Paint Me

My daughter and I have become obsessed with nail designs lately.  Obsessed!!!  There are so many cute ideas out there from gel nails to decals to just fun designs using a toothpick.  I've only been doing my fingernails because I get monthly pedicures.  However, Kaitlyn has really been enjoying me painting her nails and I am all for it!

Here are some of our faves:

We recently tried our hand (no pun intended) at some designs ourselves.

Blue with pink polka dots

 Sprinkles

Monkey

Black and red

Once we pick a design we like, the table usually looks like this:

It's a lot of fun and all about practice.  My lines aren't perfectly straight and my dots aren't always perfect circles.  I don't like to spend lots of money for one polish so I usually buy NYC brand polish or whatever is on sale or I have a coupon to use.

For more fun nail ideas, check out my Paint Me board on Pinterest.  Painted nails is the simplest accessory to any outfit!

Wedge Obsession

With summer in full swing, so are cute summer styles.  Wedges are the big fashionable footwear right now and they are EVERYWHERE!  I didn't realize how much I loved them myself until I did a quick inventory in my closet.  I may have a slight obsession with wedges.

I have these 2 brown wedges that are similar in style and they're closed toe.  I wear them in the fall/winter with jeans.

Tan colored wedges makes it easy to match with just about any outfit.  The wedges in the middle of the picture have been with me for 11 years!  I never throw away fashionable shoes (unless they're falling apart) because they always come back in style.  The pair on the right were only $6 at Kohl's.

I always love a cute black pair of wedges.  These 3 pair are different styles and different textures.  Again, the pair on the right were only $6 at Kohl's.  I bought them at the same time I bought the tan pair in the above picture.

I love adding splashes of color to accessorize with my outfits, whether it's jewelry or shoes (my jewelry obsession is for another time).  I was wanting some red shoes to go with a navy blue summer dress I had just bought.  My mom found these red wedges at Ross for less than $20!  

Recently, I spend an entire Saturday afternoon, going to tons of different shoe stores, to find yellow wedges to match a yellow shirt.  I had no such luck.  A few days later, I was shopping in Target for some household items when I walked by the shoe department.  I just glanced at their back wall of 50% off shoes and something yellow caught my eye.  I almost ran towards the shoes, jumping over shoe boxes and dodging crying babies (not really, but it sounds exciting), to see if these were THE yellow wedges I had been looking for.  They were!  Not only were they in my size, but they were only $9!!!!!  Plus, I really love the look of the gray and yellow paired together.

So, yes, it's an obsession, but no, it's not a super expensive obsession.  I look for deals anywhere shoes are sold and I rarely pay full price.  I can't wait to add some more colorful wedges to my collection.  What wedges are in your closet?