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Hannah's 1st Birthday

In the previous post I mentioned I had recently photographed my niece's 1st birthday and have decided to share some of the photos from the party. There were definitely some characters! It was by far the best 1st birthday I've been to, although I haven't been to many! Enough jibber jabber... I'll start with the birthday girl herself.

 

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Christmas + New Years

So, it's officially 2012! Woohoo!!! It has also been a little while since I last posted anything so I figured I would just cram everything that's been going on in one ginormous post! First off is a holiday-ish nail swatch. I used an Essie Merino Cool polish with stamping on the middle finger using Nicole by OPI The Next Ceo and Konad m63 and Sally Hansen Gem Crush Big Money! FYI I love Big Money!!! It is so sparkly and so me! I eventually ended up have to do a full mani of just this polish, which you will see below!

This nail swatch is of Essie Pure Pearlification over and Essie Blanc. Very wintery! This was my Christmas day polish and a HUGE hit on FB!

I recently photography my nieces very 1st Birthday (Happy Birthday Hannah bug)! And a family friends little boy wanted me to photography him ALOT! He was so cute and bubbly. These are a few shots I took of him while he was trying to figure out what he had just stepped in?!

And this is my sweet niece eating her first birthday cake. You can view more of my photos at my website: http://www.wix.com/brandilyonphoto/home. Anywho...her dad did not realize that he probably should have given her the red piece of her lady bug cake until he saw these pics! haha!

For my husbands work Christmas party he wanted me to make my famous red velvet cupcakes! Actually they are Paula Deen's red velvet cupcakes but I claim them as my own! They are like the only thing that I make that everyone always likes! I always like to get a little creative with them. Sometimes I color them blue or green but this time I was in a mood to decorate them Christmasy!

Girls night in with the in-laws was Friday night. I decided to make this Pumkin Roll that my husbands co-worker had previously made. Let me tell you this is delicious! If you have never tried or made a pumpkin roll you should. It is so simple to make and delicious to eat! I did however substitute pumpkin for yams. But it tasted just the same. What grocery store wouldn't carry pumpkin during the holiday?!?!?! Aparently Harveys doesn't. Oh well!

So, here is the Sally Hansen Big Money over Nicole by OPI The Next CEO I was telling you about earlier.  This picture really doesn't do it justice though! I tried every angle and lighting and just could not get it to look like it did in person. But believe me it really doesn't look like liquid diamonds on your nails! Beautiful!

Almost at the home stretch! I thought it would be a good idea to represent my team for the last game of the season! Wrong! I am still a Dawgs fan but man was that a terribly played game by GA! Nicole by OPI Kourt is Red-y For a Pedi was used with a GA "G" decal I had in my stash from awhile back. I am loving all the Nicole by OPI Kardashian Collections that have recently come out!

Finally!!!! Lastly, probably one of my favorite polishes that I have tried so far would have to be this one! This is a-england Tristam. And again, the picture does not do it justice! Tristam is such a rich deep blue with mini holo specs throughout! I could not stop staring at my nails for the rest of the night! Definitely worth the $!!! Peace out!

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