pink/white leopard toes

Good morning Mondayers! This weekend went by too quickly. Probably because I was busy/lazy all at the same time. I did however, manage to finally get my toes painted!

I'm pretty impressed on how they turned out. 

There are the colors I used + white. 

Sorry, it's hard to see. I used sparkles, hot pink, black pen, and white polish.

First step is to paint your nails half hot pink half white.

Step two is to draw your black spots

Finally, add your sparkles. I just out the sparkles where the spots are!

Voila! Pretty toes. I did it pretty quickly, but I'm ok with how they turned out.

GOOD LUCK

diy nails

I love getting my nails done. However, spending $40+ every 2 weeks doesn't really fit into my budget. 

So, I have decided to do them myself and search for the best kind.

I am giving these a try and see how they do. Visually they look really good, and did not take much time. There was very little maintenance, however, I did have to file them a little because they scratched. I've had them on for 16 hours now and one fell off already. Luckily I brought the glue to work and glued it back on. So far... womp womp womp. 

Do you have any suggestions? Please leave a comment below!

Iowa State Fair

I love this time of year! The Iowa State fair. Food Food Food

Foot long corn dogs and turkey leg

We got to listen to some good music. 

No one plays the banjo anymore. It's a shame

I register these big boys!

These were carved from a chain saw. I must have

 We had such a good time at the fair. The best thing I ate was a Pickle Dawg. It was a pickle spear wrapped in ham with spicy sour cream fried!

 Food heaven...

Vacation in Kansas City, MO

Good Morning! Getting back into the work routine has been rough. Which means a lot of coffee. My boyfriend and I went on a 4 night vacation to Kansas City. We did it last year and are making it a yearly tradition. Even though we would like to go more often. It's 3 hours away from us, but we keep ourselves entertained. Never a dull moment in our lives.

the view from my window.

Kansas City. and this thing is pretty neat.

The buildings close to where we stay are beautiful

We shopped until we dropped

The best part about our trips are H&M and Urban Outfitters. There are some things from Charlotte Russe too!

I realized I kind of have a thing for fountains.

Being in Kansas City, we HAD to go to Power and Lights for some drinks! We met up with friends and had a great time.

Our last day in Kansas City was a little gloomy. Iowa straight ahead was nice and sunny! Good thing to come home to.

Tonight, we go to the Iowa State Fair! 

FOOD

toes, rings, bags

This weekend was too short. I did however get some things done! The first fun thing I did was get ready for my cousins wedding I had Saturday. I needed to do my toes so I decided to match them with the dress I was wearing.

I also made some rings out of $1.00 wire that I found!

 I had also bought some bags from Hobby Lobby awhile ago and finally did something with one of them! I still have a bigger bag that I need to buy some stencils for.



colored ombre necklace

Before

After

I was a bridesmaid in a friends wedding recently and this was the necklace we wore as bridesmaids. The necklace looked amazing with our dresses and matching earring. It was a gift from the bride and I would love to keep wearing it. So, I gave it color to make it more casual. I hope she likes it 

;)

my week so far.

Hola people! Last night I got my butt to work and make some more necklaces and dabbled in making a few rings. (I don't know if I like them, hopefully someone will buy one)

My boyfriend and I live in a 2 bedroom apartment so we don't have a lot of room. So I just turned on Craft Wars and make these on our bed! While I was making these my boyfriend came walking in with these!

He got these specific ones because blue is my favorite color. I gave them a little trim and put them in a vase that my grandmother gave me. more on that

Monday morning I was so happy to see balloons in the sky. I'm like a little kid when I see them. They used to take off at my parents house when I was young, so they come with good memories. I went on a venture to take some pictures.

These were all taken with instagram (missjackib)