DIY Nail Polish

I own a lot of nail polish.. and I mean a lot. If you know anything about nail polish you know it can get pricey.. $8 for Essie or OPI is standard but you can expect to pay upwards of $14 for brand name polish (my new weakness is butter london). So what's a girl to do to save money and appease her crave for new polish? Make it herself!
It's super simple and uses things you probably have sitting around the house right now.

Supplies
-Clear nail polish (fyi level 1 rewards at ulta includes nailpolish... so I cashed in a level 3 for 3 bottles of clear... I love free polish!!)
-Eyeshadow
-butter knife
-paper

Step One:
Gather up all of your old eyeshadow.. those kits with 100+ colors that you would never wear are great. Expiration doesn't matter!

Remove shadow from container and crush into a fine, loose powder. Try mixing colors or shadow!

Step Two:
Empty a little bit of clear polish from the bottle to make room.

Create a funnel out of paper and slowly pour the eyeshadow powder into the polish bottle. You may have to stop and shake a few times. The more powder, the denser the color. 

Shake Shake Shake! Until all powder is mixed in with the polish.

Step Three:
Name your color, make a pretty label, and paint your nails! Makes a great personalized gift as well!

I love the depth and shimmer you get from using nail polish (ignore my slopping painting skills)!

Craft Obsession: Martha Stewart Paint

So for this weeks craft obsession I bring you Martha Stewart. The goddess of craft herself has her own line of craft, baking, and party decoration supplies. I'll admit I think that it's WAY overpriced but the line has a lot of nice quality products. My advice: wait for a sale (the paints especially go on sale a lot at my local Michaels & Joann Fabrics) OR check out stores such as Marshalls or TJ Maxx.. the last time I was at TJ Maxx they had Martha Stewart packaging kits (adorable for candy & cookies) for 10% of the price they were selling them at Michaels (which happened to be right next door... awkward).

I'm obsessed with Martha Stewart craft paint because the dried paint is extremely true to the color on the bottle. I hate when I buy what I think is a hot pink and end up with a sad orange. No such fear when it comes from Martha! The paint also covers evenly in only a few coats and comes in a variety of adorable colors. I love all the matte paints and the glitter ones as well (although glitter takes a few more coats). I can't wait to try the chalkboard paint!

Using Martha Stewart craft paint you can create this adorable jewelry box!

Supplies:
-Wooden Jewelry box (I got mine at Michael's)
-Wooden cut-outs in fun shapes (great selection at Pat Catan's and Hobby Lobby)
-Martha Stewart craft paint (any kind/ color)
-Brushes
-Tape

Step One: Paint the whole box a base color such as white or cream- this makes the colors more vibrant.

Step Two: Paint away! Use painter's tape to make striped or other designs (or to keep edges clean). Make sure that all the paint is dry before closing any drawers or lids!! Wet acrylic will stick like glue!

Step Three: decorate wooden shaped and glue onto box! I made this for my little cousin's birthday!