POTTERthon Roundup

Hi all!

This was supposed to be done yesterday, but.. life got in the way and this was last on my priority list.  Better late than never!  I could do some fancy collage thing for my posts but I'm not that skilled and I have to get to work :)

So here are my 7 manis representing the 7 Harry Potter books:

 

And here are my favourite ones from each participant:

Abby's Goblet of Fire mani

 

Sam's Philospher Stone mani:

 

Emma's Prizoner of Azkaban mani (Hermione's time turner):

Kerrie's Half Blood Prince mani (the potions book):

 

Debbie's Order of the Pheonix mani (representing the awful Professor Umbridge):

 

And Bee's Philosopher's Stone mani:

 

Thanks to all the lovely ladies that participated, and thanks to all of my amazing readers for the great comments I've received :)

POTTERthon: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Hi lovelies!

Seventh and last day of the HP nail series!  I'm actually pretty proud of myself for completing a challenge lol.  Seven days is probably my max ;)

In this book, Harry and his friends set out to find and destroy all of the Horcruxes created by Voldermort in order to finally defeat him. 

There's a whole lot going on in this book.. I really enjoyed this one but was sad that it all had to come to an end.  Sigh.

On my index is the sign for the Deathly Hallows which are the elder wand, the resurrection stone and the cloak of invisibility.  My middle finger is in honour of Mad Eye who died at the beginning of the book when transferring Harry from Privet Drive to the Burrow.  My ring finger is the number 7 for the 7 Horcruxes that they need to find before Voldermorts death, and the pinkie.. oh the pinkie.  This.. is supposed to be the killing curse that Voldermort  uses on Harry.  However he did it with the elder wand, which backfired because it had allegiance to Harry, thus killing Voldermort.  So this is the backfiring beam from the wand... ;)

Welp.  There you have it!  This is actually making me want to re-read the books but my entire collection is at my parents place, a few thousand kilometers from here :(

Hope you all liked this series, and don't forget to see what the other girls did for the final book of the series:

Kerrie Black: http://pishposhandpolish.blogspot.co.uk/

Emma Hoop: http://manicurity.blogspot.com/
Bee Justice: http://beepolished.blogspot.com/
Abby: http://scarletnaildiaries.blogspot.com/
Debbie : http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Sam: http://legiolinde.blogspot.com/

POTTERthon: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Book six already!  (and whoa, I just reached 100 followers, thanks guys!!)

In this book Professor Snape makes a vow to protect and assist Draco Malfoy, Harry gets a Potions book that used to belong to the Half-Blood Prince and therefore has a bunch of helpful notes.  Harry finds out about the Horcruxes that need to be destroyed in order to kill Voldermort.  Him and Professor Dumbledore leave the school in order to fetch and destroy one of these Horcruxes which is Slytherin's locket.  They bring it back to Hogwarts but Dumbledore is weakened from drinking a potion that helped Harry get the locket and then... Dumbledore is killed by Snape who didn't really give Draco a chance to do it, then he tells Harry that he was the Half-Blood Prince and disappears before Harry can do him any harm.  Harry decides to not return to Hogwarts for his 7th year, he will instead dedicate his time to finding the Horcruxes and therefore killing Voldermort.

 

For this mani I did the potions book on my index - an erlenmyer flask with bubbles and little 'scribbles' on each side left by the Half-Blood Prince.  Slytherin's locket is on my middle finger, then the killing curse on my ring and pinkie that Professor Snape used to kill Dumbledore.  Sniff.  I cried so much when he died :(

Don't forget to leave the other ladies some love as well :)

Kerrie Black: http://pishposhandpolish.blogspot.co.uk/

Emma Hoop: http://manicurity.blogspot.com/
Bee Justice: http://beepolished.blogspot.com/
Abby: http://scarletnaildiaries.blogspot.com/
Debbie : http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Sam: http://legiolinde.blogspot.com/

POTTERthon: Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

Hello dear readers.

Here's my 5th installment of the HP series.  And it's a bad one.. I'm almost embarrassed to post this but.. so be it.  Nail fails happen!

This book drove me nuts.  I remember sitting at my brothers place and reading it in about 3 days.  I hated professor Umbridge with a burning passion lol.  I had a hard time choosing what to do for this mani, and finally settled on this:

 

Professor Umbridge was upset that Harry was 'spreading rumours' about Lord Voldermort having returned, and as a punishment she had him write lines with a special quill.  He had to write "I must not tell lies" over and over again, but as he did, the words would also get cut into his skin.  So this is what I did.. I tried to make it look all hurty and bloody.. I think it sucks ;)

PS.  Don't forget to check out the other gals doing this challenge:

Kerrie Black: http://pishposhandpolish.blogspot.co.uk/
Emma Hoop: http://manicurity.blogspot.com/
Bee Justice: http://beepolished.blogspot.com/
Abby: http://scarletnaildiaries.blogspot.com/
Debbie : http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Sam: http://legiolinde.blogspot.com/

POTTERthon: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Hi lovelies

This book was my absolute favourite!  It was so action packed. I loved the idea of the Tri-wizard tournament and the addition of characters that were not from Hogwarts.  In this book, Harry somehow gets his name drawn out of the Goblet of Fire and is therefore magically bound to participate in the Tri-wizard tournament despite being too young.   Numerous difficult tasks have to be completed in order to win the tournament.

