Nails for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

First up, this was not of my own invention; I saw it on a blog called Flight of Whimsy and thought it was perfect to wear for when I go to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. 

So today before I went to see the movie, I recreated it as best I could and here's how it turned out: 

For the writing, I painted some clear nail polish on to a plastic pouch and wrote over it with black acrylic paint. This created my own little sticker. I have seen this technique used on YouTube, so it's not my idea. The original photo I saw, I think the writing was done by hand directly on to the nail, but I knew I wouldn't be able to do that, so I used my home made stickers.
I was a little disappointed with how they turned out because when I peeled them off the plastic, they curled, which made it difficult to apply them as neatly as I had intended. And the sticker is a bit thick, so I can tell it's there :( But I still like them.

As soon as I saw the original picture on Flight of Whimsy, I knew that I had to use my A-England Holy Grail Revamped polish for this one. It's pretty much my perfect gold, kind of an antique gold. 

I loved the movie and I wish we didn't have to wait a whole year for the last installment :(