Wrapped up just for you!

I bought a blindboxed figure recently and got incredibly lucky to pull this cutie out of the box. In addition to being cute, she is wearing nothing but the yellow ribbon she is all tied up in. Yay!

I've Got Just One Magic Trick

I love my little bunny magician girl! She makes me happy every time I glance over at her:)

A-dorable Warning Signs

It is soo impossible for me to take these warning signs seriously, what with being so cutesy-wootsie gosh darn adorwaaable! The little bobble head construction worker guy warms my heart, even when he is faced with danger and death:) Look at those big beady eyes!

2 - Cute

What could possibly be cuter than adoooorable Korean girls giving the peace sign and holding giant ice cream cones? Ahhhh!

I was proud of myself for getting this photo. Some one was taking a photo for these girls with their camera and I simply just snapped one too. I felt quite crafty:)

Delicious, Cute Girl

You know how I am. I enjoy cute things- especially the glitter, big eyed cartoon girl stationary items. Soooo overwhelmingly adorable:)

Alessi!

I always enjoy looking at clever, cute, and colorful things. Hence why I enjoy the designs of Alessi! At the Shinsigae department store, there is a display of Alessi and I love to fantasize about buying all of it!

Too Much Preschool Cuteness!

Don't be fooled by their cuteness. They are really a naughty handful!

How cute? Too cute!!!

Many of the boys favor the "Vulcan" style haircut.

These kids have had WAAAAY too much sugar.

James, my quiet new boy. They always start quiet and then turn into little devils.

Sunny, my little sweetheart. She loves to give hugs.

Jenny, another very sweet girl, who is always forgetting and speaking in Korean when she is in class!

Brianna and Emily, my little Panda Class girls. They are a very cute combo.

Tina, and her missing teeth:)

Victor... This kid is soo smart but quite a handful!

The girls!

The boys eating cookies. Mmmmmm.

Say "Kimchi"!!!!

Cutie Valentine's Day Heart Guys

Cute, cute, cute! Admittedly, I saw these little guys on fredflare.com and fell in love so I decided to see if I could make copies of them for myself. Easy cheesy! These little guys were made my cutting out paper hearts from a perfect heart pattern I drew and cutting out white eyes and coloring in the details with markers. Maybe a half hour project total and I must say they turned out awesome.

Next time I will have to come up with my own Valentine ideas but in defense of copying, I really wanted these little dudes! Besides, I would never pay fredflare.com $10 bucks and they don't ship to Korea!

Visual Stimuli

I am a big fan of plentiful and eyesore visual stimuli so I decided to put together a little something to hold some of the photobooth stickers I have been collecting. I made this little thing by covering a piece of white paper with decorative tapes and then adding the photobooth stickers and glittery, puffy, cute, and gaudy stickers galore.

I shall call this masterpiece: "Smile Happy".

Vinyl Toys That Make Me Smile

More toys!!! I know that I am an adult and all that, but toys are sooo awesome and these toys are meant for adult collectors like myself. Nerdy right? But you know you are jealous!

Hot anime figurine Will bought me from the hobby store.

Half & Half Tokidoki Moofia vinyl figurine.

Sanrio Hello Kitty Blind-boxed collectibles Will got me for Christmas. An Urban Outfitters exclusive. Series 2.

Little girl sitting under a tree. I love this one!

Cute Eats

I wanted to share with you these very cute kitchen goods. The little fork and spoon collection have pictures on top of a turtle, octopus, fish, and penguin. The little containers can be used for soy sauce or salad dressing for picnics or lunches. You could even put your favorite lotion in one for travel. And at only 1,000 won each, its a steal!

The first photos of 2009

After ringing in the new year, Will and I decided to hit up a photobooth place for some late night photos.... It is amazing to me that these things are alive and actually busy as hell at 2 a.m. but hey, this is Korea, right? So here you have it- the first photos of 2009.

The New Girls

To releive stress and entertain myself a bit, I have purchased a new plastic figurine everyday over lunch break. It definitely amuses me! Makes me feel like a kid again:)

I am actually a bit embarassed to buy these little toys from the capsule machine outside of the bodega near my school. Yesterday, I was pumping my coins into the little slot when a mother and her child came behind me to buy the newest Pokemon capsule toy. I wonder are these little figures I buy considered adult toys? Or overly sexy and a bit vulgar? I felt sooo dirty! Sometimes it is a bit of a blessing in disguise that I can not speak Korean, so that I don't have to hear all of the aweful things that people probably say when they see me!

So anyways, here are "The New Girls"

Girlfriend in a Bubble

Lately, I have been fascinated by all the cute toys you can get out of the vending machines outside of some stores. My new favorite as of today are the super-sexy bubble girls! I did a bit of research on them when I got home and found out that most of the toys are produced by Bandai, the Japanese toy company that makes Tamagachi, the digital pocket pets that were popular when I was in middle school. These vending machines are called "Gashapon" in Japan.... I am not 100% sure what they are called here in Korea but I know they are common in the lobby area of Lotte Mart and E-Mart here in Suji.

"Gashapon are the nifty encapsuled toys and trinkets found just about anywhere in Japan. Gashapon machines are basically they are toy vending machines, randomly dispensing their wares when money is inserted and the handle is turned. Turn the handle--"gasha!"--and "pon!", out comes the toy!"

For more information about the phenomena:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashapon

Here are my pictures of the girls in the bubbles I picked up today!

Korean Cross Stitch and Christmas Stickers!!!!

I have fallen in love with the little stationary shops here that are about as big as a bedroom and crammed from head to toe with adorable pencils, erasers, stickers, candy, gifts, and toys. These little shops are sooo colorful, and since their target market is children, most of the items are super cheap- like $1 or $2. Here are some things I picked up the other night when I was in the mood for some cheap thrills.

Cross Stitch kit- 500 Won (50 cents)

Dress Up Fashion stickers 200 Won (20 cents)

Little Girl Cross Stitch Kit 500 Won (50 cents)


My Melody Chirstmas glittery stickers 1,000 Won ($1)


More My Melody Stickers.....


I really don't mind being the oldest shopper at these little stores! Too much fun!

Cute Distro

I am thinking I should start a distro for cute things from Korea to America. I think that if I could get them shipped cheaply, I should have absolutely no problem selling them for a much higher price back in the states. Everything here in Korea is sooo cute and actually a good deal different than most of the other products you can get back in the U.S. I think of websites like Fred Flare and Urban Outfitters that sell things even remotely close to the stuff they have in Korea and I feel like I could make some money here! In the mean time, I photographed some things I have had around the house to prove my point.