Book Club Nails: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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 Our book club pick for this month is Lisa See's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.  While typical Chinese images would have been an easy go-to, including any version of the book cover focusing on the titular fan, I wanted to pull out an idea from the story for this look.

outdoor, bright sunlight for both

One of the motifs in the story is a lavender silk cloth embroidered with clouds that one of the main characters reworks into many different outfits throughout her lifetime.  I started here with a base of OPI Planks a Lot, then added the Chinese-style cloud image from Creative Shop 88 in a navy blue holo.  I filled in the clouds with white while on the stamper head, let them dry for a while, and applied to my nails with a sticky base coat to help the reverse-stamped bits stick down.  Way easier and less clean-up than making decals for everything.  


Happy reading!

~Michelle 

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