Girly-Girl Challenge Day 6: Who inspires You?

For day 6 of the Girly-Girl Challenge you must create a design in honor of the person who inspires you the most. Well that's pretty straight forward for most ladies to choose their Mom & I have to go along with that. My mother was everything to my sisters & I, she had 7 daughters & we all love her so very much. She taught us everything a woman should know, even if some of the things didn't quite stick, it was her goal to turn us into great women one day. She could sew, crochet, draw, sing, do arts & crafts, but most of all she was a fantastic cook. Sadly, my mother got sick with brain cancer when I was about 15 or 16. She fought so very hard & went through 2 major operations & chemotherapy, but after 2 years of fighting she lost the battle & left this life while at home surrounded by family, she was 42 years old. It was the hardest thing my sisters & I have ever had to endure & a pain so deep it never really goes away. But we carry on knowing that she would want us to be happy in life & not pine over losing her. We try our best to find peace in our hearts & joy in our memories.

I have done other nail art in honor of Mom, like this design called "Mom's English Roses", she really did love roses. I found this lovely design created by Simply Rins that was just perfect, since she has a much more steady hand than I do, her rosebuds are way better than mine but I think they turned out alight.

Here are a few pictures of life with Mom:

My Inspiration. Mom, at about 37 years old, about 2 or 3 years before being diagnosed. 

This was taken in Portugal, I'm the one on her lap, I'm about 1 1/2.

This was the last time we took a picture together as a family.
 I'm the one in the back at the far left with my eyes closed, lol.

Mom doing what she did best, baking, I'm the one on the far right that is actually doing something besides drawing or eating, lol.

Christmas '84, I'm at the far right holding little sister Tina on my lap.

So here it is, my Girly-Girl day 6 design inspired by Mom:

Girly-Girl Challange, Day 5:Gotta love Chick Flicks!

Day 5 of the Girly-Girl challenge, Gotta love Chick Flicks: Truth be told this was the first design I did, I was so excited for this day I could hardly contain myself! I immediately thought of the one quintessential chickflick/book that melts my heart when I see it & makes me think of my sisters & that is "Little Women". My sisters & I have loved this book for the simple reason that it's about the close bond of sisters & their Mom. Our Mom used to read this to us when we were little & it's become even more precious to us since her passing away about 18 years ago. To this day I will watch every version of it when it's on TV, I've read the book so many times, it's just one of those things that makes me smile:

Here are my inspirations:

Amy & her clothespin on her nose

Beth playing piano at Christmas

Jo, writing her book

Meg in her pretty blue dress, before the girls "fixed" her up.

I love how each one had something specific that made them all memorable & unique individuals. Like I mentioned, I did this awhile ago so I don't remember what polishes I used, so sorry, but I guess it won't matter too much, if you really want to know just ask & I'll look in my polish stash & let you know.

Here's is my "Gotta love Chick Flicks" nail design:

Amy's clothes pin, Beth's piano, Jo's fountain pen, Meg's blue dress

Mom's English Roses

Inspired by my Mom

Roses were my Mom's favorite flower. Every time I smell one it reminds me of her. Painting roses makes me feel nostalgic, wishful & romantic. I had been wanting a dark green polish for so long & I finally found a beautiful one from Wet n Wild, unfortunately named Morbid. It only seemed right to make something that sounds like a depressing color into something romantic & beautiful. The color is just divine, & you will see, the roses turned out simply perfect & display the green beautifully.

English rose teacup inspiration

First I started with my CND sticky base coat that I've been using recently & really love, then I painted 2 coats of Wet n Wild Morbid & let dry for about 5min. I used FOLK ART metallic acrylic paints to paint the roses, leaves & dots, you can see in the picture bellow L-R: 493 Metallic Bright Red, 2484 Champagne, 2480 Royal Gold & 671 Metallic Peridot:

I also used a little finishing touch on the leaves with the Wet n Wild Morbid, to add a little more depth to the leaves, waited about 5min & finished with INM Out the Door top coat. Bellow is the finished look, I took a few different pictures to try & capture the color in different lights. (video tutorial coming as soon as I figure out how to edit, lol!)

As close to the "true color" as I could get

Hope ya'll have a lovely day, think of someone you love & smile!