Craft-O

It's almost Friday.

Today = work and then home to do some packing for the weekend. I knew it wouldn't take long to gather everything I wanted for the next few days, so that left me plenty of time to start in on some project work I've been wanting to do. Thanks, Blogspot. 

hello, beautiful mess!

^ Guys have their man cave? Well, this is the Cori Cave. Welcome to my outlet for creative nonsense. It's nothing extravagant but it certainly does the trick for me.

before & after

So, what I'm doing is simple photo transfers to canvas. I haven't done these before, but how hard can it really be? I read the tutorial, and when I do that, it's usually a successful project. Usually. I got everything done for the first phase of the transfer tonight; the next step is letting them dry overnight. I'll take them with me to IL this weekend and work on them some there when Rob's working Saturday... I'll keep you posted on how they turn out (:

Of course I couldn't let a couple of canvasses get away with being the only decorated surfaces for the night. I dug out the OPI & Essie bottles and went to work on a simple experiment. I'm not sure just yet if I'm sold on it, but that's the point of experiments, is it not?

essie & opi ... & an owl.... & an owl... ツ

Phew. Successful night of crafting, which helped me release some of the energy I have pent up waiting for tomorrow to roll around.. hah.

Tomorrow = IL = Rob + Stella & Sasha + Friends + F-U-N.

See you there ;)

xo | cmd

Nails | Nancy's Birthday | MVP's

Welp,... we only saw Nancy for a fleeting moment this morning but sure enough, the birthday surprises were a success! Elisa picked up some flowers, a balloon and a bag of chocolate, and we were ready by the time Nancy arrived this morning. I.. love.. birthdays (:

happy birthday, nancy!! (:

[Winning!]

Oh, and on that DIY note...
...... Thanks a lot, Instagram.
I swear, if it's not Pinterest shelling out new experiment ideas, it's Instagram. Haha. I should've known better than to browse around on some DIY pages a few days back, but I've been wanting to throw some polish on the nails and haven't really been motivated enough to do it... yet.

And then I found ombre [gradient] nails. This is definitely a rough sketch of what these could look like if I really put my mind to them, but I don't think they came out half bad (:

getting ready (:

Sponge + colors + way too much time on my hands....

base coat... prime color...

Sponge feeding the second color... It's not a pro job but then again, I'm no pro. I did find a few ways that I'll remember for the next time [assuming there is one] that I decide to spend this much time painting my nails.. ehh.

ta... da.

Yeaauuup. Probably not my favorite project, but worth at least one try and maybe another one down the road once I've forgotten how annoying this actually got after about 20 minutes. We'll see.

Lastly, to piggyback off of yesterday's dote on my friend Ladd, I figured I'd try and actually see him sometime before his next birthday rolls around... so yeah.... MVP's it was, to rendezvous with Ladd, Jason & Keith.. and eventually Kelly, too [*sidenote, Melissa .. feel 100% better, soooon!].

Good to see them, even if Ladd is still trying to be an honorary Asian. Jury's out, buster; I'll have to consult Nader & Nalom to see if your membership renewal is negotiable.. haha.

mvp's | silverton, oh

I'm home. It's late. I'm tired.
It's gonna be a loooong day tomorrow, I think... but worth it, since I'm supposed to see KALYN [*squeaaaaaaaal] tomorrow evening.

Adios, amigos.

xo | cmd

Essie Brings Even the Lil' Girls to the Yard ;)

Say hello to my little grown up....

essie girl!

Today was my first night back with Sydni in a little while, and naturally, I left the evening's agenda up to her. She voted for first changing into her new Hello Kitty shirt [never would've imagined myself as a San Rio fan], and then painting her nails. Purple was the color of choice, so that's what we did!

.... And then she painted the wall.
....... It came off, but still. Welcome to the wonderland world of toddlerhood.

We're off to a blazing start. Haha. No worries; life goes on. The great thing is, she's here and I.... am... just flat out happy.

xo | cmd

ESSIE

I'm having a first world problem:

WHAT COLOR?!?!

It's so unlike me to sit and ponder over stuff like this [because for me to even want nail polish in the first place is pretty rare in itself]. My temporary hangup now is which color to utilize for this wedding coming up on Friday. The way I've got it figured, if I'm gonna use nail polish and be girlyishesque-like, I'm gonna do it right. Haha. I'm thinking the dark purple, but any of these will suffice.


i love essie :)

I'll keep you posted on the final verdict later.
Oh, and I saw this gem driving in front of me on my way to work this morning: I'm not quite sure where the inspiration came from, but I liked it and I thought I'd share. Yay, homemade vehicle mods.

hired guns. ooookay?

Adios, ya'll.

xo | cmd