Slacking!

I know, I know… I’ve been a slacker when it comes to the blog. This is my first post all YEAR! Wow. In my defense, I haven’t actually been slacking in real life. The first week of January is always hectic at work because we have to do year end reports and get the new year filing stuff set up. In other news, my LAST semester at this school started on Monday, so I’ve been getting things organized and set up for my classes as well. Oh, and I’ve added a new early morning (or late night, depending on how well my snooze button seems to be working that morning) workout routine to my schedule. Unfortunately, posting to the blog somehow got buried under all of that on my to-do list, BUT there are good things planned…

Creating a Custom Personal Planner – Assembly

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas holiday! Last week, I managed to get all of the planner templates updated for 2012. Since there’s only a few more days to go before you can use them, I figured I might as well make a quick tutorial on what to do with them, in case you’re new to the world of DIY planners. With just a few tools that can be purchased at your local office supply store, you can create a unique and functional planner that allows you to keep everything you need (and nothing you don’t) at your fingertips.

Christmas Eve Candy Cane Nails

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!! Today is bittersweet for me. On one hand, I’m excited to see my family and enjoy the holidays. On the other, we’re celebrating at my MawMaw Green’s (the one that recently passed), so it will be kind of sad. It definitely won’t be the same without her. In the spirit of the day, though, I am sporting a festive manicure that I’ve been wanting to try for a while… Candy Cane Nails!

Black Magic is Afoot! (A New 2012 Planner Template)

I have been hard at work today! Ironically, it was while I was at work, though I wasn’t working on ‘work’ stuff, so I guess according to my boss it would be considered ‘goofing off.’ Regardless of that fact, I managed to produce an early Christmas present for my planner enthusiast friends! I had originally set a goal of next week for the release of the Black Magic planner templates, but due to my slow day at work, I was able to finish them this afternoon! The entire template is available for download on the Get Your Own page, but here’s a little preview…

2012 Planner Templates Now Available!

After working off and on over the weekend and for a good part of this week, I’ve gotten two of the three 2012 Planner Templates uploaded and ready for you to download! Available as of tonight are Simply Silver (a light color scheme letter sized template) and Dallas (a bold black and white color scheme classic sized template).

Shopping, Wrapping, & Organizing = My Weekend

You might have noticed I didn’t post my usual weekend manicure. Well, there’s a few reasons. One, I had a perfect manicure in mind, but ran out of time to get it right and ended up doing solid colors for the weekend: Zoya Freja on Saturday and Essie Trophy Wife on Sunday. I also had shopping to do Saturday and Christmas dinner at my grandmother’s house on Sunday. Lastly, I was preparing for the upcoming planner post that will help you get ready for the approaching new year!

Snow in Alabama

If you live here, you know we get snow about once in a blue moon, and if it actually sticks the whole city shuts down except for Walmart. While I’m not a huge fan of cold weather, I’m kind of jealous of all those places that get pretty white winters. Here, it’s just dead trees and yellow grass; not what I would call a beautiful time of year. However, despite my near hatred of winter, I wanted to create a pretty winter manicure to lift my spirits and used snow as my inspiration.

Finals Weekend & Your Chance to Win!

Just last week it felt like this semester would never end… yet here I sit at 11pm, taking a break from my scheduled 72 hour study session for the finals that begin on Monday. Oh yes, I’m already nearly tempted to give my chemistry book to the dogs as a new chew toy.

Okay, okay, I know, you don’t want to read about my finals stress. You want to see a manicure and know what the winning in the title is referring to, right? Well, I’ll tell you…

In Loving Memory

This is not just another manicure post. Unfortunately, it is a rather sad one. Wednesday night, my great-grandmother passed away. She’d been having some issues and was rushed to the hospital Tuesday morning. I did get the opportunity to go in and see her Tuesday night, but she was not doing well. She left behind a very large family and many wonderful memories. She was known to me, and many others, simply as MawMaw Green. As a tribute to her, I wanted to create a special manicure since I have dedicated time and effort for such a thing to much less.

Tide Pride

I said it last night, but I would just like to say it again… The Alabama Crimson Tide won out against the Auburn Tigers last night! ROOOOLLL TIDE! Yes, I’m going to Auburn but I have always been and will always be a Tide fan! I’m just gonna have to be a little more incognito about it next year. Haha! Anyway, before the game I wanted to show my support on my nails and came up with this manicure using Sally Hansen’s Salon Effects in Check It Out, OPI’s An Affair In Red Square, and Confetti’s Silver Slippers.