A Quilt of Nail Polish!

Good Morning on this lovely day!  It's Hump day Wednesday.  I was browsing several articles and came upon an interesting article on nail polish.  It's an old article so I'm sure some of you have seen it already.  This is for you that haven't seen it.  This lovely lady sure had to have some patience and I would say she is a Great Artist!  You see that's why you should never throw out old polish, because you never know what you might can use it for.   

Urbana woman turns car into quilt of nail polish by Chris Brown Staff Writer


When Jill Bell noticed a dent on the hood of her car two winters ago, she thought it would be appropriate to paint a Band-Aid on the scrape.  After the painted bandage survived the ice and snow of winter, Bell decided that she wanted to repaint her car entirely - in nail polish.

Over the next 13 months, from September 2007 to this  October 2008, she completely covered her car in a quilt-like pattern – as a quilter, she found the multi-pattern paint job fitting, she said. Bell said she collected between 100 to 250 bottles of nail polish, but did not have an exact idea as she simply used bottles from anyone she could get it from.

"Lots of ladies in my church donated nail polish, and lots of ladies at Weight Watchers, too," she said. She said it would be nearly impossible for her to estimate the dollar value of all the bottles, as each brand cost a different amount – anywhere from under a dollar to $5.

 And what was the reaction to the unconventional paint job?  Bell said that while children seem to flock to her car, many adults gave her strange looks.  "The only people who have said anything are the people that liked it," Bell said.

Bill Ryan/The Gazette

Jill Bell of Urbana spent a little more than a year painting her 1993 Saturn with 250 bottles of nail polish.

So, my question,  how many cars your nail polish collection can paint?  I'll never tell (giggles)

Until next time please have a great nail polish day!  ^_^

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