vacation countdown...

So soon we are going on vacation to Key West... I won't have the time or supplies to do nail craziness... So I figured I'd start doing some theme nails and see if I could come up with one winner to do for the actual trip... I wanted to incorporate some sort of Key west icons... So I used the vodka print transfer method... it actually took quite a bit of trial and error but finally got the hang of it... so I put the print over SH lightening, and on the other nails I used SC "Why Not" stamped with the SH and my cheeky tropical holiday plate (which I actually purchased with this in mind :) )  I was actually really happy with the overall look!

another 4th a bit late... and since then...

So well I haven't been on to post in a few days, and I even already had pictures ready so no good excuse... other than you know... life :)

Ok here is a second 4th of July mani I did... I got inspiration from some of the other ladies at Adventures in Stamping...

So I used Revlon "spirit" for the white and it bubbled :(  I liked the 3d star effect using a pueen star plate and SC "hottie". The red was SC "under 18" stamped with Cheeky CH4 stars and wavy lines with sc "snow me white"

Sundays at AIS is challenge day, and the challenge for Sunday the 6th was lacy... So I'd seen some nails on pinterest using a sheer black with a matte top coat which is just gorgeous... So I made up a frankenpolish out of some clear coat and w&w black... the picture wasn't all I'd hoped but still all in all they were pretty good... 

Then after my lacy nails self destructed on Monday I came home and had to throw on something... it was one of those seriously indecisive can't decide on a color nights... I finally did SH "Peachy Breeze" stamped with Cheeky  Jumbo "home sweet home" keys over china glaze "Pelican Gray" with the accent nail in the Peachy Breeze and stamped with SH "grease Lightning" in the home sweet home design... Kind of random but they were ok and actually held up pretty well for 3 days.