Embroidered Drinks

I may or may not have been feeling a little thirsty when I made my next two cards!

Just like the last two cards I posted about, I used images from my new Doodle Stitching Kit.

I wanted to use the satin stitch to make the red liquid in the martini glass, but I knew that I would end up ripping the card if I made that many holes that close together on the card.  I avoided that problem by outlining the red area with a backstitch, then threading the satin stitch around the backstitched outline instead of through the card itself.

I just used regular old backstitching on the card with the champagne glass.  I wasn't sure how the bubbles would turn out, but I think they ended up looking alright.  I especially like the two little ones inside the champagne, and I sort of wish I had made them all that small.

I need to pick up my stitching pace if I'm going to have enough cards finished by Saturday...  I hope I can do it!  I'm going to get back to work on it right now.

xoxo
Laura

New Year's Eve Nails

I hope you all had a great Christmas!  Now that it's over, it's time to gear up for the next party, New Year's Eve!  For the occasion, I got some champagne colored nail polish by Essie called Imported Bubbly and used it along with a tub of glitter to make sparkling champagne nails.

This look is super easy to achieve.  All you will need are two things: nail polish and a tub of glitter.

And there are only two steps to the process:

1.  Paint your nails.
2.  Dip the tips of each nail into the tub of glitter while the nail polish is still wet.

That's it!  I can't wait to show these off at our New Year's Eve party!

What are you doing in preparation for the big night?
xoxo
Laura