Jelly....Jelly....Jellyfish

Happy Sunday Loves,

It's Sunday already, where do the weekends go!!! I just don't know! Yesterday was awesome, Casey and I went to our friends' Nick and Leah's for a crab fest that Casey wanted to do and it was so awesome getting to hang out with our so sooper dooper friends. It had been a while since we all hung out so it was great seeing them. We are so very blessed, fortunate and thankful for all the amazing people in our lives. We really truly do have some of the most amazing friends :) Today I am just being totally lazy then this evening my sister is coming to hang out so it's a great weekend for us, yay!

Today I have some super cute jellyfish nails. These have been on my nail to do list for a while now and since Summer is winding down, sniffle, I decided these would be good to do for some Summery nails. I love these, think they are super cute. Hope you like them too!

My base is China Glaze "Calypso Blue". I used nail art brushes diluted with some acetone in the polishes to draw the jellyfish with the following polishes: Essie "Bond with Whomever" (index), Essie "Blue-La-La" (middle) and China Glaze "Fresh Princess-ss" (ring). On my thumb and pinkies I put a coat of China Glaze "Fairy Dust" to finish.

Calypso Blue on it's own, this was perfect as a base for this mani I thnk!

Have a great rest of the weekend and awesome week, talk to you all next weekend with my next mani, no idea what that may be yet, ha ha.

I leave you with a couple old pics I found of Dino many years ago that I found of him "helping" one day when some friends and myself were doing crafty stuff. Isn't he adorable in this tulle :) And, another old one of him just looking cute being Dino :)

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Black Cat Love for Black Cat Appreciation Day

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day!!!

Today is my favorite holiday of the year. It's Black Cat Day, YAY :) I love all cats but those solid black cats are truly my heart and soul when it comes to kitties. I've had black cats of my own since I was around 20 (I'm 47 now) and have never been without one or two or three in my life. I LOVE black cats. There is just something about them that makes my heart so happy from their beautiful silky coats to their charming and sweet personalities. I will never not have black cats in my life. Black cats are the BEST!

So, of course I have some black cat love nails to celebrate today. I did some super easy stamping this year using China Glaze "Campfired Up!" from the new Fall collection out now (love the name :) ) and stamped using Funky Fingers "Dark Knight" with MoYou Crazy Cat Lady 02 and Maniology MrsWhite8907 M006 plates. On my pinkies and index nails is a coat of Athena & Aprhodite "Maroon Dreams" to finish. I love the simplicity of this mani and hope you do too :)

 

Campfired Up! on it's own, this is a lovely shade of red and pretty for Fall coming up!

I have a slew of black cat pics below of black cats that are in my life or have been in my life. Enjoy these black cats on Black Cat Appreciation Day :)

This is my current crew, Pebbles, Dino and Miss Betty.

This is Miss Betty, I love them all, but she is my heart and special little lady!

Princess Pebbles, our princess love!

King Dino!

This was Fred and Barney. I had adopted them as kittens and they were great kitties. I never thought I'd have another Barney, he was my momma's boy, until Miss Betty came into my life and I got my female version of him.

Fred and Barney.

Bam Bam, he came into my life after Barney went to Rainbow Bridge. He was an awesome boy too!

This is Sparky. My Dad found him in a shed starving and with a hurt foot and he became part of the family. He's around 17 now, has health issues, we aren't sure how much time we have left with him and give him so much love with the time we do have left. He's also Dad's last cat standing of the three that were still alive when Dad died so losing him is going to be really hard when that time comes. He's a super sweet guy. I love him.

This is Firecracker, she's at my Mom and sister's and is pretty feral. She's been inside since she was a kitten but we haven't been able to catch her to get her fixed and you can't touch her which sucks because she is so tiny and so cute and I wanna snuggle her so bad!

This is Stokely, he's my fur nephew. Two of my best friends, Nick and Leah, are his Mom and Dad and he is freaking awesome. I love this little dude so much!

And, finally, this is Miss Almond from The Feed Store that I go to and she's my sweet little friend. She doesn't always like people but she sure does love her Smelly Melly. I LOVE Miss Almond!

There you have my black cat day nails and the black cats that have touched me in my life. Here's to black cats every day, all day. I LOVE Black Cats, YAY!!!!

Have a great weekend, talk soon!

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Wood Grain for the Woodsmen Show

Happy Monday Loves,

Couple weeks no talk. The last couple weeks have been pretty busy for me. Last weekend we were up in the mountains camping and this weekend I was busy with a cookout my sister and I went to with old horse friends and catching up on stuff around home since we were away. When we went up to camp there was a Woodsmen Show going on not far from us that we went to on Friday and Saturday. They have wood carving,  lumberjack and horse pulling competitions. I had not been there in years since I had gone with my Dad when he was still alive so it was really nice getting back there this year. We had a really good time. I also saw a bear both mornings early in camp. It was super exciting. I love when we have bear activity in or by camp as long as it's not too close to me :)

For my nails I did some woodgrain and tree stamped nails for the Woodsmen Show. I think these turned out really nice.

My base is China Glaze "Pixilated". I stamped using China Glaze "Unplugged" with Whats Up Nails "B010", Uber Chic "12-03" and Uber Chic "2-02" plates. The glitter is OPI "Gold Key To the Kingdom".

Pixilated on it's own, the perfect base for these I think!

Here's some pictures from our trip up. These here are at the Woodsmen Show. It was so fun.

This is Wycoff Run, a super pretty spot we stop at every time on our way to camp.

Here's looking over Conrad where our camp is at. So gorgeous, I love it up there.

 Here's looking up at our camp, you can see the bus up there :)

 The bus, our beloved home away from home :)

Here's a dam on the way up to camp, also super gorgeous! 

While at camp I decided that I was going to collect some rocks to bring home to paint some Potter County mountain scenes on to gift to my brother and a couple of neighbors at camp. Well, I had so much fun doing these that I decided next trip up I am going to collect quite a few more and make some to give to all our neighbors up there and some other Potter friends too. Here's the four I've done so far. I had never painted rocks before and am really proud of how these turned out. I can't wait to paint a bunch more :)

Here's also one I did of a starry night sky that I ended up giving away to the wife of the couple whose home we went to for the cookout. I love the glitter stars on this one :)

Hope you enjoyed this super long post full of pictures :)

That's it for tonight. Have a great rest of Monday, blurgh.. I leave you with some pics of Princess Pebbles looking cute in some old pictures I found of her :)

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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