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Mani Monday & Nail Tag

Hi Hi Hi Happy Monday!!!!

Here's a pic of todays Mani

I used Soul Mate from Sinful Colors polish
The accent finger is topped with Essie Luxeffects A cut above

The flower from this Chez Delaney plate

On to the nail tag questions :)

1. What's your favorite nail polish company?

I really like OPI, Zoya & China Glaze the most

for drugstore brands I really like Ulta,Sally Hansen & Sinful Colors

2. Glitter or no glitter?

I REALLY LOVE the look of glitter I just HATE removing it!

3. OPI, China Glaze, or Essie?

If I had to choose just one then most definitely OPI

4. When do you change your nail polish?

Usually I change it about once a week,

when I use the nail strips I usually keep on for a couple weeks

 5. What's your favorite color on your nails?

PINK of course :)

BUT I also really like Neutrals :)

6. Darks or Brights?

I really prefer brights but usually around the fall/winter

I tend to wear more darker colors

7. What are you wearing on your nails right this moment?

Mani Mondays pic :)

8. Matte Nails--In or Out?

denifitely OUT & honestly I never really liked the look of it anyway

9. French Manicure?

Yeah, nope........unless its like a neutral with black tip

or some funky color or tip design but I don't normally do a french

10. Favorite Winter Color?

These were my faves this past winter :)

Zoya JULES LOOOVVVEEEEE!!!

How was your weekend?

As for me, I went to a crop & didn't really accomplish a whole lot

But that's pretty typical of me at crops :)

& I went to private yoga class this morning at my friends house

It was wonderful & I feel nice & relaxed :)

& I LEARNED how to do a  fishtail braid on my hair! LOL

 I consider this a VERY productive weekend :) 

xoxo ivyPINK

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January Birchbox

I just realized I missed a DEC Birchbox posting

sorry about that my December box came so late

they had a delay w/ a couple of the products

BUT it was no biggie they did include a $20 off

coupon so I took advantage of that & redeemed some

Birchbox points as well I'll share what I got at the end of this post :)

On to the January Box...this months theme is Clarity

I received a

ORIGINS Checks And Balances™ Frothy Face Wash $19.50-150ml

I tried this already & I really like the texture it's more like a cream

& it smells really good (scents are a deal breaker for me NO matter how

AMAZING the product might be)

FULL Size Peacock stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner $20-.01 oz

I LOVE it! The color is vibrant & smooth it doesn't tug on your skin

 & teal is my 2nd fave color so score :)

VMV Hypoallergenics Re-Everything Lotion $45-185ml

I tried this on my hands & it was just OK......I think I have to try it more

to see what's so great about it

Bleh another perfume yuck & I HATE the smell period

Juicy Couture - Viva La Juicy - 3.4 oz $89-3.4oz

Treat of the month LÄRABAR Mini Bars $14.95

Luckily I got a "chocolate chip" flavor cuz if it was blueberry  muffin

it would've gone in the trash (yuck)

BUT even the chocolate chip didn't taste very chocolaty it was just ok

I don't think I'd ever purchase it though

Last lil extra this month we got a bbox magnet with a mini

"detox" guide :) I like this guide :)

I went though my bathroom 1st of the year so glad that's done

I'm working on the CLOSET part right now (yikes)

I don't turn my cell phone off but it is on vibrate & I totally don't hear it

when I'm asleep :)

Diet: on going battle! Dark chocolate is my new friend though :)

I'll have to work on writing Love letters to my grandma heehee

These are the things I got (as mentioned above)

I got a really good deal for everything after the coupon & points

& FREE Shipping I think I only paid 20 something :)

Zoya Remove+ Polish Remover (LOVE LOVE LOVE & cannot ever be w/o it)

I finally got a beauty blender I've used it every day since I got it

I really do like it BUT I would NOT pay $20 (the kit is is $23.95 @ BB)

I'd wait to use a coupon/points/something! lol

Stila Day dream mini palette, Lash Card,

Jurlique Love Balm & an Alex & Isabelle bow hair ties

(Kinda Like the twistbands I love but w/ a bow)

*If you are interested in receiving more info about Birchbox

or if you are interested & want to try Birchbox

Click HERE for a referral :)

 That's all for now

xoxo ivyPINK

 

Nail Rack Success

Hi hi hi :) I just have a quick post.....

I received a couple emails this week

for sucess stories for the DIY Nail Rack

and I just wanted to share the pics with you guys :)

First up is my cute aunt who lives in Texas :)

(I've shared some of her manis here before)

She's a girly girl & loves floral this is how her rack turned out

Something I actually hadn't thought of

My aunt used wrapping paper to wrap her bars

in case you didn't have any tape & didn't want to go

out & purchase some she just used something she had on hand :)

Another great money saver since tape can run around $5-8

and I'm sure most of us already has a variety of wrapping paper at home.

