~Shiny Bits~
Sunday, May 5, 2013
A different kind of shiny...
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Merry Christmas 2012!
I have a reason to post today though!
First of all: MERRY CHRISTMAS... EVE EVE!
This is my fourth (and almost definitely my last) Christmas in Korea. =( It's been a great almost 4 years though. :)
Second: About a week ago I found an advertisement in my favorite coffee shop for making soap. I've been wanting to make soap for the past year or so, but haven't had anyone to show me what to do. I guess I could have bought a few books and worked from there, but it's hard to figure out the right supplies to buy and to know whether I'm doing things correctly. Anyway- this ad. I texted the number on it- and got an immediate response in English! Making soap with Jin was a blast. She's a nice lady, had three cats, AND loved Muse. Basically, amazing enough that I want to go back next month and learn how to make a different kind of soap. I didn't get any pictures while I was there, so when I go back I'd like to take some pictures with her and of her workshop.
Here's the soap I made:
It's packaged here as a Christmas present. The pink soap was Cranberry and Fig scented. Little Christmas trees! There are little bits of yellow pieces in the trees- I made a joke that it looked like Korean radish. I'm just glad it doesn't smell like Korean radish.
And my favorite soap I made tonight. It even smells like Christmas! It's a present for Nic!
Nic's tidbits:
Happy Holidays! Here we are again in Korea for Christmas, and once again I am not allowed to open presents yet, even though they are begging me to release them from their paper prisons. Think of the children!
So Debra went on a soap adventure today, and released her inner chemist. I'm not sure if the ingredients came from the many plastic surgery clinics around here, but I'm sure we'll get to talk about it at [Rules 1&2 Nic] this weekend. The soap also granted me... POWER.
We get Christmas off from work here (which is surprising, only get the two most important Korean ones off) so we want to open presents and then go see The Miserables for the day. Also eat food.
We went to go see Phantom of the Opera today as well, super cool. Hearing the theme music blaring and seeing strobe lights flash was quite impressive.
We're nearing the end date here in Korea, the wedding date is fast approaching!
Here's hoping that everybody's Christmas presents arrived on time, and hope to spend the holidays with more of you next year!
From Debra: P.S.:
Speaking of weddings, Nic and I recently went to a co-worker's wedding. She was gorgeous, so I want to post a picture of her here. Well, a picture of her... and Nic and me. We're such narcissists.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Big 'Ole Heart for you
It's been too hot to make things. Haha, actually, I wish that's all it was. Nic and I have been busy with things lately, although what we've been busy with is kind of hard to say. I've been making stars though and I finished a pretty glass jar worth, so I'll post pictures of that. :)
And other news! Nic and I were in a tap dancing show! We're still beginners, so we performed the beginner's song at the show. I'll have Nic talk more about it.
Here's the videos though:
Curtain Call (this song was for all performers to do at the end of the show): You might want to fast forward the beginning a little bit. Nic and I come out for our bow around 4 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SyysZKzJFI&feature=g-all-u
Our performance song (skip to about 0:58) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXl-ePXwyK8&feature=plcp
Nic's Tidbits:
Lately I feel like we've been drowning in pools of our own sweat. Debra hasn't had much need to go to hot yoga either, it's been hot enough at home! Well, it's getting better now with the new a/c so I guess it's all better now.
It's the summer term here in Korea, so our work schedule has changed a bit. We go to work earlier and leave earlier, so we have a bit more time in the evening. We spend this time mostly sitting at home wondering what to do.
The tap dancing event was pretty fun, but it was also a lot of waiting. We had our ~3 minutes in front of a crowd filled with parents who only came to see their kids, and besides that it was about 7 hours of sitting and reading/ playing on the iPad. It was fun and I'd do it again, but next time I'll bring more to do in the downtime.
Attending wedding #3 soon, and we're hoping to start planning a little vacation or at least a weekend getaway trip. It will be nice to get away from the city. Debra has sold a couple things on her website too, so she's super excited about it.
That's about it from me, hope everyone that reads this is having a good time.
-Nic
"This picture is taken here because it's lined up with our now working A/C!"
"Hey Nic, what do you think of Gangnam Style?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
Sunday, July 8, 2012
When I have inspiration, I have no time. When I have no time, suddenly I have inspiration!
.... And then I couldn't think of any headbands I wanted to make. Now, everyday is full of the blazing sun and that horrible hike to our apartment.
And of course, when I thought of an awesome hairband I wanted to make, there was magically no time to make it.
So I've ended up with a clip instead. Actually, a barrette. Definitely not a favorite, but the satin-y ribbon IS shiny, and after wearing it a few times, it's starting to grow on me :). (Isn't Nic super cute?!)
Things have been a bit hectic lately, which somehow means a little more monotonous and full of things to do. I've had more responsibilities added to my job; I don't mind it, it just takes a lot of time. Working on my nutrition class and Latin class, while hoping to continue Japanese and Korean soon. I'm enjoying most of it, but I suppose Nic and I ought to go out and enjoy some of the sun.
Anyway, enough babbling. I'm sure Nic will mention some of the things we've been up to in his part of the post:
Nic's Tidbits:
I'm adorable!
Ehem. Lately, we've really fallen into a predictable pattern of blah. We've adjusted to life here in our new 6-month old apartment, and while we have actually done quite a bit, it hasn't had as much as an impact as our earlier adventures.
It has been really hot lately, but we've had quite a bit of rain to cool us off. As a Vulcan, I enjoy the rain more than a sunny day most days within reason. Debra however can't quite make up her mind over which she dislikes more.
The view from 63 building. |
At the art gallery! |
On that note, it's time I actually started doing something other than sit around, so I'm looking for online classes to take to learn some job skills. Going to start with a computer management course, and hopefully devote some time to brushing up on my Japanese.
We're hoping to get a bit of vacation time in later this year, and it would be my first vacation since coming to Korea. Yay!
Anyway, enough jibber-jabber. Hopefully we'll have another post later this week with a video of us or another Debra project.
Bye!
-Nic
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Oops... I did it again...
Luckily, I had a good excuse to make something. Today was the wedding of one of our co-workers, John. Nic and I have been working with him for about a year. The ceremony was nice- happy looking families getting together+ happy looking coworkers celebrating too! To celebrate the wedding, I decided to make a hair clip for myself to wear to the wedding:
This is Nic's face for: "Really Deb, this one took you too long to make." Which it did. I started with felt material to make this, then realized that since I had to sew it together, felt was too thick. Then I went to
satin-y material, only to have it all fall apart. Ended up with thick, gauzy ribbon. Voila! The panda behind Nic says, "hi!"
Strangely, although Nic took about 150 pics of the wedding, none were of us together. Dear friends that went to the wedding, HELP! Do you have any pics of us we can share?
Nic's tid-bits:
I went camera crazy this weekend. Debra has a new DSLR camera she bought to help out with her shop (probably helped) but I just like taking pictures of stuff. I don't like taking pictures of people who know they're getting their picture taken though, so people were giving me exasperated looks through the wedding.
It was a very nice wedding though, and for every 20 pictures I managed to get, 1 would actually be good. Bride and groom were lovely, and very very busy.
The day before on Saturday Debra was in town waiting for me when she turned around and saw this guy:
Debra's flower did actually take a while to make, she cut up one of my (old) shirts for no reason, kept us up late, kicked me off the computer, and missed yoga in the morning to top it all off. But, it came out very well so I'm happy and supportive.
Debra is having difficulty stocking her store with stuff, so hopefully once that's ironed out we'll get some more posts.
Stay Classy!
-Nic
Sunday, March 25, 2012
OOPS! We're back!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Happy (day after) 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