Taking a break

I'm taking a break from my blog till Sunday. I will come back with a Disneyland Blog as promised last week.

Momma Fairywings 

One strike and your out!

Do you ever read all the rules and regulations when you sign up for something? No!! I think most of us would say.

If you make a mistake or do something wrong unknowingly don't you expect to at least be given another chance to correct your mistakes? Yes! Except if we kill someone of course! Even then you are given chances in jail to better yourself.

Well I woke up this morning to find my Adsense account had been disabled due to invalid activity i.e. Too many clicks from the same IP's. Well unfortunately until about a week and half ago I didn't know asking for clicks was wrong. Yeah! I'm guilty of not reading the rules... :( my daughter told me and I said I didn't know that. So i quickly started deleting all the times I'd asked on my blogs because I didn't want this to happen. Turns out that my wonderful daughters being supportive and loving were still clicking the ads. Not aggressively by any means just a twice per blog post. I do understand why it's wrong to ask now I'm more informed.

To get a lifetime ban however is a little harsh especially when your new at something it is incredibly unfair. Everyone makes mistakes when they're first learning something. Also I lost the money I had earned from my blogs. Some of which could been from legitimate followers! What really upsets me too is all the money I earned from my monetized videos on YouTube also was taken by Adsense. That money I earned completely honestly without breaking any rules!! I was getting ready to make some more videos of my own and now I feel what's the point if I don't have Adsense!!

I'm sorry my lovelies I hope you understand why I'm so upset today. If any of you have dealt with this yourselves or know someone who has could you leave me a message in the comments box below. If any of you can help or show me support I would love that too! 

Yours always 

Momma Fairywings 

Delicate Pink Valentines Nails

This weeks Valentines nail is a more feminine and demure design. I hope you like it. This is all done freehand so if you like designs that are more artisan then I think you'll love this.

The above photo shows what I used to achieve the design. If you would like a list of what I used please leave a comment below.

So first start with clean hands and nails with your cuticles pushed back and trimmed if needed. Put on your favourite base coat, a strenghtening base coat is best. The background colour I used is a French tip color called Scarlet by Zoya no. ZP367.

I found that I needed three coats to achieve the color in the bottle. You'll need to wait and good amount of time to make sure all those layers have dried so I suggest about fifteen minutes between each layer and then about thirty after you have put the third coat on.

To add the art to your nails you will need a margarine lid or something similar to put the acrylic paint on. Then you will need a dotter brush or bobby pin and a short stripper brush.

The acrylic paint color I used is Spun Gold. It's a brown gold which gives it an antique look I think. To make the heart I used the stripper brush. Place the brush on the nail and slowly lighten the pressure as you pull down and lift quickly. You should have an upside down teardrop. Then do it again but pull it down toward where you finished your first teardrop and ta da! You will have a heart. I made each nail completely different to make them more artsy and less sticker like. Fill in the empty spaces using the dotter brush/bobby pin making dots in lines from top to bottom. Finish with your favourite fast dry top coat to seal in the acrylic paint and give you a beautiful shine.

I love how they turned out don't you? Very pretty and wearable for work. 

Hope you loved this weeks mani as much as I do, till next week my Lovelies.

Momma Fairywings 

Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Parade

I've decided to make a series of blogs on my 1985 honeymoon visit to Disneyland. As you can see above I'm going to be sharing photos of the 30th Anniversary Parade at Disneyland. I hope you enjoy them. 

Aren't the photos amazing! All this taken with an old Pentax roll film camera. I was so pleased that my husband found them.

For all of you that have been there recently and all the annual pass holders you must get a real kick out of seeing how much Main Street has changed i.e. Colors of the buildings, the costumes etc..

I was only twenty years old when we got married and I remember being so happy to be at Disneyland again. It was so great to share my Disney passion with my new husband too!

That anniversary sign on the float was made with lots of silver metal disks that fluttered and caught the sun. It was so beautiful!

Minne mouse looks amazing doesn't she? Question has float safety changed? I don't think she's strapped to the float in this picture. 

Goofy being his playful self in this shot. I'm so glad I get to share these memories with all of you and that this platform of blogging is helping me leave something of myself for my family.

I hope you're all enjoying this trip down memory lane with me so that's it for this weeks Disney blog.

See yah real soon!!

Momma Fairywings 

Time flies by so fast!

