Red, White, and Blue!

Happy Memorial Day! What a special day. A day when we take the time to remember all those who have served and are serving this country. A day when we wave our county's flag and wear our colors proudly.

This was a fun, yet timely nail design. I started with two coats of Essie's Marshmallow, which is a very thin polish, perfect for a jelly sandwich! I then used actual red and blue glitter and shook a little on my nails while they were still wet. I covered the glitter with one more layer of Marshmallow (it gives a kind of milky look) and then finished with a top coat. Whew! Lots of work, but cute results!

I hope you have a fabulous Memorial Day! Hopefully it's a bit warmer where ever you are. :)

Passion Tea Lemonade

I love Starbucks and have many favorite drinks from there. Recreating those drinks at home is something that I find great pleasure in. Today I experimented and was quite delighted to find that I created an excellent recipe for their passion tea lemonade. It's quite simple really.

All you will need is some lemonade (mine was store bought), some Tazo passion tea, and maybe/maybe not a little sugar. I heated up one cup of water and then added two passion tea bags. I let them sit for about 7 minutes. I was too eager to wait for my tea to cool and just added lots of ice, but if you have patience, then let it cool. Next, I mixed almost equal parts lemonade to my tea (a little more tea). I also added a teaspoon of sugar to it, but it's all personal preference. Stir it well, add ice, and you have your very own Starbuck's passion tea. Enjoy!

Rainbow Sprinkles

We are well into our spring season, which means many things. One of those things happens to be evening trips to get some ice cream. At least for me it does. Ever since I was a little girl I loved rainbow sprinkles. I got inspired by the bright colors of the sprinkles on my ice cream and decided to try and recreate it on my nails. Hey, why not? I found a few other photos for inspiration and this is what it resulted in.