A (more playful) Merry Christmas

To quote Tim Minchin in my favorite Christmas song,

"I really like Christmas. It's sentimental I know, but I just really like it."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q


Seasonal designs are so fun, and so varied, it's almost impossible not to be able to find a design that says "Christmas" just the way you want it to. With a bit of inspiration and a bit of just playing around, I came up with five different designs today to work into a manicure sure to help with your very own Holly, Jolly Christmas.

I saw this gorgeous gold bow on green 'wrapping paper', and loved it! I free-handed this design, then went back to discover it's actually available as a stamp from Konad! *sigh* Well, for the future I'll know there's a quick easy way to reproduce this design. In the meantime, I think this shimmery bow is a fun & festive addition to the mix.

I think this one turned out as my favorite, and it was definitely the hardest to get a good picture of. Simple but fun, just a flocked tree with silver garland and a speckling of snow, I love the subtle but gorgeous way this turned out!

This crazy little guy did NOT want to focus for the camera. I'm assuming it's all due to his fantastic sparkliness. Just take my word for it that this little frozen man is Fabulous.

Simply Christmas. Bright red with a golden shimmer French tip, these would look gorgeous wrapped around a goblet of eggnog. Or ripping into wrapping paper ;)

A brighter background provides more "pop" to this Robin Moses design. My last post had this same theme atop a deep maroon, but it sure is more eye-catching against a shimmery royal purple. I can think of a person or two I'll likely be treating to this design in the near future ;}

And now that I'm in a Christmas-y mood, I'm betting this won't be the end. I'm thinking candy canes. And reindeer. Oh, and gotta have a Santa! Maybe an angel just to round things out. Or maybe...

Jack-o-Lantern (by request)

So after a sarcastic comment about my failing to include a jack-o-lantern in my last Halloween-ish design, I noticed this one by the same youtube poster - IHaveACupcake

And it's every bit as cute as the last one, imho :)

Autumn to Halloween

Well the outside world may not realize there's a change of seasons, at least not in southern Texas, but a girl can dream. From fall nails, onward to creepy themes. Bats and haunted houses might just bring a chill to my spine. Now if only they'd bring a chill to the air as well!

I started with a pretty starry blue sky. Simple and not much to it, but pretty nonetheless. Then I stumbled across this design by IHaveACupcake and couldn't resist embellishing the starry skies I'd been sporting for a day already.

New meds are wearing me out so I'm asleep more than I'm awake, but when I'm awake in the coming months  I'll be trying to keep my nails in time with what Hallmark thinks the weather should be ;)