Nail your books (6)

'Nail your books is a feature started by Cristina at The princess of storyland, where we share our book inspired manicures.

My latest manicure is inspired by The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.

My nails

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How to

• Sally Hansen miracle cure base coat
• Rimmel 60 seconds Grey matter
• Beauty UK Yellow
• Andrea Fullerton stripes and sparkle Black
• Barry M Nude
• BYS Glow in the dark nail enamel
• Barry M Gold foil effect
• Barry M Matt white
• Nail dotters

-First off I, of course put on a base coat, then I painted my nails grey, except for my accent nails which I painted yellow.

-I used the striper brush to paint the Deathly hallows symbol, the lightening bolt and the wand.

-Next I just a nail dotter to draw the glasses, for the snitch and for the nude colour on the end of the wand.

-Then I used a much thinner nail dotter to put the wings on the snitch.

-Lastly, you can't see in the picture because, of course its not dark, but I put a bit of glow in the dark polish over the nude tip of the wand to make it a bit magical.

Sorry I didn't do a video tutorial this week guys, to be honest I wasn't too happy with the end result and wasn't sure I could even replicate it, it took so long I didn't even do the extra touches on the second hand, I only got as far as painting them and putting on the bolt.
But anyway, that's my Harry Potter inspired nails, they didn't come out too badly in the end, though the glasses are totally wonky and the snitch wings are a mess lol I'm still learning to draw with a nail dotter.
What do you think?

Thankful Thursday #3

That's right, this week I'm actually thankful for a childrens book, not just one either but the whole series!
I first heard of Harry Potter when the first movie came out in 2001, I was 15 at the time and way to cool for a kids movie so I of course avoided it like the plague for many years.
It wasn't until Order of the phoenix was being released on DVD that I became interested because, from the adverts, it looked a lot darker than previous movies. So I bought the box set of the first five movies claiming 'my daughter might like these' and watched them all over five days. And so an obssession began...
Our anniversary was around the corner so I told my husband I wanted the books as my gift, no way was I waiting to find out how it all ended!
I read the last two first, then I read them all from the start... then I read them again. J.K Rowling not only writes a magical set of stories but the plot is so intricate, the characters so lovable and the world so amazing it made the books hard to put down or get off my mind when I wasn't reading them.
I also watched the movies almost daily, forcing my husband and daughter to watch them over and over. I joined websites and mailing lists to find out all the latest movie news and did Harry Potter quizes online, I was completely hooked.
Both the movies that have come out since I've dragged my husband to the very first showings and I've read the books again so many times they're falling apart. It's the series I've reread the most out of any other and I've been sure to start my kids on their Harry Potter 'education' nice and early by showing them the movies over and over and then again lol
I cannot wait until my son is older to pass these down to him, and hope he'll love them like I do.
I'll always be Thankful to J.K Rowling for the magical series that made me realise childrens books aren't always just for children!

What book are you thankful for? Please use the picture and post on your blog, then link to it here so I can read it : )

Harry Potter art director reveals new death scene for Snape in Deathly Hallows - Part two

Andrew Ackland-Snow, the art director for the Harry Potter franchise, has revealed that Severus Snape will have a death scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 which is different from what's found in the book.

SPOILER WARNING
"We wanted to change a bit where Snape dies. In the book, he dies on the Shrieking Shack, and we wanted to get him out from, not a conventional interior, but from that kind of box, to do it in a more dramatic atmosphere. We asked J.K. if she agreed for that to happen in there, because we hadn't really seen it before. We made a crystal house, and you can see what happens in the boat house from there - Are you listening Harry? -, but also the school is in flames...and she loved it. Besides, it's a very romantic place to die. Snape dies in a extremely good way, I gotta say."

You may remember set designer Stuart Craig commented on Snape's death scene last February, commenting: "The last time I cried was a few days ago when we filmed the death of Alan Rickman's character, Snape. It's quite difficult to cry in rushes -- where we watch the previous day's work -- but he is an extraordinary actor and he dies an extremely good death."

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