Monday, November 12, 2012

Happy Veterans Day!

I was a bit misinformed since I was under the impression that today was Veterans Day, though it was "legally" yesterday. However, today is observed Veterans Day due to it falling on a Sunday. (I believe)
I also decided to share, along with the manicure, a little bit of information about my family. 
Click the Read More button if you're interested in seeing that! :)
For this manicure, I used China Glaze Snow, China Glaze Hey Sailor, and China Glaze First Mate. I didn't want to do something common or predictable, so I decided to go with sponging on the colors.

The image you see above is of my Dad's Purple Heart medal
A little information about my family, I have a few family members that I know of that are/were veterans. On my Dad's side, my grandfather was a marine and served in World War II, my dad was a Marine as well and fought in the Vietnam war. Both of his brothers were in the military as well. (One in the air force and the other I'm not entirely sure of.) For those of you who don't know, my Dad passed away in 2009 from cancer. I wish I could have been able to ask him more about his life, I was younger so things like that didn't really occur to me. (I also only saw him on weekends and during Summer when school was out.)

Well, that's it for this post! I'm sorry if this comes off a bit gloomy, it's not what I intended at all!

20 comments:

  1. I love this!! and thank you to your family for serving our country :)

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  2. Wow! Great Blog! Whenever I heard veterans the first thing the came up to my mind is the people who fought for the World War. You must be really proud of your Dad too! :)


    xoxo

    http://epitomeoffeminineallure.blogspot.com/

    P.S How did you to your nails to came up with that sponging effect?

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  3. Beautiful mani :) It's always nice to hear about more personal things in your life <3

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    1. Thanks, Traci! Hehe, I love sharing with all of you! ♥

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  4. You must be really proud of your dad and your family. Thank you to him and everyone else who has served and is serving. And of course, beautiful manicure! Sponging is awesome.

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    1. I truly am! :)
      Aww, thank you, Jayne! ♥ Yes it is, haha.

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  5. Lol Chrissy, thats so adorable! xo-Tina

    Aginghotgirl.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks! I took a thin piece of a make up spinge and dipped it into the colors for the stripes and blue of the flag design. (:

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  7. Great mani!
    I lost my father as well so I can relate to how you feel about wanting to know/ask more about his life, from the bits and pieces I hear it was quite colourful

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    1. Thank you!
      I'm so sorry, it really sucks! Yeah, I've heard a lot of great things. I can only imagine how great they would sound if he could be the one to tell them!

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  8. Wooooow this looks great! So much better than just plain neat stripes!!
    Janine

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  9. Love your nails!

    You are beautiful!!

    Love your blog!
    New follower!

    Follow me back?

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  10. I love this! These are so creative and adorable!

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