Tammy

A Canadian living in France with her Dutch hubby after 17 years in the Netherlands. A total TV and movie junkie who is never not knitting. She also enjoys other crafts, nail art, cuddling her dogs and general geekery. Otherwise just working on getting by and making a life for herself in her 'new' country.

Stains and Sparkles

Remember how much I loved WnW Teal of Fortune?  Well, I wasn’t loving it so much after I removed it! YIKES!! I have never had staining like that before.  Granted, I forgot to use a basecoat because I quickly painted my nails before leaving to go out, but jeeez.. I’m going to have to scrub my nails with some kind …

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Daily Shoot-Inspiration for Photographers

A while back some friends and I were chatting online about doing Project 365, which is a project where you take one photo a day for a year.  Something I’ve tried previously (a self-portrait version) and failed miserably, but am doing much better with now that I’m doing the ‘random photo’ version. During this online conversation, a friend brought up …

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My Metro Nails

The other day I saw this post over on Colores de Carol about a newspaper manicure. I kept that tab open for days because I wanted to do it and knew if I closed the window I’d forget! I had just gotten the same polish she used (Catrice Snow Motion) not that long ago so I knew I had everything …

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WnW Teal of Fortune

After my MEHni the other day, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my nails.  Luckily I didn’t get too long to think about it.  A friend contacted me to ask if my husband and I wanted to go to their place for a games night and after a busy day I realized I didn’t have long to …

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More From Burgers’ Zoo – Gorillas!

I think next to the lions my favorite part of our visit to Burgers’ Zoo had to be the Gorillas.  Their enclosure was a million times better than the gorilla enclosure at Blijdorp, where I was never quite able to get any decent photos.  This wasn’t a problem that day in Arnhem! The babies were adorable and it was really …

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Saturday Morning MEHni

Yesterday after spending the night before cleaning my turtle tanks, my poor butteryfly mani was chipped to bits, so it was time to do something new.  I wasn’t sure what I wanted but I thought I’d try something light and pretty using one of the gifts I got for my Birthday. I chose WnW Wild Card and thought it would …

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Butterfly Wing

I saw something I LOVED yesterday when I was looking through some blogs.  I found a random post on Kronicles of a Konad-er with a design for butterfly wings that she initially found on Lacquerized.  I was immediately in love!  I thought I’d try it someday when I have more nail art paint and when my nails are a bit …

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I’m Sorry Essence, Can We Be Friends Again?

Stop the world, I wanna get off!!  I am so incredibly confused right now. Remember my rant about stamping not working? Then how I got a Konad set for my birthday? … and how excited I got when the Konad stamping worked? Well today I saw this post over at Mirannie’s Nails and once again I was wondering why other …

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I Can Stamp! I Can Stamp!

PTOEY! *Spits* Suck it, Essence Stampy Set!  I got me some Konad now and I’m never turning back! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!! I stamped, I actually STAMPED! If you are new here and are wondering what all the fuss is about, stamping has been a bit of an issue for me.  The first …

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My Nails Are 36 Years Old Today!

Today is my birthday and boy oh boy do my peeps know what I like!  Especially my husband!  He really threw me for a loop today as he got me the absolute best present I could have ever asked for.  Not only is it something I love, but it’s not something I’d hinted at or even put on a list… …

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