Fish, Fish, Pudding! Freehand Penguin Nails + announcement

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today? Tell me, is it scorching hot where you live? It's been pretty hot here in Holland and all I day dream about is jumping into a beautiful topical sea somewhere exotic! - Its not likely to happen any time soon but I did decide to at least cool my nails down with these cheeky penguins!The inspiration originally came from THIS pin.

I really need to say some stuff... Alot happened in the last week. My life is upside down. I can't not share it with you... Cos this is my 'home' too.

For this manicure I began with two coats of Rimmel's 'Bestival Blue' and added Miss Sporty '2277' glitter with a dab of Zoya's 'Maisie' here and there. Once dry I created everything else with my Oumaxi acrylic paints and bamboo brush.

While I'm 'sort of' happy with this manicure I wish the chicky was cuter and also that I had just drawn fish above the penguins heads, in my opinion the messy writing really lets it down!

Still, it helped me feel cooler for a while! 

Please read blogger friends: I'll be flying to England  short notice from Tuesday 18th
 

I was scared to talk about the personal things in life in much depth, I feel like my blog is going down hill the more I update on 'life' stuff which is understandable... I don't want bore you guys or just say sad stuff to you. But what I do have to do is explain what's gone on in the past week, so at least you can see why I am not keeping up with things such as commenting. My Granddad passed last Friday, it was what I was dreading ever since we came home from the last visit. When I last left my family in England the plan was for me and Mr Bravo to go back in September for his 100th Birthday... When my mum called to tell me he had gone I was devastated of course. I didn't have the financing myself to get back home for the funeral. It was so impossible at the time I received the call. This plagued me with extreme guilt and I knew if I wasn't there it would be something I would always feel bad for. My mum is the 'tough kind' – she never takes a day off work, she is always so calm, she is just like my Granddad – but even those people need a break and I desperately wanted to be back to help her out in anyway I could. Emotional support more than anything...

Thanks to my Partner, Mr Bravo and my amazing Sister in law they made it possible. The word gratitude is just NOT enough to describe how thankful I am to both of them. Mr Bravo and I could not both go, It wasn't possible – If you've ever booked short notice flights then I hope you can see why! He sacrificed a lot for me to go alone, which wont be easy on both of us to be apart -we're just not used to being apart!

But I'll get to say goodbye to a man that was always smiling, a man who always asked how I was doing even when I wasn't able to visit. A man who really took care of his family and loved his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

What do you think of my penguin nails? Do you feel like plunging into a nice cool pool?!

Have a beautiful day,

Love

Ithi