Because the bulk of the book is based on the tournament, I decided to base my mani on this.  The index finger shows Harry's name on a ballot that someone entered into the Goblet of Fire.

On my middle finger is the tail of the dragon that Harry had to fight in order to get a clue for the second task of the tournament.  He used his flying skills to beat the dragon and get an egg that reveals to him he will have to reclaim something special from a lake.  Which leads to my ring finger, where I painted gills.  Harry eats gillyweed, which gives him gills and fins in order for him to swim freely underwater.

Finally in the third task, they're thrown into a maze where they have to find the trophy in order to be declared the winner.  Harry gets to the trophy at the same time as his schoolmate Cedric, and both are transported to a graveyard and come face to face with Voldermort.  Yikes!

Don't forget to check out the other wonderful manis by the six other lovely ladies doing the POTTERthon challenge:

Kerrie Black: http://pishposhandpolish.blogspot.co.uk/
Emma Hoop: http://manicurity.blogspot.com/
Bee Justice: http://beepolished.blogspot.com/
Abby: http://scarletnaildiaries.blogspot.com/
Debbie : http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Sam: http://legiolinde.blogspot.com/

POTTERthon: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Hi all!

Already on book three of the Harry Potter series.  This was a really good book (although I still think book 4 was my absolute favourite).  We're introduced to Professor Lupin, who ends up playing a big role in the following books, Dementors also have a huge presence in this book, and Harry eventually learns how to fight them using the Patronus Charm.  Harry mysteriously gets a Firebolt 2000 as his broom broke, but they fear that Sirius Black is after him and therefore the broom is confiscated until he discovers that Sirius is 'family' and is innocent in Harry's parents death, and through a time-turning device Harry saves Sirius from Dementors.  Phew.  A lot happened!

 

So for this book I chose to highlight some of recurring items and themes.  On my index finger is the amazing Firebolt 2000, the brook that gives Harry a lot more speed during his Quidditch matches. On my middle finger is Prongs, the stag patronus that saves Sirius' life from the Dementors.  On my ring finger is a dementor, all black and scary and life sucking, and the pinkie represents Sirius Black as he's seen throughout the book as a big black dog.

A lot of writing for one teeny picture :)  Stay tuned for book 4 shown tomorrow and don't forget to check out the manis the six other lovely ladies came up with today:

Bee at Bee Polished 

Debbie at The Crumpet 

Sam at Legiolinde 

Emma Manicurity 

Kerrie at Pish Posh and Polish 

Abby at Scarlet Nail Diaries

POTTERthon: HP and the Chamber of Secrets

Hi all!

Are you ready for day two of the POTTERthon series?

The second book of the series was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  There was a lot I could have done to represent this book - but I kept this one simple.

In this book, Harry hears a strange voice, finds out he can speak Parseltongue, and several students are found petrified.  The strange voice is a basilisk that's housed in the Chamber of Secrets, and the serpent that petrified the students.

So I decided to base my mani.  I painted the face on my index finger, and the remainder of them are basically just the serpent's body.  This was done using crackle and 'sponged' on with saran wrap - the texture is amazing!  On my thumb I painted the sword which Harry used to kill it

Like this series?  Don't forget to see what the other girls did today for Book Two:

Kerrie Black: http://pishposhandpolish.blogspot.co.uk/
Emma Hoop: http://manicurity.blogspot.com/
Bee Justice: http://beepolished.blogspot.com/
Abby: http://scarletnaildiaries.blogspot.com/
Debbie : http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Sam: http://legiolinde.blogspot.com/

POTTERthon: Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone

Hi all!

Today starts the POTTERathon series that myself and six other lovely ladies are taking part in.  For today and the following six days, we will show you manis inspired by the seven Harry Potter books :)  My dear brother introduced me to Harry Potter by buying me the first three books for Christmas.  He also bought me every other book in the series as soon as they came out.  Talk about spoiled :)  (It doesn't hurt that he's 10 years older than me - I got spoiled by my siblings)

Anywho!  Less writing, here's what I came up with for the first book:

 

For the first mani of the series I decided to go with things that describe Harry Potter himself.  The lightnening bold scar found on his forehead that gives him away to everybody he encounters, a snitch because he becomes Gryffindor's seeker in Quidditch due to his great flying capabilities, his very first wand, made from the same things as Voldermort, and his glasses, of course (which, in most movies have no lense.. lol)

And of course the base of my mani are colours that represent the house he belongs to, Gryffindor :) 

Thanks for having a look and don't forget to check out the other Harry Potter inspired manis that were done today by these lovely ladies:

Kerrie Black: http://pishposhandpolish.blogspot.co.uk/
Emma Hoop: http://manicurity.blogspot.com/
Bee Justice: http://beepolished.blogspot.com/
Abby: http://scarletnaildiaries.blogspot.com/
Debbie : http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Sam: http://legiolinde.blogspot.com/