Paint'em Pretty ~ Happy Thanksgiving

I'm so excited an how good these came out!

I've been wanting to try using feathers as 

embellishments for a while now.

With Thanksgiving coming up I also wanted to change up my colors to reflect the Season, so I thought lets try!

I have chicken feathers from my 

Sister's chickens that were molted naturally.

 I went through to find two similar patterned 

ones approximately the same size.

I love the rich chocolate brown 

Nirvana (949) by Sinful Colors that I used. 

One coat did the trick followed by a coat of Seche Vite.

For my accent nail I used Sand Tropez (668) by Esssie.

While still wet I placed the feather and

 lightly tapped it down in place.

Luckily they both cooperated, 

I was worried they would stick in a weird shape.

I roughly snipped the extra feather off at the end of my nail, 

then trimmed closer and more evenly.

Once dry I topped with a clear coat which was kind of tricky.

The feather was going the opposite direction you would normally brush. I didn't want to go against it and "ruffle" feathers.

I ended up brushing the top coat on backwards

 just enough to cover the feathers.

Once that coat was dry I put on another top coat brushing the normal direction followed by Seche Vite.

 

Love it!

Wishing everyone a

Happy Thanksgiving!