Haul: Korea

I have a friend that just recently came back from Korea. While she was there, she found some things that she thought I might enjoy since I like to work with my hands. She brought back a lot of corrugated cardboard and if you don't know what that is, it is a type of cardboard with a lot of ridges. You'll see in the pictures below. Also with the cardboard, she also brought a book on how to make them. Of course it's in Korean so I can't read it, but the pictures are pretty much self-explanatory.

 This is corrugated cardboard. I don't know if you can tell but this is A LOT!

 This is basically pipe cleaners but with more patterns rather than just one solid color.

 I already have this but she got me a hot glue gun and some glue sticks. The reason I can't use these now is because my outlet isn't the one on the glue gun. (Look closely at the outlet.)

 This is the Korean instruction book and the ideas in here are so cute. I will definitely have a lot of these projects up soon.

(Translation for the title on the left page: Our Study Friends)

(Translation for title up on the left page: Present Box)

-Ellenia

Handmade Coffee Soap

Today, I had to babysit my neighbor's daughter, Sua. We really had nothing to do, so I took out something I bought awhile back and asked her if she wanted to try making soap. She was so shocked at the fact that we could make soap at home. I took out my glycerin and made coffee soap and rice soap. Coffee has caffeine which reduces cellulite and the coffee grains exfoliate your skin.

This wasn't really inspired by anything, but here's a picture of what I was aiming for.

http://tilttreasures.blogspot.com/2009/02/morning-coffeesoap.html

Materials:

• Clear glycerin
• 1/2 tbsp of ground coffee
• Handful of whole coffee beans
• Plastic container
• Knife

Directions:

• Cut your glycerin into four equal pieces by cutting it vertically once, and horizontally once.

• Cut up one of your glycerin pieces into cubes and melt in a microwave safe bowl.

• Add your ground coffee and coffee beans and stir until they are completely combined.

• Pour into your plastic container and let it cool completely for 30 minutes to an hour.

-Ellenia

Bottled Emotions

I thought of a bunch of things as I was at my parent's house and I realized I bottle up my emotions a lot. I thought, well, this is bad for my but I'm going to do it anyways. So I made a something to bottle up my emotions. Physically.

Materials:

• Jar with a hinged lid
• Different colored paper
• Jump ring
• Toothpick

Directions:

• Cut out a 1.5x1 inch rectangle out of your paper. Write down your thoughts and use a toothpick to roll it up.

• Roll it into a tiny scroll and slide the jump ring through.

• Add to your jar and keep collecting.

Color Meanings:

• All the quotes of the psychology of colors are from this website.  http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/meaning-of-colors.html

'Pink is the color of unconditional love and nurturing. Pink can also mean immature, silly and girlish.'

'Yellow is the color of the mind and intellect. It is optimistic and cheerful. However it can also suggest impatience, criticism and cowardice.'

'Green is the color of balance and growth. It can man both self-reliance a a positive and possessiveness as a negative.'

'Blue is the color of trust and peace. It can suggest loyalty and integrity as well as conservatism and frigidity.'

'Purple is the color of the imagination. It can be creative and individual or immature and impractical.'

•  I keep a little extra so I can make more quickly without cutting and measuring.

-Ellenia

Lempricka

Lempricka is a very rare liquid found from the leaves of the Lemper trees. It can heal or kill a person. It heals the person with good intentions, and instantly kills the person with evil intentions. Basically, the liquid 'sees your heart' and judges whether you are good or bad. If you are a person with good intentions, you will heal, and if you have bad intentions, you'll die. It's not whether you're nice or mean. It's whether your heart is good or evil.

Materials:

• Clear glue
• Yellow food coloring
• Disposable cup
• Toothpick
• Antique paper
• Corked vial
• Strong glue

Directions:

• In your disposable cup, add one drop of yellow food coloring and a little bit of clear glue. Mix with a toothpick. Add to your vial.

• Add more clear glue. Mix well.

• Write down 'Lempricka' on your old paper and cut it out.

• Glue on your label and cork onto your vial with strong glue.

-Ellenia

Mermaid Tears

These are mermaid tears. They are very rare and after you collect the tears from the mermaid, they turn into dust. That's when you can use them and become mermaids. This is actually really pretty but the lights are really bad. I'll be doing more of these things from now on because they're really fun to make and really cute. Also, I guess I wrote down notes on these things from the book because I don't have the actual book with me, but I have a notebook with all of the magic things with very detailed notes. ^^

Materials:

• Light blue glitter
• Light green glitter
• Corked vial
• Antique paper
• Strong glue

Directions:

• Get equal parts of both the blue and green glitter. Make sure if you put them together you get the amount you want. Make sure you don't overfill.

• Pour both of them into the vial and shake. 

• Write down 'Mermaid Tears' on your old paper and cut it out with scissors.

• Glue it onto your vial with your strong glue and glue on the cork.

-Ellenia

Loveberry Potion

This is actually from a book series I read a long time ago about magic. I can't really remember what it was called but I enjoyed it a lot and the magic items sounded so cool! I guess you can say it's kind of like Harry Potter but it's a little different. Anyways, this potion doesn't actually make anybody fall in love. The person who drinks it will emit an abnormal amount of pheromones for a week. Those pheromones will attract, literally, all living things.

Materials:

• Corked vial 
• Clear glue
• Pink clay
• Pink glitter
• Neon pink food coloring
• Antique paper
• Strong glue

Directions:

• Add glue about half way up the corked vial.

• In a disposiable cup, add a little bit of glue and one drop of food coloring. Then use a toothpick and mix and add that toothpick to your vial.

• Add more glue and food coloring mixture and mix.

• Roll out your pink clay and cut it up into equal parts. Roll it up into small balls and set aside.

• Add a small amount of glitter and mix. (You want the glitter to surround the clay balls.) Then add the clay balls.

• Write out 'Loveberry Potion' on your antique paper and cut it out. Glue it on with strong glue.

• Glue the cork onto your vial.

-Ellenia