But on Thursday, May 31, I saw BerryPolished.com's Black & White Mani contest. I figured black & white would be easy to do. The only thing was that the deadline was midnight on the next day, June 1. So all day long at work, I daydreamed of what I would do. Black & white glitter? Nail stripers and dots? Flowers? Skulls? Then it hit me...water marble!!
So what kind of water marble? This one I had done before immediately came to mind:
Click HERE for the YouTube video I first saw with this technique.
Not too shabby! I may have over-done the dots, but I was having fun! :-) So, anyway, I barely met the deadline, but got it entered. Once I had sent my entry, I went ahead and clicked on the photo album to check out the competition's entries. They're all great, and creative, and I'm glad I didn't look at them before I entered, or I may not have even tried. But as I go along, what do you think one of the entries was? Of course, it was a black and white water marble with dots! What are the freakin' odds?!?
Ours are not exactly the same, of course, but still!! My heart sunk, and I felt like people would think I had intentionally copied her. How cheesey does that seem?
Anyway, I had already entered, so I guess it's up to the judges at this point! So from now on, I'll be checking the entries ahead of time the next time I enter a contest...I just hope I don't psyche myself out doing it! ;-)
UPDATE: I won 2nd place!! Wooo hooo! :-D
Lovely mani, it is stunning! Good luck, and I completely understand how you feel. I did that once...I entered a contest without looking at the other entries, then when I was all done I went back and looked. Bam there was a mani so similar to the one I had done. I felt like such a noob. Hubs always asks me if I looked at the other entries now, lol.
ReplyDeleteOmigoodness, this is awesome! Congrats on the win!
ReplyDeleteThese look brilliant!
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