Happy (day after) Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!! Hope everyone's day was filled with lots of love and happiness =).When Nic and I worked at the elementary school, one of our co-workers mentioned how his family made presents for each other every Christmas. Well, with our new move, we decided to go on the cheaper side and make things for each other for Valentine's Day.

Nic's was by far more romantic, so I'm going to start with his present:

It's an ice sculpture in the shape of a heart! AND it has a real rose inside of it!

It's currently living in the freezer. I'm hoping to keep it as long as I can.

As for what I gave Nic:

It's a magnet made from perler beads. Hahaha, I remembered playing with these when I was little and having a lot of fun with it. Seemed like a cute, fun to-make present. And of course, I felt the need to appeal to the nerdier side of Nic with these:

They are coasters of Mario related things! Actually, it was supposed to be a set of 6, but I had the perler beads shipped to Korea and ran out of colors to do them all =(. I was super disappointed and kept saying things to Nic like, "I'm so sorry Nic, but I'm out of colors and can't finish your present." Disappointed!!!!! But, at least these ones were ready for Valentine's Day. Next year, I'll just have to get him chocolate.

Nic and I:

Nic's Tidbits:

Happy Valentine’s Day Two!

We had a good little holiday out here in Korea with each other. As Deb showed, I decided to make an ice sculpture this year. It was a lot of fun! But trickier than I thought it would be.

For anyone interested, I took a heart shaped bowl and laid plastic down on the sides. Then I filled it with water and pushed a rose down with a small weight. It came out easy thanks to the plastic, so now it's super cool looking!

Also, I had just been freaking out about getting coasters. The coffee table in the living room isn't ours technically and I didn't want to hurt it.

Bonus! Here's a picture from our welcome party!

I have a couple more, but since Deb veto'd them since she's pretty silly looking in them (mostly "take the damn picture already Nic" face).

See you next time!

-Nic