Emma's Space

Welcome to Part Seven of my Clyde-Sider series. I have (mostly) written these posts as I have done the various media days, training days and shifts (or a day or two after).  I hope you enjoy the tales of my time volunteering for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games!! Wow... I'm on to part SEVEN already, and it's only just the Opening Ceremony!  Here are some pictures from my shift.  I was on a late shift, so I watched the Opening Ceremony from Team Canada HQ!  It was a great shift, as the Village was buzzing.  Susan Nattrass was chosen to be the Team Canada flag bearer.  With the rest of the team wearing their awesome tartan trousers - Canada tartan, the 4 colours of the maple leaf during the year!! - she wore a special kilt! I applied nail decals to Gillians nails, and we all put on Canadian flag temporary tattoos. It was amazing just how many Canadians there were in the team.  To see them all gathering together ready for the ceremony was f...

First things first, hello I'm Mandy from Ladymaidnails.blogspot.ca . I blog over there regularly and hope you will stop by sometime. Emma and I were talking recently, and she mentioned she was leaving shortly to assist with some preparation for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. I offered right away to guest post, because I thought of this manicure in her honor. This is the logo I found online for the Commonwealth Games this year.  The polishes I used for the skittlette and art were Nabi Sky (blue), OPI Shop Til Sunset (orange), and OPI Passion for Fashion (red). The white base on the accent art finger is Sally Hansen White On. I first went in with a fine striping brush and black acrylic paint to get the black lines. Then started with the center colour and worked my way out. After I went back in with the striper brush and some white acrylic to clean up all the lines. I took one picture each for you in my lightbox and sunlight. This last one is a close up to show...