Before I forget, I'd like to make a birthday shout out to my wonderful friend Claire over at Chalk and Sidewalk.  She was my first follower, and convinced me to start blogging.  Claire; I absolutely adore you!  I hope you had a very happy birthday, and can't wait to see you tomorrow.  I love you!
    All right, now to share some pictures.  The first one's are from the annual Halloween Horse Show at my barn.  Silly pony faces make everyone's day better :)

 A jump, all decked out and Halloweenie.

 Freddy's such a gentleman.

 Oh Henry makes a silly face for the camera

 Look at this little cutie, dressed up as a Knight.  Her horse wore shining armor and was her noble steed.

  That was the horse show... Now here's some from the walk I went on today in the rain.  As long as it isn't too cold, walking in the rain is one of my absolute favorite things. 

 The tree in my backyard.  Sandy blew all the remaining leaves off.

 Berries 

 Still Green :)

 Wet hand railing... It was really shiny.

Such a beautiful color.

And lastly, here's some pictures of my wonderfully adorable puppy in his Halloween costume.  

 He's a lion.  

"Mom, I don't like my hood!" 

  Thats all I have for now.  How did you weather the storm?  What do you like to do on rainy days?

~Hannah

What Hurricane?

 Rain days are the most wonderful things ever.  Getting to sleep in, read a book, blog, and cozy up with a blanket and a cup of hot cider, all without the quilt of feeling like I wasted a snow day.  Does that happen to anyone else?  Not wanting to go outside into the cold, but feeling guilty for not playing in the snow when the wonderful wintery gods give it to us?  Oh well.
  All the rain and gloom outside gave me no choice... I had to bring a beautiful day into my life somehow!  So today's nail post will do just that.  This one's a toughie, but I saw something like it on Pintrest and just had to try it out.  It's kind of a panorama.  However, I only did it on my left hand because frankly, I don't think I'd be able to produce the same results on my right.  No matter though.

  Start with materials:

  From left to right: Wet n Wild "I Need A Refresh-Mint", Wet n Wild "Nerd Alert: Screech", Ruby Wing "Gypsy", Maybelline "Porcelain Party", Claire's "Flashy", Claire's "Marine Blue".  Also, makeup sponge, cuticle pusher, and a tupperware lid.

   Start by painting your nails a light blue (Ruby Wing).  Wait for that to mostly dry.  Then, dipping the chisel shaped end of the cuticle pusher into a couple drops of green, make lines across your entire pinky nail, and about half of the nail on your ring finger.  

Like this.

  Next, use two tones of slightly darkening blues and the makeup sponge to make a slight gradient by dabbing polish lightly onto your nails.  Make it darkest on the top of your pointer finger, and end at the bottom of your middle fingernail.  After it dries for a minute, go ahead and put some clouds on top of that with white.

Its tough to see in this picture... Look at the next step for better visualization.  

  Okay.  That's the hard part.  Taking your cuticle pusher again, dip the wedge shaped end into a drop or two of white and make two lines in the grass.  On top of these, make two v-shapes in purple polish, using the same technique.  Flowers!  That's it! Now if you hold your hand how I have been in the images, you have a miniature beautiful day right at your fingertips.  

Ta-dah!

  To dry faster, spray your nails with PAM or another kind of cooking spray, and gently wipe off.  Finished!  That's all for now.  Comments make my day!

~Hannah

Feeling Dotty

Hello, hello, hello! I know its been a while, sorry 'bout that.  All this high school stuff is incredibly time consuming.  Anyways, here's another nail post! But first.... check out this picture of a sweet potato that I was cutting up for the soup I made!

 Isn't it pretty inside??

All right, I hear you all.  Here's the nails... Materials today are: 

- Two contrasting colors of polish (Black and white works great)

- File or clippers

- Something with a round tip (I use an old pencil)

- Something hard to drip polish on that can get ruined (I use an old tupperware lid)

I used Revlon "Knockout" and Maybelline "Porcelain Party" 

Polish your nails alternating colors.  I did black, 2 white, black, white, black, white, 2 black, white, in order starting from my left pinky nail.  You'll need one or two coats.