Doesn't time go by too fast? I feel like it was yesterday I was a young mom with my first daughter. Now all my daughters are moved out and have significant others and children of their own. My mom is in her golden years and recently she has been figuring out what she's leaving everyone when she passes. I'm going to be the big 5 0 this March. It's like STOP!! Why can't we freeze time for awhile and live in that moment for longer. It hit me yesterday evening like a huge ton of bricks and I cried and wished that mum wasn't getting so close to leaving this earth. I'm the baby of the family and I guess way more attached to her. In recent years we've become good friends and I no longer see her as just my parent I see as a woman. As i get older i appreciate the woman and her life journey so much more than I used to. She's a wonderful person and a great mother. She's been my inspiration for so long. I really didn't acknowledge that till recently. That's the cruel part of life I think you don't know what you've got till it's gone. That brings me back to time flying. I wished that I had seen my mother as I do now, much earlier in my life so I could have enjoyed her company for longer. Let my experience be a lesson to you. Really look at your parents see them as people not as your parents understand their life journey and what's made them who they are today. Really contemplate that for awhile. It can be tough to forgive something's but trust me get past it as quickly as you can because life is short and your parents won't be around for long. Don't live with regret that you never solved past conflicts with them. I make sure my mum knows ever time I'm with her how much I love and appreciate her. 

Okay my Lovelies go hug your parents for me. 

Momma Fairywings 

Mish Mosh V Day Nails

So I thought I'd treat you guys to another manicure this week. Just 'cause I love ya! So to start make sure your nails are free of oils and your cuticles are trimmed and pushed back. Grab your favourite base coat and paint your nails. I used my favourite Nutra Nails Green tea strengthener. I used three Colors for this look as you can see so alternate the three Colors.

Once you've allowed all the Colors to dry next comes the fun part, decorating...Yay! The the thumb, index and pinkie I chose to do a racing stripe design using the two Colors that aren't the base color. Starting with a wide stripe in the centre and a narrower line on top. I chose to make the ring finger shine and put a chunky silver glitter polish on it. 

Last and certainly not least the middle finger. As you can see I chose it to be the white nail so I thought I try my hand at doing a camo design. It's a lot simpler than you think. All you have to do is dot the red and pink polish on the nail in different sizes and shapes all over the nail letting the white show through.

Now all that's left is to add your favourite fast dry top coat. I always use Sally Hansen's Insta Dri top coat.

Voilà! There you have it a mish mosh design that's fun and cute. I hope you all like it.

Thank you my Lovelies 

Momma Fairywings 

1985 Magic Kingdom Club Guide Book

This is a guide for a club similar to today's Disney Vacation Club. As you can see this brochure is thirty years old yet still in mint condition. It's been sitting in a box in our basement for most of that time. To tell you the truth I didn't know we still had it till my husband went searching for our honeymoon photos. The next few photos are of the inner pages of the brochure. 

What fascinates me the most are the people in the photos and the hotels that are still standing and the ones that names have changed. Check out the ad for PSA!

Look at the prices! They're so expensive now. 

Look how much smaller Disney world was...!

Check out the old car and rental prices.

The next brochure isn't Disney but I thought some of you might get a kick out of it too!

Ha ha! The A Team! I hope you enjoyed looking at the photos and reminiscing with me those of you who are old enough to to remember. The ones who aren't quite as ancient as me, I hope you thought it was neat to see the difference from then to now.

Hope you enjoyed this weeks Disney blog :)

Till next time my Lovelies keep on clicking!

Oh Gawrsh!

This weeks Manicure!

A Simple Valentines Nail art.

So as usual make sure your hands are clean and free of oils and debris. Push back your cuticles and put on your favourite base coat. I used Nutra nails Green tea strengthener. 

I've used China Glaze's Pelican Gray for the base color. I was thinking of making this design matte but changed my mind after the next step.

Using a Sally Hansen's I ❤️ Nail art pen in Neon Pink to draw a heart at the top of each nail. I find writing the letter v and then two dots together makes a great heart if you're having trouble drawing such a tiny heart. Then write the word love across your fingers and another heart on your thumbnail. Finish with your favourite fast dry top coat. I use my all time holy grail top coat Sally hansen's Insta-Dri top coat in the red bottle. 

Voilà! You have a pretty, simple but very cute Valentines nail design! Below is a photo of the products I used for this design.

Hope you enjoyed this weeks manicure. I would love to see your recreations. Share them with me on my Instagram. Or hashtag #fairywingsnails on Twitter. Please leave a comment below and let me know what you'd like me to do for future manicures of the week.

That's all she wrote. Show me some love. Thank you so much for all the clicks of support last weeks it means so much!

Momma Fairywings 

Disneyland Souvenir From 1985

I remember getting on the Submarine voyage ride in Tomorrowland and the cast member who helped me step on to the ride called me by my name. I remember thinking how the heck he knew my name. Until I stepped down the ladder and the hat I'd been wearing fell off my head. Then it dawned on me as I looked down at the hat "it's got your name embroidered on it you silly woman"

Geez Ha ha!

I believe I bought the hat at The Mad Hatter shop. I was so thrilled to get it because I got my name embroidered 

on it. In those days they had cast members sewing names on the hats. 

Now I believe it's all computerized.

So here's the treasured hat that I got while on my honeymoon almost 30 years ago.

A pink sailor hat with my name stitched in yellow on the front. 

My husband and I were there during Disneyland's 30th anniversary celebrations. We had the most memorable and happy times watching the special parade they put on that year. I have photos but I will save that for a future blog. 