This next rack is made by friend Julie

Long time polish fanatic, but 

the most recent person I introduced to nail stamping :)

I LOVE the zebra duct tape! Looks GREAT on white :)

For some reason I really like the white base better

than how the black looks I feel like it looks "cleaner"

If any of you made this DIY Nail Rack

share your pics with me I'd LOVE to see your finished projects :)

Have a wonderful Thursday

Thursday is one of my fave week nights cuz it's my TV night

I have shows on from 7pm-11pm lol :)

xoxo ivyPINK

Mani Monday & DIY Nail Rack

WOW this past week just zoomed by for me

I couldn't even keep my days straight!

Any how I hope you guys had a lovely weekend :)

My Mani this week is pretty much the same as last weeks

except I also used the snowflakes in the Konad M59 plate

I used Revlon Blue Lagoon, Zoya Ibiza & one of my fave

glitter polishes fr. China Glaze Snow Globe it REALLY

reminds me of snow it's just SO pretty :)

Now on to the "DIY" part :)

 I was searching online for a nail rack

because the drawers underneath my sink was just not

working out any more :(

I wanted something like THIS

but then I came across this DIY Rack YouTube video

(There's a TON of videos showing similar DIY's

BUT I loved this video the MOST because the directions was

 easy to understand & she showed the process fr start to finish)

I was totally inspired I pretty much had everything else

on hand already all I needed was the foam board

So, I went to the Dollar Tree & bought 3 for $1 each

I came home cut & taped the pieces

(took about...20-25 min)

I used this Mod tape fr Fancy That! in Black

because my bathroom color theme is Black/White/lavender

This is what it lookedlike when I finished hot gluing everything :)

I want to say it took me about an hour  or maybe a lil less

to complete everything :)

Here's what it looks like all filled up with pretty polishes :)

I'm kinda sad that it covers my butterfly decals :(

I haven't tried to remove it yet 

so I'm not sure if I can re stick it on again or not

BUT I'm happy with how it turned out

& how it looks in my bathroom :)

I made the shelves 1/2" wider than what was on the video

because I wanted 2 rows of polish instead of just 1

I'm contemplating on sticking another piece of foam 

in the center of each row for extra hold since

I still have some foam board left over anyway :)

For $3 I cant complain! I might have to make

another one for my scraproom to hold lil embellishments

or even ribbon rolls! The possibilities are endless Hahaha :)

Make it  great MONDAY!

xoxo ivyPINK

Flashback Friday Challenge

My friend Amy who hosts the

Flashback Friday Challenge Blog

asked me to be this months sponsor :)

I'm so excited!

I told her I'd love to join the challenge as well

& then she told me the theme is CLEAN & SIMPLE

YIKES! Both those words are foreign to me lol

So this theme was definitely a "challenge" hahaha

BUT here's my card

I dug up my heat gun to EMBOSS!

I cant even remember the last time I embossed

A N Y T H I N G !

I also dug up my favorite paint pan

which is the Talens Angora Watercolor

to create some "splatters"

Go over to the Flashback Friday Blog & join the challenge

you could win this ivyPINK prize pack

which includes the new shop addition

 ivyPINK exclusive PINK acrylic block

I am ALSO giving you guys another opportunity

to win an acrylic block if you don't want to do the challenge

all you have to do is "LIKE" the ivyPINK Facebook page

and leave an answer on FB for this question

What is your 2012 CRAFTY resolution?

*If you are already a fan, just leave your answer*

You can list 1 or as many  resolutions as you want :)

Here's my resolutions:

#1 reorganizemy crazy scraproom!

#2 FINISH projects & just focus on 1 project at a time 

#3 create MORE cards so I'm not always creating the HOUR

before I need the card (story of my life)

Good Luck & HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!

xoxo ivyPINK

New Year-New Products

Hola! I just wanted to give you guys

a brief shop update :)

It's the New Year & the ivyPINK shop will

be adding new products & it already started this week!

With these BRAND NEW

PINK acrylic blocks!!!!

