Witchy Business

October 17, 2016October 16, 2016Leave a comment

As an English teacher in Korea, one of our key responsibilities is Halloween. Coming from South Africa we don’t really celebrate Halloween except for the odd dress up party at the malls or theme park.

Last year was our first year in charge of Halloween. This year we’re having a Ghost house that span’s over 2 classrooms. My husband opted to be the witch as that confuses the children. If they know that it’s only their teacher in a costume then they aren’t as scared. When they are scared they usually say your name, if you respond then they know its you but if you stay mute then you freak them out a bit more.

For my husband’s Witch room we had to make some props which included a witch house, a scary tree and some books and bottles. We’re not finished with everything yet but here is what we’ve done so far.

This was the initial tree, my husband built a cute little house out of boxes and stick on bricks. We built the tree out of a refrigerator box and some paper mache arms. I later decided that we had to make the tree look a little scarier

And this was the result.

For his entrance I also tried to make a tree looking door, which didn’t come out as I had hoped , but it looks OK for the purpose. It’s not done yet… but I used newspaper, liquid glue and some polystyrene balls cut in half to make the eyes.

For props I remembered ‘THE BOOK’ from Hocus Pocus

I made this from a box using a small rectangular box, tissues, tissue paper, liquid glue and some salt-dough clay and cream ribbed paper for the pages. I used this tutorial

…..and this one too

I’ll share some more of our decorations as soon as we’re done 🙂

How adventurous are you??

October 14, 2016October 9, 2016Leave a comment

Last week I came across an ‘adventurous test’ on Psychology today. I have always wanted to be adventurous instead of ordinary and boring. According to the test results however…. I am only 53 percent adventurous, which isn’t adventurous at all.

Since I am just average I have decided to spice up my life a little and to try and be more adventurous. This is how I plan to do it.

Try something new.

One of the first things I can do is get a mountain bike. This will add some adventure to my life but that is not the kind of adventure I was thinking of.

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Set foot on each of the seven continents.

I want to travel more, I am absolutely in love with nature an at the moment I’m not seeing much of it.Out of the 7 continents, I have only been to 3. My plan is to save some money and by this time next year I would like to visit one of the other continents. Cold weather isn’t my strong suit, so Antarctica will have to wait till last…

Try more adventure sports

i love sports and although I only go to the gym I would love to lead a more active lifestyle which includes some adventure sports. First on my list would include, cliff jumping, cave diving and river rafting.

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Participate in some of the worlds best parties.

These include the Tomato festival in Spain, Carnival Brazil, Day of the dead in Mexico and the carnival of Venice would be my top pics.

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Some of these will be easier to achieve but others will require some money and planning but hopefully soon enough I can be more adventurous….

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Blue and Green Wedding ideas

October 12, 2016October 8, 2016Leave a comment

The bouquet

The bouquet is always an important decision when it comes to wedding flowers. It is the brides main accessory. She can also add color to her traditional white or cream dress by having a colorful bouquet. Popular blue flowers include delphiniums and hydrangeas. You can get these in light and dark blues. Another option is the iris although it is more purple than blue. There are many other blue flowers to choose from but many of them will wilt within a few hours.

Entrance hall/Outside

High arrangement of delphiniums create an amazing effect. You can also add greens and other white flowers to make the blue pop. If you can’t find blue flowers during your wedding season then you could also add the color with ribbons, organza, feathers, colored vases or even colored water in the vase.

Reception

You have 2 options with the decor for a blue and green wedding. The first would be to do everything in white and only have a few colorful pieces. This will give it a simple but elegant effect. Secondly you could opt for one of the 2 colors and use the other color here and there to break the main color. Both these options are equally gorgeous depending on your own preference.

Cakes

For many years now, the traditional wedding cake has changed from traditional fruitcake to cupcakes or even macrons.Nowadays you even have the option of doing various colors inside your cake as well as choose different flavored icing.

Bridesmaids dresses

Here are some great ideas for different color bridesmaids dresses. Whether you choose emerald green or a baby blue, its all up to you. Its your special day after all.

The Wedding dress

Instead of the traditional white or cream wedding dress, designers like Vera Wang and Elie Saab have given us some beautiful light colored wedding dresses that make you look like a true princess at your fairy tale wedding.

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The perfect rainbow hair

October 10, 2016October 21, 2016Leave a comment

For a while now I have been wanting to do something drastic to my hair. Throughout my adulthood my hair has mostly been light brown or dark blonde, which is practically the same colour. Sometimes I would to highlights in my hair and I’ve even done the ombre thing once. But basically my hair has always remained more or less the same shade. For about 4 years I’ve been thinking about colouring my hair red because it’s such a vibrant colour but I also know that the red washes out even if you colour it professionally.

I also quite like the idea of pastel or rainbow coloured hair. These ones are some of my favourites. You can read here about how they managed to get their lovely rainbow hair.

Since I am a teacher however I would not be able to go that drastic with my hair so I was thinking of sticking with a more natural colour and only colouring pieces of my hair. I Really like the blue….

I’ll be using Manic Panic as that seems to be the most effective semi-permanent color to use. Wish me luck !!!

Miss Peregrines home for Peculiar Children – Review

October 7, 2016October 2, 2016Leave a comment

On Sunday afternoon I went to watch Miss Peregrines home for Peculiar Children. I wanted to watch it on Saturday but for some reason it was’t showing at any of our cinema’s in our city.

I had no idea what to expect. The only thing I knew was that it was directed by Tim Burton, it’s based on a book by Ransom Riggs and Eva Green is Miss Peregrine. I haven’t read the books yet as I first wanted to see if I liked the movie before I buy any of the books.

The movie is about an ordinary boy who’s grandfather is murdered by a tall eyeless monster minutes before he arrives at his home. His grandfather tells him to follow the post card to 3 September 1943 and that the bird will explain everything….. The police classifies his grandfathers murder as a dog attack and says that he died from a heart attack. After having some difficulty with dealing with his grandfathers death, his father takes him to the island where his grandfathers was in an orphanage for peculiar children, to help him get some closure and this is where his adventure begins where he finds Miss Peregrines home set in a perpetual time loop on the 2nd of September 1943.

The movie is filled with weird and wonderful magical logic. The scenes were visually appealing and somewhat eerie with eyeless monsters, that reminds me of slender-man, a boy that puts animal hearts into weird and scary dolls and bad guys with white eyes and scary looking teeth.

Overall the movie was enjoyable and it provided the right amount of entertainment for a Sunday afternoon. At one point during the movie I wished that there would be more action as a lot of the first part of the movie dealt with the backstory and introduction of all the characters. The end fight provided a climatic battle that made the movie more worth while. I have to admit however that it wasn’t as good as any of the Harry Potter movies or Series of Unfortunate Events.

I give it a 6/10