Fun Friday!

Hey y'all! I've been feeling a little under the weather this week. I'm hoping that I'll be 100% for the WEEKEND!! To psych myself up for this I'm going to post some pretty pictures...yay!! These were some random shots taken during the "greatest day ever," and edited by yours truly using Photobucket. I don't proclaim to be a photographer but I do like pretty things and I try to capture them on film when possible. (Do we even still use this phrase "on film" since everything is all digital now?? And usually it's not me taking the pic, it's me telling hubs take pic of X. Although, I do believe I managed to take all of today's selection.) As you look at these I hope they bring you as much pleasure as they bring me. I encourage you, take moments in your busiest days to enjoy all the BEAUTY around you!  Anyways, enjoy these photos and quotations. Oh, and of course, have a FABULOUS weekend!

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams." ~Ashley Smith

Angel of the Garden

"See the BEAUTY in the little things."

Flowers

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
Albert Einstein

Courthouse in Covington

"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lily Pads and Water Lily

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
Confucius

Lion and Petunias

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." 

~Franz Kafka

What plans do you guys have the the weekend? Anything fun going on? What are you reading? I'm about half way in Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris. Next up, I'm reading Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout. I love comments, so leave me some! :-)

Mani Monday

Accent Nail

So I'm really girly and I really enjoy doing my nails. I'd love to go get them done professionally but alas I am cheap and I like the small bit of creativity doing my own nails affords me. Plus I like changing them up fairly often and they can be attention getters and conversation starters. (*note* I look at a lot of pics online of nails, I'm sure this idea came from one of those I've seen in the past but I can't seem to find the original. I'm sorry if I "stole" an idea, it wasn't my intention.)

This weekend I'm rocking what is called an "accent nail" which is basically painting all but one of your nails the same color and then choosing one nail to have a totally different color. You can pick which finger you want to "accent" but I usually go for accenting my ring fingers. (I'm already wearing my wedding band on my left hand and I have a birthstone ring hubs got me I wear on my right ring finger so to me accenting the ring finger makes sense.) But I've seen where others accent there pointer finger and that looks pretty cool too, so it's completely up to you. FUNky manicures are all about FUN so have FUN with it! :)

Here are some pics of my current mani:

I started by painting all but my ring finger in a light pink, then painted my ring finger gray. Which looked pretty good I thought but of course I can't leave well enough alone!

So I added a couple of layers of silver glitter over my gray polish. (I heart glitter!) And I love the way this mani turned out.

These are the polishes I used. From the right: LA Colors silver glitter (I think I got from some Dollar Store) and the gray and pink came out of set I got at Ross.

Feel free to leave me some comments and share your fav nail designs!