If you L♥VE PINK like I L♥VE PINK

then you definitely need these PINK

acrylic blocks for your stamping needs in your LIFE

hahaha :)

The rectangle block is 3" x 4" and is 1/2" thick
It's Laser Polished with rounded corners and beveled edges

The round blocks are 2.5 & 4.25 they are 1/2" thick
It's Laser Polished with Finger Grips and guide lines

These are a limited run due to its unique color

but is still crystal clear as your regular blocks :)

If you guys have any questions let me know :)

Have a CRAFTABULOUS <---*my new 2012 word* day

xoxo ivyPINK 

Mani Monday:Nicki Minaj Polish

Sorry I'm a lil late posting todays mani monday

I was pretty much out the whole day & just got home a lil bit ago

My nails are still drying as I hurriedly polished it for todays post ;)

This morning I bought the NICKI MINAJ polish minis

These are all the polish colors in her line

It'll probably be in stores this month :)

So for todays mani I used FLY & Save Me & china glaze For Audrey

I just LOVE FLY its such a pretty blue

For this mani I was thinking Jan=SNOW

so I used some snowflakes from the

 Red Angel RA-119 & Bundle Monster BM14 plate

on the mid finger I applied Save Me over Fly

which has some round micro silver glitter 

& some long holographic silver ones too :)

Really pretty I don't have any polish like this yet

but I don't think I will be purchasing the large bottle of it either.

I like to buy the minis 1st before I buy the large bottles

just to see how much I really "LOVE" the color on me :)

I dotted the pointer finger with For Audrey

& also the center of the white snowflakes :)

Happy Mani Monday!

xoxo ivyPINK

NY Nails

In case you are wondering what my
NY mani is ;)
I didn't go too crazy I was going to put glitter on all of them but in the end I decided to just bling up the ring finger ;)
I was channelling the silver drop ball & confetti ;) heehee
Silver base Trixie by Zoya
Glitters: 2nd layer is Mad as a Hatter by OPI
3rd glitter layer is Happy Birthday by Deborah Lippmann

Happy New Year!!!

2011 Recap and Highlights

WOWZERS this year REALLY went by SUPER fast!

 Where do I even begin?

January

I started the Calendar series which was super fun

thinking of new themes each month &

using up oldies but goodies supplies

February

Besides the Chicago SNOWMAGEDON

I really hope we do NOT have another one of these this year

or if we do, crossing my fingers that I wont be in IL to see it LOL

Made these cute V-day treats & I'm regretting I didn't

stock up & buy more plastic hearts they were so cute!

March

Besides my new "trendy" haircut

(the bangs didn't last too long)

I was just busy creating samples for the shop

April

2 girls weekends what could be better?

Here we are @ PDH

and this was in Madison

 May

Ahhh, May :) Start of my Mission Vacation lol

But before that my one HUGE May highlight was getting to go

to the FINAL taping of the Oprah show

definitely one of the MOST memorable things I've ever done!

Then I got to end the month by heading off to Ft. Lauderdale

for a couple days before sailing away on the Oasis of the Seas

to Nassau, St. Maarten & St. Thomas

June

Well.....this might be the only creative project I made the whole

month of June

Cuz I was pretty much in CA the whole month

CA is really one of my favorite places to be

I cant wait to go there again this year :)

July

HOLY MOLY in prep for Creative Escape

I made all my SWAP stuff in a matter of a week

crazyness

Because I was leaving for Canada

Here's 1 of my adventure highlights in Muskoka

August

I went on the BEST CREATIVE trip ever

with my cousin Rosa :)

Here's a link to the album with all my CE pics

September

Phew FINALLY the 1st full month I was home

kinda glad...& sad mission vacation is over :)

This was also the official start of my full pledge

obsession with NAILShahahaha

Also this month was like "reading month"

I read like 10 books I was @ the Library multiple times a week :)

& this was my FAVE project of the month

October

MY FAVORITE month :)

I turned 29 (bleh)

I also made my 1st Youtube videoI guess that's a highlight lol

November

wow...looking back I posted a lot of "HAULS"

I guess I went shopping a lot in Nov. heehee

my project highlight would have to be learning

how to make a paper turkey & "miniaturizing" it for Abbey

December

So this is 4sure a highlight

& attempting this December Daily challenge

is also another

WHICH BTW I just have to add some pics & I have a few pages left

& I only went up to Day 25 instead of the 31

I know this is def one of those albums I'll always treasure :)

 

& that folks sums up my 2011

This is one of my FAVORITE years by far

I feel so blessed & I'm so thankful for the support that

my Family & Friends has given me

CHEERS to 2012

I hope you all have a happy & SAFE New Years

xoxoxoxooxoxoxooxoxox

ivyPINK

ivyPINK News: Martha Stewart Weddings

Hello Hello :)

I just wanted to share some ivyPINK shop news

Over the summer I was asked by one of the editors

of MS Weddings if they can feature one of my products

for their winter issue....UMM of course I said YES!

They chose..... 

The Large Elegant Frame Sticker Labels

So it finally made an appearance

in the Martha Stewart Weddings Winter Issue (page 232)

It's a DIY article on how to make your own envelopes

& how to spruce them up FUN!

It's always exciting to see an item you create in print :)

I have to say that this label is one of the

best sellers I carry in my shop

It's also available in custom quantities

and in Kraft color.

Thanks for letting me share my good news :)

I hope you guys have a fantabulous day!

xo ivyPINK