Olá Queridas,
Hello Sweeties,

Hoje trago-vos um tutorial de uma manicure que gosto bastante e que acho uma óptima opção para a passagem de ano. Eu usei o preto e dourado, mas quais quer outras cores funcionam igualmente bem.

Olá a todos/as,
 Hello Everyone,

 Passei aqui rapidinho apenas para desejar um feliz natal e agradecer a todos os que seguem este blog o vosso apoio! 
 Passed by to wish you all a merry christmas and thank all of my followers for all the support!


Beijinhos!
 Kisses!

Olá queridas,
Hello dears,

Hoje trago mais um Post em Parceria com a Patrícia do Blog  The Fashionista Pretender. É um tutorial em video de manicures de natal bem fofinhas, foi a Patrícia quem editou o video, e ficou maravilhoso. Vejam vocês mesmas:

Today i bring another post in Partnership with Patrícia from the blog  The Fashionista Pretender. It's a Video Tutorial of some cute Christmas Manicure, Patrícia made the Edition, and it's awesome. I know it's in portuguese, but i'll soon add some subtitles, don't miss it. You can see it in here:

Hello my dear friends,
Olá queridos/as amigos/as,

Last Sunday I wrote about gifts you could make yourself, today I'm telling you about the gifts you can simply buy on a store. I know sometimes people have trouble buying a gift for someone, so i made a list about some good items which are pretty easy to find, hope you like it.

No Domingo passado escrevi-vos acerca de Presentes de Natal que podiam fazer vocês mesmos, hoje venho falar-vos acerca de presentes de natal que podem simplesmente comprar numa loja. Sei que por vezes é difícil saber o que comprar a alguém, por isso fiz uma pequena lista de coisas fáceis de encontrar e que geralmente dão um bom presente, espero que gostem.

For Her - Para Ela:

Hi Everyone,
Olá a todas,

Today we have another nail polish adventure. Last week I decided to do something a little bit different and stylish, so i gave a try to gradient manicure, I kinda enjoyed the result, it wasn't perfect but it was still shiny and pretty.
I'm sorry the quality of the pictures is not that good, i try and i try with different lights and backgrounds, but i still haven't found the perfect setting.

Hoje temos mais uma aventura com vernizes. A semana passada resolvi fazer uma manicure um pouco diferente e chique, por isso experimentei fazer uma manicure em degradé. Até gostei bastante do resultado, não ficou perfeito mas ficou bastante brilhante e bonito. 
Peço desculpa pela qualidade das fotografias, eu tento melhorar a luz e o fundo, mas mesmo assim ainda não consegui acertar.

Hey Everyone!
Olá a Todos!

Today I brought to you a list of 5 easy presents you can make for Christmas without spending too much money, or spending hours in a shopping full of people. These are things you can make yourself, i think that even if you can't spend  much money on a present if you offer something done by yourself  it has great great value. I tried to keep it as simple as possible so even someone who never made anything can give it a try and succeed. =)

Hoje trago-vos uma pequena lista de 5 presentes de natal que podem ser feito em casa, sem gastar muito dinheiro e sem passar horas em lojas apinhadas de gente. Estas são pequenas coisas que poderão fazer vocês próprios, na minha opinião mesmo que não se possa gastar muito dinheiro num presente, se se oferecer algo feito por nós próprios tem muito mais valor. Tentei manter as ideias o mais simples possivel para que qualquer um possa experimentar e ser bem sucedido. =)

Hi Girls,
Olá Meninas,

Today, i bring to you the manicure i used last week, i wanted to try out a new polish, and also my leopard nail plate, so i tried this, let's see:

Hoje trago-vos uma manicure que usei a semana passada, queria experimentar um verniz novo que chegou e uma placa de estampagem de leopardo, por isso resolvi experimentar. Vamos ver:

Hello Dear Followers,
Olá Queridas Seguidoras,

Today i'll be starting a series of Christmas Posts, i'm not sure how many they'll be for sure, but i'm planning on making at least 3!
So for the first one is about those things you'd probably like to have , but you don't for some reason, some of them might have a price that's a little out of your confort zone, but well, it's christmas maybe Santa has you on the good girls list, who knows.

So Let's Start!
Vamos lá começar!

1. Ciate's Nail Lab 

Hello sweeties!
Olá Queridas!

Today i present to you a cute manicure for this holidays, and also, a review for a new stamping Plate i just bought.

Hoje trago-vos uma manicure muito fofa para esta estação e época natalícia, trago-vos também a Review da placa #QA58 que usei para estampar as unhas.

This manicure actually has a funny story, a few weeks ago i saw a girl in my college with the most amazing green polish on her nails, and ofc my soul would not be put to rest until i had a polish similar to it.

So I searched and searched and finally found it, i could not wait to paint my nails with it! So i did it and it took me 2 days to get bored with it(yes, i waited so long for nothing), so when my plate arrived i decided to upgrade it. Lets check it out.

Esta manicure tem uma história engraçada, há algumas semanas reaparei numa rapariga aqui na universidade que tinha um verniz verde maravilhoso, como é óbvio não pude descansar até encontrar um bastante semelhante para adicionar à minha colecção.

Hello everyone!
Olá a todas!

Yes, it's true, we're having a give away! I  personally love Giveaways, and i could barely wait to make my own. i will explain how to enter the giveaway, but important things first: - The prize!
Sim, é verdade, temos Giveaway! Pessoalmente adoro giveaways, mal pude esperar enquanto não fiz um eu própria. já vou explicar como  podem concorrer, mas primeiro o mais importante: - O prémio!

