A Year In Color: The First Six Months **PIC HEAVY**

Hey all!

First, if you haven't checked out Polished Plumage on Instagram, please do! This was a great idea that she's shared with a group of awesome fellow nail polish lovers, including myself. Each month has a different color theme using a unique hashtag along with #ayearincolor, and it's been fun so far! See the original post with monthly colors listed here.

January became known as #whitejanuary.

The first one was actually part of a mani swap with egyptianmani! I really enjoyed this one.

And the swap collage :-)

This was my first Pats mani for the NFL playoffs, also white for January! 

This one may not be *exactly* white, but oh well! I went to a Wings game, and this was my mani!

February was blue, hence, #bluefebruary.

My second Pats mani

Blue Valentine's Day mani!

Vapid Lacquer Aphrodite

The (oh-so-fitting) color for March was green! And #greenmarch was born!

St. Patrick's Day nails...aaaand, a little bit of my cat. :-)

April brought out all the nudes...#nudeapril

This one was part of a collage a few ladies did in support of a fellow polish lover

The full collage:

Easter Nails! I used lots of Moonflower Polishes on this one.

May wrapped up spring pretty well with #yellowmay, but...I didn't...

I painted...I planned...I broke. *sad*

And the last of the first six months, #violetjune. PURPLE!!! My fave! (It may actually rival #greenmarch in the number of times I painted!)

Some ladies got together for another support mani, and it was beautiful, purpley, love and gorgeousness!

The full collage

Another mani swap mani, this time with dancingshimmers!

The collage

You can also see all of the #ayearincolor posts here! I realize this isn't limited to nails, but it has definitely been enjoyable to me to see all of the different takes. :-) It's not too late to join! We're only about half way through July now, so there's plenty of time to chime in with your mani pics!

Do you like having a challenge or theme to help you come up with design, art, or simple mani ideas? Leave a comment below! Share a link to a favorite mani that you've done in the past!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Stacy

Nails Like Lace Instagram Rainbow Collab

Through all of these wonderful groups of ladies that I've "met" through my rekindled love of all things nail polish, I've gotten into some pretty awesome collaborations, features, and just overall great experiences.

Back on topic! Recently, I was able to participate in the #returnoftherainbowcollab that was put on by Amber at Nails Like Lace on Instagram! When I first signed up to be a part of it, I had no idea what I was going to do. Ok, let me rephrase that. I had so many ideas, but I couldn't narrow it down. Rainbow gradient? Man, a lot of people do those... Dotticure? I've seen a lot of those, too, but love how they look. I wonder how neons will look over nude...I'm going to try that! Ooh, what about a fan brush! YES! THAT'S what I'm going to do! Now you've experienced just a minuscule part of what goes on in my head when I'm trying to figure out just what I'm going to do with my nails.

I pulled all of the polish that I would need for both of these ideas, loaded them into my basket, grabbed a tv tray and parked my butt on the couch in the living room. One of these days, when my husband isn't around to side-eye me, I will take pictures of everything as I go. Anyways, you get the idea...lots of polish in my basket, lots of tools, too many ideas still swirling in my head. I went for the dotticure first. I used NYC Fashion Safari as the base color, and L.A. Colors Absolute, Spat!, Flicker, Scream, Aquatic and Electra for the dots. I do like it, but it didn't turn out quite how I pictured!

Off it came, and I moved on to my fan brush idea. For this one, I used a whole bunch of other colors that, unfortunately, I did not take note of. Sinful Colors Snow Me White is the base...I do remember that much. :-P

And here's the full collaboration! Talk about adding a little color to the world. How can you not smile seeing all these beautiful rainbows!?

Have you been a part of a large collaboration? Did you enjoy it?

See you soon, stay polished!
~Stacy

#wearyellowforseth

So, there's this little boy named Seth that is battling Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID). He was in need of a second bone marrow transplant, and everyone was challenged to wear yellow to support him yesterday March 27, 2015. To read more about Seth and his journey, visit their Facebook page and their blog!

I wish I would have gotten this posted yesterday!!! Here is my contribution to #wearyellowforseth.

All colors used are by Sinful Colors: Let's Meet (YELLOW!), Go Go Boots (purple), Savage, and Hazard. I really kind of love this mani, so as badly as I'm itching to repaint, I'm leaving it on a little longer to support one super adorable little hero! <3 nbsp="" p="">

Stay strong, little man!!!

~Stacy