Pettson and Findus

Last week I posted these nails over at Polish Art Addiction. And boy did I learn a lot! A girl named Laureen simply  suggested "Pettersson and Findus," and I went to Google to learn more. Everything that turned up was in German! So I figured this was a German children's cartoon. I watched an intro to a show on Youtube, saw some book covers, and figured this was a huge fad in Germany (welcome to why my thumb says "und"). Well, as soon as it posted at Polish Art Addiction, a ton of helpful commenters corrected me and said that it was originally a Swedish cartoon! Originally the Swedish cartoon was called Pettson and Findus (or Pettson och Findus) and it was a set of children's books about a farmer and his cat. Here's a photo of them:

Creepy Kitties

Okay so I was trying to do some cute little kittens and I ended up with this! They look sooo creepy, they almost have a Cheshire cat vibe. But I love them. In fact, I think they're better than if they had been adorable kitties. I added some paw prints to my pinky and thumb. On my thumb I also put the word, "meow" in cursive because I was a little worried that it wasn't obvious that they were cats.

If I were to do it again I would keep the eyes the same but maybe change the smiles. Unless it was Halloween! 

NYC

This was the summer of family and one of my favorite family vacations was when my boyfriend, his parents, one of his sisters, and I went to NYC. Ron and I go there often, so it isn't very exciting for us, but none of his family had been before. We got to take them to the Empire State building, the Statue of Liberty, and eat tons of food! At the end of the vacation I decided that I should do some nails to commemorate the trip. So these are my NYC nails! My right hand said "I *heart* NY" but I can't find a picture of it. Here's the story behind each nail:
Thumb: This was for Ron's mom, Susie. She loves playing Monopoly on facebook, so the "Go" from Monopoly reminds me of her
Index: This was for Ron's father, Vern. He is devout in his Christianity so I couldn't think of anything better to represent him than a cross
Middle: A kitty cat for Ron's sister Bonnye. Every time I ever see anything with a cat on it my reaction is always, "Oh my god, Bonnye would love that!"
Ring: Well, if you're read my blogs a bunch you can probably guess that the hamburger is for Ron. He loves hamburgers. A lot.
Pinky: And of course, I got the hand with painted nails... because let's be honest... I kind of like painting my nails.

Hausu (House) a Film By Nobuhiko Obayashi

These are my favorite nails that I have painted to date. The movie is a trippy 1970's Japanese horror/fantasy film that is, without a doubt, one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen. My boyfriend Ron bought me a Hausu t-shirt after we saw the movie and at some point when I was coming up with "nail ideas" one of us thought of these. The left hand was the logo. And on the right hand I painted the cat face that is on the poster above and is the background for the middle picture below (that's the t-shirt Ron bought me). I posted the bottom picture to show that I, at first, had a difficult time painting the cat face until Ron suggested I paint an eye on two fingers and the mouth on the thumb, which turned out to look amazing