nails I put a coat of China Glaze "Queen, Please!" to finish.

Essie "The More the Merrier" (pinkies and thumbs), China Glaze "Casual Friday" (ring and index) and China Glaze "Spring Jungle" (middle) on their own.

There you have my happy little turkey and turkey leg nails. Have a great Thanksgiving if you celebrate. I leave you with Miss Betty and Buster (RIP my buddy). I miss him, December 4th will be a year since Buster went to Rainbow Bridge and I miss my little asshole every day. He was a good cat :)

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Fall Foliage or Lack Thereof

Happy Sunday/Dead Day loves,

I hope today finds you well and that life is good. It's good my way. Thursday sucked tho', we had our first snow storm of the year and it was awful. We closed work around noon and it took me over an hour to get home, my normal drive is around 15 - 20 minutes. I was one of the lucky ones however, a lot of people I know had 4 to 6 hour drives home. It was around 8 inches of snow with sleet and freezing rain mixed in. It was awful, I am so not ready for this Winter nonsense, ugh, I hate Winter!

This year it was also rainy all the time, we had a really wet Summer and rainy Fall so far and due to everything being so wet all the time we didn't really get much vibrant fall foliage which sucked too. It seems that the trees went from green to yellow/orange and then just fell, none of the reds or purples that get thrown in during the Fall season. Oh well, what can you do, hopefully next year will be better for foliage we can only hope.

So because of the lack of Fall foliage this year I have some bland Fall nails today for that. Despite the lack of foliage I think these are pretty. The images didn't translate as well as normal. I used a new clear stamper I got and it kinda sucked, blah. Oh well, you live and you learn.

My bases are China Glaze "Central Parka" (green) and OPI "Never A Dulles Moment" (yellow). I sponged China Glaze "Sneaker Head" and China Glaze "Pop the Trunk" on the nails to be stamped. I stamped using China Glaze "Unplugged" with What's Up Nails B033 and Uber Chic 5-02 plates. Then I put a coat of CND "Jade Sparkle" on the rest to finish.

Central Parka and Never a Dulles Moment on their own. They were the perfect bases for this mani I think. 

Have a great Sunday, I'll chat at you again soon soon soon :) Here's Dino and Miss Betty :)

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Marble on Marble

Happy Monday My Loves,

Hello friends! I hope that this Monday is finding you well! Things are good my way :) Just a quick post today since it is Monday and I don't have much motivation tonight, lol :)

Today I have some awesome marble nails I did by using the smoosh technique and stamping together to create this look. I love these and think they turned out so pretty!

My base is China Glaze "Fuchsia Fanatic". I used Sally Hansen Salon Manicure "Grey-Dreaming" and Sally Hansen X-treme Wear "White On" to create the saran wrap nails to be stamped. I simply put dots of those polishes on my nail then took a piece of plastic wrap and smooshed the polish together. I stamped with Funky Fingers "Dark Knight" and Dixie Marbled 02 plate. The glitter on my index nails is Funky Fingers "The Notebook". I put a coat of Kleancolor "Stardust" on the others to finish.

Fuchsia Fanatic on it's own, such a pretty shade. 

That's it for tonight, have a great night and I'll talk to you soon. I leave you with Dino, Miss Betty and Buster (RIP old man) sleeping one day last year.

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Miss Betty, My Love

Happy Thursday Loves,

I hope you are well and life is good. It's good my way :) Today is a very special day. Four years ago today my sweet little love bug of a cat, Miss Betty, came into my life. That year I had lost both my old ginger outside kitties and I was at my cousin's kid's b-day party and my cousin Tonya's Mom was there and we were talking about me losing them. Charlene mentioned that she had a young about a year old solid black very sweet female kitty that she would like to find a good home for and I told her that I would take her. So the next weekend I went with my cousins to Tonya's parents house and picked up Miss Betty. My life changed in the best way possible when I brought her home. Miss Betty became my heart. She's such a momma's girl and the bond that her and I have is so very strong. It's amazing. I will forever be thankful and grateful to Tonya and her Mom, Charlene for putting Miss Betty and me together. I love all our cats, but Miss Betty, she's just my heart. I love her so much. Everyone that meets her loves her too due to extra cuteness and her being so sweet. She's the best. I truly do hope and pray that Miss Betty and me have many, many more years together. She's my baby girl!! Here as I type this post up she is laying up against me just a purring away :) I love her so much.

So, of course to celebrate this most special day I have some Miss Betty nails. I chose these images to express the love I have for Betty and the love she has for me. They are so appropriate for today. Hope you like them too :) Here is one of my favorite pics of my little cutie patootie. Isn't she just the cutest thing you've ever seen!!!!

For my base I used Essie "Coacha-Bella". I stamped using a Rite Pumpkin Polish "Fangatastic" with Chez Delaney "Chats & Chiens 002" and Born Pretty "BP-102" plates. I used a black striper to do the Miss Betty and put a coat of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength "Sparkling Rose" on my pinky and index nails to finish.

Coacha-Bella on it's own, such a girlie shade, so good for these nails I think :) 

Now, here's some more pics of my little lady. I love her so much!

Betty playing, see how stinking cute she is :)

Betty snuggling :)

Momma holding Betty's paw. I love these moments with her :)

Sometimes I have to "rescue" her from falling off the couch. I think it's become a sort of game for her now since she knows Momma is going to "save" her :)

That's it for today and for my Betty post. Have a great day and I'll chat at you soon!

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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