So my Lovelies have you ever been to the Disney parks during an anniversary celebration? I would love to hear all about it in the comments below.

That's it for today's Disney blog hope you enjoyed it.

Momma Fairywings 

Thank you my Lovelies!

Anxiety and Motivation

My stomachs in knots, my chest is tight and feel like I'm dying. Have you ever felt like that?

Today I've been doing some studying, learning about blogging and it's making me feel very overwhelmed. Who knew there's so much to learn, if you want to have a successful blogging career! 

I seem to feel like this every time I've studied for anything in my life. Is this normal? Do you guys get this feeling too?It's awful! I have this little inner battle going on inside. One side is saying "it's too hard" the other is saying "No! This will help you get closer to your dreams" it's like I can feel the little cannons and gunfire in my chest.

I'm just weird aren't I? Oh gosh I wish I had more confidence in myself.

Sorry this isn't a very positive post today my lovelies. We all have our off days don't we? I think I need to listen to Rhonda Brynes book Hero or The Power to get me pumped up and motivated again.

If you happen to be a more experienced blogger than me and you're reading this I would love it if you could leave me a comment on this post to give some encouragement and advice. Thanks my Lovelies that's it for today I promise my next post will be more positive.

Momma Fairywings 

💋❤️

Manicure of the Week

This is the first of my Valentine themed manicures for you my Lovelies.

As always start your manicure off with clean hands and nails and with your cuticles pushed back. Select your favourite base coat for mine I chose Nutra Nails Green tea nail strengthener. A good base coat is essential to stop the nail polish from staining your nails and to give the polish something to stick to.

I used Sephora's FormulaX in White matter for my base color. You might find with any white polish you'll need maybe two to three coats to reach full opacity.

The next step is to do a feathered Black French tip. I used Sally Hansen's I ❤️ NailArt nail stripper in Black. To make a feathered look you use the very tip of the brush and tap it along the edge of the nail.

Following the French tip I then added hearts in different sizes using Sally Hansen's I ❤️ NailArt pens in red and silver. I find these pens perfect for simple designs like hearts and flowers. Making a heart is as simple as writing the letter V and allowing the polish to pool and join to create a little heart. Allow all the hearts to completely dry and follow with a quick dry top coat like Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri top coat and you're done! 

I hope you all enjoyed this weeks manicure and if you like leave me a comment on what you might like me to do for next weeks manicure. Do you enjoy doing themed seasonal nails? Let me know in the comments?

Hugs 'n Kisses

Momma Fairywings 

My Menopause Day

As of May 5th this year I will officially be in menopause. I will have gone one year without a period. So starts the next half of my life.

I was thinking the other day that I would like to celebrate it, much like you do when a girl gets her first period. This is a new chapter in my life and I think it should be celebrated. 

Leaving the child bearing years behind for me has been one I've looked forward to be honest. Although I'm not enjoying the symptoms of menopause too much! Getting thick round the middle, troubled skin, aching joints and sleep troubles to name but a few. The bright spot though in all of this is not dealing with the messy monthly visitor, which is so great! 

What do you guys think, should I call it an menopausary or just menopause day?

Would you celebrate this day too?

Hope you all had a great week! 

All the best

Momma Fairywings 

Hugs 'n kisses 

My First Disney Art

This is the tale behind my first Disney painting. 

My Grand daughter Amy came over for a visit and I was trying to figure out what we could do together as it was stormy outside. When I remembered I had some artist canvases in my closet. So I brought them downstairs, gathered up all my acrylic paints and she and I had a wonderful afternoon painting. This is what I created.

Unfortunately I don't have a photo of Amy's picture.

I've called it "Mickey has nothing to wear!" He's throwing his clothes around his dressing room in a panic..... He he he

I definitely want to do some more to hang in my office once I'm finished painting and stencilling my walls.

Let me know what you think I would love to know. Have you done any Disney painting or crafts? Let me know in the comments below.

Hope you enjoyed my Disney art till next time my Lovelies

Momma Fairywings 

hugs 'n kisses

Manicure of the Week

This weeks manicure is a pretty floral fishnet design which is a pretty everyday look or even a great bridal nail. 

So to get started push your cuticles back and remove any oil from your nails with a nail cleanser. Follow by washing your hands then put on your favourite base coat.

These are the products you will need to achieve this look. The Base color I used was Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure in Sheer bliss.

Next step is to do a criss-cross design with a silver glitter stripper polish for this I chose Quo by Orly Instant Artist stripper polish in Platinum Glitter. This achieves the fishnet design.

The next part of the design is the pink flowers. For this you will need Sally Hansen's I ❤️ Nail art pens in Neon pink and Yellow. You can choose different spots on each nail to place the flowers as I did or do the same on every nail. Put four pink dots on the centre of each cross to form the petals and then put a yellow dot in the centre to complete the flower.

Voila! A cute floral fishnet design for everyday or for a wedding. Hope you love this design as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Hugs 'n kisses

Momma Fairywings