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A Japanese inspired konadicure

Written by Elisabeth on February 28, 2010 – 16:51 -

It’s been nearly a year now since my three weeks long vacation in the wonderfully confusing and quite spectacular country of Japan. I simply love Japan and miss it so much. Although I realise that I probably wont be going back for several years, me with a baby on the way and all.

Apart from watching every travel and food show on tv from Japan I can express my longing through a Japanese inspired konadicure followed by a cup of green tea.

 

This is three coats of Essie Ballet Slippers with images from Konad plate S9, Konad special polish used for stamping. I’m especially pleased with the kimono clad girl as that’s my very first multicoloured print.

Tags: konad, manicure, S9
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NOTD - OPI Hey! Get in Lime!

Written by Elisabeth on August 1, 2009 – 09:01 -

It feels like fall here in Norway. It rains and rains … and did I ever mention that it rains? It drives me nuts and have given me a lingering cold to boot. I’m not a happy cat, and sport my wellingtons more often than not. I did buy some very nice and very pretty and rather expensive sandals this year, but they’ve only been worn once.

So - The least I can do was make my nails happy. I missed out on the MAC Peppermint Patti train and am too much of a cheapskate to pay lots of cash for it on the Bay of E. I got OPI’s Hey! Get in Lime instead and I must say it’s a perfect shade of mint, so I’m happy now. To make summer happen on my nails I added some flower decals I dragged home from Japan.

I felt pretty! Oh so pretty!

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NOTD - OMG! I’m Indi-a mood for love

Written by Elisabeth on July 15, 2009 – 20:19 -

OPI’s Indi-a mood for love is supposedly a dead on dupe for the pink in MAC’s limited edition Hello Kitty collection. Arguably, Indi-a mood for love does not have Hello Kitty on it, but it has a great formula and if you really really want Kitty on the bottle you can always slap a kawaii sticker on there!

For the konadicure part of this I used China Glaze OMG! I think it was a nice effect even if it was a bit more subtle than I had imagined it to be inside my head. But people have complimented this manicure so I guess it shows off enough.

I’m also beginning to be happy with the shape of my nails. I think they need a bit more work before I’ll be completely satisfied, but I’m on my way. I haven’t had long nails for a few years so it takes some getting used to.

Tags: indi-a mood for love, konad, manicure, Nail polish, OMG!, opi
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Pot holders

Written by Elisabeth on January 26, 2009 – 20:40 -

A while back I bought some white and green cotton yarn called “Mandarin” because I wanted to make a baby jacket for a friend of mine. What I had not counted upon (especially as the smiling woman in the store swore  this was easy as pie to to) was that I simply did not manage to knit the jacket. I have tried several times, and the whole thing is too loose, to chunky, too strange or i just feel like the yarn is splitting into several finer threads making my life miserable and the jacket into an unholy mess. Once my mum glanced at my feeble attempt and promptly frogged the entire thing!

The baby this jacket was intended for is now 2 years old and wont fit it anymore. But seeing that I’m becoming an aunt (again - love those little rascals) I picked up the knitting needles and the “Mandarin” and tried again. To no avail I might add - it was a total mess again, and certainly did no wonders for my self esteem…!

But then a friend told me that it’s rather hard to knit well for a beginner with this yarn, and she suggested I buy some baby wool instead and then give the jacket another go. I decided to do that, but that left me with quite a bit of green and white cotton yarn - and what to do with it.

So - I decided upon pot holders. The ones I have are old, worn and have stains no washing liquid will remove so I needed new ones anyways. On the internet I found a lovely recipe for old fashioned pot holders. The recipe is in Norwegian.

And to my surprise they are quite simple to make. They do take forever though considering I use 2,5mm knitting needles, but I have time and several episodes of Gossip Girl on my tvix.

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New job -

Written by Elisabeth on August 28, 2008 – 19:52 -

Just nod slightly if you know that tiredness that likes to envelope you when you have started a new job. That tiredness that crawls and creeps over you after a long day at the office when you have no idea how to perform your job, how to make the coffe and where everyone is a stranger.

Right now I’m the embodiment of that person. I’m totally beat when I come home and the closest I come to craftiness is designing some things in my head. Maybe I’ll soon find the energy to actually draw my designs, but for now I’m most comfortable under the blanket in the living room.

My lovely knitting basket and my sewing machine are gathering dust in the living room.

But next week Gadget, next week….

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