Book Club Nails: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
I've been really inspired lately to do themed nails for my book club, and my recent pick of Patricia McKillip's World Fantasy Award winner The Forgotten Beasts of Eld practically demanded a mani based on the beautiful fantasy imagery. This amazingly beautiful book tells the story of a dark-eyed, ivory-haired sorceress and the menagerie of magical animals that share her home. Selecting a theme for this design was easy, and fortunately my love of fantastic themed plates is just as strong as my love of fantasy books, so there were plenty of plates to pull from. Throughout this mani, I've used the dragon scales from MM21 - as with my handful of other Messy Mansion plates, this is amazingly well-etched and gives zero grief with lifting images. Also on my left hand, I have the black cat's eye from Marianne Professional No 20 and the sorceress' swirling hair and solemn gaze from Creative Shop 28, and these two are also fantastic plates. My right hand ha...