Japanese 3D Nail Art -Pastel Leopard Print -Clara H

The super awesome Clara H invited me to come have my nails done again over the weekend!

This time I wanted something a bit simpler than last time, I gave her the ideas of pastel, leopard print and girly.

Here’s what she came up with 😀

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Looove them 😀 Exactly what I wanted! Clara is so wonderfully creative and she knows my taste so well.

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The middle fingers have these massive pearl bows with a metal base, I’ve never seen any of these before but they are so cute! They look awesome on the brighter pink base too.

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Close ups of the bling and pearl details:

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Last time there were quite a few questions about how comfortable they were to wear. After the first day I really didn’t notice the length anymore, the largest jewels occasionally got caught in my hair but that was fixed with a top coat. Other than that I really didn’t find any difference to having normal nails. By the end of the month I had to file them down a bit so they were the original length and other than top coating occasionally that was the only maintenance I did.

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The thumbs are my favorites 😀

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Moooore nail photos 😀

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I filmed this one too so video coming up soon there.

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Clara is going to start doing more in depth video tutorials soon too so if there is anything that you want to see or learn how to do let me know in the comments!

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So if you’re in Melbourne and want to get your nails done make sure you check out Clara at Tsumiki salon to book in 😀 And if you’re not in Melbourne go check her gallery anyway for amazing designs.

Thank you for such pretty nails Clara!!

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What kind of design should I get next time?!

The Home Sweet Home Diary – Quick Craft

When I started the Home Sweet Home Project I wanted to make a physical diary that I could keep of the progress. Like a scrapbook but full of drawings and pretty things. Of course it needed to be as pretty as the projects I was planning to do so it turned into a mini project in itself.

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I went through all of my stickers trying to find something suitable then realised that I had far to many stickers for someone who really never uses them for anything.VioletLeBeaux-Note-book-decoration40939_15394I used a pre-made set for the base.VioletLeBeaux-Note-book-decoration40943_15398

And extended it out to cover the whole area. Finished 😀

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As a front page I added in a watercolour chart as I was planning to do a lot of painting with it.

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Now I can be assured that I’ll have something pretty to remember this whole experience with ^_^ Now back to the real projects!

Melbourne Snapshots!

Today’s snapshots are a mishmash of things so enjoy 😀

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James made delicious pasta and vegetable soup.

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Very good for eating with crusty bread.VioletLeBeauxP1000495_1066 copyI can’t remember why or even when I took this… but it’s pretty XD

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Button shopping at Lincraft for special Bergamot presents!

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Beautiful architecture!

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Dough balls for dumpling soup.

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Cute plants 😀 You all know I have a weird obsession with taking photos of plants and flowers!

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Speaking of obsessions… architecture 😉

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James found a black version of my Pierre the Bear who lives on my hair scarf. EVIL TWIN PIERRE!

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I had to make the next batch of business cards too, gluing the charms on is time consuming but totally worth it!

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I had lunch with Candice of Super Kawaii Mama to, it’s been far too long since we got to hang out properly!

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I love the grafiti here, there’s always something surprising down every alley! Snowman in Summer 😀

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Some drawings I was working on with new art supplies!

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I decorated some cupcakes for James, I’m only interested in the fun decorating part not the rest haha.

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James also discovered that bacon flowers are the best thing ever.

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Also he likes hot dogs.

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Dramatic architecture!

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Celina won a little blue cat at the claw machine! I love those blue cats so much, they are so cuddly.

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And lastly we went to the Suzuki night markets and I tried a bunch of yummy foods!

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Including a twirly potato on a stick! It was really yummy 😀

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So that’s it for now! How has your week been?