Polish, James Polish

I love nail polish. I have a few brands that I know work and love every color they come out with. Last night I came across O.P.I. James Bond Collection. They created 12 polishes named for each movie for the 50th anniversary.

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I love all the colors. I especially love that burgandy red named Skyfall. It's so pretty. I also really love the teal/grey sparkle color named On Her Majesty's Secret Service.  The gold sparkles is pretty. It's called Goldeneye. And the bright blue color named Tomorrow Never Dies is gorgeous.

Oh and the cool thing about that 13th color (which is a top coat) on the far right ... it has flecks of 18K gold in it! Real gold on your nails. That's crazy but awesome at the same time.

Black is the New Me

For Halloween I decided I wanted to dye my hair temporarily. It took three different times and three different hair dyes. The last one is a tad more permanent than I was initially going for but I really like so I don't mind. The color will come out by the beginning of December.

Brunette before ...

Black after ...

P.S. Yes, that is my natural eyebrow color. It works really well with black hair. lol.

Purple Words

Last week I decided to make my two pillow covers with that Ikea wordy fabric. I really do LOVE this fabric. It's so fun.

So I took these gold pillows that I bought a long time ago and took off their covers. And then after measuring and sewing some five-minute covers and put them on my white pillow forms.

Gold pillows before...

Wordy pillow after.

The word pillows are residing on my bed.

I also wanted an accent pillow for bed too. So using the extra purple fabric I had I covered a smaller pillow using this tutorial. I think it turned out adorable.

Now my bed is all pretty. And comfy. I winterized my bed last weekend too. Meaning I put my second comforter on the bed. During the winter I sleep with two comforters. :)

Halloween decor

I don't have much in the way of spooky decor.

I have my three witches I made a few years ago and a giant spider. This year I made a web for my spider to be on and hung him on my bedroom door.

I found the spider web idea via Pinterest. How About Orange has a great tutorial here.

Before ...

After.

Spidey does get kind of lost because he is black too. But he pops off the door because he is 3D and the web is flat against the door. Maybe I'll hang him lower on the door so he is on the very bottom of the web. Either way I think the web is a great addition to Spidey.

Purple and Gold

I have been thinking about my Esmeralda costume for Halloween. My version is a simplified version of her main outfit. The skirt will be purple. I bought the fabric a week or so ago. I just need to sew the skirt. I'll have a white blouse top, which I need to find. She needs her gold bangles and earrings. I got some the other week too. And I really like them. I think I want to find a thick bangle to like she has on her left wrist. The ones I got are the thin ones. I even have a gold anklet I can wear. In order to incorporate her teal corset in my version I was thinking of having her skirt wrap be teal. (It's the dark purple fabric in the above picture.) I also plan on having her pink headband. I need to find a pattern for that. Also I need to get the perfect pink fabric. I think it would be fun to dye my hair black or find a long black wig that I could wear. But if not then my normal brown hair will work fine. I also want to find a tambourine or even a goat stuffed animal.. I think that would be fun.

Shadow

Shadow

... Having fun randomly in the backyard.

What I Read

What I Read

... Battlefield Earth: The Saga of the Year 3000. I'm almost done with it.