Participants will be able to choose between 2 presents of their liking:
Os Participantes poderão escolher entre 2 prémios:

- A beautiful and really cute Bracelet and a charming Ring
- Uma bonita Pulseira e anel 

OR
Ou

- An amazing Set of Gradient Nail Polish
- Um espectacular conjunto de Vernizes em Gradiente

Hi girls!

So this week i'm going to present to you a more discrete look than usual. Since i didn't had much time to paint my nails and I had a school presentation, i opted for a light color with a simple decoration :) Here it is!





Materials used:

Basic:

Amelia Safari - Endurecedor Hidratante
Kiko - 3 in 1 white (fortifying/fast drying) Base Coat 102
Kiko -  372
Kiko - Gel Look Top coat 103

Hello again,

As i promised last week, here we have this week's nail art/ manicure =P

I'm pretty proud of this one, i thought it look perfect on my nails. I had this peacock pattern on my list since forever and i felt like wearing green so i took the chance. and yes, i named it (again!) Peacock in my Garden.

Hello Again Everyone!

As you might have noticed I've changed the blog template again. hopefully this new look will stay for a while.

Also there's a new announcement i want to make, from now on my blog post will not only include the usual crafty posts, but also some beauty and specially Nail Art posts. Why, you ask, because i love it, i paint my nail every week, i'm proud of what i make, and specially because it will bring the blog to a new life. So i hope you all support this decision.

So i'll try to make a nail art post on a weekly basis, sometimes when i have a subject i'll also post some crafty stuff i make, and i might even join a few random post to the party, if i feel like it.

Now moving on to this week post, and opening the weekly nail art post.

Today i'm going to show you my "Happy Owloween" nails (yes, i name my designs sometimes).

Hi Everyone,

 it's been a while, I know, but i haven't had much time or inspiration to post, and i haven't done everything worth posting here, that's the problem with having a blog with a very specific theme. So today, as a looong and boring class passes by, i found five minutes to write this. It's not much but its all i have by now.

So here it is, official announcement, recently i made a partnership with a  friend of mine that is also a blogger. you can check her blog here : The Fashionista Pretender . I'm secretly jealous of her, she has this wonderful blog and a lot of kind enthusiastic followers. Also the main theme of her blog is amazing.

You're probably asking yourselves what kind of  partnership it is, so my friend has a blog about beauty, fashion and mostly nail polish/art witch i also love, and she asked me to make a video about nail stamping to her blog and so i did, you can check it out in A crafty thing youtube account (yes, we have one now).

As you can see the blog is expanding a little bit by himself, and maybe i'll post some of my nail art once in a while(would you like it?), it's also probable that I make a couple more posts to  The Fashionista Pretender and i may post them here for you.

and that's all, have a good week
 xoxoxo

Hey guys!

I know it's been a while since the last time, i went trough finals just fine, went on a little vacation with my mom, and now I'm back. Although I've been on a very lazy mood these days, my mom asked me if i could fix a bracelet from one of her friends and i ended up making a couple of things more, with stuff i found on my little box of wonders =D.

Let me show you:





Now moving on to the original work:

On top, a bracelet i made specially for my mother, who was asking for a black bracelet she could mix with some others she already has. o did not want it to be all black (fake) pearls, because i think it looks too plain, so i added those shiny things in the middle.

On the bottom is a brooch i made with some lost beads i had here. The picture does not show clearly but that red one is a beautiful bright red, like an apple. then i added a ribbon made by myself (took me a while to pass the metal through it, but i got there eventually), and voila some nice brooch was made.

And that's all, i hope i can come back soon with more cute stuff! bye bye! =D xoxoxo

Hello fellow crafters, it's been half an year since i made my last post, and I'm terribly sorry about it. Truth is for a while, i didn't had, the time the patience or the mood for crafts. i was busy and lots of other stuff kept appearing. I could promise I'll never do it again, but i won't make such an empty promise. because i know myself and I'll probably get busy with all kinds of "shenanigans" again, I'm sorry. =(

But never mind, here i am now, and I'm going to show you what I've been up to, in one word: FIMO! also best known as polymer clay. For a long time, I've been watching and gathering youtube videos on this subject, and i wanted to try it, but in the past i had a bad experience with it so at first i resisted the urge to buy an whole store of polymer clay and stuff.

So, last week i went to an Art store and bought 6 different colours. i didn't know what i was doing yet, but i bought some pastel colours, black and some creme one to make dolls and stuff. And yesterday i finally decided, I was gonna make a chibi geisha doll! So after a long day of study for my exams, i set up my stuff and started working.

The first one i made didn't go so well, it was terribly cute, but my oven burnt it all. (i set it in a lower temperature than what says in the package but it does not work very well and after 25 minutes my fimo doll started to melt). I panicked for a bit but then i decided to make another one, I'm glad i did because it was even better than the first one.


              

To make the rose cheeks i used my own blush BEFORE cooking (normally pastel chalks are used for this, but i misplaced mine). After baking i painted some details with nail polish, i was gonna use acrylic paint, but i didn't have red, and i realised why use my 4 colours of acrylic, when i have like 50 different shades of polish(ah ah, 50 shades...).

And that's it for today!! (wow, i reaaally made a long post!)