Like this!

Let them dry a bit.  Then, put a drop or two of black polish onto the tupperware lid.  Dip the pencil tip into the polish, and gently dot it on one of your white fingernails.  Make lots of little dots, with a higher concentration on the tips and less at your nail beds.  In other words, taper off the dots as you go up your nail.  Don't worry about perfection, it'll look good no matter what! 

You can vary the size of the dots too, like I did here.  

Wipe off the pencil.  Put a couple drops of white polish on the tupperware lid, and repeat this process, but dotting white onto your black nails.  After you finish this, you're done! How easy was that?!?

Tah Dah!!!

I seem to have a horrible habit... I always polish my nails right before I do something that will include me inevitably messing them up.  I do them right before I eat, or shower, or get dressed, and I never seem to have enough time to let them dry, resulting in an ugly, smudgy manicure.  Well, that problem is forever gone, thanks to a wonderful Pintrest article!  If you spray your wet fingernails with cooking spray, and then wipe the oil off gently, your nails will be completely dry! I have NO idea why this works... But it does! So I'm grateful for this newfound phenomenon!

All right folks, thats all for today.  Hope you enjoyed!  Please leave comments and follow, it'll make my day!

~Hannah

Pumpkins

I love pumpkins.  I love to get them from our local farm stand, I love to carve them, I love to eat them. I love to roast their seeds. I love pretty much everything about pumpkins.  Yesterday my mom bought three cans of pumpkin. That's enough for a pie, or 2 loaves of bread, or at least 2 batches of cookies.  I could even make the delicious pumpkin-peanut butter pudding I love so much.  So I have some deciding to do.  No matter what though, I can guarantee you that by 5 o'clock tonight, the house will be filled with the wonderful smells of pumpkin treats.  Maybe I'll make another nail post later.  Today will be a good day!    

Black and Blue

    And so it all begins!  The first design I'll show you is pretty simple, but takes a bit of coordination when painting your dominant hand.  Don't worry though, it's not that bad.  Start with our materials:

You'll need a nail file/clippers, a makeup sponge, and two contrasting colors of polish.  I used Revlon "Knockout" and Wet n Wild "I Need A Refresh-Mint"

    After you have everything you'll need together, you can begin.  Start by taking off any old polish you have on and shaping your nails until you like them.  I call this the "pretty nail" stage.

Like this!

Ta-dah!

Apply one or two coats of your lighter color polish (the blue).  The brand I used is pretty good, so I only needed one.  

A wedge shaped sponge like this works great.

Put a drop or two of the darker color (black) onto a hard surface that you don't mind ruining.  I use an old tupperware lid.  Then, take your makeup sponge and dip just the corner into the polish. I've used mine for other projects, but the top right corner is the one I used for this.

Press harder at the tip, and lighter as you go up.

Here's the hard part.  Before continuing, make sure your nails are almost completely dry.  The drier, the better.  Watch an episode of Glee or something.  Okay, here goes.  Really gently, blot the sponge on the tip of your nail.  As the paint is used up, you can blot higher up the nail for a cool gradient effect.  If you push too hard, you'll get really dark spots that look funny, so be gentle.  Do this on all your nails.  

The final product!

One thing to be aware of: sponging your nails leaves the polish feeling a little rough.  This doesn't bother me, but some people don't like how it feels.  Putting a top coat on should solve this problem.

Thanks for reading, I hope this works for you!  Comments make my day!

~Hannah

Hello, World!

Hmm.... Is anyone out there?  I know I just got here and all, but that little icon that says nobody's listening makes me feel a little alone.  Allrighty then.  I'm not quite sure what this is going to turn into at this point, but I'm sure it'll have something to do with my obsession with nails.  See the title?  Fingertips.  As in fingers, and tips on how to paint them! Heehee.  I thought that was pretty clever.  Anyways, here I am!  Stick around for a while, listen.  I promise you won't be bored!

~Hannah