I won a MAJOR AWARD

Weeks ago, I entered Different Dimension's giveaway on Facebook, and mostly forgot about it. And then I WON. And then I gave her my mailing address and then I mostly forgot about THAT.

So a week later, I got my mail (as I've mentioned earlier, my mailbox is three blocks away and it's been really cold and I forget because mostly my mail only brings me pesky bills that I already pay online or grocery store flyers that I never use since I tend not to buy pre-packaged foods and that's all they have coupons for). But. Today, I got it.

OMG WOW. I thought I'd get a few more of DD's awesome colors, but no. She sent me 14. Seriously. FOURTEEN.

It's been below zero for days here, so I can't do any more than just look at them until tomorrow, since I'm pretty sure they won't mix well when they're so cold. But HOLEE CAMOLEE. (If that isn't a word, it should be.

Here's the list, so you may be jealous:

• ...more
• Bazinga
• Blame It On The Pain
• Ditz
• Gumdrops
• Hanna
• Imitation Is The Most Sincere Form of Flattery
• Rainbows & Butterflies
• Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock
• Sign your 'X' On The Line
• Sparkles Like Edward
• That is SO Fetch!
• Think Of All The Fellas That I Haven't Kissed
• Work Hard, Play Harder

I already bought (and love!) Curiosity and Inner Goddess when I was stressing out while the election returns came in.

Anyway, get ready for a ton of fun (and hopefully not abominable!) looks with this huge amazing awesome haul. This is way better than a leg lamp from Italy.

O Tannenbaum!

I joined a really neat 12 Manicures of Christmas challenge, and here is my attempt at the first challenge: Christmas Trees.

I started with a couple of coats of Sally Girl Epic, and added a top coat of Different Dimensions Inner Goddess to give all of my nails that blue snow-globe look. Next, I painted a brown tree trunk about 3/4 up my accent nail and let that dry, and threw on a triangle shape of tape.

Next, using the spun sugar technique, I added random strands of Kleancolor Jazz Olive, Mystic Grass, and TLC, and then put on Finger Paints Sketch N Etch for the dominant top color. I fished a star out of my Kawaii Nail Lacquer Sparkler for the top of the tree.

The overall effect seemed pretty organic to me, though it was impossible to photograph well. Here is the second-best photo I got of it:

I love the holo flakies in Inner Goddess, but it was a pain to remove -- I really needed the foil method or a PVA basecoat. I'll remember that in the future! All-in-all, it worked out okay. Go check out other challenge members' attempts!