absurdly peculiar

I keep on blaming the Holidays for having a slump in the DIY idea/inspiration department.  I mean there are so many things you could technically DIY, but I haven't found a project that excited me, until this baby was brought home to me: Someone in my family asked me if I wanted this and the answer was no.  I know, I know...I can use it for so many things... groceries, library books, a lunch bag...etc. but lets be honest, it is plain ugly. I started thinking how it would either end up in a dumpster or be kept away in some part of the apartment (pretending that it will eventually be whipped out for something but truthfully, it will never see the light of day like so many of the free advertised tote bags I have).  So instead of dumping it/never fufilling its life purpose... I decided to fix it so it can live up to its potential. Lucky you, ugly tote bag! Inspirations for the design came from research for my Distracted... post; specifically, from the following:

So I decided to attempt Chevron Nails today.  I decided to use OPI's Barefoot in Barcelona and Essie's Lady Godiva. Following Refinery29's tutorial:  ( Photographed by Tracy Wang) I got these fabulous nails: While Refinery 29's tutorial pics looked as though they had a lot of control when painting their nails, I'm not going to lie...my nail polish was all over the place. But I was able to clean them up nicely! I'm loving my nails!