DIY Nail Transfers

This morning I came across this image on Pinterest and fell in love.

I had also just happened to have gotten a new dark base color that I wanted to try out so off I went!  I tried using the floral colors with a toothpick to dab on some flower like shapes..... it was an EPIC FAIL!

Back to the drawing board.... I tried to look up nail transfers hoping to find these.  I have never purchased the transfers in the past because I feel they are overprices... but I loved these enough to give it a shot.  Couldn't find them.  The closest I came was another version on Mod Cloth that was out of stock.  BUT in the process I came across this video on making your own transfers.  It uses clear plastic to make your design on.  Which means I can set it on top of an image I like and attempt to trace paint it.  I googled for some images of vintage fabric and wall paper.  I think I will try some of these.

Here is the video.  I will let you know how it works out for me!