Christmas Crafts 2013 - Snow Globe

This year, I feel like doing some crafts for my friends. As I searched for ideas on the net, Snow Globe seemed simpler enough for my "less than creative" side. Its really not easy to source for supplies in Singapore.

Supplies
- Glitter $3.55 ( from Popular )
- Miniature Christmas trees $10 for 5 trees ( stumbled upon a booth in Tanglin Mall )
- Lacquer spray $5.95 ( Art Friend )
- Glass Jars $2 for the 3 coloured jars and $2 for another 2 slightly larger jars ( Daiso )
- Distilled water $1
- Glycerin $5.70 ( Watsons )
- Hot Glue gun
- Faux Snow

Disaster strikes when I realized my Christmas trees bleed green into the water. I bought new ones, spray it with lacquer ( to make it water-resistant ) and start again. Distilled water is preferred over tap water as I read that tap water will turn cloudy after some time. Glycerin is added to make the glitters settle more slowly to the bottom.
I made 2 versions - wet and dry, as I realized that some of the trees still bleed, turning the water to green. For the dry version, I made my own faux snow using soft Styrofoam type of material, that are commonly used to wrap your electronic gadgets.

This is the wet version.

(1) Using hot glue, secure the tree to the cap
(2) Pour glitter into the glass jar
(3) Pour distilled water
(4) Pour a few drops of glycerin into the jar
(5) Using hot glue around the cap, twist it tightly to secure the cap to the jar to prevent spillage
(6) Turn it upside down

You can decorate it with ribbons and glitter on the jar but I prefer it simple.
I just hot glue a pearl to the top of the tree to make it feel special.

This is the dry version.

(1) UHU glue is used on the base of the jar and spread it with a spatula
(2) Leave a gap in the center for the tree and do not taint it with the UHU glue
(3) Pour faux snow into the jar and let it get stuck to the base of the jar
(4) Use hot glue on the miniature tree and secure it to the base of the jar
(5) Pour in more faux snow ( this will be loose as there is no UHU glue )
(6) Sprinkle some glitters onto the faux snow
(7) Secure the cap

Do you like my DIY Snow Globe? How about yours? Share your crafts with me, in the comments below. 

Sushi Tei Matcha Nama Chocolate Ice Cream

I didn't like this one bit. The bitter matcha taste is too strong for my likes due to their intense tea powder. Perhaps its supposed to be the perfect matcha between the bitter matcha and the sweet ice-cream but I can't tell because the bitterness is just too much for me to bear.

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Green Tea Latte at McCafe

Frothy green tea latte that tastes like a very normal hot matcha with milk. Nothing spectacular.

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Matcha Kit Kat

9 minis for about $5.90 from our local NTUCs.  Creamy in texture, the matcha coated waffles is sweet with a subtle matcha taste.

(Update : 30th Nov 14)
12 minis for $4.95 spotted in ABC shop at Potong Pasir.


                                                      

Cheongdam-dong Alice

Plucky Han Se Kyung (Moon Geun-yeong) is a fledgling fashion designer with big dreams and an even bigger ambition to succeed. She enters every design contest possible, cheerily dusting off rejections and the accompanying hardships, but it all pays off. Or so she thinks. Her dream job ends up being a rude awakening when she realizes she's been hired as the go-to assistant of the company president's wife — the woman who was once her high school nemesis! The tide turns when Han resolves to move up the social echelon by marrying into a rich family and becoming a "cheongdam-dong" daughter-in-law (aka trophy wife). Han must confront her innermost desires: will she hang up her dreams to dry, or does money really mean everything?

Moon Geun-yeong has this perpetual sad look all the time and seemed almost inappropriate at times, in this show. Still, I like this Alice in Wonderland fairytale-like story.
The things that Park Shi Hoo will do to make her happy. His childish-like stances and his innocent sheer joy lit up the screen and make you marvel at this "being in love" feeling that everyone will have when they are in love.

If you are single, you are envious and long for it. If you are attached, you agreed with it. If you are married, you missed those days. Sometimes its not the person you missed, but the moments and feelings when you had with them.

Quoted from the show :
Immature love says " you love him because you need him"
Mature love says " you need him because you love him"